Sengoku's Wise Decision

This time,

it was Roya's turn to refuse to let Sakazuki off the hook.

Otherwise,

as Roya himself had said, didn't he have a reputation to protect?

So many people were watching, and the whole world was following the live broadcast.

Sakazuki had attacked him the moment he felt like it.

Now that he no longer wanted to fight, he thought he could simply turn and leave—only to come back and hound Roya again later.

There was no way Roya would put up with that habit of his.

So,

it was time for Roya to stop Sakazuki.

Crackle...

Roya unleashed his Rumble-Rumble Fruit power, turned into a streak of lightning, and shot behind Sakazuki.

Bam!

Then Roya drove a fist wrapped in Tremor-Tremor Fruit power straight into Sakazuki's face.

At once,

Sakazuki was slammed hard into the ground.

"Why is he helping us?"

Marco froze at the sight.

And it was true.

By stopping Sakazuki, Roya had made everyone there think he was helping Marco and the others.

It wasn't just Marco's group who thought so.

Even Sengoku and Garp did.

"Roya!"

"Have you started helping pirates now?"

Anger stirred in Sengoku's chest.

Garp was stunned at first, but after thinking it over, he knew the Roya he had come to know wasn't that kind of man. Deep down, Garp still believed Roya had a sense of justice.

"Mamamama!"

"So you're going to help pirates now?"

"That means you're getting closer and closer to marrying me!"

Big Mom was the happiest about Roya's move. After all, she had drawn the same conclusion as everyone else.

But

Roya alone knew the truth.

He wasn't helping anyone. He was only standing up for himself.

Besides, he didn't care what others thought. Everyone had their own opinions. He might be able to change