Chapter 210: CH197 A Trade???
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Hearing Ren's cold rejection and looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar figure in front of them, the Straw Hat Pirates who were originally full of expectations and hopes, felt like a bucket of cold water poured down on them, feeling extremely disappointed.
"Forget it, let's go by ourselves." A flash of disappointment flashed in Luffy's eyes. He clenched his fists and gritted his teeth and said loudly, "Franky, let's head to Marineford!"
Ren's face was calm. He hit the nail on the head and said bluntly, "With your strength, it's useless! If you are not strong enough, no matter how hard you try, you will still be unable to save him. You will just make it difficult for Whitebeard!"
"That's our business… it's none of your concern!" Luffy's expression changed. His eyes were full of determination. How was it possible for him to just sit back and watch Ace being publicly executed by the Navy? That's his only brother left.
Ren flew down. In an instant, he was in front of the Straw Hat Crew, "However, if you can offer me a reward that could make my heart beat…" Ren looked down at Luffy and said with a smile, "I can consider helping you!" Anyway, he had already made a deal with Rayleigh so he has to save Ace anyways.
"Ren, what do you mean?!" Nami's eyes lit up.
When Chopper, Usopp, Franky and others heard this, a flame of hope rekindled in their hearts and they looked at Ren with expectations.
"As long as you can get Ace out, I'll give you whatever you want!" Luffy looked directly at Ren and said loudly. Although he didn't like to compromise with others, he knew very well that with his and his crew's current strength, strictly speaking, breaking into Marineford like this would be the same as death.
One Admiral Aokiji has already made them feel despair, let alone the whole Navy, who have gathered their highest combat power from all across the world but if he can't save Ace, he will regret it for the rest of his life.
"Originally, I didn't want to care about your life or death, but I can't just watch Nami follow you to death recklessly." Ren said expressionlessly.
Looking down at Luffy, he said calmly, "Monkey D. Luffy, tell me. Ace or Nami, which one do you choose?"
"What!?" Hearing this, everyone's expressions changed. Except for Nami, who was a little shocked, everyone else couldn't help but glare at Ren. What he meant was self-evident. In exchange for Nami, he was willing to go and save Ace. He wanted to steal their companion.
"You… What do you mean?" Sanji's eyelids twitched. He was so angry that he rushed forward trying to grab Ren's collar, "Do you want to snatch Miss Nami away?"
Boom!
In an instant, before he could touch Ren, Sanji felt a pain in his abdomen. He was kicked out like a cannonball.
"Ero cook, stay out of the way." Ren's face was grim. He took his time and lowered his right eye, "I'm talking to your captain!"
"Ren, even if it's a joke, you're going too far!" Zoro frowned. His eyes became sharp. Nami was the navigator of the Straw Hat Pirates. If she left, how would the Straw Hats sail and have adventures on this sea?
"Hey, Ren, you are going too far!" Nami was a little angry, stood up and shouted, "I want to go on an adventure with everyone, so I don't want to leave the Straw Hat Pirates!"
Luffy, Zoro, Sanji and others were kind to her. They were the ones who saved her village and pulled her out of the abyss. How could she abandon everyone at a time like this? Even if it is inevitable that she liked Ren a little bit, she couldn't abandon her crew.
"Nami…" Ren didn't take it seriously and said with a smile: "We are pirates, not just playing house! If you want to get something, you have to do whatever it takes to get it. This is the real world of pirates!" He had a good impression of Nami but that didn't mean that he had to follow her wishes.
"Ren!" Accompanied by angry shouts, a rubber-like fist rushed towards Ren, but he easily caught it. Immediately afterwards, Luffy jumped up and kicked Ren hard with his right foot. He was so angry that he gritted his teeth, "You took away Robin, do you also want to take Nami away?"
"I absolutely agree!" The tall figure apparently never dodged but as the rubber whip whizzed by, it turned out to be just an afterimage left by Ren.
"Luffy, this is the truth about people." The indifferent voice echoed on Thousand Sunny. Ren's figure appeared on the mast again. He looked down at the Straw Hat Pirates, "You have to pay a price for your passion! Why do you think that you, a weakling, can protect everything without giving up anything? Because your grandpa is the Marine hero Monkey D. Garp? Or because your father is the 'Revolutionary' Dragon, the leader of the revolutionary army? Or because one of the New World's Yonko, the 'Red-Haired' Shanks is your friend?"
Gritting his teeth, Luffy looked angry. He glared at Ren fiercely. He always felt that the other party was targeting him and didn't hesitate to attack him every time he got an opportunity.
"If nothing else, heavy troops should have been deployed at Marineford, waiting for you to arrive!" Ren didn't care and said with a sneer, "I think you should be very much aware of Aokiji's strength, right? If you take the rest of the Straw Hats there, I don't think you need me to tell you what the consequences will be."
Ren's questions went straight through everyone's hearts. Their hearts sank to the bottom of their stomach. All of a sudden, their blood, that was originally filled with enthusiasm, completely cooled down.
They were not afraid of death. For their companions, for Luffy, if they could die helping to rescue Ace, they would have no regrets but with their current strength, trying to rescue someone from Marineford was tantamount to wishful thinking.
"One is the son of the 'Pirate King' Gol D. Roger and the other is the son of the 'World's Worst Criminal' 'Revolutionary' Monkey D. Dragon. In the eyes of the World Government, the sinful blood flowing through your body is already beyond sinful."
"Given your lineage, I'm afraid that both of you will be publicly executed tomorrow!" Ren's words stunned everyone.
"Stop being so verbose! That's none of your business!" Clenching his fists, Luffy gritted his teeth, full of determination. He pressed down on his straw hat, his eyes became extremely sharp, and he shouted to Ren above, "Nami is my companion. No matter what happens, I will never hand her over to you!"
"If you want to steal our partners, come here and fight me!" As Luffy said that, all of his crewmates stood behind him. His eyes were firm and full of hostility as he looked at Ren. Nami also looked at Ren with some anger.
"Then, just watch with your own eyes how your own stubbornness and naivety will lead the Straw Hat Pirates to destruction!" Ren was not angry and simply fluttered his wings. In the somewhat uncertain eyes of Straw Hat Crew, like a black stream of light, he rushed towards the sky.
High in the sky with howling wind, Ren turned around. Looking down at Thousand Sunny that kept moving along the current, getting further and further away, the corners of his mouth raised and he chuckled, "Luffy has no strength, and what he wants to protect, no matter how hard he tries, he can't protect it! Nami, I'm determined!"
Ren believed that once faced with a real desperate situation, the innocence and fantasy-mindset of the Straw Hat Pirates would collapse when exposed to the cruel reality. He also believed that Nami would make the 'right' choice. Ren was not in a hurry at all.
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