"I don't want it!"
"Let me see!"
"I said I don't want it!"
Bam!
On the sea, not far from the affiliated waters of O'hara, inside a seafaring transport ship, a delicate but bruised young man shouted loudly, and then he was punched squarely in the face, collapsing onto the deck.
A sneering giant pressed over, groping the young man up and down to confirm he had no money hidden, before looking around at the shivering people.
"As the captain of this ship, my power is unlimited!"
He placed his hands on his hips, yelling at them, "Before you reach your destination, not a single Belly should be left on you!"
Under his gaze, everyone on the ship bowed their heads silently, not daring to speak.
Seeing their obedient demeanor, the giant nodded in satisfaction and said:
"You should thank me, each one of you who can't even get enough to eat, on this ship I manage your food and drink, and I'll send you to this place. You should know, O'hara is known as the World Desire City, once you get there, you'll enjoy life!"
"Such great fortune, equivalent to rebirth, since it's rebirth, then surely old things aren't needed, might as well leave them to me, after all..."
He laughed sinisterly, "I don't have such large fortunes as you!"
For a World Government human transport ship, it's naturally something the Navy or the Government won't do; such things are at least done in the dark.
So people taking over this part of the business appeared. After passing through Mary Geoise, a few were favored by the Heavenly Celestial Dragons and left as slaves, then the remaining people, after crossing the Red Earth Continent, were settled on certain small islands, waiting for others to take over.
The ones coming were mostly those wandering in the Underworld, the vast majority were slave traders, while a few were some hooligans, but also double as slave traders.
This sudden human migration activity, besides officials and the Navy, the nobles also made a profit, since everyone was leaving, grabbing one last score before they went wouldn't matter, right?
Even if they couldn't pay taxes, they still had a little money, little by little accumulating, could also be quite a sum.
These people finally reached the New World, and those who luckily hid some money on them, were also looted by the slave merchants, and then, according to them, their final destination was Pirate territory...
How pitiful life is!
It was Pirates!
All were extremely brutal fellows, especially when they learned the destination this time, it was the territory of the new Pirate Emperor, Disaster, many people's eyes lost their light.
Dare not resist, nor dare to want to die, life was utterly without hope, but they could only live on numbly.
Sometimes, when the future seems endless, it's precisely because it is seen as such at one glance...
The ship rocked with the sea's undulation, all the way to Storm City's port, where at this time, many transport ships without Pirate Flags like theirs appeared at the port.
People disembarked from the ship's ladder one after another and were then collectively led away.
Perhaps due to prior resistance by some, the ground bore many bloodstains.
The giant let out a cold laugh; this was the Four Emperors' territory, why resist now when earlier refusing would have been wiser?
After his ship docked, he also laid down the gangway, but didn't let the group disembark immediately; instead, he went down first, putting on a fawning smile towards a golden short-haired person stationed below his ship, saying:
"Ah, you must be Lord Bellamy? Your presence in the Wanted Order's photo pales next to your true self by a ten thousandth."
Bellamy folded his arms, glanced at him, didn't say a word, and instead looked towards the shrinking people on the ship.
"It's like this."
The giant rubbed his hands like a fly, "We took on some people's commission, to send these folks here over a long journey, it was quite dangerous along the way. I don't mean to ask for money, but with so many people, I can't send them over for free. There were some losses, surely I can't cover those?"
His servile ingratiating smile carried a few signs of the market, "I'm also a businessman, you know, on the market these people are worth..."
Bam!
Before he finished speaking, he saw Bellamy's fierce smile, his wrist suddenly contracted and tightened like a spring, and he slammed a punch at his neck.
With one punch, the giant first felt a pain in his neck, then the world spun around, in the rotation, he saw the spraying blood, and a familiar figure... a headless one.
Oh...
So that's how the blood on the ground came...
In that instant, his realized understanding, and his vision completely blacked out.
"Another bold one!"
Bellamy extended his tongue, licking his lips savagely, like a mad dog hanging outside, his fist extended, and some of his henchmen rushed onto the ship, killing the guards completely.
"Stop wasting time, bring the people down, take the ship, see who wants to buy it!"
Such scenarios occurred constantly ever since the first ship transporting people arrived.
The first time responsible for reception was Gin, and the first thing upon disembarkation was to ask for money, saying things quite similar to this now-dead giant.
Things like losses, value of slaves, anyhow the point was just wanting money.
Then Gin scattered their ashes along with them.
They had no idea what agreements those transporting people had with the World Government, nor did anyone care.
Rather than bicker with those people amicably over there, might as well be straightforward: if someone is senseless, just scatter them.
In comparison, the people sent over by the Revolutionary Army were significantly more obedient, only there were fewer of them.
One side had fewer people but was worry-free, another side had more people but explanations were needed.
Initially, they might say something to comfort the frightened people, but over time, they grew tired of saying it.
Because it was no use saying it, better to be straightforward, after gathering, distribute them uniformly; once at their places, they'll naturally understand.
Getting benefits proved more practical than anything else.
Indeed, those disembarked people either stayed in O'hara to fill gaps or were distributed to other islands, directly participating in work.
At first, they thought they would have to toil here, but after working an eight-hour shift, they found it seemed different.
To work endlessly in the dark for the brutal pirate... did not happen.
Like beasts, having no treatment, only contributing to the evil Disaster... did not happen.
Not only did it not happen, it seemed their misconceptions of Norton Sage were false, he even paid them!
Not only was there pay... the benevolent landlord Sage also distributed houses!
Although the houses were to be bought, the wise and mighty Master Sage first gave them housing, then deducted a portion of their future salaries until the house was paid off.
And the remaining money, their supreme master, reserved funds for improving family conditions.
Having work, eating enough, and even having spare money to eat better!
Yeah!
O'hara!
It truly was a gospel land as those vile slave traders said!
Turns out the master didn't bring them to their knees as slaves but truly gave them work, allowing them to be reborn!
Misunderstanding resolved, the brutal ones were only those slave traders and the World Government, and their original countries!
No!
From now on, there were no such former countries, they couldn't survive there either.
And here, they could live as humans!