Chapter 1120 - 661: Tot Musica_2
"It’s the New Giant Warrior Pirates, navigator Road under Hajrudin..."
"Huh?!"
Sage’s eyes froze, stayed there for quite a while, and a lot of question marks popped up on his head.
"Ro, Road?"
"Yes..."
Lily’s face inexplicably blushed a little, trying hard not to look below Sage, and focused on Sage’s face but her eyes still wandered.
Sage realized and wrapped the scarf back around, but didn’t take it seriously.
"Is it that somewhat nerdy Road? The one who plays with his own figurines in O’hara every day?" Sage confirmed again.
Lily nodded, "It’s that Road. He took Straw Hat while he was asleep, although in the end he was found and beaten up, but it’s an undeniable fact that Straw Hat was captured."
"Ha, hahahahaha..."
It turns out that when people are extremely speechless, they can laugh too.
Sage was now very speechless, depressed.
Straw Hat is rather free-spirited, his fruit is quite funny, perhaps due to the influence of the fruit ability, or maybe it’s a collection of people’s wishes that made him like this.
But in any case, he fought Sage and kept it going for a long time. Back then, his state was exchanging blows with body techniques, and when fighting Kaido, he could easily cause heavy damage, but he fought Straw Hat for quite some time.
Respect Straw Hat, respect him Sage!
Lucci just wanted to urgently verify the truth of this matter at the time, he was not convinced but still considered Straw Hat a major enemy.
Now, it’s all settled, and Road correctly speaking is his subordinate, but due to the uniqueness of the New Giant Warrior Pirates, belongs to his subordinates’ subordinate.
A subordinate’s subordinate captured an enemy who could fight Sage...
Where does his face go?
Similarly, where does Kaido, who also captured Straw Hat, put his face?
The real enemy cannot be slandered.
Apart from their own will and strength being acknowledged by others on the sea, defeating strong enemies allows one to grow and be recognized.
Sage’s prominence since debut was not simply due to robbing the kingdom. That was from the government’s perspective, and from the Navy’s perspective, it’s because he could fight Zephyr, fight Garp and escape.
He could withstand the chase of Aokiji, Kizaru, and Garp for a while, could single-handedly charge through Impel Down, could destroy Marineford during the Summit War, could enter the New World and first draw with the Three Emperors, then kill two and secure the hard-earned strength!
How do you define hard-earned strength?
The strong enemies defeated must be formidable to be defined!
So he never slandered Big Mom and Kaido. They died without being as strong as him, but that doesn’t mean they’re weaklings.
Power can affect many things.
Some say Big Mom is ruthless, some say Big Mom goes mad, but no one ever says Big Mom is a weakling.
Some say Kaido is untrustworthy, some say Kaido is a despicable person, yet no one calls Kaido weak.
This is the truth!
Their battle records, which when laid out are full of prestige, give value when defeated.
Likewise, Sage, who defeated them, when mentioned in the sea their names still bring terror even if they’re dead.
Because they made Sage suffer.
The strong on the sea always achieve each other.
The problem now is, a hapless guy got caught by an unknown ruffian without any earth-shaking battle or impressive wit, he simply got caught because he was asleep...
What does it sound like, the absurdity of the Great Roc, who fought Sun Wukong fiercely, getting poked to death by a small gust due to drunkenness.
Although the plot differs, Sage’s absurdity is so incredible, even more than when he faced Straw Hat’s Nika form.
Writing it realistically, it’s like Kaido being caught by Road.
Can you imagine this?
If dead could come back to life in anger!
"Where did it spread?"
First reaction, Sage quickly asked.
"No, the message came from Stansen, Elbaf was already behind on information, the fog shrouded a lot of internal and external information, so no one knows yet," Lily said.
"Cover it up!"
Sage grumbled, "Embarrassed to the point I feel faceless, what Nika! The world’s wishes manifested on him so ridiculously? Do some want a strong yet weak, free yet rules abiding, can fight the powerful but be bullied by the weak person? Ha!"
The Devil Fruit, as desires collected by successive ability users, slowly transforms into strange new forms, but no matter what, the essence of the desire will not change.
Truly a fruit so absurd it nearly angers Sage to laughter.
Sage’s impression of Straw Hat isn’t of such a foolish character and behavioral model!
Sage walked to the nearby sofa and sat down, took a deep breath, and reached for the wine glass.
Lily’s action was even quicker, she already picked up the glass, poured him a drink, and handed it over, asking, "Should Road be punished?"
"Punish what? His subordinates managed this quite well, what’s his purpose?" Sage took the glass and drank it all up.
"Road isn’t very respectful to Straw Hat, he thinks Straw Hat is unworthy of fighting you in Wano Country, yet it happened. You know, he’s a figurine maniac, and there’s word he has his own figurine house near Elbaf, Hajrudin and the others say Road often calls himself the Sun God, a revered existence in Elbaf." Lily said.
"The emotion should be complex, perhaps it’s a figurine collection obsession acting up, so he wants to capture them."
"I don’t like what he did, but the job was done well... don’t publicize it openly, I feel embarrassed, reward him secretly then. Likes to play figurines, suitable for being an animal manager, give him a place to try raising something." Sage raised the glass, indicated for Lily to pour another.
"Alright, I’ll arrange it later, another thing, the war might pause for a bit, our personnel’s thoughts are somewhat agitated." Lily said.
"Hm? What’s the matter? Is it less accommodation, or any issue from the front line?" Sage frowned.
Reasonably, it shouldn’t be.
He hasn’t let Marika cook lately, logistics certainly won’t go wrong, if real issues existed, Lily would have reported earlier instead of giving a result now.
He also doesn’t believe such a vast territory can’t afford war.
Fighting is burning through money, that’s certainly true.
Sage’s factories operate in full swing, supplying the front line with cannons and gunpowder, firearms and ships, even commercial activities are halted, all supply the front line, like how he concentrates resources that even the Navy struggles to achieve.
As for the Pirates, can’t resist this firepower.
Their weapons are acquired from the black market, they don’t produce them themselves, their territories no different from nests, once depleted they can only rely on fists, no stopping his disaster army.
"None, primarily due to a concert coming soon, Uta... I only heard about it recently, apparently a famous singer of the sea, even higher than our Carina. But hasn’t sung for years, so this counts as a comeback, attracting many, our personnel, many are her fans, want to attend Uta’s concert." Lily said.
"No, I’m fighting here... a concert?"
Sage mused, then relaxed.
The sea, well, it’s quite normal.
War starting, also needs to let people relax.
"Yeah... draw lots then, send part to the scene, the rest rely on broadcasts. The singer... has such fame? Tell those going to the scene, once it’s over, invite them over to see what it’s about." Sage laughed.
"Blu Blu Blu..."
Just after saying, Lily’s radio snail rang, she opened it and an elderly voice sounded.
"Sage! Tot Musica cannot appear!"