【The terminal station is located on the outskirts of Goa's capital, at the very edge, directly connected to the Colber Mountains and the sea.】
【Those who came with Roa, reaching the edge, looked at the forest of the Colber Mountains, fear appearing on their faces.】
【Those who lived in the terminal station like living corpses were generally the poor who were driven out of the capital. They had no money, no power, and not even any spirit, much worse than a little gangster like Gomong.】
【The environment of the Colber Mountains is much better than the terminal station, but it is also much more dangerous, with wild beasts running rampant.】
【If it weren't for Roa saying that there was meat to eat, this group of people would have probably already returned to that pile of garbage.】
【The irony is that the smelly garbage, sometimes, became their shield. For them, the so-called Goa rulers were not as useful as garbage.】
【“The environment here is pretty good.” Gomong looked around. He really didn't expect such a good place around the terminal station.】
【The freshwater springs flowing down from the mountains, the coast nearby, the sea breeze dissipating some of the stench, if you don't consider the wild beasts coming out from the Colber Mountains, the environment here is slightly better than the border town.】
【“This is what I and Ichiro-sama chose after a long investigation.” Roa said.】
【“Where is the meat?” After arriving here, a disheveled person finally couldn't help but ask.】
【This person was disheveled, his age was impossible to tell. He was extremely skinny, and the clothes he rummaged from the garbage pile couldn't cover his prominent ribs.】
【His eyes were dull, only when mentioning meat did some human color seem to be found in his eyes.】
【“The meat is here.” Roa looked up.】
【A huge shadow fell from the sky.】
【It was a saber-toothed tiger, over ten meters long. Just a single fang was over a meter long.】
【The tiger was already dead, but its fierce aura still caused all the people present to retreat in fear.】
【“We're having tiger meat today. First, go to the beach to wash yourself and your clothes. Those who meet the standard can get a small piece of tiger meat.”】
【Hearing what Roa said, the over a hundred refugees rushed to the beach to wash themselves.】
【“Isn't this a bit too wasteful.” Gomong looked at the giant tiger, swallowing his saliva.】
【This tiger was not something they could deal with, even the Goa Kingdom's army couldn't handle it.】
【Such a high-grade delicacy, it would probably sell for a sky-high price in the inner city, but here, just washing up clean is enough to eat a piece.】
【“Aren't you going to wash up?” Roa looked at Gomong and smiled.】
【Gomong was stunned for a moment, and quickly ran to the beach to wash up.】
【It can only be said that environment and habits are really terrible. Before, in the border town, although it wasn't that decent, Gomong felt he was still relatively clean, but after being back in the terminal station for ten days, he was basically no different from garbage.】
【While everyone was washing up, Fujitora drew out his cane-sword, cut the giant tiger apart, then took out the prepared pots and put the tiger meat in to stew.】
【Before in the Croyashi Kingdom, Fujitora and Roa had also been through this. They were quite familiar with cooking. Although it wasn't delicious, it wouldn't be bad either.】
【And for the people of the terminal station, let alone bad, even clean hot food was better than anything else, let alone nourishing tiger meat.】
【The tiger meat was not processed much, just put in the pot to stew, bubbling and steaming, releasing a fragrant aroma.】
【Some people who had hastily washed up came back from the beach, greedily sniffing the aroma, but Roa stopped them. They hadn't met the standard for washing.】
【“Is it necessary to be so strict with the requirements?” Gomong had already finished washing up.】
【After all, he had only been here for ten days, unlike those regulars of the terminal station who considered themselves garbage, both outwardly and inwardly.】
【“Appearance is important.” Roa said. “Do you think you look like a human now, or were you more like a human before?”】
【“If you were in your previous state, looking at your reflection in the sea, would you consider yourself a human?”】
【“Only you guys consider them humans.” Gomong was stunned for a long time and sighed. “Besides you guys, no one would think of coming to a garbage dump to save a bunch of garbage.”】
【“They are human, whether it's you or me, or them, we are all equal humans.” Roa's eyes were deep.】
【“It's not like we are saving them, they are saving themselves. All we can do is play a guiding role, letting them return to being human, instead of thinking of themselves as garbage.”】
【“This is not their fault at all, it's this country, it's the corrupt and unscrupulous rulers who have turned them into this. What we need to do is to create a new nation in this garbage dump.”】
【“Then you will see, this will no longer be a pile of garbage, but fertile farmland, houses with uneven heights, and laborers with neat clothes.”】
【“Will that day really come?” Gomong asked, his eyes a little dazed.】
【“It will definitely come.” Roa's voice was firm, he truly believed in all this. “Was the capital built by nobles? No, it was built by laborers. On the contrary, this garbage dump is the handiwork of the nobles.”】
【“The people can build a capital from scratch on this island, they can build another new town from scratch in this garbage dump.”】
【“The people are the creators of history, not those nobles and kings who stand high above.”】
【Roa's belief reached Gomong's heart. He stared at the young man in front of him, something in his heart seemed to change.】
【Gomong didn't say anything, but silently walked forward, picking up the bowls that Roa and Fujitora had prepared, silently scooping up the tiger meat soup.】
【“He has changed a lot compared to before.” Fujitora said silently beside Roa.】
【Fujitora's Observation Haki was always active. He could perceive people's emotions. He could feel that, just now, this little gangster named Gomong seemed to have undergone some kind of transformation.】
【“It's hard to imagine that ten days ago, he was still just a gangster.” Fujitora couldn't help but feel a little emotional.】
【“He just lost faith in reality.” Roa said. “I just let him know how he should view himself, let him know that he has that power.”】
【“That's already very precious.” Fujitora sighed.】
【He thought about himself, wasn't he the same as Gomong, under Roa's influence, step by step he found his belief, and the path he should take.】
【This is so precious to a person.】