Ch. 464Confronting Aokiji
Sun Keiyun confronted Aokiji over the Justice Handbook and argued that justice required changing the World Government and noble system. Aokiji was left questioning whether preserving stability was merely treating the symptoms, then turned to Vice Admiral Akainu to discuss the world's future.
- Aokiji told Sun Keiyun he had read the Justice Handbook and revealed that he had contacted Dragon, confirming Sun Keiyun was not Dragon's subordinate.
- Aokiji concluded that the handbook's principles made Sun Keiyun part of the Revolutionary Army, and Sun Keiyun challenged him to join or continue hiding behind his cautious justice.
- Sun Keiyun argued that reforms could not end the Great Age of Pirates while the nobles and World Government remained, then walked away after declaring that he feared justice going unfulfilled more than death.
- Aokiji wondered whether he was a coward for preserving the status quo, but recognized that reforms only treated the world's symptoms and felt lost about how to create change without bloodshed.
- Aokiji encountered Vice Admiral Akainu, asked whether he was free, and invited him to have a drink after he delivered the Summit War casualty compensation documents.