My Pirate System

Chapter 246 - It's All Coming Together

“You know the difference between watching a documentary of a lion eating a zebra running away from a lion?” Arata asked Owari, while casually walking on the aisle of corpses and bones like a carpet, which didn’t belong to him. It belonged to the ancient fight that also happened there. “It’s the fact where you choose which side you are on. If you first watched the zebra getting eaten by the lion, you’d feel tragic for the zebra. But if you watched the lion eating the zebra, you’d say it’s the circle of life.”

For a second, Arata thought highly of himself… as if he had said something cool. But in reality, Captain Arata didn’t know a single thing of what he had said to Owari. It was completely bullshit.

The sound of heavy wind and rain rang in their ears, a testament to the power and strength of the forces of nature. But for Owari, it was better to listen to the sounds emitted by the environment than heeding whatever nonsense Arata had uttered.

For Arata, he met Owari’s eyes. And he won