Taoist priest, who is so popular in One Piece

"Blackbeard Marshall D. Teach was the one who started the war at the top. He captured Impel Down that day, allowing many vicious pirates to escape. He subdued several of them, including Impel Down's chief guard Shiryu."

"Then he rushed to Marinford and, in a secret way, snatched the legendary pirate Golden Lion's Float-Float Fruit in public, and uprooted the Navy Headquarters building."

"Reward: 28 billion!"

After Bai Ye finished reading the information on the newspaper, he looked at everyone and said, "As for that guy, Nami, you guys have all seen him before, so you should know his ambitions."

Nami and the others nodded. Zoro crossed his arms and the scene of their meeting in Mogu Town appeared before his eyes.

The ragged man once sat on the ground and shouted, "People's dreams will never end."

This one sentence alone is enough to prove that guy's ambition.

And what is completely different from Luffy is that Blackbeard Teach's scheming is extremely deep.

Not only Zoro, but also Usopp and others who had had brief contact with Blackbeard's crew also had a premonition.

Those guys might be quite tough opponents.

"But for us now, those things are still far away."

After a while, Bai Ye broke the silence: "Everyone should take a good rest and relax today, and think about what to do in the next three months."

As he spoke, Bai Ye also looked at Brooke who was standing beside him and said, "Come to think of it, I'd like to take you to meet an old friend during this time."

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"The next Admiral of the Navy will be Sakaski."

In an office of the Navy G1 branch, Sengoku announced this decision with mixed feelings.

He looked at Kuzan without hesitation, who had been silent since a while ago.

Seeing that he was the same as usual, or even more indifferent, Zhan Guo had a bad feeling in his heart.

Just like the conversation he had with the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, Kong Gu, when he formally submitted his resignation a day ago.

"The World Government has given the final candidate, Sakaski." Cyborg Sora said in a deep voice.

"Even your recommendation can't influence them?" Zhan Guo still held out a glimmer of hope.

"You should know the answer, Sengoku," Kong looked at his old friend with some sympathy, "Even if this incident hadn't happened, the World Government would never allow someone from your faction to take office again."

"The navy is the navy they need only if it listens to the World Government."

"But in this case, Kuzan will definitely..."

"This is exactly what they want. After the establishment of [Spark], the World Government no longer needs opposing factions in the Navy."

"They have decided to abandon checks and balances and are preparing to use thunderous means to bring the navy back under control."

"Even if you and Garp hadn't proposed retirement, the Five Elders would have made you do so."

"I'm sorry Sengoku, your plan failed."

Zhan Guo came back to his senses and sighed deeply, and it seemed that there were more white hairs on his head.

"Kuzan, you..."

Just as Sengoku was about to say something, Aokiji stood up first.

"There's no need to say anything, Marshal Sengoku," Aokiji stared at Sengoku and said slowly, "I don't care about that position anymore, not to mention--"

"I came here this time only to hand in my resignation to you."

"Admiral, I'm done with this."

Aokiji, with an eye patch on his forehead, casually mentioned a big event.

One of the three admirals of the navy, Aokiji Kuzan, resigned.

"Kuzan...you are really no longer..." Sengoku wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Aokiji again.

"No need." Aokiji took off his cloak of justice and placed it in front of Sengoku.

"I believe in justice, but I find myself unable to implement it."

“So I started to embrace lazy justice because it made me feel better.”

"I thought I would never have the chance to see justice done."

When he said this, Aokiji took off his blindfold.

Aokiji looked at the eye mask in his hand, his mind full of thoughts.

In the past, because he didn't understand, didn't know, and had no choice, he chose to use this thing to cover his eyes.

But now, he doesn't need it anymore.

because--

"This time, I won't turn a blind eye to anything!"

After saying this, Aokiji let out cold air from his hands to freeze the blindfold, and then exerted a little force with his right hand.

The eye mask that had accompanied him for many years has completely become a thing of the past.

In the room, Sengoku had a complicated look in his eyes and Kizaru's eyes were flickering.

They knew that this was not only Aokiji's farewell to his previous self, but also a complete break with the navy.

As for his choice, who can't guess it?

"Are you going to betray the Navy, join the rebel group of [Spark], and become an enemy of justice?"

Inside the room, Akainu, who had been silent all this time, spoke at this moment.

Unlike Sengoku and Kizaru who had a tacit understanding, Akainu asked the question directly.

It's more of an accusation than a question.

"I handed in my resignation, Sakaski, and it wasn't a betrayal."

Aokiji put his hands in his pockets and looked at Akainu:

"As for the enemies of justice? Ha."

A disdainful laugh sounded: "Stop failing to see the truth. The World Government has no right to define what justice is!"

"Anyone who opposes them will be an enemy of justice, right?"

"Of course the World Government represents justice!"

Facing Aokiji's sarcastic tone, Akainu remained expressionless: "If there were no World Government, how many more evil pirates would there be on this ocean."

"Without the navy, this sea would become a pirates' paradise."

"We who eliminate evil should represent justice!"

Akainu stood up, heat rising from his body. He took a step towards Aokiji and spoke again:

"The Spark is just a revolutionary army in a different name. With their strength, influence, and ruling power, can they represent justice?"

"Just by announcing some policies, can we completely wipe out the price that the World Government and the Navy have paid for hundreds of years to eliminate evil?!!"

"It is precisely because there are always guys like you who are greedy for more power on the sea that the evils of this sea can never be solved."

At this moment, Akainu's fists were already flowing with magma.

"If you want to join the rebels, don't think you can leave so easily!!!"

【Hell Dog!!!】

【Frozen moment!!!】

As two powerful men of the same level of strength, Aokiji naturally blocked Akainu's surprise attack.

He exhaled cold air and spoke again:

"Representing justice? Greed for power?"

"You're the only one who's not awake, aren't you, Sakaski?"

"Those people just want to live with more dignity!!!"

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ps: After seeing some people’s comments, I thought about it and decided to explain.

Every character has their most basic demands.

Akainu is indeed a person who hates evil, but he is also a typical person with limited thinking.

Please don't substitute our modern soldiers into this, Akainu is not that kind of person at all.

Ours is people-oriented, but Akainu believes in violent suppression!!!

No matter whether your demands are reasonable or not, as long as you dare to go against the government, you are a rebel and you are a sinner.

If we really have to talk about the prototype, it should be the free one, right?

Because only in this way can Akainu's behavior of shelling civilians be justified. In his eyes, those are not civilians at all, but terrorists who disrupt order.

Many people use the fact that Akainu criticized the Five Elders for being dogs of the Celestial Dragons, trying to show that Akainu is a good man with a sincere heart, and that if given a chance, he would kill the Celestial Dragons.

But if we substitute Akainu and the Five Elder Stars into the military and political forces of a certain country, the picture will become clear at a glance.

Here, Akainu just went to the Five Elders to vent his dissatisfaction because the rights of the navy were violated.

Isn't this a typical dog-eat-dog situation?

Akainu might rebel against the Celestial Dragons, but not for the civilians!

That's why many people want to protect Akainu because they love our troops, but they always feel uncomfortable.

You found the wrong prototype.

I don’t care what Oda thinks, at least in this book, this is the tone about Akainu.

Before the World Government completely lost its power, it would be impossible for Akainu to rebel, let alone join the Liaoyuan Army.

Xinghuo only has a few member states and a limited amount of jurisdiction.

What Akainu wants is to wipe out all the pirates, and joining Starfire is obviously inconsistent with his demands.

The more I want to explain, the more I end up having to explain.

I will only update these two chapters today. There is also a chapter summary of this volume at the end. If you want to read it, you can read it. If you don’t want to read it, just skip it.

We will resume three updates a day starting tomorrow.