Besides those who are short-sighted, there are also some who have considered the consequences but dare not wield the hoe of resistance!
Although Vic has diminished the World Government's prestige considerably, its accumulated power remains. They fear that resistance will result in an even more devastating outcome, so they cling to a gamble!
As long as I don't get involved, the World Government won't come after me. As long as I don't join in, the World Government will be magnanimous and let me off the hook!
They fantasized that the World Government wouldn't kill off all those in the know, would it? Surely it would leave behind some servants and slaves to provide them with pleasure and material comforts?
As for those pirates who want to stand up against the World Government, some of them have seen the situation clearly and know that there is only one way to go!
That is to fight to the end with the Revolutionary Army and the Straw Hat Pirates against the World Government; perhaps that's the only way to survive!
Another group was genuinely moved by a sense of racial righteousness and wanted to overturn the mountain that was weighing on everyone's heads!
The shouts coming from the surrounding area attracted the attention of the pirates who were still fighting with Hawk-Eye Marco and his crew!
Starting with the pirates on the outermost edge, they picked up the newspapers that had fallen to the ground and began to read them. Then they were frozen in place by the contents of the newspapers!
Then this phenomenon spread like a plague to the entire pirate group that wanted to get close to the Thousand Sunny!
The pirates in front noticed the silence behind them and turned around to find the person behind them reading a newspaper at such a crucial moment. This drew their attention to the newspaper on the ground, ultimately triggering a chain reaction!
Not only did they stop, but Ivankov, Crocodile, Cavendish, and others who were resisting them also stopped what they were doing and picked up the newspapers to read.
Ivankov only needed to glance at the first few lines to know the gist of the newspaper article, because Vic had already memorized Joy Boy's message!
So he was the first to put down the newspaper. He wasn't entirely at ease with these pirates. Although the newspaper had clarified the contents of the One Piece, there were always some cunning and stubborn people who wouldn't believe it, so he had to be careful!
" Garp! Have we been complicit in this all these years? Tell me, what the newspapers are saying isn't true..."
After reading the newspaper, Sengoku was somewhat devastated. During his glorious period in the navy, he first served as Marine Admiral and then as Fleet Admiral, carrying out many inexplicable and inhumane missions assigned by the Five Elders!
The Five Elders said those people were deeply sinful and posed a great threat to the world. He comforted himself, saying that the Five Elders were right and that he simply knew too little to judge them.
But he knew those innocent children were innocent and posed no threat to the world; no one could dictate a child's future!
From that time on, he was skeptical of the Five Elders ' orders, yet he repeatedly deceived himself. He also had a sense of justice, but he always bowed down to the Five Elders ' orders!
He truly envied Garp, who was able to pursue his own sense of justice as he pleased. Not wanting to become a servant of the Celestial Dragons at their beck and call, he resolutely refused to be promoted to Marine Admiral and completely ignored the Celestial Dragons!
If he didn't want to carry out an order, he would pretend he didn't hear anything and sail off to the New World to fight pirates!
At this moment, Sengoku saw the Celestial Dragons ' identities and their actions 800 years ago, and then looked at the Five Elders ' actions all along. Only two simple words could summarize it: invasion and domination!
" Sengoku! Don't blame yourself too much. Although the Celestial Dragons are not good people, there are also many scumbags among our compatriots!"
Our navy has not failed to uphold true justice, nor are we merely henchmen of the World Government. Now that everything is clear, the right thing to do is to lead the navy to set things right!
Although Garp had also read the newspaper, he already knew most of its contents, so he remained relatively calm and was able to put his mind at ease in comforting Sengoku.
Sengoku did indeed commit many wrongdoings, even evil deeds, while carrying out the orders of the Five Elders, and he bore a heavy burden of sins!
The most serious incident was the Ohara Incident. At that time, the Five Elders not only dispatched a large number of CP Agent, but also a large number of Marines and Buster Call personnel, including Aokiji and Akainu!
The Golden Den Den Mushi that triggered the Buster Call was in Sengoku's possession, and he pressed the button himself. In the end, only a few people survived in Ohara, two of whom were saved by Aokiji!
Sengoku was deeply guilty of that incident, as was Akainu, but now is not the time to dwell on it. Garp needs Sengoku to pull himself together and do his part to set things right for the Navy!
Although Sengoku is now just a retired veteran, he still holds great prestige among the middle and upper ranks of the navy. Many people were promoted when he was the Fleet Admiral, and he can influence many people's choices!
"If our navy were a sword, it would have been held by the World Government World Government and controlled by its will. Many people have died under its blade, some good and some bad!"
Now that the knife has developed its own thoughts, it has clearly distinguished between good and evil, light and darkness. Therefore, it has decided to abandon darkness and embrace the light, turning against its former master to atone for its past mistakes!
"Sengoku! Do you think this sword can still be saved?"
Garp's words stabilized Sengoku's mindset, but they couldn't fully restore him!
Seeing Sengoku lost in despair and self-blame, Tsuru continued to comfort him. She had already decided to rebel against the World Government with Garp before reading the newspaper, and now, seeing the contents of the newspaper, her resolve was strengthened!
The Celestial Dragons and the World Government are such cancers that they should not exist in this world at all. Their existence is completely anti-human and anti-social. The Navy is the perfect tool to cut off these two cancers and atone for their sins!
" Sengoku! You're overthinking things. If you truly feel you've made too many mistakes in the past, then spend the rest of your life making amends, dedicating all your emotions and energy to creating more light for this world!"
Zephyr also comforted Sengoku, saying that he and Sengoku were Marine Admiral in the same year, but Zephyr only served for a few years before applying to work behind the scenes, as he couldn't stand being a servant ordered around by the Celestial Dragons.
Moreover, his sense of justice is extremely strong; otherwise, he wouldn't have created the Neo Marines after seeing no hope for it.
Of course, Zephyr's fate changed after Vic appeared, but it doesn't affect Zephyr's personality and fundamental nature. He has simply changed the object of his hatred from pirates to Celestial Dragons!
He had been very dissatisfied with the World Government before, but his mind was bound by many invisible shackles. Now, seeing the truth in the newspaper, those shackles have been broken, and the surge of justice in his heart makes him only want to fight for the greater good of his race!