Hearing that Akira was going to New World to stand side by side with them, Aokiji's hand that grabbed the file trembled slightly.
"Go for it!"
Seeing Kuzan's slight reaction in his eyes, Akira smiled and said, "Remember to contact me when you get to the first branch."
Kuzan nodded, turned around and left.
Just as he turned around and walked towards the office door, the voice of Akira suddenly came from behind him.
"Kuzan--"
"Is the burning justice you pursued in front of Ohara Incident still there?"
Hearing this, Kuzan was shocked. He straightened his back and turned to look at Akira. The laziness and confusion in his eyes were gone, and the flame of justice was rekindled in his eyes. He raised his hand again and saluted Akira:
"Never goes out!"
After saying that, Kuzan no longer wasted time, turned around and walked out of the office quickly.
Kuzan did not lie. The burning fire of justice he pursued back then has never been extinguished, but it was buried deep in his heart because Ohara Incident back then made him feel confused about the justice the navy upheld.
When Kuzan walked out of the office, he was relaxed and his laziness was gone. Instead, he was filled with high spirits that he had not seen for a long time, giving him the illusion that he had returned to the passionate era of his youth.
Just then, two officers came towards me.
Because Kuzan's temperament had changed, the two officers did not react for a while. It was not until Kuzan walked in front of them and was about to pass them by that they suddenly woke up and raised their hands in unison to salute. "Kuzan Admiral!"
"Loyal!"
Kuzan returned the favor and shouted the word loyalty.
Then, without waiting for the two officers to react, they strode into the elevator.
After arriving at the lobby on the first floor through the elevator, Aokiji did not hesitate to face the soldiers and officers who kept standing up to salute, and raised his hand in time to return the salute.
When he walked out of the door, a blood-red rush hit his face without any warning.
Looking far away, I saw a red sun hanging in the sky. The afterglow of the setting sun reflected the sea surface in blood red, and also enveloped Marineford in the beautiful sunset glow.
Looking at the red sun hanging in the sky, Aokiji could not help but see a picture that he had long forgotten.
That was a chance encounter two years ago.
While on vacation, he was riding a bicycle and wandering on the sea, but unexpectedly met Akira who was on a mission.
Fighting against the navy led by Akira was the pirate group that had suddenly emerged and was at its peak.
Its captain is a Supernovas who has a bounty of 180 million Beli, and he has several subordinates with bounties exceeding 30 million.
Perhaps due to their strong confidence, this pirate group was very fierce in the battle with the navy led by Akira. Their captain even joined forces with two cadres to launch a frantic attack on Akira.
Facing the attacks from the three pirates, Akira was calm and fearless and firmly gained the upper hand with its strong strength.
In less than thirty seconds, Akira used Finger Pistol from Navy Six Styles to kill one of them. At the same time, without any pause, he smoothly used Six Powers's Lan Kick to kick the other person's head.
After killing two of them in one go, Akira's offensive increased instead of abating. The remaining captain of the pirate group was caught off guard and he drew his sword and then launched a world wave slash, beheading the captain of the pirate group on the spot.
Because Akira killed the captain and two cadres of the pirate group, the morale of the naval officers and soldiers who followed Akira reached its peak, and they frantically launched a final charge against the completely chaotic pirates.
In less than a few minutes, not a single pirate on the entire pirate ship survived, and they were all executed on the spot.
After the battle, the navy soldiers gathered in front of Akira.
Akira did not participate in the celebration, but grabbed the head of the captain of the pirate group, jumped on the bow of the ship, raised it high, and said something that made the blood of all the officers and soldiers boil and moved him:
--No need to wait for the torch!
--If there is no torch from now on, we will be the sun in this turmoil Great Pirate Era!
--The navy is mighty!
--Brothers are mighty!
"The sun?"
Inadvertently recalling this scene two years ago, Kuzan, who had already walked out of the door, turned his head slightly and looked at Headquarters Building.
The world's sun is about to set.
The naval sun that has risen will eventually illuminate the world again.
Suddenly, Kuzan decisively turned around and walked out quickly, with the long-lost fire of justice igniting in his eyes. He took out Den Den Mushi and decisively ordered, "Send the order, all Kuzan's Fleet officers and soldiers will gather at the port in two hours!"
In Fleet Admiral's Office, Borsalino, who was standing in front of the desk, glanced at Akira, who had been silently flipping through the files after watching Kuzan leave. He stood blankly for almost a minute. After seeing Akira reading the files, he couldn't help it anymore and tentatively said, "Akira Marshal, what about me? Don't I have a mission?"
"No rush!"
Akira put down the document he had read, raised his head and said with a smile, "After such a long meeting, I'm a little hungry. Let's eat and chat!"
Before Borsalino could react, a soldier ran into the office carrying two bowls of miso ramen.
"Lord Marshal, the noodles are ready!"
The soldier put down the bowl and said happily, "You and Kizaru Admiral use it slowly. If it's not enough, there will be more!"
"Thank you for your hard work!"
Akira took out a stack of Beli from the drawer and threw it into the hands of the soldiers, "Take it and distribute it to the brothers in the canteen."
The soldier took the Beli, straightened his body, raised his hands in salute, and shouted, "Loyalty!"
Hearing that Akira actually called the soldiers in the canteen brother, Borsalino frowned slightly and said bluntly, "Akira Marshal, it's not good for you to still call the soldiers brothers!"
"Why, Marshal can't call us brothers? Besides, it's time to get off work now!"
Akira smiled and took out a stack of Beli from the drawer and threw it into Borsalino's arms, "These were collected from those Shichibukai!"
"Although I have kept them at my headquarters, they can't live and eat for free!"
With that said, Akira ignored Borsalino, walked to the coffee table next to him, picked up one of the bowls of ramen and started to devour it.
Seeing this, Borsalino looked at Beli in his hand, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.
You are worthy of being Akira. Even after becoming Marshal, you will never forget your roots!
If Akira is still Vice Admiral, he will definitely not accept the money!
But--
Lord Marshal gave it to me, don't give it to me for free!
Thinking of this, Borsalino readily accepted it. Ma Liu put away Beli and came to the opposite side of Akira. He also picked up the ramen as if he wanted to compete with Akira on who had the biggest appetite. Hachihachi ate more deliciously.
"You go to Revolutionary Army Headquarters~"
Suddenly, Akira, who was eating ramen with his head down, could not speak clearly because he was still chewing noodles. "On my behalf, I want to meet with Dragon. If he sincerely wants to build a harmonious, free, equal and dream-filled New World instead of for the D Clan, maybe Revolutionary Army and the Navy can cooperate."
At this point, Akira suddenly remembered something. After swallowing the food in his mouth, he took out a piece of ginger from his bag and threw it to Borsalino. He then said, "Revolutionary Army is too idealistic. If you want to build a new New World, you can't do it by just overturning World Government!"
"Let's not talk about whether they can overthrow World Government."
"Even if they really do it, freedom and dreams may appear or even be magnified, but equality and harmony will never be possible!"
"Unless--"
"There is no thief in the world!"
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