One Piece: It's always been you

Chapter 89 The Scoundrel Celestial Dragon

Cracker is inexplicably aggrieved; why is it being so fierce all of a sudden?

He's the lowest-ranking person in this room. Even Smoothie can come over and say a few words to him, even though he's the older brother and Smoothie is the younger sister.

"Why aren't you eating? Do you think Yu's cooking is poisonous?" Cracker retorted, deliberately stirring up trouble.

Smoothie rolled her eyes, thinking her brother was incredibly stupid.

Katakuri ignored his younger siblings and chatted with Perospero.

Katakuri felt a tugging sensation on the right side of her jacket. She patted the hand that was causing the commotion to calm her down, and then there was no further reaction.

Even though she was being photographed, Yu continued to tug at the corner of her jacket with two fingers.

Perospero noticed their subtle movements. "Yu seems to have something important to say."

His younger brother, well, he'd long since lost sight of how much of his attention was on You. He had no interest in having a proper conversation with him anymore.

Yu specially made dessert to see Katakuri, but now that the others are here, Katakuri hasn't eaten any.

Pulling him along was also a way of secretly asking him if he wanted to go back to Wheat Island, or finding an excuse to get the others away, since he likes some desserts.

Katakuri ignored her, but Perospero openly criticized him instead.

Now, she was too embarrassed to continue speaking as she had originally intended. If she did, it would sound like she was trying to kick her out.

So, the question was phrased differently. "I just wanted to ask how much longer you guys are going to be busy, after all, Katakuri hasn't been back to Wheat Island for a long time."

Yu was unaware that the three people present all knew that Katakuri had been kicked out of the house by her.

As a result, the three people in front of him fell silent when they heard You's words.

“Kukukuku, no rush, we can finish right away.” Perospero was the first to reply. “Katakuri, you can finally go home and get some rest.”

"... "

“My brother has been waiting to come home for a long time, and today it has finally come true.” Smoothie said this with a calm and indifferent expression, conveying profound meaning.

Cracker realized he didn't need to say anything, especially since he couldn't say anything anyway. It was quite funny.

How could You not notice something was wrong?

Clutching Katakuri's jacket, he looked at him questioningly.

Katakuri leaned close to Yu's ear and whispered a few words.

The other three watched as the two whispered to each other, and as You's face gradually turned to stone. Then, without making a sound, she reached out and picked up a few sheets of paper from the table.

"Hey, the stuff you guys usually watch is pretty profound, huh? Hahaha." Yu laughed awkwardly. As the saying goes, you can't wash your dirty linen in public, even if it's Katakuri's siblings!

"Let me see what this says." Yu pretended to be nonchalant and began to read the contents of the paper.

Katakuri tried to stop it, but it was too late.

"In order to welcome the arrival of the Celestial Dragons, the Goa Kingdom in the East Blue burned down the kingdom's slums, resulting in a large number of casualties."

As she continued, Yu's expression had long since lost its previous embarrassment, replaced by heaviness and anger.

"What's this?!"

"The latest world intelligence," Katakuri explained, showing Yu another document from the East Blue, which included dates and other information.

The revolutionary army, which was founded a few years ago, had its first leader, Long, and his comrades in the country at the time, and they witnessed everything firsthand.

As the dragon watched the people of the Goa Kingdom fleeing in panic from the fire, he concluded, "This country is a microcosm of the world's future. In this world of survival of the fittest, happiness will never stay. One day, I will change this world."

Furthermore, the dragon issued a call to the people, saying that those who were willing to fight alongside him for freedom could board his ship and leave.

The Big Mom Pirates have always had a well-developed intelligence network, so they are aware of many things happening around the world.

Even the moral character of their ministers and generals might far exceed what's written in the newspapers. After all, there are some things the newspapers won't explicitly state.

For example, the news from the Kingdom of Goa this time reported that the kingdom's slums were infected with infectious diseases, and in order to ensure national security, cremation was implemented.

There was no mention of the Celestial Dragons.

The Celestial Dragons are the nobles of this world.

They are descendants of 19 of the 20 kings who formed the world government 800 years ago, so they consider themselves "descendants of the Creator" and enjoy all privileges.

They consider themselves "gods," and everyone else is "mortal." Male Celestial Dragons add "Saint" to the end of their names; female Celestial Dragons add "Palace." They can disregard the law, and any action they take is considered reasonable and unrestricted.

The Celestial Dragons consider themselves superior and hold severe discrimination against anyone other than themselves, treating others as less than human.

The Celestial Dragons can enslave anyone they want, at their disposal. Some Celestial Dragons even brand their slaves with the "Sky Dragon's Hoof," the emblem of the Celestial Dragons. They can also sell or kill their slaves.

They were less like slaves and more like dogs kept by the Celestial Dragons. Furthermore, to prevent slaves from escaping, they were injected with tranquilizers and fitted with explosive collars.

Celestial Dragons can take anyone they fancy as their spouse, and discard them when they're tired of them. If a Celestial Dragon passes through a crowd, all civilians must make way for them, giving them a wide path.

At the same time, all civilians must kneel and bow their heads, waiting for the Celestial Dragons to pass. Even if a civilian is killed in front of everyone, the others can only pretend they didn't see it.

Most Celestial Dragons have personal bodyguards. They have the power to summon the Navy and may even dispatch a Navy Admiral to protect them if they are offended by civilians. In special circumstances, they may also dispatch CP0 officers as guards to protect them.

However, if internal conflicts arise among the Celestial Dragons, the Navy and CP0 have no right to interfere.

These were all things Yu learned from her grandfather during her time in the Navy; she had heard countless stories of the Celestial Dragons' heinous crimes.

Grandpa Garp always spoke of it with resentment, and Yu was no exception.

Therefore, Yu couldn't control her emotions when she heard this.

Yu also saw that the Celestial Dragons spotted a small boat that might appear in their shipping lane and immediately fired and destroyed it.

"Celestial Dragons! These scoundrels!" Yu slammed his fist on the table in anger after reading through the documents.

At this point, Yu was unaware that the small boat the Celestial Dragons had destroyed was the very boat Sabo had intended to leave in search of freedom. Fortunately, Sabo was rescued by Dragon.

The other four had never seen Yu so angry before; he looked like he could devour a Celestial Dragon alive.

Katakuri was also a little surprised. He thought that Yu had served in the Navy before and would be more restrained towards them, not daring to curse them directly.

But clearly, Katakuri was wrong.

But then again, given You's personality, how could she possibly hold back her words against them?

"Revolutionary Army Dragon and his companions took away quite a few people. As far as we know, they didn't attack the Celestial Dragons." Katakuri took Yu's hand off the table and gently massaged it without making a sound.

Yu was burning with rage, completely oblivious to the slight pain. "These guys are mostly scum, good-for-nothings, lazy and good-for-nothings, only knowing how to kill people." Except for her former brother! Her brother Rosinante was always the gentlest and kindest.

"... "

The group looked at Yu's expression and said nothing. The Celestial Dragons had been like this for a long time; if insults could wipe them out, they probably wouldn't even have a trace left.

Yu quickly calmed herself down.

She knew that saying it would only give her temporary satisfaction.