Hearing this, Sakazuki felt as though he had been insulted. He flared up again. "Mu Chen, what do you mean by that?"
"What do I mean?"
"Wasn't your Absolute Justice supposedly for peace and order? Weren't you willing to kill civilians, pirates, and even Marines for it?"
"Then why don't you have the guts to kill Celestial Dragons?"
Mu Chen's final words made Sakazuki's body tremble slightly. He looked at Mu Chen, his eyes filled with despair. Sometimes, the things the Celestial Dragons did happened right in front of him, yet he really had protected them like a dog. All he could do was curse them in secret. He had never truly considered resisting.
Mu Chen's words really made him feel as though his Absolute Justice was nothing but a joke.
"I have no choice. I can't let the Marines be destroyed by our hands. I can't let the sea fall into an even greater disaster because of our resistance."
Even Sakazuki's explanation sounded pale and powerless now.
"This isn't resistance. It's salvation!"
Mu Chen rose to his feet and looked quietly at Sakazuki, his voice filled with unwavering resolve.
Since they had already reached this point, Mu Chen stopped pretending. He continued, "I might as well lay all my cards on the table today. I'm definitely going to oppose the Celestial Dragons and the World Government. Everything I've done—expanding our forces, relocating headquarters, and launching the adventurer policy—was not only for the stability of the seas. More importantly, it was to overthrow the World Government, free the Marines from the Celestial Dragons' control, and give the seas a truly peaceful future."
"What?"
Sakazuki suddenly took a step back, his eyes full of shock, as though he were seeing the man before him for the first time.
He could not