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Hancock stared blankly at the man he met for the first time today.

The sea breeze, still exuding the mellow aroma of wine, blew through her long hair that looked like night.

The flying hair was like the girl's chaotic heart, making her even forget to hide the slight blush on her face.

Wayne was stunned for a moment, immediately moved his eyes, and took a deep breath of cold wind.

Hancock is too dangerous now.

"cough!"

With a slight cough, Wayne bravely broke the increasingly weird atmosphere:

"Your Highness Hancock, let's not talk about such heavy things——

"In short, I am no longer a navy, and although I will not become a pirate, I still have some ideals."

He looked at Hancock, who was flustered and put on a calm expression as if he had just woken up from a dream. He wanted to laugh, but quickly stopped:

"Now the whole world thinks I'm dead, please keep me a secret."

"...Just call me by my name."

Hancock did not agree immediately to Wayne. She hesitated and asked again:

"Since Wayne is no longer a navy, and you are not willing to be a pirate, what is your attitude towards the current pirates and navy?"

She seemed to be very concerned about Wayne's answer, and her white hands couldn't help but clench.

"Attitude?"

Wayne rubbed his chin and thought for a moment.

Speaking of which, he had been busy escaping during this period, or looking for a way to the windless zone.

I don’t know if it’s a coincidence, but apart from Kuzan who came to hunt him, and the current Nine Snakes Pirates...

He had never seen a single marine or pirate.

It’s time to face up to this problem.

"The basic principle is 'I won't offend others unless they offend me'."

Wayne spoke softly, slowly speaking out the vague thoughts in his heart:

“Although the navy serves the World Government and the Celestial Dragons, most of them join it because they yearn for justice.

“In this department, I know very well that although many times due to pressure from the World Government and the Celestial Dragons, the Navy will do things against their will.

“But there are still a large number of people at the top who are trying to practice their own justice.

"At the local level, although only those countries that have paid 'heavenly gold' will be protected by the navy, in any case, they have indeed protected many civilians."

He pointed to his head:

"I have been thinking about the Navy for ten years. The Navy is just a knife.

"The sword is indispensable to maintain order, but the person holding the sword is the fundamental factor that determines where and how to cut with the sword."

"As for the pirates..."

Wayne looked back at the female warriors of the Nine Snakes Pirates who had almost finished carrying the supplies.

Well, and weird-looking William, Karl, Sandathonya, and Marigold.

He twitched the corner of his mouth and turned back calmly.

"In the past ten years, I have met countless pirates, and the reasons why they became pirates are also varied.

“But no matter what, if you hang up the skull and crossbones flag and go to sea to become a pirate, you will cause harm to civilians.

"Even if they don't directly harm civilians, as their reputation increases and their followers increase, pirates still bring more fear to the world."

This is not a comic book, Wayne has experienced it personally, seen it with his own eyes, and it is unforgettable.

"But in the new world, the pirate known as the 'Emperor of the Sea' still protects many islands," Hancock said, somewhat unconvinced.

She slightly lifted her long black hair and finally regained some of her "Pirate Empress" aura:

"Even if I am a concubine, I still protect my country!"

"That's why I say that justice changes with changes in position and environment."

Wien did not deny what Hancock said:

“I’m not even a formal businessman now, so I naturally look at things from a civilian perspective.

"At the same time, civilians are the foundation of everything. Regardless of the navy or pirates, the vast majority of them are originally civilians——

"Hancock, you protect the country, so what is a country?"

He looked into Hancock's eyes:

"Without the people, an empty Nine Snake Island is the country you want to protect?"

"..."

Hancock opened his mouth slightly, but could not refute Wayne's words.

Wayne shook his head slightly, knowing Hancock would understand what he said.

"From the world's perspective, as a former Marine, I naturally know how much damage pirates have caused to the foundation of the world - civilians."

He looked at Hancock who was thoughtful, thought about it, and said seriously:

"In order to realize my ideals, I need to distinguish who is my friend and who is my enemy——

“And this is not simply judged by what he has done, but by the purpose of what he did.

“So, for pirates, if they are my friends, I will treat them with fine wine.

"If it were my enemy, I would never stop killing him just because he no longer joins the navy."

"..."

Hancock was silent for a moment, and finally showed a breathtakingly beautiful smile.

"Then, I will keep your affairs a secret, but do you plan to remain silent like this?"

She tilted her head and looked at the current Wayne from the perspective of the Pirate Empress and the Shichibukai:

"Businessman? Is this the path you have chosen for your future?"

"What will happen in the future...who can say for sure?"

Wayne laughed and stopped continuing the topic:

"Hancock, thank you for keeping my secret. As a thank you, I have a gift for you."

"Ah, gift, gift..."

Hancock was startled and seemed a little panicked.

"what gift?"

"Well, it's a special kind of wine I developed, but..."

Wayne scratched his head in distress:

"Do you have any empty barrels there?"

"..."

Although it seemed a lot rude to a lady, Wayne could only choose to use wooden barrels to hold the wine he was going to give to Hancock.

Fortunately, the mellow wine itself makes up for the shortcomings of the container.

"What kind of wine is this?"

Hancock took Sundar Sonia and Marigold to look curiously at the beautiful crimson liquid in the barrel.

"To be honest, I don't like drinking very much."

In front of the pirate group members, she returned to her cold and arrogant empress state.

"Sister, this seems to be a special kind of red wine, made from grapes."

Sandasonia spat out the snake letter, somewhat disapprovingly:

“But if it goes with my sister’s favorite hot pot, the liquor that is our specialty from Jiu She Island is the most suitable!”

"Liquor?!"

When Wayne heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up.

So, no wonder he had never heard of the existence of liquor.

In this world, is this a specialty of Nine Snake Island?

No wonder this wine didn’t spread.

No wonder they have such effective sobering medicine!

"Did you bring this kind of wine?"

The three Hancock sisters were stunned for a moment, then remembered Wayne's ability.

"No."

Marigold, who had an exaggerated figure, shook her head:

"In fact, before we set sail this time, my sister had ordered us not to drink alcohol for three months."

Then, she and Sandasonia's strange eyes drifted towards William and Karl, who were speechless.

The two of them already knew what was going on.

"It's such a shame... I'll talk about it later when I have the chance."

Wayne glanced at the four large sea kings that were still turning their bellies on the sea:

"You'd better sail before they wake up.

“This is my special wine, it has very good skin care and scar removal abilities!”

Wayne patted William and Karl, whose skin was fair, delicate and shiny, which had made women curious for a long time, and he was full of confidence:

"The two of them took a red wine bath for a month, look at their skin, tsk tsk..."

The eyes of the three Hancock sisters burst out with astonishing expressions!