Chapter 739 Strength and Faith
"You mean I'm not strong enough, so I can't do what I want to do, and that's why I've fallen to this point today?"
"Of course! If you have Kuzan's strength, then you can ride your bike whenever you want and sleep wherever you want, right?
How many people dare to say something against you? How many people will not use you because of these things? Who can criticize you?
You should know about Vice Admiral Garp's deeds. When he was young, he didn't even listen to Marshal Kong's orders and acted entirely on his heart. In the navy, disobeying orders is one of the most serious crimes, but how did Marshal Kong treat him?
He was promoted to the rank of Admiral of the Navy several times, but he refused. Was Vice Admiral Garp the illegitimate son of Marshal Sora? Of course not. It was because Vice Admiral Garp was too strong. The Navy needed him. As long as he didn't make any principled mistakes, wouldn't he be able to walk sideways in the Navy?
So in this world, strength is respected after all, Vice Admiral Garp and I are both examples! If one day you see a Celestial Dragon bullying a weak woman, will you intervene or not?
If you do, you will be confronted with the Celestial Dragons and the World Government. They will take you to Impel Down to be tortured in no time, or you may be sent directly to Mary Joaquin to be used as a slave and mount. You will be powerless to resist!
If you ignore it, it will go against the justice in your heart. From then on, your faith will collapse, and you will no longer have anything to pursue in life. In the end, you will just become a muddleheaded walking corpse. What will you choose?"
"I......"
"Based on my understanding of you, you will probably choose the first option! You are indeed a hero if you are not afraid of the powerful, but your ending is doomed to be miserable!
Although you have a heart that is not afraid of the powerful, your strength does not match your heart. To be precise, the gap is too big. Your strength cannot support your heart that is not afraid of the powerful!
That heart will eventually bring you endless pain and death, so, Smoker! Become stronger! To do what you want, for the justice in your heart! These can only be achieved by becoming stronger! If you live in a corner, your heart will slowly decay, and your body will decay with it, and finally die in disgrace! "
We can tell what kind of person Smoker is by looking at his performance in Alabasta in the original work. When the credit for Luffy's achievements was attributed to him, he started cursing and said, "Who cares if you are a superior or not!"
This shows that Smoker has justice in his heart, he is pragmatic and fearless of power, but he is powerless and can do nothing!
This can only be said that Smoker was lucky. He did not encounter the incident of the Celestial Dragons raping women or the Celestial Dragons doing other things that he considered to be crimes, otherwise Smoker would have disappeared long ago.
Fortunately, Smoker still has a backer, Aokiji, who can indeed have some influence in the navy, but if the same thing happened to the Celestial Dragons, Smoker would not even know how he died.
The justice in his heart will make him confront the powerful pirates, the truth-seeking will make him confront the higher-ups, and his fearlessness of power will make him confront the Celestial Dragons and the World Government.
So later Smoker faced Trafalgar Law and was defeated!
He faced Vergo, who was his superior but actually an undercover agent, and was defeated again!
In the end, he faced Doflamingo, who had withdrawn from the Celestial Dragons but was an ally of the World Government, and was defeated again!
Smoker suffered three consecutive defeats in Punk Hazard. How miserable and unwilling he looked. Perhaps only at this time would Smoker truly understand the importance of strength. But now Vic wants to make him understand this truth in advance.
"You mean I'm not strong enough, so I encounter all kinds of obstacles and troubles?"
Smoker is not a stupid man. Vic has already explained it so clearly. If he still doesn't understand, he would be a piece of wood.
Because of his own level and the ideological education he received in the navy, Smoker takes many things for granted and believes them to be universal. He treats them as common sense and it is difficult for him to figure out the problem if no one points it out.
He was restricted by all kinds of rules and regulations and had no way to jump out and look at these problems on his own, but with Vic's advice, he was able to see some of the essence of this world!
At least he knew that a good blacksmith must have strong tools himself, and that was enough. It was impossible to expect a native to be completely changed by a conversation, and Vic knew he did not have that kind of speaking ability.
"Of course! You can substitute your strength into specific things and analyze them again, and you will be able to see many things clearly. There are no decent opponents in the East China Sea. If you want to become stronger, you have to keep fighting!"
After saying this, Vic stood up and walked to the window, leaving Smoker alone to think, while he looked towards the training ground in the base, where a slender figure was swinging a knife.
That is Tashigi, who looks 80% like Kuina. In fact, the two are very similar. Judging from Tashigi's childhood experiences, the probability that they are twin sisters is more than 80%. However, because their temperaments are completely different, the difference can still be seen at a glance.
Tashigi is a little silly and cute, while Kuina is cold and sharp, and very easy to recognize. When Zoro saw Tashigi for the first time, he quickly realized that he had recognized the wrong person. This was not only because Kuina was dead, but also because the two had very different temperaments. He knew he had recognized the wrong person just by one gesture and one expression of Tashigi.
Tashigi has talent in swordsmanship, but it’s not that great, far behind Kuina. Now Kuina can already fight with big bosses like Hawkeye, while Tashigi can only clear away small soldiers!
Are they really siblings from the same mother? Why is there such a big difference in talent? Or is it caused by a poor education environment? Is it really necessary to have a school district house?
This is getting off topic. Tashigi was adopted by Smoker, and in the past, she was taken care of by Vic. But when Vic left the navy, Smoker was the only one left. Smoker has some status in the navy, but not much, and he can't find any famous teacher to teach Tashigi one-on-one.
Tashigi probably learned kendo at a navy kendo gym where many people learned together. Kendo was Tashigi's obsession when she was a child. She persisted even without a famous teacher. As for her achievements, that's a matter of course!
If Vic was still in the navy, he could give her some guidance. At least there would be no problems in the general direction and she would avoid many detours. At worst, he could find a famous teacher to teach her. Of course, there is no if.
"Are you looking at Dashiqi? You should let her come to see you. You've taken care of her a lot in the past, and she still remembers it all!"
"Sergeant Tashigi! Come to my office."
Smoker has already used his powerful strength to get involved in many things, and he found that those problems were easily solved. He followed Vic's path in the navy and went straight to the position of navy admiral!
Only then did he realize that what Vic said was absolutely right. If he continued thinking about it, he would also rebel against the navy, so he quickly came to his senses. Then he saw Vic watching at the windowsill and heard the sound of Tashigi practicing sword outside the window.
"Ah! Oh... here it comes!"
Originally, Tashigi was practicing swordplay very seriously, but she was frightened by Smoker's loud shout. Her swordplay posture was completely distorted, and she almost fell to the ground due to the lack of coordination. She struggled with her hands several times before she could stand firm. She quickly sheathed the sword and ran into the building.
"Has this girl always been so reckless?"
Seeing Dashigi's performance, Vic asked with a bit of a smile. Although Dashigi was such a person in the original work, this was the first time he saw it with his own eyes.
Although Tashigi's reaction was a little slow when she was young, she was not so stupid. How did Smoker educate her? Did she change so much? Or was she influenced by someone to become like this?
“Maybe it’s because I have too little company and am too lonely!
After graduating from the elite camp, I was deployed. Fortunately, you guys visited her every once in a while, but after you left the Navy, she really became a different person!
When I returned to the headquarters, she had already become like this. It was my fault that I did not fulfill my responsibility. I should have handed her over to you. Ain made the right choice!"