"Your hometown?" Wei Wei followed the topic given by Tang Sen and asked, "What happened?" ”

"That was years ago." Townsend covered his face and said in a low voice:

"I was born into a family of craftsmen, and I am known for my exquisite skills in working with sea stones, and through the wealth obtained from these skills, my people have established their own kingdom, and they have lived in peace and prosperity."

"Until one day, Klockdahl came here."

"He wanted to get our technology, he wanted to force the craftsmen to work for him, and made Hailou Stone weapons for him, but how could we be willing to work for pirates, we would never want the weapons we made to harm the lives of innocent people, so we refused him."

"Everyone united and tried to resist each other, but we underestimated his strength, even if we have Hailou Stone, the gap between us and him is still too big."

"He has easily controlled us, and he has tormented the artisans for his evil purposes, but no one is willing to give in to the pirates."

So he became angry.

"On that day, the blue sky was gone, the trees, the birds, and the animals were all turned into yellow sand, the once prosperous city was reduced to ruins, the whole island was turned into a desert, and no one survived—except me."

"I hid in the sea and narrowly escaped my life."

"I went to ask for help from the navy, but Klockdahl had already fled, and, after a while, I actually heard that the other party had become the so-called Seven Martial Seas!"

Townsend clenched his fists, even clenching his blood.

"All his previous evil deeds have been forgiven, and he can even swagger and claim to be a hero!"

"But how can I possibly forgive Klockdahl for his evil deeds? I swear, I'll find Klockdahl, I'll get my revenge! Since the Navy can't rely on it, then I'll rely on myself! ”

"I know that my strength is not enough, far from enough, Klokdal is a Devil Fruit ability of the natural system, and any attack will not be effective against him."

"Unless, make a sea building stone weapon."

Townsend rubbed the revolver on his waist and took a deep breath.

"I'm sorry, I'm a little out of shape."

"What I want to say is that even if all the kingdom army and the rebel army know about his plot, it is useless, as long as Klockdahl is still in Alabastan for a day, there will be no return to peace here, and only by stopping Klockdahl himself can this nightmare be ended."

He looked up and saw that Vivi was already in tears.

"It turns out . The countries persecuted by Klockdal are not only in Alabastan. ”

She gritted her teeth and shouted, "Such a thing and such a thing must not be forgiven!" ”

She put her hands on Tang Sen's shoulders and shouted earnestly: "Come with us, we will definitely be able to stop him and avenge your hometown!" ”

"That's right!" Luffy lowered his straw hat, "I can't hold it anymore." ”

"Where's that guy? I'm going to beat him up right now! ”

Zoro gripped the hilt of the sword, and the corners of his mouth raised: "I haven't cut the ability of the natural system yet, I don't know how it feels." ”

Usopp trembled, but still raised his fist, and shouted in a trembling voice, "Isn't it the Seven Martial Seas?" I'm not afraid! ”

"You guys—" Townsend stood up and looked at the people on the ship, a little moved, but said stiffly, "I don't want to be with pirates." ”

"Against Klockdahl, I'm enough alone!"

"You can't go that fast alone." Nami patted the side of the ship and shouted, "That guy at Klockdahl is in the rain of Alabastan, right?" We have boats, just go up the Santa Dora River and get there quickly. ”

There was a hint of hesitation on Townsen's face.

"You don't want to work hard for so many years and not be able to see Klockdahl beaten to the air, right?" There was temptation in Nami's tone.

“.” Tang Sen's lips pursed into a line: "It's just a boat, I don't need your help to deal with Klockdahl." ”

"I'll pay for the boat!"

"Deal!" Nami smiled and rubbed her hands, "So, how much can you pay-"

Before she could finish her words, Luffy was already standing at the bow of the ship and shouting, "Let's go!" ”

"Hey, hey, wait, I haven't done it yet!"

"That doesn't matter anymore!"

"Damn, who do you think I'm trying to make money for!"

"I don't care! Sanji! Today's lunch! I want to eat meat! ”

"Shut up! Didn't you just eat it at the port! ”

"Speaking of which, have we forgotten something?"

"It doesn't matter! Sail! ”

“.”

The entire deck was in chaos.

Tang Sen looked at this scene and smiled faintly.

Using a coin as an introduction, he finally succeeded in blending into the Straw Hats.

In the eyes of everyone else, he is a lone ranger who came to Alabastan for revenge, a person who hates all pirates because of Klokdal, even if he goes with him temporarily, only because of everyone's retention, but only Townsend himself knows that all this is guided by meditation.

From the very beginning of secretly putting the coin in Zoro's pocket to create an opportunity for contact, to exposing the value of the Hailou Stone coin, tempting Nami, who is greedy for money, to create an opportunity to continue talking.

Then he took advantage of the situation to lead to Klockdahl, to lead to the story he made up, and won everyone's approval.

All this process seems to be a coincidence, and no one will suspect that they have ulterior motives-

Of course, a person with a personality like Luffy doesn't need to be so troublesome at all, this person can be deceived almost casually by making an excuse.

The reason why Tang Sen went to such great lengths was naturally not for Luffy, let alone to join the Straw Hats with a disguised character.

In addition to providing some help in defeating Klockdahl, he also made the move for one person.

"Luffy, they're all very interesting people."

A voice sounded beside him, and Townsend looked over to see Vivi who had regained her smile.

The princess of Alabastan looked at the brawling Straw Hats and said to Townsend with a smile, "I know you don't like pirates, but they are different. ”

"Although they don't seem to be in tune, you will find that they are surprisingly reliable after getting along for a long time."

"Maybe." Tang Sen pretended to be expressionless and said, "But even if they are good people, they are also pirates, and pirates should not exist in this world." ”

"Miss Vivi, you are the princess of the kingdom, you should know how many ordinary people have been ruined because of pirates."

Vivi was silent for a moment, of course she knew how much damage the pirates had to this world, since she was a child, she had heard more than once about what those pirates did, and the port city of Alabastan was attacked by pirates almost once every few days.

Not to mention the weaker countries, some of which were not even slaughtered by pirates.

"I know." "But that's the way the world is," she said. ”

"Then change the world." Tang Sen said without hesitation: "From the moment that people like Klockdahl were able to become the so-called Seven Martial Seas, I found that there was something wrong with this world. ”

"I can't imagine how many people in such a world have the same experience as me, they just suffer from lack of strength, so they can only suffer in silence."

"Neither the navy nor the world government can see this, they only have their own interests in their eyes, and for the sake of interests, they don't mind treating ordinary people as victims."

"No one speaks up for the victims, no one cares about the victims—"

Tang Sen looked directly into Weiwei's eyes and said, "But I care, I empathize." ”

"If there is no one to speak, then I will speak for them, if there is no light that illuminates the endless darkness of their lives"

"Then I'll be the only torch."

(End of chapter)