Chapter 154: Why Do Scum Talk About Rules?
After that small pirate screamed out that sentence, the entire area fell into a deathly silence. Alucard’s wanted poster was also being passed around among many.
Millions... tens of millions... hundreds of millions...
The pirates, some bounty hunters, and a few small-time thugs who had just been cursing were now drenched in cold sweat, their mouths clamped shut.
Although they weren’t too familiar with the names "Kaido" and "Alucard," the title "Three Monsters" had long become synonymous with a new era. It was as if, in the future, Luffy and his crew would know about the Seven Warlords of the Sea but wouldn’t know exactly who they were.
Many of the small-time thugs already wanted to swear, but in front of Alucard and Kaido, they dared not utter a sound.
Damn it, what’s going on? Two great pirates with bounties exceeding six hundred million, appearing simultaneously in a small, rundown backwater town? Did you guys conspire ahead of time? Do you have to be so boring?!
"Who was just talking about rules?" Alucard suddenly spoke, but no one answered. Or rather, no one dared to answer.
The rules of pirates.
Alucard had heard this phrase from many people since he started sailing.
Roger said the rules of pirates were to live only for freedom, unrelated to domination. The rules for pirates on Sabaody Archipelago were not to cause trouble there, to avoid attracting the Marines from Marine Headquarters to encircle them, which bore a three-point resemblance to Isanna Town. And Whitebeard once said that the unbreakable rule among pirates was humanity and righteousness, that one must never kill a comrade!
Alucard had always scoffed at these so-called rules, whether from Roger or Whitebeard. They were all pirates, building everything they had on the destruction of others, on the foundation of destroying peace.
What freedom are you talking about? What righteousness? What rules? Pirates break rules.
Stop deifying this scum industry of "pirates." Pirates are synonymous with filth—they don’t follow rules, building everything they want to do on the destruction of ordinary people.
So, even for Roger, the Pirate King, when he spoke of "pirates are freedom," Alucard felt nothing but mockery and disgust.
Pirates are equivalent to filth; don’t deify them. Of course, Alucard himself was no better than filth. But it wasn’t for others to tell him that.
"What are you planning to do now?" Kaido suddenly spoke. He was now sitting next to the dilapidated tavern, chugging wine barrels one after another. "Do you want to ’watch tigers fight from the mountain’?"
"Ha, you mad dog, you even know what ’watching tigers fight from the mountain’ means?" Alucard glanced at Kaido, and was met with a heavy punch from Kaido.
Alucard swung his single hand. A greatsword had appeared in Alucard’s palm at some unknown point, clashing with Kaido’s fist. Kaido was still sitting, unable to unleash his full power, but even so, the explosive force generated by that punch was beyond what ordinary people could imagine.
Boom!
Another new storm swept through the area. Everyone raised their hands to block, but they were still blown away by the gale.
Crash!
Many people slammed into the wooden walls of the houses behind them. They struggled to crawl out, and seeing the two men who had retracted their weapons, and then the utterly ruined street, they stammered, "Th-this was just one exchange... This is the Three Monsters... The power of the New World..."
"D-did I just curse at monsters like that..."
Everyone was scared stiff, having fully witnessed the power at the apex of piracy.
"These weak pirates, full of water, are utterly useless except for bullying civilians." Alucard glanced at the pirates of Isanna hiding in the ruins and sneered, "It’s necessary to turn the Grand Line into a nightmare for pirates."
This time, Kaido surprisingly reached a consensus with Alucard. After retracting his fist, he muttered to himself, "They’re all idiots playing house with piracy."
Alucard turned and left Isanna Town, while Kaido remained seated, drinking. He didn’t care about the phone call Alucard had made. Was there anyone he would fear?
Several hours after Alucard left, dozens of Beasts Pirates crew members came before Kaido and said, "Kaido-sama, please return to the New World immediately. The Big Mom Pirates are heavily encroaching on territory in the New World. Our Beasts Pirates cannot let them gain an advantage while we are away!"
During the period when both Alucard and Kaido were not in the New World, the Big Mom Pirates, led by Charlotte Linlin, were indeed heavily encroaching on territory. Even in this situation, Kaido hadn’t reacted, but his subordinates were already restless.
The Pirate King was dead, and a new era had arrived. How could they let Big Mom take all the benefits alone at such an excellent opportunity?
Kaido slammed his fist down, completely destroying the tavern to his right. He stood up and roared, "Damn it, I can’t waste any more time here."
He left. With excitement in his subordinates’ eyes, Kaido roared, "We’re going back!"
As the people of Isanna Town saw Kaido about to leave, their hearts couldn’t help but fill with wild joy.
Finally, these two devils would be gone.
However, just as Kaido was about to exit the town, he seemed to suddenly remember something. He turned back to Isanna Town and said, "Wait. Before we go, burn this damn place down. Seeing these playing-house places just infuriates me!"
Instantly, the residents of Isanna Town felt as if they had fallen from heaven to hell.
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Meanwhile.
Alucard sat on the throne at the bow of the iron ship built by Tom, heading in the direction of Sabaody Archipelago.
He didn’t want to stay in "Paradise" any longer either. It was necessary to let those clueless rookie pirates witness true cruelty.
It seemed he couldn’t just be an observer for now; he had to formally enter the vortex of the war.
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