Chapter 345: Then Don't Look Back
"Damn ......"
Caesar still didn't dare to say this.
He didn't want his heart to endure the biting cold anymore.
Seeing that Caesar had been coaxed, Karl handed over Caesar's heart to Sophia beside him for safekeeping, and he smiled kindly at Caesar: "But don't worry, I am not a messenger sent by God to punish sin, as long as you work honestly, I will naturally not pursue your past." ”
"That'...... You don't have enough equipment here, and I used to be a scientist in the world government......"
Caesar squirmed a sentence that he wanted to express his anger in his tone, but he didn't, and as a result, his tone sounded rather comical.
"You can rest assured that you will be on vacation these days, and I will ask someone to prepare all the experimental equipment after a while. But you'd better be honest, don't think anything wrong, and remember that your heart isn't in you. ”
Sophia shook Caesar's heart in her hand with Karl's words, and Caesar only cried with a sad face, looking ridiculous and pitiful.
Before leaving, Carl instructed Sophia: "Although Baby-5's nature is not bad and her strength is not bad, but you also know her character, try not to let her know many things, especially Caesar's heart, and never let her know where to put it." ”
Sophia nodded: "Don't worry, I understand all these things." ”
"Okay, I've seen your performance over the years, and I'm relieved that you're doing things."
Sophia, like Robin, is not very strong in combat.
In this world of the jungle, these two women with low force value can get to where they are today, and it is naturally their brains that rely on them.
Carl did not override the Riku royal family, and the apparent and actual rulers of Dressrosa were still the Riku royal family.
After all, if Carl really wants to steal the country, then after becoming the sole monarch of the country, he will have to do many things himself in order to run the country in order.
And Carl is a sea thief with a reward of 1 billion Baileys from the world government, even if he succeeds in stealing a country, he has no way to clear his name, and maybe he will attract the crusade of the world government because he steals the member countries of the world government as a pirate.
Karl's current relationship with the Liku royal family is similar to that of China and Pakistan in his previous life.
As long as Dressrosa can be used by Carl at a critical moment, why do something with half the effort?
Along with Rowe, Sophia was also made a viscount, and with the mind of Sophia's merchant family, coupled with some of Karl's advanced ideas, Dressrosa would sooner or later become an economic and military power, becoming Karl's largest logistics department in the New World.
……
While Carl and Sofia bully Caesar together, Rowe and Kirino stand on the roof of a tall building, watching the busy workers in the central square of Dressrosa.
There, the citizens are in full swing carving two statues.
One is the legendary sword fighter of the bullfighting arena, the captain of the king's army, Cyrus.
Cyrus was Dresrosa's undefeated hero, and this time he lived up to the hype, once again defeating Diamanti, the permanent champion of the bullfighting arena.
The other statue is of the new nobleman, the honorable Viscount, Trafalgar Rolando.
But fortunately, the IQ of the people is not as simple as Dong Tata, and when they figured out the truth, they removed the word "Lando".
"I really didn't expect that someone like me, who crawled back from the edge of hell, would one day become a hero in the hearts of others."
Standing on the roof of the building, Luo Ju condescendingly looked at his statue in the distance, his eyes flashing slightly: "I never wanted to be a hero, and I have no interest in being a hero, but to be honest, this feeling is really good." ”
Even a person with a big personality like Luffy would be excited because someone had built a statue for him, and Luo was also a careerist, so how could he not be moved in the slightest.
"People often look forward to the appearance of heroes in troubled times, what an ordinary and simple answer."
Qi Luno sat on the eaves, also looked at the busy citizens in the town, and said without looking back: "But because it is simple, this is also the answer that the people want, although it is hateful, but I have to admit it." ”
Luo was noncommittal, and changed the topic: "This is really a country full of passion, you see those people, they haven't even had time to repair the house, they have already started to build statues, where do they sleep at night?" ”
In addition to the citizens of Dressrosa, the elves (Don Tata) who used to live in Grimbit are also helping the citizens rebuild their homes.
What was originally a "land of love, passion and toys" has become a "land of love, passion and goblins".
"Maybe the people who have experienced ups and downs need a spiritual sustenance more than physical sustenance, right? Hehe......"
Kirino suddenly smiled, and she looked back at Luo, "I think Violet, the second daughter of King Liku, is a very shrewd woman, she is neither innocent like her father, nor tired of love like her sister who is rumored to be.
Rebecca was still young, and she had inherited her mother's character, preferring to live a carefree civilian life with her father, Cyrus, rather than inherit the throne.
After experiencing these things, King Liku also faintly had plans to abdicate.
If nothing else, the king here will soon become Violet.
As long as Violet is not stupid, she will definitely hug Caller's thigh.
Give Sophia some time, and the country will definitely change the current folk customs of drunkenness. ”
The previous Dressrosa had been played bad by Doflamingo.
At that time, with the protection of Doflamingo, Dressrosa's service industry and entertainment industry could develop without any scruples.
Once this Natyasha is lost, a fat sheep like Dressrosa will soon become a delicacy for the surrounding military powers.
Dressrosa, who had been ruled by King Riku, was a joke, and the benevolent king had barely developed Dressrosa's military power, and if it weren't for his friendship with Elizabello II, the king of the neighboring kingdom of Prodeens, the weak country would have perished.
Even so, Doflamingo easily seized the throne of the country.
Luo's gaze was a little dazed, and he didn't answer Kiruno's words.
After personally stabbing his enemy Doflamingo and fulfilling his long-cherished wish, he seems to have lost his purpose in life.
Although he said that he wanted to destroy the Draconians, that day was probably even more distant than defeating Doflamingo.
As if guessing Luo's thoughts, Kirunor stood up, jumped off the half-human-high wall, turned around and leaned against the wall, and said to Luo with a smile: "Carl has now helped you fulfill your wish, you won't be distracted by the next thing, right?" ”
"Ah, of course I do."
Luo turned around, no longer looking at the people in the distance, and leaned against the wall: "I just think.................. There's still a long way to go. ”
"Afraid of what? Carl is a man who can do miracles, and over the years, Carl has done so many things that are almost impossible to do, and you can see all of them. ”
"Of course I know that."
There was no sadness or joy on Luo's face: "Since we have made a bet for our lives, no matter whether we win or lose, we can't go back." ”
"Then there's no going back."
As soon as Luo's words fell, Qi Luno replied without hesitation.
The remnant sun of the evening cast a golden afterglow on Luo's suit, and Qiluno's long red hair was as bright and dazzling as a flame.
After a long silence, Kiruno suddenly asked, "Do you know what the two of us have in common?" ”
Luo thought for a moment before replying, "You and I are both 19 years old...... Are you saying we're all young? And the capital to fight? ”
Qi Luno shook his head, his eyes slightly dilated, as if he was caught in a memory: "Actually, both of us took the initiative to set foot on Carl's thief ship!" ”
"Thief Ship ......"
Law's lips moved slightly, and he muttered quietly in a voice that only he could hear.
Then Luo also smiled, and he didn't know if it was because of the joy after revenge or the hope for the future: "Since we took the initiative to step on the thief ship, then we simply won't look back!" ”
Luo's eyes froze, and he was no longer confused: "Tomorrow I will set off for the country of Wano, and if I don't beat the samurai there, I will never look back!" ”
With Carl's previous love for helping Wano Country resist the Hundred Beast Pirates, Carl plans to send Luo to Mitsuki Mita's disciple to practice.
The goal he set for Luo is: when you are no longer invincible in the country of Wano, you can be regarded as having the strength to compete head-on with the admiral!
In this kind of world where individual force is supreme, a strong man can decide the outcome of a war.
Compared with the military science and technology that Kahlert has developed in full swing, Carl attaches more importance to the cultivation of talents.
This is also the reason for the distortion of the technology tree in this world, because in this world, it is not cultural and scientific knowledge that can change the fate of individuals, but personal force.
If there is only knowledge and no force, he will eventually become a puppet of the strong like Caesar.
In this case, how many fools will waste time researching what "three-year college entrance examination five-year simulation"? It's better to save time and practice more of your swordsmanship and other abilities.
Although nuclear weapons are terrible, they are not something that can be invented by one person or two people in a day or two, and even if they are invented, they will still be in the hands of the strong in the end.
Before the technological level of this world develops to the level of interstellar navigation, the status of intellectuals is bound to be inferior to others.
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A week later.
When Staff Officer Crane and the Chief Inspector of the Navy took away the bodies of Doflamingo and a group of Don Quixote family cadres, in order to cover up the scandal of the World Government's appointment of His Majesty the Seven Warriors Pirate the World Government's member states, the World Government's final report to the outside world was:
"The former king of the Seven Martial Seas Don Quixote Doflamingo resold arms, drugs and devil fruits in the dark world, and Lieutenant Admiral Virgo and Rear Admiral Carlo of the Navy Headquarters led the army to defeat Doflamingo.
Unexpectedly, Doflamingo desperately resisted, and Vice Admiral Virgo and Rear Admiral Carlo finally united with the Royal Army of the Force and successfully killed Doflamingo.
Vice Admiral Virgo of the Admiralty Headquarters died in this war."
Believe it or not, that's what the world government ultimately reported.
As this big news spread all over the world, the whole sea, especially the underworld, was boiling.
But those who know the truth don't have the leisure of those people.
At this time, Karl was in the private residence of Sir Dressrosa Sofia, where he met with the new Vice Admiral of the Admiralty, Carlo.
Because of Virgo, Carlo succeeded his former commander and became the base chief of the G5 branch of the Navy.
For the reason of "appeasing the countries of the world government", Caro came to Dressrosa, but it is not impossible to say.
Lieutenant General Carlo was ostensibly meeting with Viscount Sophia, but in fact, it was Karl who was really waiting here.
"Your injuries are all right, aren't they?"
Carlo warmly gave his old friend a hug and asked with a smile, "What do you think?" ”
Karl breathed a sigh of relief: "Looking at your appearance, it should be fine." ”
The wounds on Caro's body were actually left on his body by his own hands.
In order to successfully deceive all parties in the Navy, Carlo had already left shocking scars on his body long after Rowe killed Virgo.
If you don't be cruel to yourself, how can you deceive others and win what you want?
However, compared to Virgo, a spy who used his status as a lieutenant general to violate the law, Carlo instead used Carl's hand to make a lot of gestures to the navy.
In this regard, Carl also laughed at himself: "I feel like I have become a thug in the Navy." ”
But Carl didn't care too much, it was more long-term interests.
Carlo took out a document from his arms and handed it to Carl: "Don't say that, you see that I haven't brought you good things again!" ”
Carl casually flipped through a few pages, and his eyes were happy: "This is the return of life?" ”
"That's right! Paper painting is a simpler way to return life! ”
Carl wondered: "Isn't the paper painting a domineering and simple version?" Just like the finger gun and the iron block are a minimalist version of the domineering color of the armament. ”
"I used to think the same way."
Carlo earnestly explains: "Seeing and hearing domineering is a perceptual technique, but paper painting is actually a dodge technique, using the changes in the air flow generated by the opponent's movements to avoid the enemy's attack in an incredible way at the last moment.
Why is paper painting called paper painting? Because he can make people as soft as pieces of paper, fluttering in the wind.
Let me give you an example, paper painting can make people deformed, how can seeing and hearing domineering make people deformed? ”
Carl had a feeling of sudden realization, so he replied: "Life return can also make people transform, that's why you said that paper painting is a simple version of life return!" ”