Through a coup, the World Government had established a firm foothold on Fish-Man Island in just a few short days.
With Ryugu Palace's assistance, the World Government swiftly uprooted the New Marines on Fish-Man Island. Even Vice Admiral Jinbe, who had been stationed on the island, was captured alive by the World Government and thrown into prison.
After parting ways with Luffy, Sabo immediately returned to the Fish-Man District. Through inquiries from multiple sources, he quickly learned the cause of the chaos that had erupted on Fish-Man Island.
However, he had no better way to resolve it.
His Devil Fruit ability was simply far too conspicuous among the Marines.
To be honest, Sabo did not want a conflict to break out between Marine Headquarters and the New Marines. But neither could he stop this unrest from happening, because the ones leading the coup were the Celestial Dragons. Given his identity, opposing the Celestial Dragons would bring enormous trouble upon himself and his brothers.
More importantly, it had already happened. At this point, nothing he did could prevent a conflict between the World Government and the New Marines.
Still, Sabo did not leave Fish-Man Island. Instead, he concealed his identity and chose to lie low on the island.
He wanted to see with his own eyes what this would ultimately become. This was actually very important to Sabo. If Fish-Man Island could remain as harmonious, peaceful, prosperous, and thriving as before under the World Government's control, then Sabo would firmly stand with the Marines in the future.
But if Fish-Man Island became increasingly chaotic under the World Government's control, Sabo's stance might waver.
If someone like Sabo ultimately discovered that he was not standing with the justice in his heart, he would absolutely change sides.
The reason Sabo had yet to