Two hours later.
The naval warships were long gone.
At this point, only the Freedom, and the cruise ship remained in this sea area.
On the deck in the middle of the cruise ship.
Bang—!
Under Karl's leadership, over forty burly men and more than twenty girls knelt before Kong Tai and the others standing at the bow of the cruise ship.
"Thank you."
Karl was the burly man Kong Tai had saved at the bow earlier, and the father of Karly, the girl from the big roulette wheel.
Kong Tai turned to look down, his eyes flashing with a smile as he looked at Karl.
He shouted down, "Get up! We don't do bowing and kneeling here!"
As he spoke, he looked at Karl.
He hadn't expected Karl's daughter to be the leader of most of these people.
Karl's village was destroyed because they harbored his daughter, thus incurring the revenge of the King of the Gamma Kingdom.
And his daughter, Karly, was actually one of the leaders of the Gamma Kingdom's rebel army.
This made it understandable why Karly had such strong willpower.
Karly was dead, and Karl had smoothly become the leader of these people.
They had decided to quickly return to the Gamma Kingdom to fight for their compatriots.
They believed that with the heads of the King and Prince of the Gamma Kingdom, they would surely be able to liberate Gamma Island this time!
"Karl, get up! I just did what I thought I should do. In fact, I didn't do anything. All of this was done by yourselves."
"Moreover, you still have to go back to liberate your country."
As he spoke, Kong Tai tilted his head back and took a drink of wine, then looked down and said, "Get up! I've received your gratitude."
"Let's part ways here!"
"Yes!"
Karl quickly looked up, looking towards the bow of the ship, but Kong Tai was nowhere to be seen!
He quickly stood up and, with the people behind him, hurried onto the deck, looking at the Freedom, which had already raised its sails, and shouted loudly, "Ah... Goodbye... Goodbye."
As he spoke, he raised his hand and waved at the Freedom.
The people behind him also raised their hands and shouted loudly towards the front, "Goodbye."
The Freedom turned and slid past the cruise ship diagonally from the front.
Their destination was the Alabasta Kingdom, which was about one hundred degrees from the Gamma Island where the cruise ship was headed, almost in completely opposite directions.
At the stern of the Freedom.
Kong Tai leaned his back against the railing at the stern, Guina stood beside him, facing the direction of the cruise ship, feeling the gratitude of the people at the bow of the cruise ship, her lips curved upwards, revealing a gentle smile.
She tilted her head and looked at Kong Tai's profile, smiling, "Aren't you going to say anything?"
"Phew~"
Kong Tai put down his wine gourd, exhaled a breath of wine, turned to look at Guina, and reached out to rub her head.
"A man's farewell needs no words, only silent blessings in the heart. I believe Karl and the others will be able to truly liberate Gamma Island."
Guina narrowed her eyes slightly and let out a sound from her nose, "Mmm!"
Whether it was from comfort or a genuine response to Kong Tai's words, she didn't say.
...
At the bow of the cruise ship, Karl gazed at the sea in front of him. He only turned his gaze back after the Freedom had completely disappeared below the horizon, and then fixed his eyes on the dozens of people behind him.
He straightened his back, held his head high, his eyes filled with fighting spirit.
Although his tongue was gone, although he was not strong.
He would inherit his daughter Karly's dying wish, and he would thoroughly liberate Gamma, making Gamma Island and the Gamma Kingdom a truly peaceful nation.
He would completely overthrow the royal family.
No...
He would completely exterminate the royal family.
Because this entire family was made up of brutal beasts like the King and the young prince.
He would not show any mercy to such people.
He raised his hand and shouted loudly, "Return."
His voice was hoarse, but it was filled with momentum, echoing throughout the sea.
The crowd looked at Karl, their eyes filled with excitement.
This was the new king they had chosen.
A king who truly possessed the demeanor and appearance of a king.
They simultaneously raised their hands, tilted their heads up, and shouted, "Return, liberate Gamma, liberate Gamma."
Then they lowered their hands in unison, turned around, and walked off the deck.
Before long, the sails of the cruise ship were raised.
On the largest mast in the middle of the cruise ship, a ring of iron plates wrapped around the mast could be clearly seen.
The mast of the cruise ship had been cut off by Kong Tai with a single stroke, but it had later been repaired by Kong Tai and A Tao.
Otherwise, this cruise ship wouldn't be able to return to Gamma!
At the bow of the cruise ship, Karl stood by the railing, his body perfectly straight, facing the wind, staring in the direction of Gamma, his gaze unwavering.
"Wait for me... Gamma."
At this moment, he was like a true king, filled with unprecedented momentum and resilience.
...
Just as Kong Tai and the others were heading towards the Alabasta Kingdom.
In the Alabasta Kingdom.
Rain Country.
The true stronghold of Baroque Works.
Casino, Raindinners.
Boss's Office.
A swivel chair was facing away from the door.
A man with a slicked-back hairstyle, a long scar across his face, an earring in his right ear, wearing an orange plaid long-sleeved shirt underneath and a black fur coat draped over him, was holding a cigar in his mouth, leaning back in his chair, looking at the newspaper in his hand.
He took a puff of his cigarette, swirled the smoke in his mouth, and then let the smoke drift out from the corner of his mouth.
Looking at the contents of the newspaper, he burst into laughter.
"Guhahahahaha!!"
"That guy Mihawk really waited for that silver-haired guy near Drum Island for months!"
As he spoke, he put down the newspaper, and his feet pushed off the ground.
He spun the chair around to face the desk.
Then he put down the newspaper and turned to look at the sofa on his right.
On the sofa sat a woman with short hair, wearing a purple and white cowboy hat, a purple-red miniskirt, and a white fur coat draped over her.
Her pupils were blue-black, and her skin was tanned.
She was a beautiful older sister type.
The man in the swivel chair looked at the woman, his eyes cold, his lips curled upwards, and he laughed, "Guhahahahaha!! Miss All Sunday, Cobra has left, hasn't he!"
"Yes!"
The woman nodded and looked at the man, smiling, "He left this morning, and should be far away from Alabasta by now!" kanshu Wu.ξà
The woman paused slightly and then said, "This time Cobra is attending the World Conference, and he only brought one guard. We still have one left, will the plan proceed?"
"Of course."
The man stared at the woman and laughed, "This time, while Cobra is away from the kingdom, we can send more people to be arranged into the kingdom's royal army, guhahahahaha!!"
The man let out a loud laugh, then lowered his head and asked the woman, "By the way, what about that rebel army formed by that young man named Kosa?"
"Rebel army."
The woman blinked, then chuckled, "It's okay! The scale is not small, but they have too few weapons, and some villages in the kingdom haven't reached the point of complete despair yet, so the development is not fast enough."
"Few weapons?"
The man stood up, walked to the window, and looked at the giant crocodiles swimming outside the glass, spreading his hands and laughing loudly.
"Guhahahahaha!! If they lack weapons, we'll give them. If they lack people, just make those villages completely desperate, isn't that enough?"
"Give them?"
The woman looked at the man, her eyes wide with surprise.
"Of course, we'll give them!"
The man turned around, stared at the woman, and said coldly, "Don't you think it's interesting to let the people of this country destroy their own country with their own hands?" Guh a ha ha ha!!"
The woman looked at the man laughing maniacally, a hint of disgust flashing in the depths of her eyes.
However, she had no power to resist the man's decision.
Never mind.
She shook her head, her goal was history, and there was nothing else she could do.