Chapter 360 Execution Time
June 1522, 6 in the Haiyuan calendar
Aurora Islands central town square, morning.
Early in the morning, people from all over the world gathered in the square in groups, and naval soldiers lined up to maintain public order for the crowd preparing to watch the public execution.
In the center of the square, on the balcony of a restaurant in front of the execution platform.
Hancock and Arthur sat opposite each other at the dining table on the balcony, savoring the spicy hot pot and waiting for the execution time.
Hot pot is Hancock's favorite food.
"Compared to the execution of Roger in Rogue Town that year, the lineup here is not worth mentioning at all." Arthur said while drinking rum and looking at the crowd around him.
He soon noticed a few familiar faces.
One photo shows a simple and honest man with a big beard named Tucha.
He was a burly man, standing on the execution platform wearing a cloak that symbolized the honor of a lieutenant general.
"But this public execution is also of great significance." Hancock looked at the crowd:
"The Navy can also take advantage of this opportunity to attract many young people who advocate naval justice to join the Navy, thereby strengthening the Navy's current strength and breaking the limitations of insufficient combat effectiveness."
"Okay, I'm full!" Arthur put down his bowl and chopsticks, jumped onto the roof of the balcony and stood there:
"It's time to stretch your muscles."
He stretched himself, stretched his muscles, and his eyes were no longer leisurely and lazy.
He immediately focused his attention on Lieutenant General Tucha who was standing on the execution platform in front of him.
"Actually, you don't have to do anything, dear. You can leave everything to me." Hancock also put down her bowl and chopsticks, picked up the black tea on the table and tasted it.
Everyone is nervous, looking forward to the moment when the world's most vicious criminal, the son of the hero Garp, and the leader of the revolutionaries will be executed.
Arthur and Hancock seemed unusually calm.
"Leave it to me this time. You take a rest. I've been waiting for this day for a long time." Arthur retorted, "I've wanted to kill him for a long time."
"Okay." Hancock agreed, and warned: "Don't forget, if you show your strength in public, it means you will be back in the circle of disputes."
At exactly twelve noon, the bell in the tower at the highest point of the town was rung.
The noisy crowd heard the bell and fell silent, all looking towards the port.
On the prison ship where Dorag was being escorted, Dorag was escorted down by two executioners.
His limbs were locked with seastone chains, his body was covered with bruises, and his lost faith and fighting spirit were all visible to everyone on his face and body.
There wasn't a trace of unwillingness in that desperate expression. He looked completely like a loser, walking step by step towards the end of his life.
The twelve sacred bells ended—
In full view of everyone, Dorag was escorted to the execution platform and made to kneel.
His wounds had not yet healed, and his eyes swept downwards from the execution platform: “The victors take all… If we overthrow the World Government… the Celestial Dragons, I will also publicly execute them like this.
Never mind...it's all over."
The journalists' cameras were shooting frantically in the square, capturing every detail of Dorag's expression and movement.
As a member of the resistance against the ruling power of the World Government, he will be forever recorded in the list of rebels of the World Government.
"Times have really changed, Vice Admiral Dorag." Tucha said, looking at the embarrassed Dorag in front of him:
"I have another piece of news for you. I was sent to arrest your son, the Straw Hat Boy.
Something went wrong during your escort, so I will be overseeing your public execution."
"Luffy..." When Dragon heard Luffy's name, he suddenly felt a little unwilling.
Even so, due to his extreme weakness and injuries, he was unable to resist.
"As a rebel, you can use your death to make a real contribution to the Navy's years of cultivation." Tucha then said to him:
"Executing you is a symbol of a great victory for the new generation of the navy against the rebels who disrupt world order and peace!"
As he spoke, Tucha looked at the executioners on both sides: “In order to avoid mistakes, there is no room for hesitation!
Execute! Execute him immediately! "
"Yes!" The executioner responded to Tucha. The two men came to Dorag's left and right, holding the Sword of King's Destruction, and aimed the tips of the swords at his chest in a cross pattern.
Then he stabbed forward without any hesitation.
At this moment, the world seemed to stop, and Drago closed his eyes in despair.
Throughout his life, he spoke up for the people oppressed by the Celestial Dragons, but was ultimately rejected by the people of those countries.
The treatment of losers is so unbearable.
At the moment when the tip of the sword was about to pierce through his chest, an unrivaled kingly aura instantly knocked the two of them away.
The executioner fainted on the scaffold, and fell on the scaffold along with the two blades in his hands.
"This is the Domineering Haki...!" Tucha was shocked and looked in the direction of the aura in Shunzhen.
I found the Straw Hat Boy blending in with the crowd and taking off his black cloak. Then he quickly assumed a posture of gathering strength, stretched his arms behind him, and stared at the execution platform:
"Rubber rubber spinning bullet!"
The people surrounding Luffy in the square were not shocked at first, but rather looked very unfamiliar.
Because, two years ago, the Straw Hat Pirates were not very famous.
He was just a pirate with a bounty of 100 million, but there were many pirates with a bounty of 100 million berries in the Grand Line.
The reason why Akainu attaches so much importance to him is because he is the descendant of two major traitors of the Navy.
The twisted arms were extended through rubber bands and swung towards Tucha above the execution platform.
“He actually avoided the pacifist’s scan!? And blended into the crowd?” Tucha was about to clench his fists to resist.
A cold murderous aura suddenly appeared beside him.
Cold sweat broke out on his face. He looked in the direction of the breath again and found that a man holding a blade jumped into the air to his right from nowhere.
"Hah!" Tucha shouted loudly. Facing attacks from both sides, his whole body was wrapped in armed color domineering, ready to withstand the damage.
Bogart slashed with his sword, but the sword wrapped in domineering aura was blocked by Tucha, who was covered in domineering aura.
However, Luffy then launched a heavy attack that was powerful enough to break through the iron-like defense and hit his abdomen at the same time.
Tucha's body was shot down from the execution platform like a cannonball and fell into the crowd below.
"shave!"
"shave!"
"shave!"
Seeing someone interfering with the execution, the rear admirals guarding the square quickly used the Six-style technique to approach Luffy and surrounded him.
"Sure enough, it's not that easy to execute that Dorag!"
"His son came to save him?!"
"Who was the swordsman who attacked the execution platform?"
Seeing this scene, the people who were watching the execution fled quickly.
For their own safety, they ran to the surrounding islands.
Bogart landed on top of the scaffold and walked behind Dorag.
Without saying a word, he immediately used the knife in his hand to chop at the seastone shackles that bound him.
However, at this moment, Kaji, who was supervising the execution, appeared behind him at great speed: "Bogart, your being here also means that Mr. Karp is here too, right?"
Bang! Kaji punched Bogart and sent him flying.
I saw with my own eyes him crash into a house near the square. The terrifying impact of his punch shattered the house into pieces.
Luffy was below the execution platform, surrounded by three major admirals.
Seeing Bogart being knocked away by a punch, he complained:
"Damn it, it was so close!"
"If you still care about people's safety at this time, how can you save Mr. Dragon?!" Seeing this, Sabo also appeared near the execution platform.
He formed his hands into a dragon claw fist shape, aiming at the ground with his domineering aura:
"Dragon Claw Fist·Dragon's Breath!!"
Boom——!
The entire square shook, and a large amount of sharp air gushed out of the ground. The torn cracks seemed to sink the entire square to the bottom of the sea.
Kaji looked at the cracking earth below and slapped the floor of the execution platform with his palm.
The split earth quickly healed and returned to its original state, offsetting Sabo's large-scale destructive moves.
“What happened…?” Sabo’s eyes widened, unable to believe that such power existed.
After stopping Sabo from destroying the square, Kake discovered that the pacifists were concentrating lasers in their hands.
There were still many civilians in the square who had not left, so he immediately shouted to stop them: "Pacifists! Do not shoot lasers among civilians!"
Categorical Command allows Pacifists to switch from ranged to melee combat.
After the crowd thinned out, they quickly locked onto the surrounding mission targets, and the entire Straw Hat Pirates appeared.
The only thing missing is a reindeer.
A large number of navy troops poured into the square from the town streets and surrounded the Straw Hat Pirates.
"Not good... All these marines are domineering, Green Algae Head, you haven't slacked off in your training in the past two years, have you?"
"Of course, I almost lost my life in order to become stronger."
Sanji and Zoro spoke with their backs to each other, glancing at the surrounding marines.
The sabers in every marine's hand turned into gangster swords, which were different from the black swords, except that they were wrapped in a domineering look.
However, even when facing this kind of navy, they still looked confident.
Sanji lit a cigarette.
Zoro put on his headscarf, held the Wado Ichimonji in his mouth, held the Snow Slayer in his left hand, and the Three Swords, Kitetsu, in his right hand.
The two men rushed towards the navy crowd and fought fiercely with them.
"Luffy, your grandfather didn't tell us that they are all elites who can use Haki -! Damn it -!" Usopp complained loudly when he was chased and beaten by pacifists.
"Robin...what are you doing?! Protect me quickly--!" Nami cried heartbreakingly.
At this moment, Robin's eyes were dull, and he looked up at Arthur who was on the roof of a restaurant right in front of the execution platform.
Arthur looked down at her, smiled faintly and said to her: "Don't be confused, this is your own choice."
There was no leakage of his aura at all, so no one noticed it.
Including Chaton Kake who was standing on the execution platform at this moment.
Arthur enjoyed watching the overall situation change as a temporary spectator.
In the past, he always took the initiative to engage in conflicts between major forces, but now he will not be so reckless.
Kaji glanced down, his eyes very serious: "In that case, I'll just catch all of you in one fell swoop."
He spread his hands, and instantly, the entire island began to shake violently as if the earth were shaking.
At the same time as he activated his ability, a figure as fast as lightning rushed towards him.
Blazing black thunder burst out in the sky, and the light condensed in the iron fist suddenly blasted towards the execution platform:
"Kaji, can't you give me some face?"