"Hey, buddy, have you realized your mistake?"
"Apologize to me, and I'll let you down."
"We'll all be working together from now on. I don't really want to make our relationship too tense."
"We'll be seeing each other every day, won't we?"
Aramaki slowly walked up to Smoker, glanced at him as he was tightly bound to the tree trunk, and spoke after a brief moment of thought.
Aramaki was a Forest Man who had eaten the Mori Mori no Mi, a Logia Devil Fruit user. If not for Tsugikuni Yoriichi's appearance and the rise of the New Marines, Aramaki would not have had any intention of joining the Marines at this point.
According to the original course of events, after witnessing the Marines' strength during the Summit War, he would have joined Marine Headquarters through the World Military Draft and become one of its two new Admirals.
Oh, right. Back then, his codename had been Ryokugyu.
But because of Tsugikuni Yoriichi, Aramaki's life had undergone a tremendous change.
Although Aramaki was not very old and possessed a pride of his own, he was actually a perceptive man who understood how the world worked.
Though he had clashed with Smoker, once he had subdued him, Aramaki wanted to settle the matter as quickly as possible.
To be honest, Aramaki was not very satisfied with his current "position." With his abilities, he felt that even in the New Marines, he should not have to serve as an ordinary grunt.
Aramaki did want to show off his strength, but he also knew very clearly that this was Whole Cake Island, Cake Island, where Tsugikuni Yoriichi was stationed.
Putting himself in Yoriichi's shoes, if he were Tsugikuni Yoriichi, he definitely would not want to see his recruits getting into this kind of conflict