章 89: Chapter 88: The Tide Of The Times
Water Seven, at the broken bridge connecting to the abandoned block.
This bridge originally connected another block as well, but that block was destroyed by the "God of Water, Aqua Laguna" a few years ago.
The so-called God of Water refers to a super-large tsunami that occurs every year near the sea area of Water Seven. It will surround Water Seven from all directions and then submerge it.
Because the strength of the tsunami seems to be increasing every year, Water Seven also has to be built up a little bit every year. Looking from the bottom of the sea, Water Seven has a very large abandoned city as the foundation, accumulated section by section.
Doflamingo was thinking about this, leaning on the broken bridge's rails.
Changing the design drawing does not mean that it can be changed in just one or two clicks, especially since Master Tom is a person who strives for perfection.
So it is expected to wait a few days in Water Seven.
After the blueprint is finished, Doflamingo can leave. The follow-up is to build the ship. This will take a long time. When it is ready, Master Tom will contact Doflamingo with a Den Den Mushi, and then he can come to pick up the ship.
Doflamingo has no objection to the matter of staying in Water Seven for a few days. It just so happens that if he stays here, you can also build a relationship with Master Tom, which can pave the way for the future.
At this time, at the end of the broken bridge, a sun lounger was spread here, with a parasol set up above it, and red wine and a fruit plate were placed beside it.
Doflamingo is lying here right now, holding a book.
There is also a maid on the side, fanning Doflamingo.
The sun is just right and the sea breeze is cool. This day is comfortable.
Just as a gust of sea breeze blew past Doflamingo's ears, Doflamingo's page-turning action paused for a moment, and he glanced behind him out of the corner of his eye.
"Oh... It's been a long time, I thought I saw the wrong person, Doflamingo." A deep, magnetic voice came from behind Doflamingo's side.
The maid who was fanning Doflamingo was startled, and the fan in her hand almost hit Doflamingo's face.
"Sorry, my lord!" the maid said in a panic.
Doflamingo, who dodged the fan, said helplessly, "Carrie, don't make such a big fuss next time...Okay, I have a friend here...you go and rest first."
"Yes, my lord." The maid let out a sigh of relief, and left quickly.
After the maid left, the figure also walked up to Doflamingo, looked down at the book in his hand, and didn't even look at the cover, only drawing conclusions from the two short pages.
"You are so brave, Doflamingo, this is a banned book. Two hundred years ago, Alabasta's great scholar, Bastille Roberts Bill, was sentenced to death for writing such a book "Change and Fire..." the figure frowned and said with a smile.
"Fufufufufufu, you have confirmed what I am reading just by looking at two pages, which means...you have read this book a lot, Mr. Dragon from the Revolutionary Army." Doflamingo laughed said.
That's right, the person who appeared here inexplicably was Monkey D Dragon, who Doflamingo met at Ohara in the West Blue.
"Hahaha." Dragon smiled and said, "I just happened to read it."
After the two exchanged pleasantries for a while, Dragon asked, "I heard that you are a pirate now, what happened?"
"I was just sitting at home and this 'pirate' title just fell on my head, you wouldn't believe me unless you were there." Doflamingo gave Dragon a blank look and said.
When he first met Dr. Vegapunk, Vegapunk mentioned that he and Dragon were friends.
So what happened to Dr. Vegapunk, how can Dragon not know?
Sighing slightly, he said, "However, it's a bit regrettable that the doctor couldn't be saved."
"Don't talk about it like you left him to die." Drago smiled, and then said: "I have contacted the doctor, he is living a very chic life now, and the government of the world has given him a lot of funds..."
In the past two years, Dr. Vegapunk and Dragon were still free, and they could even meet together after Ohara was destroyed.
But when Dragon decided to engage in the revolutionary life, everything changed. In addition, Dr. Vegapunk also inherited some of Ohara's spirit, understood some blank hundred-year history, and became wary of the world's official government.
And his talent was gradually valued by the world's government, so that a Marine science team was formed directly, and Borsalino, who was then Admiral at the time, personally led the team to 'protect' Dr. Vegapunk.
At that time, Dr. Vegapunk and Dragon had already been unable to communicate with each other. Bartholemew Kuma sneaked into the Seven Warlords of the Sea and joined the science corps, most likely in order to re-establish this communication.
After chatting for a while, Doflamingo suddenly said: "But it's okay to be a pirate, Dragon, can't you feel it? The change of the times...
"This is not the first time this kind of change has occurred. Marines and pirates are like Yin and Yang. When one is strong, the other is naturally weak. However, there is a cycle, generally between 15 and 30 years. According to the conclusion of historical experts, it is commonly twenty years, and the incident in God's Valley that gave the Marines dominance, was roughly 20 years ago. Judging from the situation on the sea, the cycle is about to change, the careerists in he New World are all ready to go, as if they are waiting for a powder keg to explode. Marine's conscription has also been a little weak in the past two years, and the most important thing is...the lack of high-level recruitment." Dragon said softly.
Was the Great Pirate Era opened solely because of Roger's words?
Obviously not, Roger was just the man finally kicked open the gate of that era, and poured oil on the fire behind the gate.
In fact, even without Roger, the wave of the new era is rolling in.
What Dragon said just now is a sign, and the simplest point is to look at the heroes of the new era... be it Gekko Moria, Crocodile, Red-haired Shanks, or Dracule Mihawk...these heroes who are ready to go in the new era, will they give up being pirates because there is no execution of Roger?
Obviously not.
Marine is indeed a little bit out of touch. Sengoku, Garp, Zephyr and other older generations take the lead. hey are not too young, and it is impossible to say that they will personally deal with everything.
In Marine, the younger generation who can take on the responsibility alone, headed by Sakazuki, Kuzan, and Borsalino, are actually still lacking a lot.
The simplest comparison, in the New World Charlotte Linlin, Kaido, Ochoku, Silver Ax and others are rampant, can Marines like Sakazuki face them alone and deal with it?
They are not enough.
Pirates seem to grow faster than Marines!
This also proves that in this sea suppressed by Marine for nearly two decades, order is gradually collapsing.
Like reincarnation, the era of pirates seems to be coming. In this period, because Marine is simply not strong enough, they will have to establish the Warlord system to maintain their hold on the sea.
And twenty years later, when Luffy sails out to sea, Marine has undoubtedly reached its heyday again after 20 years of military preparations and recuperation. The three admirals reached their prime, new talent like Fujitora and Aramaki came in, and they managed to defeat Whitebeard, the sentinel of the old era, and reclaim dominance over the seas.
If everything went normally, this trend of exchanging dominance would have continued on.
But....in this seemingly repeated contest between Marines and Pirates, there is still a deeper contradiction hidden, that is, the conflict between the decadent rule of the world's official government and the gradually rising ideology of freedom in he past eight hundred years, which Joyboy represents.
By the time this conflict matures, it will not be just Marines and pirates competing for the supremacy of this sea, but a confrontation of a new order!
As Doflamingo said in Summit War, after twenty years of great chaos and great storm, there is no justice or evil at all, and history will be written by the final winner....and the winner will become Justice!
Regardless of the identity of the person who captures the final victory, be it Marine? Celestial Dragons? The world's most dangerous criminal? Pirate Overlord?
Even if they are just a stinky beggar, when the fruits of victory are obtained, they will all be incarnations of justice!
Both of them were at the end of the bridge, Doflamingo was sitting on the sun chair, and Dragon was standing aside wearing a cloak, watching the sea breeze blowing by, neither of them spoke.
It seems that from the distant sea level, they have seen the tide of the times rolling in.
After a long time, Dragon asked softly: "So are you going to bet on being a pirate for the next twenty years?"
"Fufufufufu..." Doflamingo laughed, he slowly looked at Dragon, and then said: "Only chaos can destroy order, and only chaos can give birth to a new order....."
Dragon frowned slightly, and then said: "Your thoughts are really getting more and more dangerous..."
"No, it's just that you still have the last innocence, Dragon, you will understand sooner or later..." Doflamingo grinned, looking at Dragon with deep meaning.
"Understand what?" Dragon looked at the confident Doflamingo and asked curiously.
"Reform is not a dinner party... it's not writing, it's not painting or embroidery, it can't be so elegant, so calm, so gentle. Change is a riot, a violent action of one class overthrowing another class." Doflamingo patted Dragon on the shoulder and said softly.
And listening to these words, Dragon looked at the sea, unable to speak for a long time, the look in his eyes gradually deepened.
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T/N: This fanfic is usually full of humor, but it really catches you off guard with deep conversations like this. It keeps surprising me, which is one of the reasons I like it so much. Happy Stoning :)
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