Sakazuki smiled.
"Maybe."
Carol looked puzzled.
"You don't know either?"
Sakazuki said,
"I'm no saint. How would I know?"
"Liberating the world is just a by-product of the ultimate victory."
"There's no rush. I can wait until everything is over to settle accounts."
"But Dragon is different. His goal is to liberate the entire world."
"With ideals like those, who knows whether he can tolerate any wrongdoing?"
"If he deals with it, it'll be a huge headache. Not only will it cause massive internal strife, it could even set them back."
"If he doesn't... whether the Revolutionary Army can even continue to exist will be a question."
"So..."
"Have someone slowly gather all the evidence. The more people it implicates, the better."
"If he chooses to put up with it for the time being, all the better."
"We'll hold the initiative."
"When the time is right, expose it all and force him to deal with it."
"Throw everything into chaos..."
Carol sucked in a sharp breath.
"People who play politics really do have filthy hearts..."
Sakazuki said quietly,
"Filthy?"
"It's merely a means to achieve the ultimate victory."
"Abandon all emotion and remain absolutely rational, and nothing in this world can stop you from advancing toward your goal."
"So-called good and evil are insignificant."
"Once you've set a goal and decided to act..."
"See it through completely, without the slightest hesitation."
"Everything I do is destined to be built on countless sacrifices."
"Victory doesn't come just because you talk about it."
"Even if the whole world rejects me, so what?"
"Without those pointless emotions, no one can stop me. In the end, victory will be mine."
"A person... only gets this one hard-won chance at life."
"You ought to leave something behind."
"This world, controlled by those so-called Celestial Dragons,