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Chapter 171 Put aside your desire to help others and respect their fate!

"Huh?! Me??"

Upon hearing this, Garp was stunned for a moment, then seemed to realize something, and his eyes darkened slightly.

"What do you mean?"

"That's right, it's the one you're thinking of, the 'demon' that possessed Satan in God Valley back then!!"

!!!

Upon hearing this, Garp's pupils constricted sharply, and he stared intently at Kyle.

"Do you even know what that guy is?"

Kyle's words brought Karp's thoughts back to the God Valley War more than twenty years ago.

From that day on, the island of God Valley disappeared from the world map.

During that war, what concerned Garp most, besides Rocks, was the slender and elongated form of Satan Saint, one of the Five Elders, the so-called highest authority in the world.

It didn't look human at all; crimson pupils, dark tentacles...

Initially, Garp only knew that the other party was one of the Five Elders, and he once thought that it was Satan Saint's own form.

But after thinking about it carefully, he realized that it didn't seem to be the case.

Satan's appearance when he first joined God Valley was noticeably different from his later appearance; he was like a completely different person.

The difference was too great, and Rocks was unable to control his behavior at the time...

Garp had every reason to suspect that there might be some terrifying entity behind the Five Elders!

Now that I've heard Kyle say that, it seems there really is some truth to it!

Kyle took another sip of tea and slowly began to speak:

"The being behind the Five Elders is called Im!"

"He is the king of the Celestial Dragons, the true ruler of the World Government, but he almost never shows himself to the outside world, so very few people know of his existence!"

"The most crucial thing is..."

"He has existed for eight hundred years!!"

"Eight hundred years ago???!"

Upon hearing this, Garp and Sengoku both widened their eyes in disbelief and exclaimed in unison.

What does eight hundred years mean?

They could live ten lifetimes!

"Really? Humans can live for eight hundred years? Even the giants, who have the longest lifespan, can't live that long, right?"

Sengoku frowned and spoke, not because he didn't want to believe Kyle's words, but because it was truly too unbelievable.

"Who said it must be human? I know that guy exists, but I can't guarantee whether it's human or not."

"And even humans have a chance to live that long. The legendary ultimate ability of the Op-Op Fruit, the Immortality Surgery, is said to grant its target eternal life, isn't it?"

"It's not just him; even the current Five Elders are all old guys who have lived for at least several hundred years. Those guys seem to have gained the ability of 'immortality' thanks to Im!"

After hearing Kyle's words, Garp and Sengoku both fell silent; this information was quite a shock to them.

After a while, Kyle finished his tea and stood up.

"In short, I don't understand what that old guy was thinking, getting the Five Elders to agree to my conditions, but whatever he was thinking, at least the current situation is advantageous to me."

As he spoke, Kyle looked at Sengoku and said with a slight smile:

"Grandpa, if you ever need to use the coins, you can help me submit a report to the World Government to request more research funding. Then you can embezzle a little of it and it will be enough for you to live on for who knows how long!"

"After all, it's the World Government's Pele, so why not use him?"

"Cough, cough!"

"What are you saying, brat? Do you think I'm that kind of person?"

Sengoku gave Kyle a slight glare.

"Warring States, you're not that kind of person, but I am. If you don't need it yourself, you can embezzle it for me, can't you?"

"I feel like I really need it!!"

Garp "flashed" in front of Sengoku, rubbing his hands together with a smile on his face.

"Get lost~~"

Watching the two old guys arguing, Kyle couldn't help but smile again as he slowly walked towards the office door.

To be honest, it's great to have a grandfather who was a marshal; he only needs to inform you of many things.

All he had to do in building the warship force was negotiate with the Five Elders; he didn't have to worry about anything else.

But on his way back, he saw two familiar figures.

One of the dishes was Bubble Chopping, which featured dark green hair, a broad face, and thick lips.

The other figure was a mermaid, with a human upper body and a goldfish tail lower body.

She had long, wavy blonde hair, big blue eyes, and wore an orange crown-shaped hair clip.

"Donquixote Musgard and... Queen Otohime of Fish-Man Island!!"

"Is this the current point in the story?"

Kyle murmured softly.

He was also familiar with this part of the plot in the original work.

In short, it's the story of how Otohime saved Musgard, and then Musgard reflected on the meaning of emotions, eventually reformed himself, and saved Shirahoshi and the other mermaids at the World Conference ten years later to repay her kindness.

Ugh! So incredibly boring!!

Kyle glanced at it only once and then ignored it, continuing to walk forward on his own.

The conflict between humans and fish-men cannot be resolved by Otohime alone; conflicts between races are never easy to resolve.

Kyle thought her behavior was...somewhat naive!

If you want to ease the conflict, have you asked whether humans are willing, and whether the fish-men are willing?

Relying solely on one's own wishful thinking will not lead to a good outcome. If she hadn't done that, she wouldn't have been killed by Hody Jones later.

Her naiveté killed her!

As for Musgarud, Kyle didn't have a very good impression of him either.

After all, before being influenced by "Otohime", he was just a typical bubble-dweller, no different from any other bubble-dweller.

Humans are enslaved, and fish-men are made slaves.

When Otohime was stranded on Fishman Island, shouldn't she have stopped the fishmen? Wouldn't it have been better to let them settle their scores and grievances?

Although this could potentially lead to sanctions from world governments.

The saying "Put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the spot" is the most disgusting nonsense.

If someone has done countless bad things, and then suddenly does one good thing, does that make him a good person?

Can this one good deed make up for all the bad things he did in the past?

That's not how you do it!

Moreover, to be honest, as a Celestial Dragon, if he develops compassion for those so-called inferiors, then his death is not far off.

So in the end, he was sentenced to death by that old CS player, Garin.

At this point, I have to say it again.

Garin is a true CS player!!

So even knowing Princess Otohime's fate, Kyle doesn't have the saintly thought of saving her.

You chose it yourself, my idol!

Put aside your desire to help others and respect their fate; that is the right thing to do!

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