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But YOU! You don't care about any of that! All you want is the throne, and for what?! For revenge?! Because you lost your friends?! You don't even remember them! You're just sailing because of your pain! Because you don't know what else to do! And you're making everyone else hurt too, just because! You're not a pirate! You're not even a person! You're a shadow! A ghost! YOU DIED WITH YOUR CREW!

'''[[spoiler: Marshall D "Blackbeard" Teach]], Chapter 43'''

'''[[spoiler: Marshall D "Blackbeard" Teach]], chapter 43'''

'''Jeremiah Cross towards [[spoiler:Kaku and Kalifa, who have just blown their cover]], Chapter 37. Ironically, while he did a lot of talking to get to that point, he was wasn't actually talking about them, and only said one sentence to them.'''

'''[[spoiler: Marshal D "Blackbeard" Teach]], chapter 43'''

'''Jeremiah Cross, Chapter 42, during the Straw Hat's greatest victory in the Enies Lobby arc: [[spoiler: Saving Merry from an unavoidable death]]'''

'''Soundbite, Chapter 40'''

'''Jeremiah Cross towards [[spoiler:Kaku and Kalifa, who have just blown their cover]], Chapter 37. Ironically, while he did a lot of talking to get to that point, he was wasn't actually talking about them, and only said one sentence to them.'''

'''Jeremiah Cross, Chapter 37[[spoiler:, towards Kaku and Kalifa, who have blown their cover. Ironically, Cross wasn't actually talking to or about them.]]'''

'''Jeremiah Cross, Chapter 37[[spoiler:, towards Kaku and Kalifa, who have blown their cover. Ironically, Cross wasn't actually talking to or about them.]]

'''Jeremiah Cross, Chapter 37[[spoiler:, towards Kaku and Kalifa, who have blown their cover. Ironically, Cross wasn't actually talking to them.]]

'''Jaguar D. Saul's last words to Aokiji, [[spoiler:thrown back in Aokiji's face by Jeremiah Cross]], Chapter 35'''

'''Donny, Chapter 29, on the general Modus Operandi of the Straw-Hat Pirates.'''

'''Jaguar D. Saul's last words to Aokiji, [[spoiler:thrown back in Aokiji's face by Jeremiah Cross, Chapter 35]]'''

'''Jaguar D Saul's last words, [[spoiler: Jeremiah Cross is flinging back in Aokiji's face in Chapter 35.]]

-->Is this what I call justice? Can I take pride in something like this?\\
'''Jaguar D Saul's last words, [[spoiler:which are repeated by Jeremiah Cross in Chapter 35. Both times, they're]] spoken towards Aokiji.'''

-->Is this what I call justice? Can I take pride in something like this?
'''Jaguar D Saul's last words, [[spoilers: which are repeated by Jeremiah Cross in Chapter 35. Both times, they're said towards Aokiji]].'''

'''Jaguar D Saul's last words, [[spoilers: which are repeated by Jeremiah Cross in Chapter 35. Both times, they're said towards Aokiji]].

'''Cross, Chapter 34'''

'''Donny, Chapter 29, on the general Modus Operandi of the Straw-Hat Pirates.'''

'''Cross''': I was curious, sir. I wanted to observe something I'd thought was a myth until now.\\

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-'''Jeremiah Cross, Chapter 3, his first meeting with Smoker'''
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'''Cross''': That 'kid', as you call him, was just saved by a legitimate miracle. He is incredible and I... I believe in his dream, I believe in it every step of the way. He is going to go on and do awe-inspiring things... and if it means getting to see those things, being able to march with him, step by step, every inch of the way? ''(grins)'' Then yeah. Yeah, I'll bet it all on him. Because I genuinely believe in Monkey D. Luffy becoming King of the Pirates. And nothing you or ''anyone'' in the whole wide world says will convince me otherwise.\\
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—'''Jeremiah Cross, Chapter 4, his second meeting with Smoker'''
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'''Vivi''': ''(icy calm)'' Listen to me ''very'' carefully. You ''will'' release Mister Jeremiah, and you ''will'' leave my friends alone, or I swear that I will do ''everything'' in my power to make you regret your actions ''for the rest of your miserable life, DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?''\\

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-'''Nefertari Vivi, Chapter 19, the final time that Smoker and Tashigi meet the Straw Hats as enemies'''
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Welcome to life with the Straw Hat Pirates. Bid your last farewells to your problems and your sanity, because they'll never come back.\\
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-'''Donny, Chapter 29, on the general Modus Operandi of the Straw-Hat Pirates.'''

Welcome to life with the Straw Hat Pirates. Bid your last farewells to your problems and your sanity, because they'll never come back.

-'''Donny, Chapter 29, on the general Modus Operandi of the Straw-Hat Pirates.

-'''Nefertari Vivi, Chapter 19, the final time that Smoker and Tashigi meet the Straw Hats as enemies'''

'''Vivi''': ''(furiously)'' Who am I? I am Princess Nefertari Vivi, daughter of Queen Nefertari Titi, now passed, and King Nefertari Cobra, heir to the Alabastan throne, twenty-third in the ancient and honorable line of Nefertari, and friend to Monkey D. Luffy and his crewmates, who are the sole reason that I have survived this long. Cross warned me about you, Smoker. He said that nothing short of the word of God would be able to convince you to give up your pursuit of justice once you got started. Well, guess what? I might not take pride in it, I might even be deeply ashamed of it at times, but for better or worse, the fact is that I ''am'' descended from one of the twenty gods who created this world, and I ''do'' have the power to match that claim. So! You ''will'' let us go, you ''will'' gather your troops and lead them to Alubarna so as to stop this revolution, YOU ''WILL'' RESPECT MY AUTHORITY ''AND YOU WILL SHOW ME THE RESPECT I AM DUE, IS THAT CLEAR,'' CAPTAIN ''SMOKER?''

—'''Jeremiah Cross, Chapter 4, his second meeting with Smoker'''

That 'kid', as you call him, was just saved by a legitimate miracle. He is incredible and I... I believe in his dream, I believe in it every step of the way. He is going to go on and do awe-inspiring things... and if it means getting to see those things, being able to march with him, step by step, every inch of the way? ''(grins)'' Then yeah. Yeah, I'll bet it all on him. Because I genuinely believe in Monkey D. Luffy becoming King of the Pirates. And nothing you or ''anyone'' in the whole wide world says will convince me otherwise."\\

"That 'kid'," I shot back. "As you call him, was just saved by a legitimate miracle. He is incredible and I... I believe in his dream, I believe in it every step of the way. He is going to go on and do awe-inspiring things... and if it means getting to see those things, being able to march with him, step by step, every inch of the way? ''(grins)'' Then yeah. Yeah, I'll bet it all on him. Because I genuinely believe in Monkey D. Luffy becoming King of the Pirates. And nothing you or '''anyone''' in the whole wide world says will convince me otherwise."\\

"That 'kid'," I shot back. "As you call him, was just saved by a legitimate miracle. He is incredible and I... I believe in his dream, I believe in it every step of the way. He is going to go on and do awe-inspiring things... and if it means getting to see those things, being able to march with him, step by step, every inch of the way? ''(grins)'' Then yeah. Yeah, I'll bet it all on him. Because I genuinely believe in Monkey D. Luffy becoming King of the Pirates. And nothing you or '''anyone''' in the whole wide world says will convince me otherwise."\\

'''Cross''': I was curious, sir. I wanted to observe something I'd thought was a myth until now.
Smoker: Oh yeah? And what would that be?
'''Cross''': A decent Marine.
'''Smoker''': ''(now furious)'' Would you care to qualify that statement?
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'''Cross''': Where do you want me to start?
'''Smoker''': Your general opinion of the Marines.
'''Cross''': Not a lot to say, really. The Marine Corps is an unscrupulous, morally corrupt military organization that is feared by civilians the world over. Simple as that.
'''Smoker''': ''(DeathGlare)'' That's what you think of us?
'''Cross''': ''(coolly)'' No…It's a legitimate fact. One that you proved earlier.
'''Smoker''': ''(snorts)'' I didn't hurt that girl and you know it.
'''Cross''': ''(frigidly)'' You didn't have to. That girl, her father, and everyone who saw you was scared. Not of you, not of your powers, but of your uniform. Of what you represent. The only difference between you and those pirates you arrested? You're well-funded. You're organized. There's more of you than there are of them. And you're always there. And if the civilians try to stand up and get rid of you, then the World Government will crush them like ants.
'''Smoker''': ''(eyes narrowing)'' This argument is starting to sound familiar.
'''Cross''': ''(snorts)'' I'm no Revolutionary, but I'm not an idiot either. I keep up with the maps. Islands disappear, never to be heard from again. The World Nobles are allowed to run roughshod over the rules that their so-called bloodlines established. Hell, I've heard stories of the Marines hunting down and capturing civilians all because they bear brands. Very specific brands. (sardonic laugh) The great and powerful Marine Corps: enforcing the laws they don't follow and protecting the citizens from all but themselves.
Soundbite: ''(venomously)'' Ooh-rah.
''({{Beat}} while Smoker ponders Cross' words)''
'''Smoker''': I trust you have proof to back up these claims.
'''Cross''': ''(deadpan)'' I can give you three. Just off the top of my head: Captain Axe-Hand Morgan, who ruled over Shell Town like it was his own little fiefdom until a pirate deposed him, Captain Nezumi of the 16th Branch, whose pockets are very open from what I've heard, and ''Admiral'' 'Akainu' Sakazuki, who doesn't give two shits about protecting civilian lives, merely killing all pirates in his path, good and bad alike.
Smoker: ''(snorts derisively)'' Good pirates. ''That's'' a myth.
'''Cross''': Now there, I can give you two examples. First, I don't know about you, but I'm fairly certain that Whitebeard protecting Fishman Island is a distinctly 'good' thing to do.
'''Smoker''': ''(too promptly, as if justifying it to himself too)'' Neither King Neptune nor any noble of the Ryugu Kingdom has asked for support from the Marine Corps, nor has the World Government ordered us to send troops to provide support.
'''Cross''': ''(sickeningly sweetly)'' Oh, I get it! So the long and short of it is that the Marines won't do their job and give a flying fuck until they're ordered to, and the World Government won't order you to, I reiterate, do your jobs and protect the civilians of a member nation, because they couldn't give a crap about pirates and slavers raiding their personal aquarium. How am I doing so far, am I in the ballpark?
'''Smoker''': ''(growls quietly)''
'''Cross''': ''(snorts)'' You know, I can't see why people call the Warlords 'government dogs'. After all, from what I've seen so far? The Marine Corps is the World Government's bitch.
'''Smoker''': ''(quickly and angrily)'' Didn't you say you had two points?
'''Cross''': ''(chuckles humorlessly)'' Well, as for the second…(grins cockily) You talked to my captain earlier, and he seemed pretty decent, no?
''(Smoker glares menacingly at Cross)''
'''Cross''': ''(looking at Smoker with an unimpressed expression)'' Including me and my snail, my crew is precisely seven members strong. We haven't looted, plundered or pillaged the entire way here and as far as I can tell they haven't ever hurt any civilians, period. All we're doing is flying a Jolly Roger and stocking up before we go to the Grand Line. But hey! (holds up his wrists with a mock-defeated sigh) None of that matters to you. Doesn't matter to the Marines. Our flag is black, so we must be evil! So come on! Lock me up! Toss me in Impel Down to be tortured far more cruelly than most pirates could even conceive of. I mean…(tilts head curiously at Smoker) That is your job, right?

"That 'kid'," I shot back. "As you call him, was just saved by a legitimate miracle. He is incredible and I... I believe in his dream, I believe in it every step of the way. He is going to go on and do awe-inspiring things... and if it means getting to see those things, being able to march with him, step by step, every inch of the way? ''(grins)'' Then yeah. Yeah, I'll bet it all on him. Because I genuinely believe in Monkey D. Luffy becoming King of the Pirates. And nothing you or '''anyone''' in the whole wide world says will convince me otherwise."

* "That 'kid'," I shot back. "As you call him, was just saved by a legitimate miracle. He is incredible and I... I believe in his dream, I believe in it every step of the way. He is going to go on and do awe-inspiring things... and if it means getting to see those things, being able to march with him, step by step, every inch of the way?" I didn't even hesitate as I grinned as widely as I could.
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"Then yeah. Yeah, I'll bet it all on him. Because I genuinely believe in Monkey D. Luffy becoming King of the Pirates. And nothing you or <b>anyone</b> in the whole wide world says will convince me otherwise."
-<b>Jeremiah Cross, Chapter 4 telling off Smoker</b>

* Cross: I was curious, sir. I wanted to observe something I'd thought was a myth until now.

Cross: A decent Marine.
Smoker: (now furious) Would you care to qualify that statement?

Cross: Where do you want me to start?
Smoker: Your general opinion of the Marines.
Cross: Not a lot to say, really. The Marine Corps is an unscrupulous, morally corrupt military organization that is feared by civilians the world over. Simple as that.
Smoker: (Death Glare) That's what you think of us?
Cross: (coolly) No…It's a legitimate fact. One that you proved earlier.
Smoker: (snorts) I didn't hurt that girl and you know it.
Cross: (frigidly) You didn't have to. That girl, her father, and everyone who saw you was scared. Not of you, not of your powers, but of your uniform. Of what you represent. The only difference between you and those pirates you arrested? You're well-funded. You're organized. There's more of you than there are of them. And you're always there. And if the civilians try to stand up and get rid of you, then the World Government will crush them like ants.
Smoker: (eyes narrowing) This argument is starting to sound familiar.
Cross: (snorts) I'm no Revolutionary, but I'm not an idiot either. I keep up with the maps. Islands disappear, never to be heard from again. The World Nobles are allowed to run roughshod over the rules that their so-called bloodlines established. Hell, I've heard stories of the Marines hunting down and capturing civilians all because they bear brands. Very specific brands. (sardonic laugh) The great and powerful Marine Corps: enforcing the laws they don't follow and protecting the citizens from all but themselves.
Soundbite: (venomously) Ooh-rah.
(Beat while Smoker ponders Cross' words)
Smoker: I trust you have proof to back up these claims.
Cross: (deadpan) I can give you three. Just off the top of my head: Captain Axe-Hand Morgan, who ruled over Shell Town like it was his own little fiefdom until a pirate deposed him, Captain Nezumi of the 16th Branch, whose pockets are very open from what I've heard, and Admiral 'Akainu' Sakazuki, who doesn't give two shits about protecting civilian lives, merely killing all pirates in his path, good and bad alike.
Smoker: (snorts derisively) Good pirates. That's a myth.
Cross: Now there, I can give you two examples. First, I don't know about you, but I'm fairly certain that Whitebeard protecting Fishman Island is a distinctly 'good' thing to do.
Smoker: (too promptly, as if justifying it to himself too) Neither King Neptune nor any noble of the Ryugu Kingdom has asked for support from the Marine Corps, nor has the World Government ordered us to send troops to provide support.
Cross: (sickeningly sweetly) Oh, I get it! So the long and short of it is that the Marines won't do their job and give a flying fuck until they're ordered to, and the World Government won't order you to, I reiterate, do your jobs and protect the civilians of a member nation, because they couldn't give a crap about pirates and slavers raiding their personal aquarium. How am I doing so far, am I in the ballpark?
Smoker: (growls quietly)
Cross: (snorts) You know, I can't see why people call the Warlords 'government dogs'. After all, from what I've seen so far? The Marine Corps is the World Government's bitch.
Smoker: (quickly and angrily) Didn't you say you had two points?
Cross: (chuckles humorlessly) Well, as for the second…(grins cockily) You talked to my captain earlier, and he seemed pretty decent, no?
(Smoker glares menacingly at Cross)
Cross: (looking at Smoker with an unimpressed expression) Including me and my snail, my crew is precisely seven members strong. We haven't looted, plundered or pillaged the entire way here and as far as I can tell they haven't ever hurt any civilians, period. All we're doing is flying a Jolly Roger and stocking up before we go to the Grand Line. But hey! (holds up his wrists with a mock-defeated sigh) None of that matters to you. Doesn't matter to the Marines. Our flag is black, so we must be evil! So come on! Lock me up! Toss me in Impel Down to be tortured far more cruelly than most pirates could even conceive of. I mean…(tilts head curiously at Smoker) That is your job, right?

-Jeremiah Cross, Chapter 3, once again telling him what he thinks of the marines and starting what would eventually becoming MI3