If Shanks and the others appreciated Kouta and admired his courage, then Sabo and Koala were looking at him with eyes shining, full of excitement.
What was the Revolutionary Army for?
What was its existence for?
What was its ideology?
They had grown up in the headquarters of the Revolutionary Army, by the side of Dragon and Ivankov, as the next generation of revolutionaries, and they were naturally very clear about the true goals of the Revolutionary Army.
Now, Kouta's ideals, in a way, were the same as the Revolutionary Army's ideology.
They existed to overthrow the unequal rule of the World Nobles who dominated the World Government.
And Kouta wanted to slaughter all the World Nobles and end slavery.
Although they appeared different, in terms of outcome, they were practically identical.
No wonder Kouta had invited them.
It seemed that Kouta had already known the ideology of the Revolutionary Army, which was why he had been friendly towards them. Of course, this was also due to Kouta knowing Dragon and Ivankov.
Before coming, they had no concept of Kouta's power.
But after seeing the corpses of Kaido and Charlotte Linlin, they understood.
This was the most powerful being in the world at this moment.
Stronger than Whitebeard, stronger than Dragon, stronger than anyone they knew.
For such a person to say he would slaughter all the World Nobles and abolish slavery, they had no reason not to believe he would succeed.
After all, Kouta was not yet eighteen years old, and he had not truly reached his peak.
They didn't believe Kouta's strength would stop here. When he truly reached his peak, how powerful would he be then?
For someone like him, it should be easy to achieve his stated ideals!
Of course, this was the thought of Sabo and Koala.
Shanks had a special identity. Although he hadn't gone to the final island with Roger, and didn't know what the ultimate treasure was, the World Government, which had made even Roger at that time wary, was clearly not that simple.
So, after taking a sip of wine, he still advised Kouta to be careful of the World Government.
"Don't worry, I know."
Kouta nodded, looked at Shanks, and smiled, "I won't ask about your true identity. I know all your past, and even more so, I know what the World Government's true reliance is, what has truly allowed them to stand for eight hundred years?"
"Oh..."
Shanks became interested, put down his wine bottle, and looked at Kouta curiously, "You know my true identity."
He didn't ask about the World Government's reliance first.
"Mm!"
Kouta nodded, then looked at everyone else who was also watching them curiously, then looked back at Shanks, "Should I say it?"
"Go ahead and say it."
Shanks shrugged, appearing indifferent. His identity was sometimes meant to be kept secret, but it wasn't something he couldn't reveal.
"You said it yourself, then!"
Kouta glanced at Shanks, took a sip of wine, put down his gourd, exhaled a breath of wine, and then said to Shanks, "If I'm guessing correctly, you are a descendant of the World Nobles from God Valley, aren't you!"
Most of the members of the Red Hair Pirates clearly knew about this, so they weren't surprised. However, a few people looked at Shanks with surprise. Of course, for Ah Hua and the others, and Sabo, their gazes towards Shanks changed at this moment. After all, Kouta had just said he wanted to slaughter all the World Nobles.
Shanks looked at Kouta deeply.
Then he nodded and admitted without hesitation.
"Yes, I am indeed a descendant of the World Nobles."
"What?"
He then asked Kouta in a joking tone, "Are you going to kill me now?"
"Hmm... why did it turn out like this?"
Everyone looked at Kouta, waiting for his answer.
"Hahahaha!!"
Kouta burst into laughter, breaking the silence on the rooftop, and said with a smile, "Don't joke. After Roger pulled you out of God Valley, you've been with Roger all along. In your heart, you probably don't consider yourself a World Noble, right!"
"After all, how can those idiots compare to you!"
"Mm!"
Shanks nodded.
"Although the blood of a World Noble flows in me, I am not a World Noble. After all, although the World Nobles call themselves gods, fundamentally, they are just a group of pigs raised by the World Government. Of course, I can't be them."
"Oh... right."
As if thinking of something, Shanks looked at Kouta curiously and said, "You said you know the World Government's reliance. Can you tell me what it is?" He wasn't afraid of people knowing he was a descendant of the World Nobles. After all, his life was traceable. It was more accurate to say he was Roger's adopted son than a World Noble. Although he was curious how Kouta knew his true identity, he didn't intend to pry into others' secrets for such a matter. Kouta might have met Rayleigh, and perhaps learned it from him. He didn't care. As for the World Government's reliance, he was much more interested.
Seeing Shanks' curious expression, Kouta found it a bit amusing and opened his mouth to smile, "You know about Uranus, right!"
"Uranus?"
The members of the Red Hair Pirates, including Koala and Sabo, were all shocked.
"Are you talking about Uranus, one of the three ancient weapons?"
Benn Beckman, with a cigarette in his mouth, blew a smoke ring and asked Kouta, "Uranus?"
"Mm!"
Kouta turned to look at Benn Beckman, nodded, and smiled, "It is indeed Uranus."
"You've seen it."
A flicker of brilliance flashed in Benn Beckman's eyes, and he asked with certainty, "You've seen it."
"Heh heh!!"
Kouta laughed heartily, then took a big gulp from his wine gourd and replied, "A month ago, I did indeed see Uranus, and I even fought him."
"A month ago?"
Everyone pondered.
It was Benn Beckman who reacted quickly. He looked up and asked Kouta in surprise, "No wonder the World Government didn't react when you killed a World Noble. It turns out they did react, but they sent Uranus to kill you." He stroked his chin and thought for a moment, then said, "I think it must be that you repelled Uranus, so the World Government had no power to trouble you further, which is why there was no movement at all."
Kouta looked at Benn Beckman, a hint of a smile in his eyes, then nodded, and then shook his head.
"What?" Seeing Kouta's reaction, Benn Beckman asked doubtfully, "Am I wrong?"
"Right... and wrong."
Facing the curious gazes of the Red Hair Pirates and Sabo and Koala, Kouta calmly narrated what had happened in Cocuyardo a month ago. Then he told them about Im. However, he didn't know much about Im either. So he only said that someone was controlling the World Nobles, and he had also agreed with Im that he would go to Mary Geoise to settle things with Im in the near future.