The Revolutionary Era in One Piece

After a brief conversation with the villagers, Akainu did not stay any longer. To him, the pirates had been eliminated and he needed to return to his job.

Akainu caught up with the Demon Slayer Fleet with a lot on his mind, and landed on the deck of the warship with a light moon step. The marines on the deck came up to salute him, but no one could see what was on Akainu's mind.

When Akainu returned to the decision-making room of the warship, he was surprised to find that Aokiji had not left. "Kuzan, you should return to your ship to command and dispatch instead of staying in my warship." Akainu said with a straight face.

When Aokiji saw Akainu coming back, his expression was a little subtle, but he did not argue with Akainu. "I understand, Sakaski, I will do as you say." After saying that, Aokiji turned around and left the room.

Akainu also began to coordinate the warship affairs in the room again, "Adjutant, what's going on? I was away for a while, why did the warship only travel such a short distance?"

"Report, Vice Admiral Akainu. It was the order of Vice Admiral Aokiji that the Demon Slayer Fleet was sailing at the lowest speed since you left, and only resumed normal speed shortly before you returned." The adjutant reported.

After hearing what the adjutant said, Akainu was stunned for a moment, and then asked another question, "Has Vice Admiral Aokiji always stayed in this house?"

After getting a positive answer that the house was always closed, Akainu stopped making things difficult for him and sat down in his seat, thinking again. "Kuzan, were you there too? If you were there, what would you have thought?"

On the other side, Aokiji also returned to his warship. He had indeed followed Akainu before. Shortly after Akainu left, Aokiji ordered all warships to slow down.

This is to prevent the warship from moving too fast after he leaves, which may cause more emergencies, and he cannot return quickly without the warship. After the speed of the warship is reduced to the minimum, the probability of encountering risks is also reduced, and the distance the fleet sails will not be very far, so he can return quickly to resolve the accident.

So, after making all these preparations, Aokiji closed the door of Akainu's warship conference room, creating the illusion that he was still on the warship. The marines on Akainu's warship would be his best witnesses.

Aokiji himself sneaked out of the warship. With his strength as a candidate for admiral, it was not difficult for him to hide from the marines on a ship without a strong vice admiral. As for violating the navy's discipline, he was only out for a short while, so what could happen? Vice Admiral Garp always acted alone, and no accidents happened.

In short, Aokiji followed Akainu's footsteps according to his plan and went to the island with him. However, unlike Akainu, he kept hiding deep in the jungle, just observing the actions of Akainu and the villagers in secret.

Afterwards, when Akainu finished talking to the villagers, Aokiji also took the opportunity to sneak back to the Demon Slayer Fleet and returned to the warship smoothly as planned. During the entire operation, no one in the fleet was alerted.

After greeting Akainu, Aokiji returned to his room on the warship to rest. Lying on the bed, he couldn't help but think of the conversation between Akainu and the villagers. Unlike Akainu, who was more admiring and curious at this time, Aokiji was completely disturbed by those words.

If Akainu is the embodiment of complete rationality, then Aokiji is the opposite, dominated by emotions. Coupled with the incident of Sauro's defection to the navy not long ago, Aokiji's heart is completely confused.

The defection of his best friend and the various behaviors of his superior Garp in his daily life all served to provoke this young vice admiral who used to always talk about "burning justice".

And everything he heard from the villagers and Akainu today, about a vague organization called the Red Flag Army, penetrated even deeper into the weak spot of his heart.

He takes "burning justice" as his code of conduct, but in his eyes, the actions of the World Government and the Navy are often contrary to his code of conduct. Aokiji asked himself, why did he join the Navy? He became a candidate for the Admiral, but now he has forgotten his original intention.

The third admiral in the original work, Akainu, can symbolize absolute rationality. If it goes against his justice, he doesn't mind personally eradicating any obstacles. Admiral Kizaru has another side. He can be seen as both emotional and rational, and all of this is reflected in his various bad operations on a daily basis.

Those seemingly irresponsible behaviors are the result of the compromise between Kizaru's sensibility and rationality. He may have fought for justice, but encountered the iron wall of reality. In the end, his sensibility and rationality brought him to another extreme. That indifferent attitude is his resistance to the world. Since it is destined to be unchangeable, I will resist passively.

Admiral Aokiji is even more different from the other two, perhaps because he is the youngest of the three. In his philosophy, emotion is obviously greater than rationality, and it can even be said that it occupies the vast majority.

All the events about Aokiji in the original work can show this point. Unlike Akainu who fully pursued his goal, he barely found his goal. Unlike Kizaru who was disappointed with the world and completely laid down, his inner sensibility still drove him to try to change the world.

This huge contrast between reality and ideal, as well as the frustration of the person who is powerless to do anything about it, Aokiji's confusion may be the most serious among the three admirals. This also doomed him to failure in the battle for the marshal position with Akainu. This had nothing to do with strength, but he himself was not ready to become a marshal.

Aokiji's final fight with Akainu for the position of Marshal was not due to the original wish of the individual named Kuzan. Kuzan himself had no desire to become a Marshal, and his fight was due to the expectations of Sengoku Garp and others. Perhaps after the battle of Punk Hazard, Aokiji finally found what he really wanted to do, but that is another story.

"Sakaski, what are you thinking? Is the navy wrong? If it were you, what would you do? The Red Flag Army, this is the navy I wanted to join in the beginning. Is there really such an army in the world?" Aokiji fell asleep while thinking on the bed.

However, what Aokiji didn't know was that Akainu had already discovered his tracking. However, despite this, the two did not talk about what happened that day when they met the next day. Even when they were face to face during the combat meeting, they tacitly agreed not to talk about what happened that night.

After this incident, the Demon Slayer Fleet resumed its full speed, heading for O'Hara. Although the Red Flag Army incident had planted a seed in the minds of the two, at least for now, the World Government's orders were still given the highest priority by the Navy.

Just then, O'Hara.

The Red Flag Army soldiers on the island were also on high alert. After a long night and before dawn, the officers and soldiers finally saw the appearance of the navy ships.

On the other side, the Demon Slayer Fleet seemed to have detected some bad information.

The adjutant quickly reported to Akainu, "Vice Admiral Akainu, many ships have appeared around the fleet, and they seem to be plotting against the fleet."

"Who dares to challenge the navy, the dominant power on the sea?" Akainu was about to ask who it was. Boom! Suddenly, a cannon sounded, and the other side opened fire!

To the marines on the Demon Slayer warship, ships appeared indistinctly around them. The only thing they could see clearly was the red flag hanging high on the mast, shining brightly.