Chapter 144 The Much-Anticipated Appearance

There was less than an hour before the public execution, and the square around the execution platform that had been set up was already overcrowded.

Local civilians in Rogge Town, plus crowds from all over the world, all gathered together. In the area around the square alone, the number reached tens of thousands. It was really a sea of ​​people and crowded.

In addition to the crowds around the square, the buildings, alleys, streets, etc. around the execution platform were also filled with people.

Everyone craned their necks and looked expectantly, waiting for Roger to appear.

Roger has a great name, but not many people have actually seen Roger. Most of them have only seen his photos. People from any faction are looking forward to seeing a living Pirate King. .

Finally, the army appeared, and a large group of marines began to clear the road, allowing the onlookers to make way for a passage leading to the execution platform in the square, and then stood on both sides of the passage to prevent the onlookers from breaking through and causing chaos.

As the execution time got closer and closer, the crowd became increasingly impatient and began to crowd. The surrounding navy also spent a lot of effort to barely hold on.

"Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding..."

Waves of sounds like the clash of gold and iron sounded. Suddenly, the noisy crowd suddenly fell silent, and everyone's eyes fell on the end of the passage.

A man whose hands and feet were shackled slowly appeared at the end of the passage. As his footsteps moved, the shackles collided and made a clanging sound. The sound was not loud, but it seemed to drown out any other sound.

Under the spotlight, Roger finally appeared, wearing shackles and revealing his identity as a prisoner.

But what surprised many people was that Roger was not as decadent and fearful as they imagined. Instead, he had a smile on his lips and a relaxed expression. After entering the passage, he glanced at the crowd and the smile on his face became even bigger.

How does this state look like a criminal who is about to be publicly executed?

This kind of confidence, domineering and unruly, is more like a king patrolling his territory.

The crowd who came to watch the public execution seemed like Roger's people, waiting for Roger's inspection.

Step by step, he walked forward slowly, with countless eyes falling on him. Roger did not feel depressed or nervous at all. Instead, he became more and more relaxed and his steps became lighter and lighter.

Roger glanced around and saw countless different faces and various looks.

There is admiration, admiration, fear and hatred, and more complicated and difficult-to-understand eyes.

Next to the square, there is a tall building where you can clearly see everything around you. The top brass of the navy are gathered here.

"General of the Warring States Period, there are many pirates found in the crowd below, do we really not care?"

A vice admiral pointed at the crowd around the square and asked the leader, General Sengoku.

There is still a lot of information about pirates within the navy. Although there are many people here, the navy has a large number and can still recognize many disguised pirates. However, there is no order and no one dares to move.

Warring States stood at the window and looked down condescendingly with a cold gaze: "Don't do unnecessary things. Today's protagonist is Roger. As long as the execution goes smoothly, everyone else can ignore it."

In normal times, the Warring States Period would definitely not let these pirates go, but today's situation is different. They made such a grand arrangement in order to publicly execute Roger, the Pirate King. As for the others, no matter how many pirates there are, they are not worth it. Not as good as Roger.

The purpose of the navy is to establish prestige. What could be more shocking than that the goal of establishing prestige is Roger?

Letting Roger walk to the execution platform was actually done intentionally by the Navy. They wanted everyone to see Roger, so that the momentum would be greatest after Roger's death.

"Roger, this guy looks really annoying. He is so arrogant even when he is about to die."

In the room, many naval officers were very unhappy when they saw Roger's arrogant look.

In their opinion, he was going to be publicly executed, so he should be afraid. The calmer he acted, the more uncomfortable he made the navy feel.

Jon also looked outside through the window. He had been looking for familiar faces, but there were too many people below, so he only saw a few familiar faces.

Maybe those celebrities were hidden deeply, or maybe he didn't find them.

"Is he the Pirate King?"

"I heard that the Pirate King kills people like crazy and is very vicious. Even now, he can still laugh."

"All pirates deserve death, especially the Pirate King. He deserves to die without a burial place. The navy is really powerful. Even the Pirate King cannot escape their grasp."

"The first time I met the Pirate King, he was indeed as legendary as he was. He is an amazing person."

"..."

Among the crowd, there were two teenagers who were looking at Roger nervously.

"It's the captain, it's the captain."

Bucky and Shanks came to see Roger off on his last journey. After seeing Roger, they were very excited.

Shanks, who was wearing a straw hat, looked at Roger walking around with a sad face. Ever since they knew that Roger was going to be publicly executed in Rogge Town, East China Sea, they started coming to East China Sea in order to see Roger one last time. .

They never thought of saving Roger, because they all knew that Roger was terminally ill and would not survive long even if he was not publicly executed. This was Roger's choice. As former crew members, they could only follow Roger's ideas.

In fact, in addition to the two of them, someone from the original Roger Pirates also came here, but they didn't show up, they just hid in the dark and watched silently.

Roger walked down a passage that was not very long for more than ten minutes before finally reaching the execution platform.

Under the urging of the navy soldiers behind him, Roger slowly climbed onto the execution platform and sat on the execution platform dozens of meters high.

Roger always had a smile on his face. He was not afraid of death. Seeing so many people coming to see him off, he was actually happy inside, even if the people here had no good intentions.

Seeing that the public execution was about to begin, the square suddenly fell into silence. Everyone stared at the top of the execution platform with wide eyes.

At this moment, many people were terrified. Even someone as strong as Roger, the Pirate King, would not be able to avoid being caught and executed in the end.

Many people who originally dreamed of a pirate career felt inexplicably cold in their hearts.

This is the effect that the Navy wants. The purpose of public execution is not only to execute Roger, but also to deter the world, especially those pirates and those who will become pirates.

Let them know that even the Pirate King can only be executed by the navy in the end. Are you people more powerful than the Pirate King?

The public execution of Roger is a warning to the world to turn back and become ordinary civilians and not to follow the path of pirates again!

I wish everyone a happy Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day! ! !