One Piece_ Rampant Volcano

Walk to the end of the street and look at the entrance to the fortress guarded by soldiers.

Robin hesitated for a moment, his eyes became firmer, and he walked over.

Somewhat unexpected, but also somewhat expected…

The soldiers guarding the most critical fortress on the island did not stop Robin. They simply asked for his name and where he was going, and then let him go.

He even took the initiative to tell me where he wanted to go and how to get there.

After Robin thanked him, he followed the direction directed by the soldier and walked straight to the elevator.

———-

Exited the elevator.

We reached the platform at the top of the fortress.

Stand here and look out.

You can clearly see the entire island, and feel the strictness here more intuitively.

Robin paused for a moment and then walked towards the marshal’s office.

As soon as he reached the door, the door to the marshal’s office was opened.

Carol appeared in front of Robin and smiled:

“Have you almost finished your shopping?”

“come in.”

Robin nodded slightly and followed in.

The furnishings in the room are actually very simple. Apart from a huge sand table and a world map hanging on the wall, there are only two sofas and the office seats of Carol and Sakaski.

But Sakaski was not in the house at this time.

Robin was attracted by the map and sand table at a glance.

Even Robin, who only had a vague understanding of the battle situation, could see the current situation of the entire world clearly through the sand table and map in an instant.

Carol returned to her table, poured a glass of water, and gave it to Robin:

“No need to be restrained.”

After Robin took the water, he said ‘thank you’, and then asked hesitantly:

“These…can I see them?”

It’s about the huge sand table and the world map.

If the clear labeling and division of power territory were spread, it would probably cause huge waves. They should all be top secret…

Carol shrugged and explained:

“It doesn’t matter.”

“These things are really useless.”

“It’s just that we can clearly understand the territory of each force.”

“If we want, we can push the new world forward in a very short time.”

“It’s just not the right time yet.”

Robin was a little stunned when he heard Carol’s words:

“Pushing the new world…”

To be honest, this news sounds quite shocking. After all, there is a difference between guessing it and admitting it personally.

Robin took a deep breath to suppress the shock in his heart.

He glanced around the room and said:

“Where’s the Admiral?”

Carol was correcting documents while sitting at her desk:

“Have a meeting in the conference room next to us.”

“You should be back soon.”

“You have something to do with him?”

Robin opened his mouth, but couldn’t give a reason.

I was thinking about the reason for coming here, but there seemed to be no reason…

Just walked through it…

He shook his head and said:

“No…..”

“No.”

Carol chuckled:

“Then take a look around.”

Robin nodded:

“Um.”

Taking a few steps towards the wall, there was a map of the world hanging on the wall.

Almost all of the four seas are occupied by forces marked with the Revolutionary Army. Only the small sea area of ​​​​the Grand Line, as shown on the map, is owned by the World Government.

It doesn’t look like a big area, but the revolutionary army doesn’t have much chance of winning when faced with this small sphere of influence…

After looking at it carefully for a while, he turned his head to the side.

The huge sand table placed there is exactly the war situation in the new world.

Judging from the sand table, the navy’s power separated the four emperors into three groups.

Hale Nok and Red-haired Shanks were on one side, while Charlotte Lingling and Kaido seemed to be the focus of the navy’s encirclement and suppression, and the navy’s encirclement was shrinking there.

Looking at the clear battle situation.

Robin somewhat understood why Carroll said that in a short period of time, the Navy would be able to push the new world:

“Destroy them one by one…”

But what she thought was still too simple…

Carol, who was working at the back, heard Robin’s whisper and said:

“Roughly the same.”

“First deal with Hale Noc and Red-haired Shanks and their entire forces.”

“Then directly push into the encirclement, seal Charlotte Lingling and Kaido in the encirclement, and catch them all in one fell swoop.”

Robin turned back with some doubts:

“all?”

“Is it possible to do this?”

She didn’t know anything else, but Hale Nok was the one who seriously injured Crocodile in the first place. Crocodile had secretly caused trouble for Hale Nok’s forces over the years.

When Sakaski ordered the elimination of Hale Nok’s arsenal on the Grand Line, a lot of information was collected and provided by Crocodile.

So Robin still knows a little about the most powerful Dark Emperor in the world. They have too many people…

They are no longer just pirates, they are clearly the largest gang organization in the world…

Carol, who was sitting in the office seat, smiled and said:

“See the black lines on the edges on both sides.”

Robin nodded:

“Those black lines surrounding the forces of Hale Nok and Red-haired Shanks?”

The navy’s power on the sand table separated Hale Nok and Red-haired Shanks.

However, they did not return to the south to encircle and suppress them. Instead, they headed north to drive the forces separated between the two towards Charlotte Lingling and Kaido.

The remaining two-thirds are completely wrapped by a black line.

Carol’s next words made Robin’s pupils shrink suddenly.

“There are islands out there that are within detonation range.”

“When the decisive battle begins, all the places wrapped in black thread will be detonated.”

“Just like what I just said.”

“We will wipe out the forces of Hale Nok and Red-haired Shanks first.”

“The remaining remnants will be surrounded and suppressed by the navy, driven to the direction of Charlotte Lingling and Kaido, and captured in one fell swoop.”

Robin even suspected that he had heard wrongly, and was a little unbelievable:

“Explode all those islands?”

Within the scope of the black circle, there are at least thirty to fifty islands.

Carol smiled helplessly:

“That’s right, they all exploded.”

Robin was still in disbelief:

“Those islands can’t all be filled with pirates.”

Pirates alone cannot support the operation of so many islands. There must be a large number of civilians on these islands. The total number of thirty or fifty islands must be at least hundreds of thousands of people.

Carol smacked her lips:

“It’s obvious.”

Obviously, the attitude has been expressed, and the civilians on those islands will be buried together…

Robin’s heart felt cold, this kind of killing was really…

It’s so shocking…

It is not comparable to the hundreds or thousands of people killed by pirates who massacred villages and towns.

Instead, hundreds of thousands of people were buried in one go.

Looking at Carol’s understatement, Robin had some doubts about life and couldn’t help but ask:

“Is this considered justice?”

Carol was about to speak.

Just listen to Sakaski’s voice coming from outside:

“Then it depends on how you understand ‘justice’.”

Wow——

The office door was opened.

Sakaski walked in after the meeting.

He said to Robin who was holding a water glass and saw that he was a little nervous:

“Find a seat and sit.”

Then he walked straight to the marshal’s seat.

Looking at Sakaski who was also understatement, Robin took a deep breath, walked to the sofa, sat down and said:

“Understand ‘justice’?”

Sakaski said:

“The word justice is very general, it depends on how you understand it.”

“If it’s just to do something good, save some people, save a country, liberate an island.”

“Then this world is full of ‘justice’.”

“There is ‘justice’ among pirates, there is ‘justice’ in the world government, there is ‘justice’ in the revolutionary army, and even among those stupid Tianlong people, there are individual ‘justice’ people.”

“So it depends on how you understand it.”

“But in the final analysis, this kind of thing is just an excuse to do whatever you want.”

Robin frowned slightly, indeed…

If we only rely on individuals, then there are no absolute bad people in the world…

Sakaski continued:

“Just like ‘Justice’ in the Navy.”

“Many people put a label on their ‘justice’ and do whatever they want.”

“Among them.”

“Those who play the game of chase with pirates can become ‘heroes’.”

“A person who communicated with the enemy due to personal affairs and forced countless naval officers to die can become a ‘marshal’.”

“And those who have powerful abilities, but think they have seen darkness, waste time lazily, and consume the resources of the navy, can become a ‘general’.”

“They have saved people and they have harmed people.”

“The current law cannot characterize this behavior, and it can only be boiled down to ‘justice’ in the end.”

“If they put a label on their own justice, all their actions will be rationalized and impossible to refute.”

“No matter what they do, there’s always going to be someone with those labels to justify it all.”

“even

The corpses of those I have killed could fill dozens of islands, but I still represent the ‘justice’ of this world. ”

“This is true for the navy that represents ‘justice’.”

“Do you think everything in this world is reasonable…”

Robin opened his mouth, his mind a little blank:

“unreasonable…..”

She never expected that Sakaski did not refute her question, and even explained it, pointing out people and things in the Navy, and even himself…

Sakaski chuckled and said:

“So really speaking, there is no ‘justice’ in this world.”

“Everything is just an excuse for the guys at the top to do whatever they want.”

“but……”

“There is ‘great justice’ in this world.”

“The word ‘great righteousness’ is much simpler, with only four words, for the world.”

“After the world conscription began, countless young people joined the army.”

“Most of them don’t have extraordinary talent or luck. If they join the army at this time, the most likely outcome is death on the battlefield…”

“But they still come.”

“Are they stupid?”

“Of course they are stupid, but why are they so stupid?”

“Because they don’t want their descendants to live a life of fear.”

“Because they don’t want their descendants to experience the feeling of family destruction.”

“In the past eight hundred years, the people of this world have never seen hope.”

“But I came and I gave them hope.”

“They also chose to believe me.”

“They rushed to the new world without hesitation, choosing to cut off their own futures so that their loved ones could have the possibility of bathing in the sun.”

“They are not doing it for themselves, they are doing it for the world, for ‘great justice’.”

Sakaski leaned on his seat, crossed his arms and said quietly:

“And everything I did was for the sake of ‘great justice’.”

“The ‘justice’ I carry behind me is just a means. After all, I have never been a good person.”

“The plan is the best way to find out after deducing it countless times.”

“Wherever the navy can, we will send people to transport people across the islands.”

“Those who accepted the advice were sent to the Grand Line by the Navy, and those who did not accept the advice were not taken away by force.”

“Today, countless soldiers are dying fighting for this world every day.”

“And those stubborn people or those who are beyond their capabilities, why can’t they die?”

“So for the future of this world, for the ‘righteousness’ of this world.”

“I can only ask them to follow those pirates…”

“Go to hell…”