bioinnovel Chapter 73 Heartfelt Words
Chapter 73 Heartfelt Words
After a flash of purple lightning, Moria's slightly better skin turned charred black again, his body twitched from time to time, and wisps of black smoke rose from his body.
Gudong! !
Absalom and the others couldn't help but swallow hard, and tentatively asked:
"Lord Moriah, are you... alright?!"
Moria: ...
Moria remained silent, only exhaling black smoke.
As for Kyle on the other side, he didn't make the slightest move, not even a glance, and simply spoke:
"Moria! Is this how you talk to me when you want to discuss things?! Anyone who didn't know better would think I'm the prisoner!"
"Furthermore, I don't believe there's anything about our identities that can be discussed!"
As his consciousness returned, Moria blurted out instinctively:
"Damn it... damn Moria, how dare you speak to Lord Kael like that! You deserve to be electrocuted!!"
Moria was certain that these were his heartfelt words, and that he hadn't said them because he sensed the purple lightning around him was about to erupt again.
Upon hearing this, everyone on the ship except Kyle turned to look at him.
After a while, they made a series of synchronized movements.
"Cough... Ptooey!!!"
……
(╬▔盘▔)╯! !
"You three, that's enough! It's one thing for them to act like this, but what's with you spitting at them too?!"
Moria's forehead veins bulged as he roared at Absalom and the other two beside him.
"That... it was an unconscious movement, our bodies just moved on their own for no reason, we couldn't help it, it really wasn't intentional, Lord Moria!!"
Absalom chuckled as he spoke.
The two people on the other side echoed the sentiment like chickens pecking at rice.
"That's right, that's right!!"
Moria was furious. He inexplicably felt that his previous idea of trying to fight for them should never have come to pass.
But in the end, Moria merely glared at them before turning his gaze back to Kyle and saying:
"Kyle...Captain!"
"I know that based on what I've done in the past, there's no chance you'll be lenient with me!"
"But Absalom and his group are different; they joined me later and haven't done many evil deeds!"
"Especially Perona, she's always been with me on the Thriller Bark. Because she's still young, I never let her participate in the raids on passing ships!"
"Considering this, could you please be a little more lenient with them?!"
Moria looked at Kyle, his voice pleading.
Upon hearing this, Perona and the others immediately turned their heads away, staring intently at Moria, tears welling up in their eyes.
"Lord Moriah..."
They hadn't expected that Moria would still be thinking of them at this time.
Luffy, Ace, and the others on the ship were also moved when they heard this.
Kyle slowly got off the recliner, stood up, took off his sunglasses, and looked at Moria with a calm gaze.
Moria's eyes showed a hint of unease. He didn't say anything like "let them go" or any of that nonsense; he knew it was impossible.
So he just wanted Kyle to be lenient with Perona and the others, considering their crimes weren't serious.
After a short while, Kyle spoke:
"Moria, I must say, you're a good captain when it comes to treating your crew!"
"But that's not a reason for me to grant your request!"
"Their guilt will be determined by our navy, not by your pronouncements!"
"The only thing I can guarantee is that when determining the crimes of those I arrest, the process will be absolutely fair and impartial, and there will be no deliberate targeting or aggravation of the punishment!"
"If their crimes aren't serious, then they don't need to go to Impel Down!"
Kyle's voice was flat.
Upon hearing this, a hint of disappointment flashed in Moria's eyes, but he still spoke earnestly to Kyle:
"Thanks!!"
If fairness and impartiality can be guaranteed, and Moria's name cannot be used to implicate them, then Perona's guilt will be minimal.
It's highly unlikely they'll be sent to Impel Down; if they only end up in a regular prison, the outcome will obviously be much better!
Kyle nodded slightly, looked away, put his sunglasses back on, and lay back down on the deck chair.
Moria's regard for his crew is second to none in the entire One Piece world.
Whether it was losing heart and remaining silent for over twenty years after the deaths of all his companions, or single-handedly venturing into Beehive Island to save Absalom.
All of this demonstrates how much Moria values his companions.
It was for this reason that he was not sentenced to death by Kyle.
There is no explicit record of Moria killing anyone in the original work; the zombie army uses the shadows of the living and the corpses of the dead.
If he were truly bloodthirsty, he could simply kill people and then insert other people's shadows into their bodies; why would he need to roam the world raiding tombs?
For example, during the Marineford War, his efficiency in creating a zombie army from the war was no faster than his tomb raiding.
He wasn't trying to whitewash Moria, but rather drawing inferences based solely on what he observed.
Of course, he doesn't know the specifics, and his conclusions might be wrong.
Anyway, Moria is definitely going to enjoy the special treatment on the sixth basement level of Impel Down!
He doesn't need to send Moria to Impel Down; he only needs to escort him back to Marine Headquarters, where the Marines will naturally take him there.
Just as Kyle was about to continue enjoying the warm sunshine, an electronic notification sound suddenly rang in his mind.
After a year of silence, the system has finally started to move again.
[Ding! Recruitment tasks are being randomly posted!]
[Recruiting the genius Trafalgar Law!]
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Trafalgar Law: His life was full of misfortune. He suffered from Amber Lead Disease in his childhood, which was eventually cured by the Op-Op Fruit. However, he also lost Corazon, the person he cherished most in his life, because of the Op-Op Fruit. Although he eventually succeeded in defeating the Newspaper King, the loss of his beloved was his eternal pain!
[Recruitment Rewards: Enhanced Armament Haki, understanding of human weaknesses!]
[The target genius is not near the host. Their detailed coordinates have been located: Flying Swallow Island (5632, 2174). These coordinates change in real-time following the target!]
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Kyle, who had just lain down, suddenly sat up again, startling Sabo, who instinctively asked:
"Kyle, what are you doing?!"
But Kyle didn't answer him; his pupils, hidden behind his sunglasses, reflected excitement.
Another year has passed, and the system is finally making a sound. Will it not only make a sound once every year from now on?
Kyle couldn't help but think of it, but his attention was quickly drawn to the details of the recruitment mission...