The Limits of Talent, the First to Fall Behind! (Combined Chapter)
What kind of person was Kong, the future Commander-in-Chief of the Marines?
In truth, whether it was Tsugikuni Yoriichi, who had only been in the Marines for a few years, or Admiral Sengoku, who had worked alongside Kong for decades, neither of them truly understood Kong completely.
Power held a fatal attraction even for ordinary people, let alone the upper ranks of the Marines, who had already tasted its sweetness.
If it were you, once you sat in the seat of Fleet Admiral, you definitely would not be willing to become the Gorosei's puppet.
But the people of this world had a deeply rooted reverence for the Celestial Dragons. For eight hundred years, so long as humanity's survival had not faced a fatal threat, servility toward the Celestial Dragons had been planted in everyone's hearts.
Compared to ordinary citizens who had to pay Heavenly Gold, the Marines enjoyed far better living conditions.
To some extent, the servility in the hearts of Marines ran even deeper, because they were, in fact, beneficiaries of the world's system.
Such a Marine force could not support Kong's efforts to break free from being a "puppet."
If that was the case, then he had to find a way to make the Marines uncontrollable.
Because no matter how uncontrollable the Marines became, as Fleet Admiral, he would still have some say in the matter. At the very least, they were comrades.
But the high-and-mighty Gorosei might not. If even the Fleet Admiral could not control the Marines, could the far more distant Gorosei control them? It was impossible when you thought about it.
Perhaps the person in the Marines who should never be underestimated was Kong.
Kong had previously tolerated someone like Garp remaining in