Chapter 506: Descent of a God
Vice Admiral Garp's entire face had already turned completely red. Veins bulged on his forehead. His right hand gripped those documents so tightly he'd almost crushed that thick stack of paper.
"It's been a long time since I've seen Mr. Garp this angry."
Admiral Kizaru said quite emotionally. "Even when hunting down Roger back then, he had a smile on his face."
But now his fury could no longer be suppressed.
"If you still don't believe it, you can go up and look."
Brett raised his hand pointing upward, toward the sky where that massive thing floated. "Tens of thousands of transformed monsters are up there right now."
"At this point, there seems to be no reason left to continue doubting."
Vice Admiral Garp's chest heaved violently. His breathing was clearly audible even from the conference hall's far edges. Everyone could see this man's fury and bewilderment.
"So Government, I think you need to give us a reason!"
Hero Garp questioned loudly. "Why must people who fought for the World Government suffer such treatment! Why did they have to lie on cold operating tables like rats, toyed with until death!!"
If they'd died fighting enemies, there'd be nothing to say. Dying in battle was a warrior's fate.
But to be persecuted by their own side, to be discarded like trash by those they served and protected, how could anyone accept this calmly!
"I see."
Admiral Fujitora sighed. He sheathed the sword in his hand, then simply sat cross-legged on the ground.
"Issho?"
Ryokugyu looked at him in surprise.
"I no longer know what to do, so for now I'll rest a while."
Admiral Fujitora sighed. "I'll wait until I've found a direction to move forward again."
"You've got a point."
So Ryokugyu also began sighing. "Really, I finally found a prestigious job with stable pay, but this kind of thing happens."
"Exactly."
Kizaru also looked dejected.
In that instant, the entire conference hall fell into extreme silence.
The kings from various Government member nations were all collectively dumbfounded.
Did this situation mean the Navy was about to part ways with the World Government?
No!
Just thinking about it made their scalps tingle!
If the opponent was the rebel forces led by Brett, then naturally the Navy was their main fighting force!
If even the Navy betrayed them, what war was there to speak of? They might as well close their eyes and wait for death!
Even if the Government might have means to counter the ancient weapons Brett's side possessed, if the Navy was gone, who would face the armies commanded by Brett, Dragon, and Zephyr?
Who could face them?
Elders, this isn't the time to be sleeping!
Wake up quickly and calm the Navy down!
As if right on cue, the Five Elders actually did wake up under CP0's emergency treatment.
After all, they'd only fainted, not died.
Using somewhat rough methods, the Five Elders regained consciousness one by one.
They quickly learned the current situation from CP0's various reports.
The Five Elders instantly fell into extreme distress.
The worst-case scenario had finally appeared.
What should they do now?
The five old heads began spinning rapidly.
Finally, Saint Mars stood up. He said calmly, "Indeed, we authorized Caesar to oversee the experiments and required Doberman and his subordinates to cooperate with the experiments."
"But we also didn't expect that Caesar would be so insane that in the end, only Doberman survived."
This was indeed the truth.
Before producing results, Caesar naturally didn't dare say he'd killed off hundreds of Fish-Man Navy soldiers.
"Don't listen to this guy's nonsense!"
But naturally, he still had to argue. Caesar shrieked like his hair was standing on end. "Without their authorization, would I dare use Vice Admiral-level Navy for experiments!"
"Caesar, you bastard..."
Saint Mars frowned. This mad dog was starting to bite randomly. But awkwardly, he really couldn't refute it.
"The logic is simple. Without their support, after Miss Gion later discovered the experiments, how did they turn everything upside down to make her the traitor?"
Dr. Caesar argued coherently.
This was the killing blow. The Five Elders couldn't even think of lines to refute it.
Because they had indeed done exactly that.
"We apologize for this, but since it's already happened, let's discuss what comes next."
After Saint Nusjuro took a deep breath, he said, "Everything was only to counter the coming enemy."
"If we fail in the upcoming war, the entire world will fall into a state of destruction."
"So, are you saying they're just insignificant sacrifices made in the process of striving toward a great goal?"
Miss Gion nearly ground her teeth.
"No, quite the opposite. Their sacrifice is critically important!"
This Elder proclaimed righteously, declaring loudly to everyone, "Their sacrifice made critically important contributions to our seizing final victory!"
"..."
Gion fell silent.
"How disgusting..."
Ryokugyu sighed.
"Garp, we can apologize to you. Resigning after the war isn't a problem either!"
Saint Nusjuro even bowed deeply toward the Navy. He said seriously, "But at least in this war, please let us fight side by side!"
Brett almost laughed out loud.
This was naturally just a lie.
What this bald old man was actually thinking was that after victory, that Lord Imu would purge the world, and naturally the Navy was among the purging targets.
In that case, whether he promised anything had no meaning.
However...
"..."
Vice Admiral Garp remained silent.
After a long while, he finally breathed deeply. "When you can sacrifice even the most loyal Navy warriors without hesitation, how can we continue trusting you?"
"..."
The Five Elders also fell silent.
The negotiation entered a deadlock.
Brett listened to the Navy's inner voices.
Even Vice Admiral Garp's heart was confused. He didn't know what to do right now.
To act like nothing happened was absolutely impossible. But to betray the Government over this still made him hesitate.
However...
"Hm?"
Brett's eyes suddenly widened.
"I was hoping to sleep soundly."
A black shadow walked leisurely from the doorway beside the Five Elders.
"But someone arrived who I must greet personally."
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