"What? Bright, you want to work with Zephyr?"
On Fish-Man Island, in Bright's office, Mr. Tesoro could not help slamming the table and rising to his feet after hearing Bright's words.
"You haven't forgotten your relationship with the Marines, have you?"
Of course he had not forgotten.
At the very beginning, he had not possessed such grand ambitions.
After recovering his memories, he had only wanted to return to Fish-Man Island and live a peaceful life.
Marry Shyarly, have a few children, then leisurely wait for the Straw Hat Pirates to change the world.
That had been Bright's original plan, but regrettably, that Rear Admiral had changed everything.
"But hasn't Zephyr already betrayed the Marines?"
Bright sat comfortably in his soft office chair, one leg crossed over the other, his fingers interlaced atop his knee.
"He is an enemy of the Marines, and I am an enemy of the Marines. Doesn't that make him my friend?"
"Don't talk nonsense."
Tesoro dismissed Bright's words with disdain. "I can guess that Zephyr deserted the Marines because Weevil became a new Shichibukai! Do you understand what that means?"
"It means that if it is for the justice in his heart, he is no longer willing to compromise with the Marines or the government!"
And who did Bright think he was?
What gave him the nerve to make a man like Zephyr betray his principles for him?
That was probably what Tesoro meant.
To Zephyr, Bright was ultimately just a criminal who had slaughtered Marines. He had merely escaped justice because the government had sheltered him before.
Even if he had now grown powerful enough to tear up all pretenses with the government, it was still only dogs biting dogs.
"We have to give it a try."
Bright smiled. "Our enemies are unimaginably powerful,