Pirates of the Peak

Chapter 1097 The Collapse of the Warring States Period

Chapter 1097 The Collapse of the Warring States Period

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, right? Surely they would leave behind some servants and slaves to provide them with 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 follow the Revolutionary Army and the Straw Hat Pirates to fight the World Government to the end; perhaps that's the only way to survive!

Another group was genuinely moved by 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 Hawkeye Marco and his crew!

Starting with the pirates on the outermost side, they picked up the newspapers that had fallen to the ground and started reading 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 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 and picked up the newspapers to read.

Ivankov only needed to scan the first few lines to know the general content of the newspaper, because Vic had already etched Joy Boy's message into his memory!

So he was the first to put down the newspaper. He wasn't very comfortable with these pirates in front of him. Although the newspaper had clarified the specific contents of the One Piece, there were always some big shots who wouldn't believe it, so he had to be on guard!

"Karp! Have we been aiding and abetting 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 a naval admiral and then as a naval fleet admiral, carrying out many incomprehensible and inhumane missions assigned by the Five Elders!

The Five Elders said that those people were deeply sinful and posed a great threat to the world. He comforted himself that the Five Elders were right and that he simply knew too little to judge them.

But he knew that those innocent children were innocent and could not harm the world. No one could define 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 really envied Garp, who was able to practice the justice in his heart as he pleased. Not wanting to be a servant of the Celestial Dragons who could be summoned and dismissed at will, he resolutely refused to be promoted to Marine Admiral and completely ignored the Celestial Dragons!

If he didn't want to carry out a certain order, he would pretend he couldn'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 been inactive in upholding true justice, nor are we entirely 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 to comfort Sengoku.

Sengoku did indeed commit many wrongdoings, even evil deeds, while carrying out the orders of the Five Elders, and he carried 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 agents, 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 hands, 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 admiral, and he can influence many people's choices!

"If our navy were a sword, it would have been held by the 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 light, turning against its former master to atone for the wrongdoings it committed in the past!

"Warring States Period! 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 decided to rebel against the World Government with Garp before reading the newspaper, and now that she saw the contents of the newspaper, she was even more determined in her heart!

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!

"Warring States! You're overthinking things. If you really feel you've done too many wrong things in the past, then spend the rest of your life making amends and dedicate all your emotions and energy to creating more light for this world!"

Zephyr also comforted Sengoku, saying that he and Sengoku were admirals in the same year, but he applied to work behind the scenes after only a few years, and 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 New Navy after seeing no hope for it.

Of course, Zephyr's fate changed after Vick appeared, but it doesn't affect Zephyr's personality and fundamental nature. He has just 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, the shackles on his body have been broken, and the surging sense of justice in his heart makes him only want to fight for the greater good of his race!