One Piece: At the start, defeat Momonosuke and take Yamato to sea.

Chapter 121 The Dilemma of the Wild Shepherd

"Harada Yukawa!!"

Huang Mu gritted his teeth and growled darkly. He had been sentenced for provoking the princess, and it turned out that the nobles, led by Earl Xiong Chuan, had blown a small matter out of proportion and given him a severe punishment.

"Who are you! You go and plead with the old king, the eldest prince, or the princess for me, and I'm willing to protect the royal family for the rest of my life and wipe out the Harada family."

Aramaki desperately wanted to wipe out the Harada clan, but if he broke out of prison and attacked the Earl's mansion now, his future would be ruined.

He still wants to get orders from the royal family before he can take action openly!

"The old king has been bedridden with a serious illness for a long time and has long since stopped attending to state affairs, while the eldest prince in power is a playboy who trusts Earl Xiongchuan very much."

Now even the princess despises you; she's convinced you're a perverted criminal and doesn't want to see you at all.

Luo Ji shattered Huang Mu's last hope.

In fact, if it weren't for the outbreak of the Marineford War, which caused heavy losses to the Navy, coupled with Sengoku's resignation and Aokiji's departure, forcing the World Government to launch a global conscription to replenish its military strength, the situation would have been different.

Without the World Government's special admission, Aramaki really doesn't know how much longer he would have been imprisoned.

Perhaps it wasn't until Huang Mu truly lost all hope and turned to the dark side that he used his immense strength to escape from prison and become a wanted criminal.

"How could this be?! I've worked so hard, risked my life to protect the Kingdom of Taya, and captured so many criminals and pirates for the kingdom. How could they treat me like this?!"

Huang Mu was a little frustrated. Apart from having a bit of a flirting habit with young ladies, he was known as a workaholic.

He contributed so much to the Kingdom of Taya, yet he's going to be imprisoned for life?

"By the way, thanks to the Earl's mansion's covert propaganda, your reputation in the capital is now terrible. The title of 'heroic police officer' is long gone."

Now you are a lecherous criminal who harassed a princess, a corrupt official who bullied his colleagues by virtue of his power, and a vicious policeman who accepted bribes and harassed respectable women...

The more Luo Ji spoke, the greener Huang Mu's face became, his ten fingers turned into sharp vines, and his aura became somewhat violent.

In fact, if Luo Ji hadn't come and exposed these things this time, Huang Mu could have continued to endure it until the princess forgave him and let him go.

But now that this sliver of hope has been shattered, he finds it hard to accept.

After becoming a member of the guard, he adhered to his principles, upheld justice, and remained loyal to the kingdom.

Is it because he threatened the power of the nobility that he ended up in prison?

"Who are you? What is your purpose in telling me all this?"

Huang Mu stared at Luo Ji with red eyes. The fact that this noble-looking young man was willing to tell him these things meant that he was not one of Earl Xiong Chuan's men.

So which side does he belong to?

Could they be royalty?

That doesn't seem right either.

Now that Huang Mu has been in prison for over a year, almost no one has come to visit him. He has been out of contact with the outside world for a long time and is unaware of many news reports and events in the capital.

"Don't you believe in surviving by stepping on creatures that are inferior to you and weaker than yourself?"

How come they've been trampled on like this by the kingdom's earl, and don't even dare to rise up in rebellion!

Luo Ji looked at Huang Mu with a mocking expression. Huang Mu was an extreme righteous man who had a lust for power, worshipped strength, and supported authority.

"Damn it! The Kingdom of Taya is a member state, and this place is protected by the World Government and the Navy Headquarters."

"If I wipe out the Harada clan, I'll be wanted by the World Government and the Marine Headquarters!!"

Huang Mu instantly retracted his sharp vines and began to grumble and curse in frustration.

Despite gaining immense strength through the power of the Forest-Forest Fruit, Aramaki, who came from a commoner background, still harbors an instinctive fear and apprehension towards the World Government and the Marine Headquarters.

After all, he grew up in the Kingdom of Taya, a member state, listening to the supreme authority of the World Government and the Celestial Dragons.

After obtaining the power of the Forest Fruit, his biggest dream was simply to become the most prestigious royal general or garrison commander of the Kingdom of Taya.

This was the highest power he could ever want.

As for replacing the royal family, joining the World Government, or joining the Navy, he never even considered those things.

It's already quite an achievement to have made a name for yourself in the Kingdom of Taya, a major power in the South China Sea.

If I could become a high-ranking noble and obtain a surname to pass down through generations, that would be even more perfect.

"Then you can stay here and sit in jail."

I heard that the second son of the Count, Harada Tomikawa, will soon be able to obtain a batch of Seastone torture instruments to deal with you.

I hope you don't die.

Luo Ji glanced at the somewhat retreating Huang Mu, smiled faintly, and turned to leave.

Let's give this guy some time to think about his situation.

"Hey, don't go! Who are you?"

Huang Mu shouted in a hurry, and even tried to use vines to grab Luo Ji back.

"boom!"

Luo Ji directly shattered Huang Mu's vines with a powerful Flowing Cherry Blossom attack, causing Huang Mu's eyes to narrow.

"The power of this Armament Haki..."

Huang Mu watched Luo Ji leave, his mood growing increasingly agitated.

After this guy leaves, I don't know how long it will be before anyone comes to see him again.

Am I really going to be locked up in prison for the rest of my life?

Count Xiongchuan, those noble bastards!

Huang Mu sat back on the cold stone bed with a gloomy expression, his eyes flashing with conflicted and struggling emotions.

If he dared to escape from prison now, those nobles would definitely put him on the wanted list, and he might even be placed on the arrest warrants of the World Government and the Navy Headquarters.

"Rebel? That guy wants me to escape from prison and wipe out the Harada clan. Isn't that pushing me to the brink of death?!"

Aramaki's eyes flickered, but then he remembered what the young man had said: Harada Tomikawa had found a batch of sea stone torture instruments.

This made Huang Mu a little panicked.

As a Logia-type Devil Fruit user, he certainly knew the absolute nemesis of Devil Fruit users.

If those nobles replaced his torture instruments with sea stone, wouldn't he be like a fish on a chopping board?

This is so damn frustrating!

If those bastards actually bring out seastone torture instruments, he'll rebel against them.

He absolutely could not put his life in the hands of those despicable nobles.

Luo Ji, along with the Fuchuan puppet, left the capital prison and returned to the capital hotel.

Next, using the alias "Bucheon," I need to send some sea stone artifacts to Harada Incheon.

Let the eldest son of the count, who originally wanted to force Huangmu to rebel, deal with Huangmu.

In a luxurious room.

"Brother Luo Ji, Father Bear has taken care of the matter in the Kingdom of Sobel and he is on his way here."

Bonnie rushed over excitedly when she saw Luo Ji return. After so many days, she was finally going to see her silly father.

"Is Big Bear coming too? That would be even better!"

Luo Ji hugged Bonnie, the tomboy, and laughed happily.

With the powerful force of Big Bear, even outside the prison, Luo Ji is confident that he can cooperate with Yamato and Big Bear to defeat Aramaki.

If Huang Mu hadn't left the prison, it would have been even easier to forcibly take him down.

Of course, everything depends on how Huangmu decides to proceed.

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