The Marines present were utterly astonished.
"What?! Our Marines are breaking away from the World Government?!"
"Why? Weren't we doing just fine? Why break away from the World Government?"
"Exactly! Aren't we Marines doing what's just?"
"What even is the World Government? When did we become its subordinate force? How come I never knew?"
"We were doing perfectly well as Marines. Why should we sink to the level of the Lott Pirates?"
"The World Government is the true representative of justice!"
Some could not understand the Fleet Admiral's decision and even opposed it.
Among them were also many Marines sympathetic to the World Government.
Yet those remarks drew many voices of opposition.
"Bullshit! Even now, you still believe the World Government is just? I think you've misunderstood what justice means."
"Exactly. In this day and age, some people still believe in the World Government. What a joke."
"Fleet Admiral Kuzan made the right decision! I support the Fleet Admiral!"
"Same here!"
"I've been sick of those Celestial Dragons for ages! Screw them!"
"Same here!"
"You've only listened to the pirate Lott's side of the story, haven't you? The Marines have always just been the Marines. Don't tell me the history I learned was fake?"
"There's no whitewashing the World Government anymore, is there? Whoever wants to acknowledge superiors like that can go ahead. I certainly won't."
"Same here!"
It seemed there were still plenty of Marines with brains.
Following Lott's remarks during the last war at Marineford.
The Marines had, consciously or otherwise, begun paying much more attention to the mysterious organization known as the World Government.
Besides, they had indeed taken part in some missions whose purpose they did not understand.
So Fleet Admiral Kuzan's decision now suited them perfectly.
The agents mixed in among them, however, were furious.