I am brushing up materials in One Piece

The first thought that came to Daz's mind after he realized that he had fallen into the water again was not "Oh no," but "Let's just let it go."

In his mind, dying after losing was a very normal thing, not to mention that the secrets he thought he had hidden deeply were ruthlessly exposed by Cos, so he did not struggle.

Of course, since his whole body was tightly bound by chains, he didn't have much room to struggle.

But he didn't die after all. After losing consciousness due to lack of oxygen for an unknown period of time, he opened his eyes, and what came into view was Kos's smiling face.

"Congratulations, the operation was successful. Now you are a lovely girl."

"Eh!"

Daz immediately reached out to touch his chest, but fortunately there were still hard and strong muscles there, but out of safety he reached out to his lower body.

"Hahaha, you actually believe it!"

A hearty laugh came from the side, interrupting Daz's self-touching.

"You were the second one to be fooled. Deus was also tricked by Cos in the same way."

Daz looked towards the direction where the laughter came from. Ace was sitting on the bow of the boat, smiling happily.

Only then did Daz realize that he was on a ship, and besides Ace and Kos, there was Deus who was all wet.

"Technically speaking, Daz, you are the third person to be fooled."

Kos said, turning around and pointing at Ace and said,

"And you are the second one, and the stupidest one among those who were fooled."

"really."

Deus nodded silently and said,

"It's understandable that I was confused and confused at the time, but Ace could clearly see my appearance but still believed it was true. I suggest that he be ranked first."

In the process of the three people hurting each other, mainly Cos and Deus, Daz finally woke up and understood the current situation.

"Thank you."

Compared to the first time he was rescued after being thrown into the water, his attitude was much more correct this time. Although he had no intention of living after falling into the water, the kindness of others to save his life should never be regarded as a fool's errand.

"It's nothing, even if it's a half-baked job, but as a doctor, you can't leave people alone until they die."

Deus squeezed the water from his clothes and then walked towards the entrance of the cabin.

"Mihar should be finishing washing soon. I'm going to change out of the wet clothes first. You can come and wash them later. Not to mention the cold problem, if you don't clean up in time after soaking in sea water, it will cause damage to your skin."

"Indeed, you might get rusty."

Kos also echoed,

"A rusty blade doesn't make a hero."

"Uh……"

Daz turned around and covered his face. Now knowing that the number of people in his dream had become three, that was three times the shame, he almost had the idea of ​​jumping into the sea and committing suicide immediately.

"Are you going to be a hero? You're so awesome!"

Ace came over with great interest, very interested in Daz who wanted to become a hero.

"No, no, no, I can't."

Daz waved his hands repeatedly,

"Because I don't have that qualification, no."

“Everyone has the right to pursue their dreams, there is no qualification.”

Ace supported Daz and said with firm eyes.

"No, because I am a killer, I have killed people, and someone like me who wants to be a hero is not qualified to be a hero because of impure motives."

Daz even lowered his head in shame as he spoke.

"You don't look stupid."

Kos looked at Daz with a childish look on his face and said,

"Although I don't think that if you want to be a hero, you lose the qualifications to be a hero, but a murderer does not have the qualifications to be a hero."

"Kesi, are you going too far?"

Ace immediately retorted,

"And haven't you killed someone before?"

"Stupid, did you see when I said I was a hero?"

Kos said very matter-of-factly, and then hit Daz's lowered head with the back of his knife.

"But you who give up on yourself because you feel you have no qualifications are even more stupid. You are even more stupid than the idiot who gave up on the entire exam without hearing clearly."

"what?"

Daz raised his head, with a bit of confusion in his eyes, because there were words in Kos's words that he couldn't understand.

"Because you can't be a hero, you continue to kill people. You are worried that you can't be a hero while doing things that are contrary to being a hero. Have you ever considered going to Gotham City to have a battle of wits with Batman?"

"what?"

Daz still couldn't fully understand what Kos meant, but he could roughly understand what he wanted to say.

"Putting down the butcher's knife may not necessarily make you a Buddha, but if you don't let it go, you will be racing on the road of betraying the hero."

Daz still couldn't understand.

"Whoo~"

Kos sighed and said helplessly,

"Then let me briefly describe it. If a person has a hero value of '1', he can be called a hero. An ordinary person who has done nothing has a hero value of '0', and every time you kill an innocent person, your hero The value will be reduced by 1, and saving one person can increase the hero value by one point."

"That is to say, as long as you save enough people, you can eventually turn negative into positive, so don't be discouraged."

Ace patted Daz on the shoulder and comforted him.

"Don't think too simply. The way of scoring good and evil is not that simple. Merits can indeed be accumulated, but sins cannot be erased."

Kos said coldly,

"You don't think that if you add enough water to a cup that has ink dripped into it, you can eliminate the fact that there is ink in it, right?"

"It seems not possible?"

After thinking for a while, Ace came up with the answer, but then he realized something was wrong and said,

"But won't it mean that no matter how hard you try, you won't be able to do anything?"

"Yes! There is really no other way. Once your hands are stained with the blood of innocent people, you will never be able to clean them off."

Kos turned to look at Daz,

"But even if it can only be a negative number, you should understand the difference between negative one hundred and fourteen thousand five hundred and fourteen and negative one, right? Ace is right in what he said, everyone has a dream to chase. For power, even if you know it is impossible, you have to move forward with your dreams, otherwise there is no difference from a salted fish."

When Daz didn't answer, Kos continued,

"Or are you planning to completely give up on that unrealistic dream? But no matter how long you are now to be a hero while committing villainous acts, it is better to give up as soon as possible, otherwise the psychopathy will be considered minor."

Daz lowered his head and was silent for a long time. He had become accustomed to this kind of anxiety, and even if it was really uncomfortable, he wanted to turn a blind eye. Now that Kos has put it directly on the table, he has to think about what to do.

But the problem that has not been solved for many years has already turned into a huge problem even if it is small in itself. What's more, the problem faced by Daz is not a small problem, so in the end he still did not get the answer.

He raised his head, wanting to say that he didn't know what to do, and wanted to seek an answer from others as his own answer.

But what he saw when he looked up was Ace's outstretched hand and smile...