Pirate: God of Gods

Chapter 228 Childhood
After making a plan for the heroic sacrifice of the two in his mind, Charlie waved to the team escorting the Straw Hats behind him, and walked to the execution platform first.

The soldier pushed Nami, who couldn't hide her proud figure even though she was wearing a black and white striped prison uniform, and gave Sanji a kick with angry eyes, urging the Straw Hats to walk up to the execution platform.

"Luffy. Are we really going to die?"

Walking on the steps, Usopp's legs couldn't help shaking, and all he saw when he looked down were malicious eyes.

Sauron, who was walking in front of Usopp, turned around and grinned: "Usopp, didn't you say you want to become a brave sea warrior? Now is the time for you to sublimate yourself!"

Usopp opened his mouth to say something discouraged and complained, but he didn't say anything after seeing the smiling faces of his partners.

"Wow! This place is really spectacular. It turns out that the red earth continent is so wide!"

When he climbed to the top of the execution platform, Luffy looked around and exclaimed, completely lacking the mental state that a person who is about to be executed should have.

"what!"

Sanji sighed, subconsciously touched his hips with his shackled hands and wanted to take out the cigarette case, but found that the prison uniform didn't even have pockets. He turned his head and looked at Charlie, who had the highest position in the room, and said:

"As a dying prisoner, can I have a cigarette?"

Charlie raised his wrist and looked at his watch, and found that there was still some time before the execution began, so he took out the cigarette case and lighter from his pocket and threw them to Sanji.

Sanji raised his hands to catch it, and said with a smile, "I didn't expect there to be good people in this group of foul-smelling guys, thank you!"

Charlie ignored him, and waved away the soldiers, leaving him alone on the execution platform. Looking at this group of optimistic guys who behaved completely differently from the prisoners executed before, he said calmly:

"Cry if you want to cry. Everyone is equal in the face of death. No one will feel ashamed of you."

"Hey!" Luffy turned his head and grinned at Charlie, "I've been a crybaby since I was a kid, but I don't cry when I face enemies, that's not cool at all!"

Charlie opened his squinted eyes and took a deep look at him. He shook his head and said, "Sometimes I envy you guys who can do whatever you want regardless of your position. It's a pity that your tragic fate stopped me from thinking."

Robin, who is good at observing words and expressions, seemed to have discovered something, and said: "We may fail, but there will always be successful people. If you don't try, how will you know that you will fail?"

"Yes!"

Charlie nodded in agreement, turned his head to look at the densely packed soldiers below, and restored the poker face smile again.

"Everyone is unequal from birth. Some people have a rich family, some don't even have the next meal, some are born more capable than others, and some are stupider than pigs."

When talking about pigs, Charlie cast his gaze on the fat man and the vicious man below, and clenched his fists unconsciously.

"And when I enjoy the benefits brought by a rich and generous family, I also have to bear corresponding responsibilities. Even though I am much smarter than the two pigs below, I still have to endure their humiliation against me because of their parents' rights."

"Then you can leave here!" Nami also sensed Robin's desire to persuade the man, "If you leave here, you don't have to endure all this anymore!"

"Why did I leave here?" Charlie's face became more and more smiling, "Is it because they are Tianlong people?"

"This"

The Straw Hats' eyes widened immediately, no matter how much they thought about it, they never thought that the high-ranking Tianlongren would actually join the army.

Charlie's voice became indifferent: "And you pirates don't understand the meaning of family affection at all."

"Family."

The cheerful mood of the Straw Hats became depressed. Luffy thought of his grandfather Garp, Nami thought of Melbell and his sister, Franky thought of Tom and Bingshan, Zoro thought of his master Koshiro, Sanji thought of Zeff with those rude cooks.
"Hehehe~ I'm over 90 years old, and my family has already been there."

Brook smiled and wanted to refute, but the island whale Rab who liked to follow the boat appeared in his mind, and tears flowed uncontrollably.

Yes, apart from his companions and his long-dead family members, there are also existences that are more related than relatives waiting for him to go back.

How did things come to this point?

Luffy's grandfather has always wanted to train him into a navy, and Nami's adoptive mother Melbelle was also an excellent sailor before her death. How did they embark on the road of pirates?

"Everyone, I'm sorry."

Luffy lowered his head and said something to his companions with his voice choked up.

Now that there is someone else who is the Pirate King, Luffy, who had completely lost his thoughts, calmed down, and finally realized that what he wanted was not the title of the Pirate King, but just wanted to be the freest person in the sea.

But is he free now?
Now he can't even see Karp, Dadan, Sabo, and Makino. Is this still freedom?
"Woooooo~ I really want to see Doctor Doriel!"

Chopper couldn't help crying loudly anymore, he was very worried that Dr. Kureha, who was over 100 years old, would not be able to bear the blow when he heard the news of his death.

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"

Franky was also infected by this sad atmosphere, and tears flowed down uncontrollably.

Zoro wanted to reprimand them not to embarrass the Straw Hat Pirates, but he couldn't say anything. If Kuina hadn't died, he probably wouldn't have gone to sea alone.

Each of them has a weakness in their hearts, and an unfortunate and bad childhood. What changed them and made them take the path of pirates?

Maybe it was that damn childhood!
Seeing that the Straw Hats were in a sad mood as he wished, Charlie didn't laugh, and turned to the steps to leave the execution platform.

For some reason, he felt that he understood these pirates very well, but he couldn't feel any sympathy.

Over the years, most of the criminals he dealt with had unfortunate childhoods, and in fact, he himself had an unhappy childhood as well.

His family belongs to the type of servants of the Tianlong people. The elders serve the Tianlong people, and he should also serve the descendants of the Tianlong people.

Maybe it's just bad luck. It just so happens that the guy he works for is a defective product produced by a close relative's marriage. He has shown tyranny and cruelty to the fullest at a young age, and often does things with serious consequences without thinking.

In the end, it was all the fault of his servant for not being optimistic about his master, and all the punishments fell on him. He was not only bullied but also paid for the mistakes of others since he was a child.

And that defective product is the obese man under the execution platform.

(End of this chapter)