One Piece: General Xuanming, Defeat the New World

Seeing that everyone seemed to be thinking about something, Carsent continued his analysis.

"We need to know why we are afraid of pirates, and what those pirates need to be afraid of."

"In the Four Seas region, every three to five years, a pirate version of the 'Four Seas Admiral' will appear. They own hundreds of pirate ships and tens of thousands of subordinates, and they run rampant in the Four Seas region."

"What's worth fearing about these pirates is their huge power. If they die, the forces scattered across the country will inevitably be in turmoil. It's easy to kill them, but the difficult part is how to deal with this turmoil."

"So over time, the navy has formed a similar unspoken rule. As long as the pirate leaders don't go too far, the navy will only symbolically expel them. Because of their presence, they can fight evil with evil, and they can suppress other local pirates and maintain stability."

"When a force reaches a certain level, no matter if it's pirates or the navy, what they want is stability rather than chaos."

"However, for the dominant pirate groups in the New World, the opposite is true."

"The Admiral of the Four Seas is honored as the Admiral because of his vast pirate power; and the Overlord of the New World is honored as the Overlord because of his invincible strength."

"Their power is only a vassal of their strength. A dominant pirate group will always exist because of their leader."

"Whether it's the Lion Kingdom or the Golden Lion Pirates, their core is always the Golden Lion. Even if the Golden Lion Pirates are killed and only one person is left, as long as the Golden Lion is still alive, the Golden Lion Pirates will never be destroyed."

"But as long as the Golden Lion dies, the huge kingdom will collapse in an instant. Manhart and those captains alone are not qualified to inherit the huge power left by Shiqi."

"Therefore, whether the Golden Lion is a nation or not, our basic strategy against the Golden Lion has not changed."

"On the contrary, the founding of the Golden Lion means that the Golden Lion is willing to fight us under the rules of the World Government, so why not do it?"

"The New World has always followed the pirates' jungle law. This is a pirate's paradise. And now that the Golden Lion has taken the initiative to choose our territory to provoke, this is a matter of advantage to us."

Carsen said a lot in one breath, but when he saw that everyone only half understood what he said, he stopped with a sense of unfulfilled desire and took a sip of the strong tea on the corner of the table.

As for taking seven points and keeping three points, Carsent's statement is clear enough.

In essence, the world government wants stability rather than justice. From the perspective of justice, the killings committed by the Golden Lion in the past will not be written off by the establishment of a country.

Therefore, no matter what changes the Golden Lion makes, it cannot erase the cruelty of the past.

In the name of justice, you can attack the Golden Lion at any time under the banner of "revenge for the dead", no matter what the Golden Lion's current identity is.

But the problem is that justice is of no value to ruling.

The establishment of the Golden Lion Kingdom has added a layer of constraints to the sharp claws of the Lion. As long as the Golden Lion wants to develop his own Lion Kingdom well, he will not be able to challenge the World Government in the way of pirates.

The Golden Lion chose to come within the rules of the World Government and wanted to fight the World Government by using the rules of the World Government. This is what the World Government is happy to see.

If the Golden Lion is really committed to developing his country, then the World Government will only curb the development of the Lion Kingdom within the rules and will not interfere with the Golden Lion himself.

At worst, we can wait for a few decades, and everything will return to normal after the Golden Lion dies.

What the world government wants is never to control all the powerful people, but the stability of the ocean.

But the Navy wants justice, so such words cannot be said directly.

As expected, even though Carsent's expression was euphemistic enough, the passionate Kuzan still stood up and said in an excited tone:

"What Senior Carsente said does make sense. Although this matter is in our favor, we cannot ignore those who died under the knife of the Golden Lion, and those poor people who lost their country because of the Golden Lion."

"The Navy is the defender of justice and should always stand on the side of justice. If you choose to ignore the past crimes of pirates for a little profit, then how can the name of justice be realized?"

Kuzan raised his fists high. In Carsent's eyes, this silly boy seemed to be emitting the light of "justice".

Kuzan's justice, no matter how lazy or burning it is, is essentially idealistic justice. I think justice is justice.

Carsent had realized this a long time ago, so he was not surprised by Kuzan's rebuttal.

"Hmm...I think what Carson-san said is quite right."

Borsalino raised his hand lazily and didn't say much.

At this point, Sakaski was rarely silent. On the one hand, he thought that what Carsen said made sense. In the current situation, if the Golden Lion was willing to take the initiative to remain calm, that would indeed be the best choice.

But on the other hand, what Kuzan said was indeed on the side of naval justice and was difficult to refute.

For a moment, the entire conference room was deadlocked.

"Ahem, alright, I understand what you mean."

Seeing that no one was talking, the Warring States general stepped forward and ended the topic.

There are some things that Carsente and General Warring States are not comfortable saying, but they can be skipped directly with a tacit consensus.

The essence of the argument between the two is whether justice should involve sacrifice, whether we should choose to sacrifice the minority to fulfill the majority, and whether we should choose to sacrifice the irreparable to save the salvageable.

The answer is obvious, but it's one that no one can say.

"Then we should temporarily follow what Carsente said and maintain a gentle attitude towards the Lion Kingdom established by the Golden Lion. We should not consider attacking in the short term."

Zhan Guo gave his own answer.

"Next thing. Golden Lion has chosen to exercise the rights of a member country of the World Government, inviting naval warships to visit the Lion Kingdom and requesting the naval garrison to guard it."

Before Zhan Guo finished speaking, the people who had just calmed down after Carsent's analysis became furious again.

"That's ridiculous. We can invite you, but we absolutely cannot station troops there."

In the conference room, Admiral Zefa, who had remained silent from the beginning until now, expressed his opinion for the first time.

"The navy is full of good men. Who knows what will happen to the Golden Lion? We cannot station troops there."

Zefa's tone was firm and there was no room for compromise.

"I agree with Admiral Zefa's opinion on this point. It is too risky to station troops there. It is not feasible. I have already rejected the invitation of the Lion Kingdom to station troops in the name of the navy."