The Marine meeting continued. Akainu wanted to use this opportunity to completely reshape the mindset of certain Marine commanders, believing that a truly righteous Marine must show no mercy to wicked pirates.
Outside the conference room, Sengoku listened to Akainu's impassioned speech with a mixture of satisfaction and helplessness. Extremist justice might plunge the world into a dangerous frenzy, but as a retired old man, he had no power to speak on the matter, so Sengoku simply let it go.
The new era belonged to the youth. Just as Whitebeard Newgate had said, they were old, and many things were no longer suited for them. The person destined to reach the summit once more and become the King of the Pirates would inevitably emerge from among the young pirates of today.
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