One Piece: God Killer

South China Sea, Daze Island.

Osawa Island belongs to the Taoyuan Kingdom, one of the countries that joins the World Government. Its country is composed of hundreds of small islands, and Osawa Island is one of them.

Although there is a big character in the name of Osawa Island, this has nothing to do with the size of the island. Most of the island is tidal flats, and when the tide rises, it becomes submerged. Therefore, the island was named Daze, which means a large wetland. There are no more than a hundred households on Daze Island. Since the natural environment is not suitable for the development of planting and breeding industries, the vast majority of them make a living by fishing. The waters near Daze Island are very rich, so the islanders who make a living by fishing can barely make a living.

However, the situation has gradually worsened in recent years. The number of pirates in the South China Sea has increased significantly. Many fishing boats on Daze Island have been attacked by pirates, and some pirates have even come to the island. Fortunately, however, no pirates have massacred islanders so far. However, the increase in pirates has made the life of the islanders on Osawa Island worse than before.

This is not the worst. The worst thing is the Heavenly Gold - a tribute that the World Government participating countries need to pay to the Tianlong people every year. Without the pressure of heavenly gold, even if the number of pirates increases, the fishermen on the island can still get by. However, with the addition of the element of heavenly gold, life on the island becomes even worse.

Last year, the islanders of Daze Island exhausted all the wealth accumulated on the island in order to pay the heavenly gold. And now, on January 1505, 1 in the Haiyuan calendar, it is the annual day to hand over heavenly gold.

Yes, that’s right, Taoyuan Kingdom places the day of handing over the Heavenly Gold on the first day of every year. As the most important thing, the Heavenly Gold must of course be completed on the first day of every year. This leads to people on Daze Island feeling uneasy during the Chinese New Year.

Today, too.

The tax collection officials and the tax collection team stepped off a large ship. They shouted, shouted, and drove them away roughly. After a while, all the residents on Daze Island were gathered in the square at the entrance of the village. .

"Everyone," the arrogant tax official in gorgeous clothes stood on the high platform. He glanced at the paper in his hand, "The amount of heavenly gold that needs to be turned over to Osawa Island this year is 15 million beli. Hurry up and get ready. Come on, let’s hurry up!”

Before the tax officer finished speaking, the villagers in the audience were already looking at each other with frowns on their faces.

"Quiet, quiet! Hurry up and prepare the money! Don't waste my time!" The tax official shouted loudly and waved the whip in his hand, trying to urge people to hurry up and raise money.

From the silent crowd, a voice came out: "Why has the amount of gold in the sky increased again this year?"

The speaker was Profik, a young fisherman on Daze Island. However, in fact, his body is inhabited by a soul from the earth. In the original timeline, in the middle of last year, most of the members of the Profik family died of hunger and poverty because they were poor and helpless. Coincidentally, the soul from the earth entered his body, which brought him back to life.

If this were not the case, how many of the indigenous inhabitants of this world would be able to boldly question the amount of gold paid to them?

In the six months since he came to this world, Profik has basically figured out the situation he is in. Including making it clear that this is the era of the Pirate King, and that the amount of heavenly gold that the residents of Osawa Island had to pay last year was 10 million beli. However, this year the tax official said the amount to be paid was 15 million beli. That’s an increase of half compared to last year!

Ten million Baileys per year is already a huge sum of money for the hundreds of residents on a small island like Osawa Island. In order to hand over last year's heavenly gold, the residents of Daze Island have already resorted to selling everything. And the fifteen million beli that needs to be paid this year is even more unbearable.

"You untouchables, what do you know? Pay the money!" The tax officer's voice was stern. He walked down the platform and came to Profik's side. While waving the whip in his hand, he threatened in a stern voice, "You better take care of this guy." Be careful with your mouth."

In fact, the increase in the amount of gold in the sky this year is closely related to the situation faced by Taoyuan Kingdom and the background of the Great Pirate Era. Just in the second half of last year, the Xuanyue Pirates attacked several major islands in Taoyuan Kingdom. The captain of the Xuanyue Pirates, Katarina Depon, is a woman, but she is a cruel and murderous "real pirate". Several of the towns on the islands she attacked could not be said to be empty, but could also be regarded as empty cities. This undoubtedly had a huge impact on Taoyuan Country's economy, especially its tax sources.

Towns that have been destroyed cannot pay taxes and heavenly gold in any case. However, the king of Taoyuan Kingdom will not reduce the amount of tax, and the Tianlong people will not reduce the amount of gold in the sky. As a result, taxes from the damaged areas can only be spread equally to other areas. As for what consequences this will bring to other places, this is not a matter for the noble nobles to consider.

"Sir," Profik said loudly, "but we really can't afford so much money. Just last year, in order to pay the heavenly gold, everyone already sold everything. There are a total of 357 people on this island. Inside, twenty-one people starved to death! But the taxes we have to pay this year are actually more than last year. Do you want to starve us all to death?!"

He seemed to be speaking to the tax collector, but in fact he was speaking to the villagers. Profik knew all too well that trying to win the sympathy of the tax collector was tantamount to wishful thinking. Even if it succeeds, the tax collector cannot leave without getting the money - after all, he is working for the king, and the king is working for the Tianlong people. There is a ambiguity about whether the king and the Tianlong people have any intentions, let alone sympathy.

He actually said this to arouse the anger of the villagers. From the beginning, Profik had no intention of paying, not to mention he had no money at all. The Profik family, like most of the islanders on Da Ze Island, makes a living by fishing. Such a family has nothing but a fishing net, a small boat, a wooden house, and an earthen stove. If it were not for the gifts of nature,

, the fishermen on Daze Island relied on fishing and frugality, and it was a miracle that they could make up 10 million beli a year. But now, the amount that needs to be increased cannot be raised no matter what.

What Profik wanted was the resistance of the villagers. He had been prepared for it a long time ago, and what he just said had already been drafted. However, his words only made the islanders lower their heads, and some of the women even seemed to cover their faces and cry. Profik knew them, and their children all died of starvation last year.

"Brother, stop talking..." The thin girl, who was much younger than him, stood next to Profik, pulled the corner of his clothes and said timidly.

The girl's name is Matifa, she is Profik's sister and his only relative in the world. She is fourteen years old, but due to long-term malnutrition, she looks younger than she actually is.

Profic ignored his sister's dissuasion and fired his bow without looking back. He decided to add another fire. However, before he could speak, the tax official spoke in his usual contemptuous and arrogant tone:

"Oh - you are a pariah, are you going to make the 'Celestial Dragons' and His Majesty the King dissatisfied?"

Then, he slowly raised his feet, sneered, waited for a while as if he was afraid that others would not know what he was going to do, and then kicked Profik to the ground with a sudden force.

"Brother!" Matifa exclaimed and was about to pounce on him.

"Whoosh -" The whip swung at high speed made a sound that broke through the air and passed in front of the girl. With a cry, Matifa sat on the ground and cried.

The tax official snorted coldly and ignored Matifa. Instead, he proudly kicked Profik twice, who was lying on the ground.

"Sir," Mr. Barr, the oldest and most respected elder on Daze Island, walked to the tax collector on crutches. He left his crutches still on the ground, knelt on his knees, almost buried his face in the soil, and begged, "Ilheusri is still young and doesn't understand things. Please forgive his sins."

Ilheusli is Profik's surname. Ilheusri Profik is his full name. Just like the country he lived in in his previous life, his surname comes first and his given name comes last.

The tax officer closed his eyes with enjoyment and nodded slowly. For a long time, he glanced condescendingly at Barr who was kneeling on the ground, and then said: "You old dog is quite sensible, so as long as you can turn over enough The gold in the sky, His Majesty the King and I will not argue with you!"

He turned to Profik who was squatting on the ground and sneered: "You bitch, why don't you kneel down to thank His Majesty the King and this officer for their tolerance!"

"I have no money, I can't afford the heavenly gold, and I have no intention of accepting your false kindness." Profic said tit for tat.

Barr, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, was stunned. He felt that Profik was absolutely crazy and dared to defy the tax official. The tax officer's face suddenly turned red. He did not expect that on this remote desert island, there would be a unruly man who dared to challenge the authority of the king and the Celestial Dragons.

The tax officer was determined to make the unruly people who dared to resist suffer such humiliation. In the end, life was worse than death. He said loudly: "Don't have money? Then go make money, steal, rob, or rob." Sell ​​it yourself! A poor pariah without money is not worthy of the king's protection!"

He glanced at the crowd around him and continued: "You untouchables, open your eyes and see clearly what will happen if you disobey His Majesty the King. Resisting taxes should be punished by death!" As he spoke, he raised his whip and was about to swing it down.

He is very satisfied with his performance and the performance of the Osawa Islanders. Punishing the occasional troublemaker is, of course, one of the duties of the tax officer. He decided to whip this unruly man to death right here. Presumably, as long as this person is killed, the remaining untouchables will work hard to collect 1500 million beli no matter what.

However, Profik's hunched body suddenly popped up, and his whole body was like a bullet that was discharged, slamming into the tax collector's abdomen. The fat tax official had no power to fight back, and was knocked to the ground all of a sudden. "You..." Before the tax official could finish saying "You are a damned evildoer," Profik said He pulled out the sword from the tax official's waist and stabbed it into the tax official's chest.

Profik stood up and pulled the long knife out of the tax collector's chest. Blood spurted out, staining the tax official's fine clothes, staining Profik's shorts red, and staining the ground beneath him red.

Everyone was stunned, Barr was shaking all over, Matifa stopped crying, the islanders were stunned, even the tax collection team that came with the tax officer was stunned. An islander actually killed the tax collector!

"Everyone," Profik said loudly, his face covered with blood, as if he was an evil ghost crawling out of hell, "Everyone from Daze Island here knows that there is no way Daze Island can No more than 15 million! If you can’t get any money, you will either starve to death or be executed. Rather than die, why not give it a try?"