This war had ended in a hurry, but everyone remembered Konoha and the Uchiha.
Moreover, Whitebeard's return to youth, the appearance of Ace, who carried the Pirate King's bloodline, and the Marines' failure to execute him all proved one thing.
The Marines seemed incapable of upholding their own justice.
If it was absolute justice, why had they failed to execute Ace?
What kind of justice was it to be toyed with by pirates?
After being held accountable by the World Government, Sengoku chose to resign and take responsibility. Garp and Tsuru resigned alongside him.
At the same time, they recommended Aokiji to the World Government as the new Fleet Admiral.
But to the World Government, Akainu was still the more acceptable choice. Only Akainu was obedient enough.
Those Marines all had their own justice, but the World Government had no need for any so-called "justice."
What they needed was "obedience"!
What was most amusing was that the World Government updated the bounties on Whitebeard and Ace. The pirates who had taken part in the Marineford War and escaped also had their bounties updated.
For a time, the entire sea descended into chaos.
There were so many pirates, and some of them were powerful figures of the sea.
After being locked up by the Marines for so many years, how could they not vent a little? Their hatred for the World Government and the Marines had directly reached its peak.
Yet neither the Uchiha nor Jiraiya had a single bounty poster, as though the World Government had forgotten them.
There was nothing to be done about that. Konoha had displayed rather formidable strength, and Jiraiya in particular made the Five Elders somewhat wary.
If he ever found an opportunity to summon a meteor over Holy Land Mary Geoise at night and