Navy High Command Holds a Meeting

"So, Mu Chen, what exactly were you thinking?"

"How could you agree to it so easily?"

Zefa stared at Mu Chen in disbelief. Mu Chen was his student—how could he allow pirates to be legalized?

"Ah!"

"Mu Chen, tell me what you were thinking!"

Garp also wanted to know what Mu Chen had in mind. After all, Mu Chen was the one he had brought in. Though Mu Chen liked slacking off and loafing around, Garp did not believe he would agree to such an outrageous decision.

Sakazuki had initially started to form a better impression of Mu Chen, but now he began to doubt him again. "As a Marine who stands for justice, you should be irreconcilable with pirates. Can you really face the word 'justice'?"

Mu Chen instantly became everyone's punching bag, though he had expected as much. He gave a bitter smile. "Everyone, have you considered my position at all?"

"The Five Elders were watching me the entire time. If I hadn't said that, do you think I could have returned safely?"

Only then did everyone realize it. After all, only those present knew Mu Chen's secret of not having eaten a Devil Fruit, and could a decision made by the Five Elders really be changed so easily?

"And don't use justice or morality to pressure me. The Celestial Dragons are the ones with the least justice and morality."

The moment Mu Chen said that, everyone fell silent. They truly had not considered his situation at the time, nor were they ignorant of what he had said at the end.

Sengoku let out a helpless sigh. "All right, Mu Chen. Don't say things like that again. Tell us first—how have you considered this matter?"

Everyone wanted to know what Mu Chen thought. After all, he was currently