Sabaody Archipelago, Marine base, fifth floor, commander's office.
Knock, knock, knock!
"Come in."
A young man's voice came from inside the office. Sephiroth pushed open the door and walked in, immediately spotting a stern-looking man with regular features.
The room's layout had not changed much since Kizaru's time. The only notable difference was a plaque hanging on the wall, bearing the words: Absolute Justice.
Whenever Sephiroth saw that plaque, he could not help wondering whether absolute meant extreme, and whether extreme meant insane.
When it came to killing pirates, it did not matter if the methods were crueler or harsher...
In Sephiroth's view, the moment those pirates sailed under black skull flags, they should have accepted the possibility of dying at sea.
Being a pirate was not some childish game!
If they merely wanted freedom and adventure, they could have set sail without hanging a black flag. Why become pirates?
That was why Sephiroth had never shown mercy when fighting pirates!
Well... when he fought a certain female pirate, his legs had gone weak instead...
Back to the point. It did not matter how pirates were dealt with, but what was the point of dragging innocent civilians into it?
To put it bluntly, those people were taxpayers. They paid Celestial Tribute every year, yet in the end, they were still going to be killed? What kind of joke was that?
"Rear Admiral Doro, hello. Please sign this document."
Neither servile nor overbearing, Sephiroth calmly gave the man in the Justice coat an inconspicuous once-over.
"Gielman, Victor, Artur Jones... 840 million Belly... Roronoa Zoro..."
After confirming the corpse photographs and bounty posters, the young man swiftly signed his name.
"I admire the way you wipe out pirates without leaving a single one alive!
Pirate Hunter Roronoa Zoro, have you considered joining