After arranging a time to help Tesoro transport the goods, Bright saw him off and then sent people to receive the items Tesoro had brought.
Back in his office, Bright fell into deep thought.
Had he been too narrow-minded?
Whether in his previous life reading the manga or in this life as a fish-man, Bright had never had any favorable impression of the World Government. Subconsciously, he had always regarded them as his greatest enemy.
Although that might indeed have been the truth, it did not mean the World Government was an absolute enemy.
The Marines definitely wanted to capture him, and the World Government had approved it this time. There was no doubt about that.
But the Government probably did not want to fall out with Brother Jinbe. The fact that they had only wanted to arrest him in secret said enough.
The Government's Shichibukai program had lasted for more than twenty years before it was finally abolished after Vegapunk developed an extraordinary new weapon.
The Shichibukai were an important supplement to the Government's military strength beyond the Marines.
They had probably intended that, if he were truly captured, they could use him to threaten Brother Jinbe.
Wasn't that exactly the relationship between the Government and the Shichibukai?
When the Empress refused a summons, they threatened to invade Amazon Lily.
The Government offered the Shichibukai protection, found ways to seize their weaknesses, and then ordered them around.
And even if the operation failed, they probably believed Fish-Man Island would not dare openly turn against them. Of course, that was indeed true.
Value. Tesoro had been right—the Government only valued that.
Zephyr was old and frail, and his value no longer matched Whitey Bay Jr.'s, so he could only suffer betrayal.
In the end, the reason the Government had permitted