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Chapter 717 What is Justice, Really!?
Chapter 717 What is Justice, Really!?
Chapter 717 What is Justice, Really!?
Finally,It's chapter 700
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Chapter's Events:
"Fuffuffuffu!! What's so funny, you ask!?"
"Why, this feeling of standing right at the turning point of an age!! Fuffuffuffu!!"
Face-to-face against the Whitebeard Pirates, Doflamingo showed no signs of worry; instead, he continued laughing and enjoying his time.
"Right now, this place is truly neutral, Thirteenth Division Captain, Water-Buffalo Atmos!!" Doflamingo moved his fingers as if playing with a puppet on strings.
The Thirteenth Division Captain of the Whitebeard Pirates felt his body losing control, quickly alerting his allies. "Oh, no!! Get away from me, you guys!!!"
With precise control from Doflamingo, the Thirteenth Division Captain turned against his allies, beginning to slaughter anyone in his path unwillingly.
"Aghh!!! Stop this, Doflamingo!!!"
Koby and Helmeppo ran in terror and fear of what was happening at that moment.
"Haa Haa Haa"
The corpses of the fallen soldiers still lingered vividly in Koby's mind at this moment.
(No!! No, no, no!! This is too terrifying I can't do a thing!! All these outrageously strong people are collapsing all around me in pools of blood!!)
"Wait for me, Koby~!"
Helemeppo was also running behind him, and suddenly they saw Admiral Akainu standing in the way of a fleeing soldier just like them, prompting them to hide and shut their mouths.
"Return to the battlefield!!!" Akainu commanded coldly.
"Haa Haa P please, don't stop me!!! I'm too scared of dying! When I think of my family My legs just won't move properly!!! Please!" The soldier begged for mercy at this moment from Admiral Akainu.
"If whom you fear for is truly your family"
"Then do not disgrace them!!!"
Akainu's hand turned into volcanic magma, engulfing the fleeing Marine soldier.
"AAAAGHHHH!!!"
"The extent of the soldier's screams of misery can be imagined; his fate can already be guessed even if it's not shown..."
"He must have turned into a liquid of flesh and bones..."
"How miserable! Is this Admiral Akainu's justice?"
"I feel extreme sorrow for the Marine' cowardice... He was just scared..."
"Even someone like Koby, trained by Marine hero Garp, is terrified of a battlefield like this, not to mention ordinary soldiers..."
"The actual scenes of war must be much more terrifying than what's depicted in the manga alone..."
"That's true; from what Marine soldiers burned by Akainu said, death is everywhere there..."
"This Admiral is harsh even on those on his side... Man, I feel fear every time I see him..."
"Is this what it means to be a Marine Admiral?"
"Doflamingo's power is strange; it seems he controls his enemies' bodies somehow..."
"How insane is this Doflamingo!"
In the art store in Dressrosa, readers were in awe of the war scenes. In the last scenes, attention was focused on both Akainu and Doflamingo for one reason or another.
In the end, Doflamingo's talk about justice was shocking enough to reveal a depth never seen before.
King Riku's eyes widened as he saw what Admiral Akainu did.
"This is unreasonable... How disgraceful... This man doesn't deserve to be an admiral; what's the difference between you and these pirates!?"
Marineford:
"This... is cruel..."
The fleet admiral furrowed his brow in displeasure; he didn't like what Admiral Akainu did in the manga...
"He fled, leaving his allies to die behind him, don't the soldiers dying on the battlefield have families too? Aren't they also afraid of death!?"
Sakazuki slammed the table in anger at this moment with every word he said.
He wasn't pleased with the looks others gave him, as if he had truly made a mistake.
"My counterpart asked him to return to the battlefield; he gave him a chance... but he was still afraid of death... the Marines don't need people like him in their ranks; it's just to execute him."
With these words, Admiral Sakazuki's stance became clear; he didn't seem regretful at all.
"Sakazuki... this terrifying side of you will scare people away from joining us..." Zephyr said calmly.
"Anyone who has an ounce of fear in their heart doesn't deserve to be a Marine soldier in the first place..."
"This is a war against pirates, the devil's offspring who have wreaked havoc on our world for thousands of years, causing countless tragedies... eradicating them is a righteous act for humanity..."
"The manga may portray Whitebeard, who wants to save his son, as a righteous man, but is he truly righteous...!?"
"How many massacres has Whitebeard committed!? How many ordinary people has Whitebeard killed intentionally or unintentionally, to reach where he is now!?"
As Admiral Sakazuki's words echoed, everyone fell silent; his words were true, seeming to soften their stances towards pirates in one way or another...
While this should never happen, pirates are still enemies of the world no matter their identities, justice, or methods of operation!
"But this doesn't change the fact that you acted wrongly; you can't kill a Marine soldier without trial."
Sengoku said sternly, essentially warning Sakazuki not to adopt similar stances to his counterpart and secretly kill a Marine soldier in the future.
"I understand..." said Sakazuki.
"This...?"
Sengoku, Sakazuki, and the others widened their eyes when they saw what Doflamingo said in the manga.
They were still debating the nature of evil pirates and the justice of the Marines; they thought they had the right direction, but Doflamingo's words opened another door for them.
"Get away from me!! All of you!!"
Captain Atmos was still slaughtering his allies under Doflamingo's control.
"Captain Atmos!?"
The Whitebeard Pirates didn't quite understand what was happening with Captain Atmos at that moment.
...
Suddenly, Doflamingo caught the attention of the pirates and marines who were close to him; he was still laughing like a madman.
"Pirates are evil!? The Marines are justice!!?"
"These labels have been passed around heaven knows how many times!!!"
"Kids who have never known peace... and kids who have never known war... Their values are too different!!!"
Different scenes of children living in war-torn environments and children living in luxury appeared.
"Whoever stands at the top can define right and wrong as they see fit!!! Right now, we stand in neutral territory!!!"
"Justice will prevail? Well, sure it will!"
"Whoever prevails is justice!!!"
"Jihahahaha!!! I like that, I like that!!"
"Jihahahaha!!! Good says, boy!"
At that moment, inside his cell in the central prison,the Golden Lion was amused by Doflamingo's words.
"At first, I thought you were just crazy, but who would have thought you're completely mad, jihahahaha!!! Just like me entirely..."
"Hmm, excellent!"
"What great words! 'Whoever prevails is justice...' truly splendid..."
"The Lord's disciple is truly something. Hohohoho~"
World turned the manga page to the next bright expression.
Away from the central prison, in Ohara's art store:
The eyes of both Mihawk and Issho gleamed as they observed Doflamingo, who was a center of attention at that moment.
"Well done, boy... Your counterpart must have experienced both lives as a kid to have such an intriguing perspective on defining justice," remarked Issho with awe.
"Hohoho~ I believe so too," Doffy replied with a strange smile.
Suddenly, he shook his head as he felt someone significant was watching him. His gaze directly met his father's, Donquixote Homing.
The archaeologist, and former Celestial Dragon's expression carried a kind of hidden concern and sadness.
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Upcoming chapter titles (spoilers):
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Chapter 701: Whity Bey. The Might of Whitebeard!
Chapter 702: Garp's Predicament.
Chapter 703: Marine Strategy. Luffy's Big Entry!
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