Those Who Needed to Understand, Understood

To be honest.

Roya was extremely surprised to hear Kuzan refuse.

After all, Kuzan had once been a Navy Admiral, so he was surely someone who held justice in his heart.

By all rights,

just because he was no longer in the Navy did not mean he had cast away the justice in his heart.

Therefore, the Justice League was actually a perfect fit for Kuzan.

Roya simply had not expected Kuzan to reject him.

At that thought, Roya was already starting to feel a little displeased. Kuzan had rejected him like that, and in front of so many Justice League members at that.

Although no one else thought much of it, to Roya, it did seem rather embarrassing.

So Roya's expression did not look too good right now.

However, Kuzan seemed to have seen through Roya's thoughts and hurriedly began to explain.

"Oh no, Roya!"

"Don't misunderstand. I'm not saying the Justice League is bad!"

"On the contrary, I think the existence of the Justice League is a good thing. I also personally agree very much with the declarations you made at Marineford last time."

"Perhaps joining the Justice League really would be more in line with the justice in my heart."

At this point, Kuzan was no longer acting carefree. He stood straight and spoke to Roya seriously.

Perhaps Kuzan was also worried that he might offend Roya because of this.

After all,

Kuzan was now on his own. No matter how strong he was, he could not afford to offend people at will, much less someone as powerful as Roya.

Still,

although Roya was quite displeased inside,

he was not someone who liked forcing others.

Besides,

Kuzan had just said that he had important matters to handle next. Although Roya did not know what Kuzan meant by