Simon asked himself honestly: if he had never met Loa and had been forced to face the disgrace his family carried, he probably would have done exactly what Kizaru had said!
He might have been Turtle Island's strategist, the embodiment of reason, the man who had single-handedly raised the island's average intelligence by three whole levels, but the streak of madness in his bones was no weaker than Loa's! Otherwise, he would never have left the Navy to join Turtle Island when the whole world feared it and wanted it destroyed.
If he had never met Loa, things probably would have gone just as Kizaru said. Whether his campaign to destroy his family succeeded would not have mattered. What mattered was the stand he took!
With that stand, he would pour fuel on the fire beneath the tottering World Government and wait for the first spark!
Simon stood dazed for a long while. Once he had gathered himself, he shook his head with a bitter smile. "Whatever the me in this world did, I just want to say it has nothing to do with me!"
Kizaru gave him a look that said he believed none of it. The kid even had the same expressions and mannerisms as his counterpart. How could he think any differently? Then Kizaru walked over and circled Fleet Admiral Aokiji twice. "Well, well. How did you become Fleet Admiral, Aokiji? When did old man Sengoku retire?"
Kizaru was fishing for information by joking around, but this was also the question they were most curious about.
Exactly!
Why had Aokiji become Fleet Admiral?
What about me?!
Where had I gone?
Akainu stared fixedly at Aokiji, waiting for his answer.
But Aokiji did not speak at once. His gaze settled on the soldiers behind Akainu. Akainu frowned, turned,