What Sengoku Saw

As for the World Government, Sengoku understood it clearly in his heart.

Saying words of apology was, to him, utterly meaningless now.

In the end, he knew exactly what this matter amounted to.

Doing this meant going back on the words he had spoken in the past.

Now, whenever Sengoku had to face Kong Kong, he felt somewhat unable to do so, even afraid.

Even as he said those words.

Sengoku worried whether Kong Kong would truly forgive him for saying them.

After thinking it over for a while, he immediately felt that it was unlikely.

Looking at it that way, it was probably impossible.

After all, what the hell had he done?!

He was merely looking at it from his own perspective. If he changed his way of thinking—

If he put himself in Kong Kong's shoes and viewed the matter from the other man's perspective—

Then Sengoku knew just how terrible what he had done was.

All things considered, it was certain that he was the one in the wrong.

Since that was the case, Sengoku felt there were things he had to admit. He could not just come up with an excuse and call it done.

He would have to face Kong Kong eventually. If he had not even figured out how to face Kong Kong, then voicing those reasons would be somewhat laughable.

As for this matter, he truly had not thought it through yet.

"Sengoku, you know this. I don't want to hear that!"

On the other end of the Den Den Mushi, Kong Kong was silent for a while before sighing and voicing some of his thoughts.

In Kong Kong's view, there seemed to be something wrong with saying this aloud.

There was simply no meaning in putting it that way.

After all, this