Sengoku's question was a final test of Tsugikuni Yoriichi's true thoughts. He believed Yoriichi was a person of pure integrity, but he also deeply understood that purity and integrity alone were not enough to rebuild a new order after destroying the World Government.
If Tsugikuni Yoriichi could not see that clearly, Sengoku would at most make use of the strength the New Marines currently possessed to complete his revenge. After that, the task of rebuilding order would still have to be carried out by the Marines led by him!
Sengoku was not someone obsessed with power, but when no one else could step forward, he would not shrink from the responsibility either.
Sengoku's question was indeed difficult to answer. If Tsugikuni Yoriichi were still the same Tsugikuni Yoriichi as before—
"In the New World, the way we New Marines maintain relationships with our 'allies' is different from the World Government."
"They use the absolute power of Marine Headquarters to erase from this world every nation that refuses to obey the Celestial Dragons and the World Government."
"At the same time, they reduce the citizens of non-member nations to slaves and sell them to nobles who have use for them."
"What they bind together are those nobles, forming an industrial chain that connects the so-called 'upper class.'"
"But we are different. We New Marines study technology, spend enormous sums helping our allies build seaports, dispatch forces to safeguard the security and stability of maritime trade routes, and use our technology to help our allies mine minerals."
"In return, we require only some garrison sites, food supplies, and a small share of the profits."
"Kingdoms that enter the New Marines' system will find markets for their local specialties, their maritime trade will be protected, and they will receive technological support from the