“Huh…Huh…”

Hai Lan and Hong lay on the wet beach on the Alabastan coast, gasping heavily.

Exercising in the water is easier to consume physical strength, not to mention that they are always fighting desperately.

It was not until the sunset completely fell to sea level that the two men's bodies finally returned to the control of their brains and were no longer almost unable to move like they were falling apart.

"Hahahaha... It's so satisfying, so please!"

At first, Hai Lan heard Hong's unscrupulous laughter and thought that this guy might be crazy and wanted to go forward and fight with him.

But when Hai Lan heard what Hong said, a hint of confusion rose in her heart. This guy sounded very happy?

"Straw hat boy, why are you laughing?" Hai Lan asked with a frown as she tried to adjust her breathing.

Hong caressed his straw hat with treasure and put it on his head.

His clothes had already been torn to pieces during the battle, but only this straw hat was protected by him, just like Zhao Zilong, who had to protect Adou in the Romance of the Romance, who had fought his life in Changbanpo and wanted to protect Adou.

If it weren't for this straw hat, he might not have been beaten so miserably by Hai Lan.

"I was thinking that I haven't encountered such a painful battle for a long time. It's really refreshing!"

Hong's voice was very generous, and it sounded like there was no trace of resentment, as if she had already forgotten the hatred that Hai Lan had locked his eyes in the sea.

Hai Lan no longer had the strength to continue fighting with Hong, so she started chatting with Hong: "Hong Shanks, Bucky told me that you have never killed anyone casually, and even often helped others. I don't understand why people like you are going to be a pirate? Even if you don't like being a navy, you can be an ordinary navigator."

"This Navy Chief, don't listen to that stupid Bucky talking nonsense. I've killed no one at all."

Hong seemed to be unsuspecting and started chatting with Hai Lan with confidence: "When One Piece King Goldor Roger founded the era of the Great Pirates, countless heroes appeared on this sea, and too many scum appeared.

Those scums always arouse my disgust, so I can’t even count how many people I have killed so far.”

If only Hong himself was the only one, he would not be afraid of revealing that he was a crew member of Captain Gol d. Roger, the Pirate King, and he would even be proud of it.

But once Bucky had become a navy, Hong deliberately concealed this information.

Hai Lan frowned: "As you said that, shouldn't you be a navy or a pirate hunter?"

Hong laughed and continued to explain: "But only being a pirate is the freedom. You can drink big gulp and eat meat in large chunks.

I defeated those scums that appeared after the age of the Great Pirates, not to be a damn hero. I just wanted to follow my true intentions and do what I wanted to do!

Can you be so free as a navy?"

Hero?

This is a magical word.

When I was a child, countless people worshiped heroes and fantasized that one day they could become a hero.

But as we grow older, more and more people no longer want to be heroes. Some people with special experiences will even hate heroes and hate heroes.

Hai Lan is not a hero, and he never thought about being a hero.

A hero is always just a "symbol", not a living person.

But this does not mean that Hai Lan agrees with Hong: "Absolute freedom? Straw hat boy, your thoughts are indeed a bit dangerous."

There is no order without rules.

And the army is a violent institution for the country to maintain order.

Even though Red Shanks did not do evil, he still sailed on this sea in the name of "thief". If he ignored it, the bad impact would be even more terrifying than a truly vicious pirate.

"Is that so? Then, this naval commander, are you planning to continue to capture me?"

Seeing Hai Lan staring at her, Hong showed a bright smile, looking like a sunny big boy.

Hai Lan shook her head: "I will definitely continue to catch you, but next time."

Hai Lan and Hong had exhausted most of their physical strength in their bodies during the battle underwater.

No one can guarantee that he will be suppressed by the other party when he is full, and naturally he will not be able to defeat the other party when he is weak. When his physical strength is restored, he can still fight in vain.

What's more, it was because Hong mistakenly thought that Hai Lan was a devil fruit abilities and dragged Hai Lan down to the water, so the two of them were determined to fight for life and death.

Now both of them have returned to the shore. If Hong runs out with all his might, Hai Lan will not be able to catch Hong.

"Next time? It's better to stop meeting us."

Hong climbed up from the beach, patted the mud and sand stained on her body, and slowly walked out of Hai Lan's sight with a straw hat.

Hong was very worried that the navy would chase him all over the world just like the navy named "Iron Fist" Captain Roger.

But in fact, he was thinking too much.

The reason why Karp was regarded as a hero by the Navy is because a long time ago, Karp made great contributions to the Navy's battle with the Rocks Pirates.

Later, when Gore d. Roger has since, the world government used the propaganda of "One Piece" to forge the news that Captain captured Roger alive, allowing Captain's name as "naval hero" to spread throughout the sea.

In other words, Cap's achievements today are entirely because he once fought with the Rocks Pirates, the Whitebeard Pirates, the Roger Pirates, and the Golden Lion Fleet again and again, rather than following Roger as a follower.

In the navy, there is no hard work, only credit.

Just imagine, can it be a credit for only pursuing the Red Pirates but not being able to catch the Red Pirates? Obviously not.

When he meets the Red Pirates in the future, Hai Lan will naturally find a way to capture the Pirates; but if he keeps chasing the Red Pirates like a follower, he will refuse.

After all, it may take a month to chase from the great route to the West Sea in a blink of an eye.

But if you spend this month on training and catching pirates is just about training your own strength, it is more realistic than catching up with the Red Pirates.

Only then would Hai Lan not waste her youth on this red-headed straw hat boy.

Especially when the other party is not the kind of scum who does everything evil.

After adjusting his thoughts, Hai Lan also left the coast.

"After the sand crocodile was messed up, the plan was completely messed up. I guess Sister Gion might have returned in vain, but Wagner shouldn't let me down, right?"
Chapter completed!