New and Old Giving Way

Under the pitch-black night sky.

The Grand Line, Marineford.

At that moment, the lights were blazing in Marshal Kong's office at Marine Headquarters.

Sengoku, an admiral, had just returned to Marineford from the South Blue and had come to Kong's office to report to him.

However, judging from the confusion on Sengoku's face, his mood was clearly not good.

"I already know about that matter. It would do Garp some good to get some rest!"

Kong sighed and said this in consolation, but it clearly did nothing to reassure Sengoku.

Although the two of them had clashed quite fiercely in the past, this time was completely different.

In their previous conflicts, Sengoku had been able to hold fast to his own justice and believe that what he was doing was right, but this time...

If he had been able to defend himself by claiming that slaughtering so many innocent lives for the sake of the Pirate King Roger's bloodline was for the future of this world, then he could not convince himself that the strict purge of the island's people to conceal the scandal caused by the World Government's Cipher Pol organization, and the fact that pirates had saved an entire country, was justified.

And yet, he had still carried it out...

Seeing that Sengoku remained unmoved, Kong thought for a moment before sighing and asking, "You don't understand?"

"I..."

Sengoku was different from Garp. He could not act as freely as Garp, refusing whenever he wished. His emotions were also suppressed by reason...

Seeing this, Kong shook his head as well.

"I understand what you're thinking. When I was in your position, there were many things I didn't understand either. That's why I worked hard to reach this position. Unfortunately, I was a failure, and now, I'm going to