"Didn't the Marines give you any trouble?"
After enjoying the good news for a while, Xie Wen asked curiously.
Since newspapers did not reach the Calm Belt, he had no idea how far Morgans had gone with his reporting. But if Akainu had lost the position of Fleet Admiral over it, Morgans presumably had done more than simply "leak a little information."
And that was indeed the case. When reporting this news, Morgans had upheld his usual "fairness and objectivity," making full use of journalism's distinctive qualities to inflate the importance of the matter by several levels for no reason.
Morgans had even secured the support of several other Shichibukai, including Doflamingo's, Moria's, and Cavendish's positions on the matter in the article.
As a result, Akainu, who had originally been favored by the World Government, received no support whatsoever from the higher-ups during this incident. The entire transition between Fleet Admirals went very smoothly.
It was precisely because Aokiji's rise to the position had gone so smoothly this time that Sakazuki had not defected from the Marines, remaining a Marine Admiral.
Still, considering Sakazuki's personality, Xie Wen felt that he would not have left the Marines even if he had lost to Aokiji in a contest.
Besides, Kuzan in the manga probably would not have left the Marines either if the World Government had not forcibly rejected him despite Sengoku's recommendation.
So even a Marine Admiral was really no different from a dog in the World Government's eyes.
"Hahahahaha! The Marines don't have the time to bother me right now. Besides, they needed an excuse and someone to take responsibility for their defeat this time anyway. Sakazuki can only blame his bad luck for walking right into it."
Morgans's words brimmed with smugness.
At first, Xie Wen could not understand