Arceus in One Piece - Chapter 62

Every time Ashes took a step forward, the others would take a step back, and when Ashes reached them, there was only one person left, Gabriel, who could be said to represent the last will of resistance.

As long as this person is dealt with, even if the others have the will to resist, they will be suppressed out of fear or for other reasons.

According to Asuka’s idea, the simplest way would be to kill the one who dares to resist. Those who don’t fear death are only a minority after all, and under absolute force, violent rule is the way many pirates choose.

This leaves behind seeds of hatred and resistance, but as long as the force is maintained, there is no chance for resistance to materialize.

It was not the best way, but it was the fastest way, and all but the Lunarians were foreigners to Ashes, and he would not be soft on them.

Arceus’s request had saved his life, and milder methods were not suitable for outright killing, but that might not be the case if he persisted.

Ashes’s large hand gripped the barrel of his flintlock pistol, which was twisted into a ball in his hand like a twist.

“Such toys are useless. No one will stand with you, your resistance will only be futile, and you will gain nothing but heartbreak for your family.”

The same flames flared in Ashes’ palms, not as hot as Shaina’s, but enough to kill a human being.

“Wait, wait! Gabriel is the best craftsman on this island. You must have occupied this island for the factories here. If you kill him, no one will be able to achieve his standard!”

Looking at Asuka, who was about to make a move, the village chief hesitated for a moment but still stopped in front of him and gave a very reasonable reason.

The arms made in the factory were the main foreign trade of the island and the target of most of the pirates that occupied the island, and Gabriel possessed a technology that no one else could achieve, so this was the only thing the mayor could think of that could be used as a “bargaining chip.”

Being the mayor of a village in a pirate’s territory is not an easy task, especially since this was previously John’s territory, and the infamous John is not a man to be trifled with.

Reasoning with him could have been more useful. Only profit was fundamental.

“I’ll convince him to work for you. Killing him won’t do you any good, will it.”

He wasn’t a rebel like Gabriel. He just wanted the islanders to survive. It didn’t matter who the ruler was. The pirates were all the same anyway.

In his eyes, the guns in his hands were not enough to make a deal with the pirates, and what made the pirates willing to make a deal was the technology they had in their hands.

Those complicated machines could not be handled by just anyone, and most of the pirates needed to work. They needed enough workers.

That’s why the owner of the island had changed three times, but none of the islanders had been affected much.

“Who are you?”

“I’m I’m the mayor of this village, and I was in charge of things here when Captain John was running the place.”

“You’d better be able to do that. We’re the ones who are here now, and you’ll really die if you still think that way when the rest of them come.”

The atmosphere was almost set, and it was clear that the village headman was the one who was really in charge here, as evidenced by the reaction of the people around him as he spoke.

The sound of distant gunfire was fading, which meant that all the fighting was over, both outside and at Kaido’s place.

“The fighting is almost over. I’ll give you two hours to consolidate the men here and a few more to take us to the rest of the pirates’ garrison.”

“I’ll go with you. I know all the pirates’ locations.”

“Gabriel, you!”

“Don’t worry, Mayor, they won’t be comfortable with me staying here, will they? Take care of my family for me.”

The reason he knew the location of the garrison was because he was planning the shelling, so he summarized all the places where the pirate ships stayed.

The reason why he was going was not because of what he wanted to do, but because he didn’t trust these pirates, and the reason why those villagers were resistant to resistance earlier was that during John’s time, all those who tried to resist didn’t end well.

Even if they did have some good skills in their hands, he didn’t think the Ashes would let him go, even if the Mayor said so. In that case, it would be better if they didn’t drag their own families down with them.

Gabriel walked out of the safe house in the snow and everyone thought he would never come back, but two hours later, Gabriel was brought back in one piece but looking a little sluggish.

There were also some pirates who brought some food. The island’s food was almost depleted, but not the pirates, who had plenty of supplies on board, and being pirates, they had more access to supplies than the islanders.

As pirates, they had more access to goods than the islanders, and after they were defeated, these naturally became their spoils of war.

Now that this island has been occupied by the Hundred Beasts Pirates, we can’t just let these people starve to death here.

The pirates left after delivering the goods; they were going to have a banquet, and Kaido, who had abstained from drinking for many days, could not stand it anymore.

“Gabriel, what happened to you? What did they do to you?”

After the pirates had gone, a number of people surrounded Gabriel and touched him.

Gabriel’s stupefied look made them think that Gabriel had been tortured, and that’s why he looked like this.

“I’m fine, I just. Saw something really bad.”

What Shaina and the others hadn’t done was tackle hundreds of pirates and two pirate ships in front of him, both of them and walk back unharmed.

All the pirates’ top fighters had already been wiped out by Kaido, and the rest of them couldn’t even hurt them, which made Gabriel realize how futile his resistance was.

The idea of freedom that he insisted on was nothing but empty talk.

“I’m glad you’re okay.”

“Mayor, this is all food!”

“. These people are stronger than those earlier. Let everyone share a portion. At least we can have enough to eat today.”

The islanders had a rare full meal, and the Hundred Animal Clan also started their own feast. As for the pirates who had originally fought for the right to own the island, they had suffered a heavy loss, especially the top management of the pirate group, none of them had been spared.

Kaido’s wine altar was shattered and no one was able to withstand Kaido’s thundering eight trigrams, and by the time Arceus and the others got to Kaido, the battle was long over.

For those pirates, the way to deal with it is also very rough, seriously injured directly to the knife to give a quick. There is no waste of medical resources, meaning the rest of the people are willing to surrender their temporary acceptance as the island’s hard labor.

Those who are not willing to surrender are directly executed. These people are not worth wasting time.

Moreover, now is the time for the Beast to lay down its own foundation. In the future, these people will become the grassroots of the Beast Pirates, so they can’t all be composed of captives.

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