Chapter 104: Chapter 103 The truth about Ohara
However, Sengoku failed to notice that his fellow Marine,Admiral Aokiji, nervously touched cover face, as if he might be criticized again.
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Inside the Pangea Castle of Mariejois, the Five Elder face immediately turned serious when they saw Nico Robin appear.
The survivor of Ohara, the group of history scholars who were willing to sacrifice their lives for the sake of researching history.
What does Luke want to do this time?
Why did he choose this woman to participate in the QnA?!
Is he trying to defy the World Government again?!
The Five Elder looked at Luke on the live broadcast with displeasure. As expected, if they leave Luke unchecked, this guy will cause even greater trouble for the World Government.
However, even if they want to intervene now, they can't catch any clue of Luke whereabout.
The Five Elder regretted it a bit. They were too hasty in regarding Luke as an enemy.
But their regret is not about wanting to eliminate Luke, but rather showing their hostility towards him too early.
This Luke must be eliminated.
They cannot allow such a powerful individual to exist in this world.
He knows too much, to the point where it threatens the World Government's rule.
The history scholars of Ohara were already dealt a devastating blow when they researched the past, let alone what Luke knows, which is likely more than those scholars from Ohara.
And he can't be control.
Their regret is that they didn't gather enough information on Luke before issuing the wanted poster, directly putting him on the opposite side and leaving themselves with no leads, only being attacked.
Their initial arrogance and underestimation of Luke led to this result. It is the biggest mistake in the decisions they have made.
Now they can only hope that Cipher Pol and the Marines can find some leads on Luke so that they can capture, loot, and kill Luke
While observing Luke and Nico Robin, the Five Elder also surveys the decorations and facilities of the room, hoping to find clues to Luke's whereabouts.
Where is Luke exactly? This is their most pressing question.
At this moment, people all around the world are curious about the questions posed by Luke.
When they saw Nico Robin's bounty in the past, they also found it unbelievable. Why would an eight-year-old child be offered a bounty as high as 79 million Berries?
To put it into perspective, the Empress of Shichibukai, Hancock, only had a bounty of 80 million Berries, and another Warlord, Crocodile, had a bounty of 81 million Berries.
But an eight-year-old Nico Robin had a bounty of 79 million Berries, which was incredibly terrifying.
Someone found Nico Robin's wanted poster and read the description in her bounty.
Destroyed six Marine warships with my her own hands!
Can an eight-year-old Nico Robin really do such a thing?
Many people express doubt about this.
Moreover, since the live broadcast of the QnA appeared, numerous scandals involving the Marine and the World Government have been exposed. The incident on Baterilla Island stained the Marine's Justice with the blood of innocents.
The events in the Mariejois further revealed the true face of the World Government.
As a result, people all over the world no longer believe, as they did in the past, that the decisions of the World Government are always correct and that the Marine's justice is pure and noble.
These are all actions carried out by people, depending on the moral character of the people involved.
And they have a good understanding of what the Marine is like.
While Aokoji is clever, he also makes mistakes.
While Akainu is hardworking, he is too ruthless and will do anything to accomplish his goals.
And Kizaru appears gentle and friendly, but he has the potential to be a pawn in someone's hands.
As for Sengoku, forget it. He even staged the Summit War.
The Fleet Admiral and the Admirals are all like this. How can people believe in the Marine's Justice?
Therefore, when people look at this wanted poster again, many feel that there are things hidden within that they are not aware of.
Fortunately, with Luke and the QnA broadcast, they have the opportunity to learn about the secrets and darkness that have been concealed from the world.
In the live broadcast, after hearing Luke's question, Robin was slightly stunned. She glanced at Luke and seemed to think of something, then spoke:
"Answer: I come from Ohara, the renowned archaeological sanctuary on the West Blue. Since my father died early, my mother has been exploring history at sea. I started learning archaeology at a very young age, studying alongside scholars from Ohara. At the age of eight, I took the doctoral exam and became an archaeologist with a perfect score."
A genius!
Upon hearing Robin's words, people around the world immediately thought of this word. An eight-year-old doctor, it's incredibly shocking.
When they were eight years old, they can only play in the street!
However, this still doesn't explain the reason she was call Devil's Child. Everyone continues to patiently listen.
"As I delved into history, I discovered a historical gap that occurred at the establishment of the World Government. It's as if someone forcibly concealed this period of history, preventing people from knowing about it.
This period of history spans a hundred years and is known as the Void Century.
And it is the World Government itself that erased this portion of history.
Dr. Clover stopped me when he discovered my research on the Void Century, warning me that it is dangerous and would bring harm upon myself. He prohibited me from studying and investigating this period of history.
However, what I didn't expect was that Dr. Clover and the others were secretly researching this period of history, preventing me from getting involved due to the dangers it poses. Later, the World Government discovered that the scholars of Ohara were investigating the true history, so they launched the Buster Call on Ohara.
Everyone died, even the civilian, except for me, no one survived. I don't know what kind of secrets the hidden history holds for the World Government. Perhaps Dr. Clover and others violated the Law by researching this history, but not everyone on Ohara was an archaeologist. Most of them were ordinary people who knew nothing.
Yet they were all killed because of this, they all died. Only I survived. The World Government knew that I could read the Poneglyph, understand the true history, so they issued a bounty for me, and I was given the name 'Devil's Child'. Isn't it ridiculous? They are the ones who have done things like devils, yet they put the title of devil on me. We archaeologists just want to know the truth of history. Is that period of history really so unbearable? So I decided to find the Poneglyph that contain the missing history and understand why Ohara was destroyed, why they were killed. "
Robin's story shook everyone who heard this.
Although they found it hard to believe that an eight-year-old child could do something as absurd as destroying six warships, they wondered if the Marine was just a bunch of weaklings, allowing a child to accomplish such a feat.
So they initially thought that Nico Robin might have done something outrageously evil and despicable to have such a high bounty on her head.
However, they never could have imagined that she was being pursued simply because she could read ancient texts.
Just because of that reason?
Just that?
This ridiculous reason left everyone dumbfounded.
What shocked them even more was that the World Government and the Marine launched the Buster Call and killed all the people of Ohara just because the scholars were researching the Void Century. Only Nico Robin survived.
Such cruelty is truly shocking!
They should know that elite scholars are not abundant, at most a few dozen. On the other hand, the ordinary people living in Ohara numbered in the thousands, if not tens of thousands.
Even if those few dozen scholars committed a crime, the World Government could have dealt with them without wiping out the thousands of ordinary people living there. This kind of action is something even pirates might not be capable of.
Yet it was the World Government and the Marine who carried out this atrocity.
This kind of thing is simply horrifying!
Is this really Marine Justice?
Many people couldn't believe that this was something the Marine, whom they had trusted and respected, could do.
However, with so many events happening recently, their perception of the Marine has changed.
If it were before, they would have thought it was a lie, maybe there were some unknown reasons behind it.
However, now, when they saw the Marine capturing and killing innocent pregnant women and infants on Baterilla Island, they realized deeply that the Marine's justice was not as good as they had imagined.
In fact, they are no different from the Royal Army of their own kingdom.
Justice is just a slogan.
The Marine is nothing more than the Army of the World Government, a kingdom that is larger than the member countries and a sword in the hands of King Imu behind the World Government.
Everything serves Imu and the World Government, not justice at all.
When the people of Ohara threatened the secrets of the World Government, they were immediately slaughtered by the Marine. Can this be called justice?
No one is willing to believe that even if the scholars went against the will of the World Government to study history, it's just history. Is it really worth killing so many people?
Does this hidden history really contain dark secrets that the World Government wants desperately to hide?
Compared to the dark history of the World Government, are these many lives really so insignificant?
What's even more terrifying to people all over the world is not the destruction of Ohara, but the actions of the Marine and the World Government.
This kind of behavior, willing to kill a thousand with ease, genuinely frightens them.
Think about it, what did the pregnant women and infants of Baterilla Island do wrong? They were innocent victims caught up in the situation with Roger's wife and child, yet they were mercilessly killed by the Marine and the World Government.
And what did the ordinary people of Ohara do wrong? But because the scholars of Ohara were researching history, they were all collectively slaughtered.
This kind of behavior, is what makes people fear that one day, while they are enjoying live, they will suddenly be implicated and killed because of an unrelated reason.
Even if they did nothing, even if they knew nothing.
But the actions of the Marine and the World Government tell them, "You all deserve to die. Your existence here is the greatest sin."
This contempt for life and ruthless slaughter chills everyone who hears about it.
So, this is the true face of the Marine.
Many people exclaimed with terror and anger, "We don't want this kind of justice!"
People from all over the world began to fear the Marine, and even the symbol of the Marine, the white seagull, became terrifying in their eyes.
They had always held the Marine in high regard, and they had previously criticized the Marine's actions on Baterilla Island as inappropriate. However, now they realized that the Marine had always been like this, they never change.
They were simply unaware until now.
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After this incident was exposed, even the Marineford was filled with astonishment. After all, it happened twenty years ago.
Many Marine personnel joined after the incident.
Moreover, this extermination tragedy was later covered up and prohibited from being spread.
So many Marine personnel were unaware of this incident.
When this incident was exposed, it completely exceeded their imagination. They never expected that the Marine had committed such cruel acts.
Many new recruits began to doubt themselves and their concept of justice. They didn't know if joining the Marine was the right choice. Was this the just Marine they aspired to be a part of?
The high-ranking Marine officials who knew about this incident had unpleasant expressions on their faces. However, what made their expressions worse was the fact that the incident was now exposed.
They didn't need to think twice to understand the magnitude of the negative impact this incident would have on the Marine worldwide.
The Marine had already been exposed to numerous scandals during this period.
This further added insult to injury for the Marine, Many Marine Vice admirals couldn't help but look at Akainu. They knew the reasons behind all of this.
Aokiji also looked at Akainu, anger evident in his eyes. He had witnessed this scene with his own eyes all those years ago, and even now, he couldn't let go of the resentment he felt.
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