OPRS: Chapter 4

"Usurp the throne?" He sneered, his mockery deepening. "Do you think World Government affiliate countries are so great? If so, why doesn't Amazon Lily join them?"

"Ultimately, the Heavenly Tribute paid to the Celestial Dragons is just protection money paid to the Marines. What's the difference between that and those countries protected by the Yonko? What's the difference between the Marines and the Yonko?"

His words presented a completely new perspective on the world. The Empress and Gloriosa were both taken aback, but upon reflection, they realized he was right. In the New World, all countries had to pay protection money to the Yonko. In this place, the Marines' influence was infinitely compressed, squeezed by the Yonko. The protection money wasn't much, far less than the Heavenly Tribute, but from his perspective, what was the difference between the two?

Ultimately, these two things were just different names for the same thing.

The Empress's eyes sparkled, and she suddenly asked, "So according to you, sitting on the throne of a Yonko could also change the world. As one of the Yonko, you could make the people under your jurisdiction live in peace and prosperity." This was what she was doing. Though she plundered outwards, her people lived peacefully and orderly within her territory. Compared to the outside world, her daughter kingdom was like paradise.

In fact, this was why the Kuja Pirates were so united. This was the home of all the Amazonian female pirates, their place to return to.

This was also something she had always been proud of.

"They do have a large sphere of influence, and they can interfere in the governance of their own territories. But they haven't fundamentally changed anything. Their system relies on their own existence, like the Emperor system. There's no policy continuity. Once they die, the regime collapses. All their cruelty and kindness are embodied in one person. Such a country has no future." Alistair shook his head, completely disdaining the Yonko.

The Empress snorted softly, remaining silent, but she wasn't happy with Alistair's statement.

But even so, she couldn't deny that there was some truth to his words.

"You have a lot of nerve." Gloriosa looked at him with suspicion, as if she had misjudged him. Was this guy not a weakling, but a hidden master?

"According to you, most of the pirates in this world aren't worth your respect?" Gloriosa asked, unconvinced. She was convinced that this guy didn't have any Devil Fruit powers or Haki, but he showed no respect for the heroes of the world, especially the Pirate King.

He even disrespected the top pirates of the world, only showing disdain.

"Of course, what is there about the pirates of this world that deserves my respect?" Alistair tilted his head.

"Kid, you're a frog at the bottom of a well. Whitebeard, one of the Yonko, is a great pirate from the era of Gol D. Roger. He protects countless islands and kingdoms, and he's the most likely person to become Pirate King after Roger. Isn't he worthy of respect?"

Gloriosa had been cooped up in the Amazon Lily Kingdom for years, but her knowledge of the world was no less than that of pirates who sailed the seas. She even knew more about the world's top fighters and top forces than most pirates.

"Haha, Whitebeard has no ambition to become Pirate King. He's just an old man who yearns for family from the bottom of his heart, so all his crew members call him Old Man." He disdained Whitebeard, directly revealing the core of the Whitebeard Pirates.

Gloriosa was startled. Though the Whitebeard Pirates were indeed like this, there were few people in the world who dared to speak so frankly and with such disdain.

The Whitebeard Pirates were extremely united, like a family. Anyone who dared to insult Whitebeard would be hunted down by the Whitebeard Pirates. Anyone who dared to kill a member of the Whitebeard Pirates would be hunted down and killed by the Whitebeard Pirates, even Whitebeard himself would be alerted.

If you had to choose the most untouchable Yonko in the New World, it would be the Whitebeard Pirates.

Gloriosa was speechless, then said unconvinced, "BIG MOM! All the BIG MOM Pirates' officers are BIG MOM's children. They're a pirate crew united by bloodline. Their unity, cohesion, and combat power are even stronger than the Whitebeard Pirates. Do you look down on them too?"

"BIG MOM, controlled by her appetite, her children bound by blood, yearning for a stable home, but not the children who want to rule the world. Their strength is merely a facade. They plunder outwards, but they fear BIG MOM's tyranny within. They yearn for something they can never have. They are actually very weak. Their weakness of heart is simply masked by their overwhelming power. They are not good enough." Alistair wasn't just disdaining the Yonko, he was also organizing his memories and thoughts.

The One Piece story was becoming increasingly terrible after he crossed over. It was said that it was because the writer changed, causing Oda to go off the rails. So he remembered those terrible plots very clearly.

Though One Piece was overall a comedy-focused manga, the battles were often unpredictable, with many Devil Fruit users who Luffy couldn't defeat. For example, Sugar with the Hobi Hobi no Mi, or Perona with the Horo Horo no Mi. But they were defeated by Usopp in a very ridiculous and nonsensical way. If it had been anyone else, they wouldn't have been so lucky.

This kind of luck buff gave people a feeling of predestination, which was very unpleasant.

In other words, if he encountered these people, it would probably be the same.

This made him even more uneasy.

Before gaining greater power, he had to cling to the Empress's skirt.

Everything he had done before was a prelude to convincing the Empress.

And his ultimate goal was only one.

That was—

To convince the Empress to abandon Amazon Lily and join him in overthrowing the World Government.

From the very beginning, everything he had done was in service of this goal.

First and foremost, he had to make the Empress feel a sense of agreement with his words. Convincing the most arrogant female pirate in the world of One Piece wasn't going to be easy.

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