Chapter 206 - 207: Monkey D. Dragon is Confused

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Chapter 206: Chapter 207: Monkey D. Dragon is Confused Sweat covered Smoker’s forehead, and his muscular body also showed irregular trembling. His attention was completely focused on his own mouth. Under his effort, the two cigars in his mouth were finally standing upright. "Very good! Just have to slowly close my mouth again..." His movements were cautious to the extreme, afraid that with the slightest carelessness he would fail. "Colonel! In Loguetown there’s a pirate who came ashore, just now also causing trouble nearby!" Crack! The two cigars slipped from his mouth, Smoker’s face instantly turning gloomy. He coldly glanced at his subordinate. The bone-piercing chill made the two subordinates shiver. Luckily, Smoker did not pursue the matter; he caught the cigars with his hand and stuffed them back into his mouth. "Obviously I was just a little bit away from succeeding..." It was the first time he had lost to someone in the matter of smoking. He had thought that smoking two cigars at once was already cool enough. However, Jotaro’s way of smoking had truly opened his eyes. Thinking that the other party could smoke five cigarettes at once, and could even stuff them all in his mouth, then drink juice without extinguishing the cigarettes, he clicked his tongue in admiration. ’A bit impressive!’ For such godlike smoking skills, he held deep respect. "What did you just say?" he looked at his subordinate and asked. "That..." the subordinate had to explain again. "Pirates, what is there to make a fuss about." Smoker did not take the matter seriously. "Colonel, this pirate who’s causing trouble this time has a bounty as high as 30 million Berries, seems to be a guy called Jojo." "Mm? Jojo? How come I have never heard of this person? But 30 million Berries... it’s been a long time since I’ve run into such a strong opponent." Smoker reached out his hand, "Give me his wanted poster." "Yes." The subordinate quickly pulled out Jotaro’s wanted poster and handed it to Smoker. Seeing the portrait on the wanted poster, Smoker’s pupils instantly widened. "It’s him!" "You’ve met him?" The subordinate was very surprised; didn’t the Colonel at first say he didn’t know this person? "Mm." Smoker said calmly, "I let him go, just now." He had thought Jotaro was merely a sightseeing tourist, so he hadn’t bothered to pursue the matter of him beating people. After all, the ones beaten by Jotaro had often caused trouble in Loguetown before, and had been reported by many people. Smoker himself was extremely dissatisfied with them, and had even specifically let Tashigi teach them a lesson. But Tashigi’s work efficiency was too low, and before she could act, the two of them had already suffered at Jotaro’s hands. "But if he is a pirate, then this matter must be counted separately." Smoker straightened his clothing and walked in the direction Jotaro had left. Although he did not think Jotaro was any kind of villain, as a Marine he had to arrest pirates and bring them to justice. "Colonel, do we need to summon reinforcements?" the Marine subordinate asked. "Do your regular patrol duties! You don’t need to get involved here." Smoker didn’t even turn his head, "I have never let a pirate escape from this town!" ——— Compared to the previously bustling area, the place Jotaro was now in was rather quiet. There were no tourist attractions here, shops were sparse and scattered. He looked up at the high-hanging, shabby signboard, and stepped into the shop. The shopkeeper was leaning against a chair, snoring loudly, not even realizing someone had come in. It was obvious that business here was extremely bad; at ordinary times, not even a fly would fly in. Jotaro did not disturb the shopkeeper, and walked straight to the bookshelf, leafing through the books there. He read them one by one, stacking the ones he needed to the side. "Truly unexpected, that a young person like you would actually be interested in these books." The light was blocked; Jotaro suddenly turned his head and found that behind him stood an unusually tall man. His height was at least over two meters, his long black hair casually draped behind his head, and his left cheek was covered with red tattoos. "Compared to understanding history, people of this era seem more fond of creating history." His gaze moved from the stack of books beside Jotaro back onto him, smiling as he spoke. "The history in books is not necessarily real; perhaps this is exactly why people hate history." "The real history has long been forgotten by people." He sighed, looking somewhat wistful. Jotaro gently closed the book and put it back on the shelf. "History will not be completely buried; the truth will always surface one day." "The facts that are covered up, over time, the clues that remain will always be pieced together by later generations." "Texts, artifacts, ruins, foundations... there will always be some evidence that can cross the river of time and be preserved. As long as there are still people willing to search, falsehood and concealment will always be washed away." The tall man was slightly stunned; he hadn’t expected that the young man in front of him had such insight. In this world, only a very small portion of people could receive education. He had seen many well-read nobles of kingdoms, but even if all of them were added together, they could not compare to the young man before him in wisdom. He believed Jotaro must also harbor doubts toward the current history. "Hahahahaha..." The tall man let out a thunderous laugh, his eyes shining brightly. "Not bad. A generation may remain silent, but it is impossible for generation after generation to all choose silence." "There will always be people who question, who dig, who restore. Beneath the dust of history lies the desire of human hearts, the desire for the truth!" Jotaro nodded slightly in secret; this viewpoint indeed coincided with his own. Although he did not know exactly who the man in front of him was, he secretly thought that his identity was by no means simple. However, he had no interest in investigating further. Having already found the books he needed, Jotaro lifted them with his hand and headed toward the shopkeeper. "Wait a moment!" The tall man suddenly called out to Jotaro, taking out a book that Jotaro had just put back into the shelf. "Just now, you looked at this book?" Jotaro stopped in his tracks and glanced sideways. It was a slightly yellowed book, with the three bold characters Revolutionary Theory on its title. Its author was this world’s "most dangerous criminal", Monkey D. Dragon. "What about it? I just casually flipped through a couple of pages." The tall man stated his intention, "Regarding this book, I want to hear your opinion." The other’s attitude was quite sincere, so Jotaro did not refuse. "I don’t know who wrote it..." He paused, his tone for once revealing a trace of praise. "But this is not a simple person." "He has ideals, courage, and also perseverance. He is one of the few in this era who truly ’wants to overthrow the old order.’" Jotaro’s tone then shifted, and he raised three fingers. "However, his book has quite big problems. There are at least three mistakes in it!" The tall man stared at him fixedly. This book had been summarized from practice; no one had ever said it contained mistakes. That the young man before him spoke with such certainty that there were three mistakes, how could he not be curious? ═❀═❀═❀═❀═❀═❀═ patreon.com/XenosX ????Joining Patreon keeps me motivated and eager to work diligently, so please consider joining.????

Chapter 206 - 207: Monkey D. Dragon is Confused

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