One Piece: God Killer

Chapter 495: The winner has no words, the loser has no complaints

After hanging up the Den Den Mushi, Kuzan still sat there.

The sky gradually became overcast and a drizzle began to fall, soaking Kuzan's black coat.

He subconsciously reached out to wipe away the water stains on his cloak.

The right hand touched his shoulder, and Kuzan was struck by lightning.

He suddenly realized that he had lost the "justice" behind him...

Suddenly, Kuzan's thoughts drifted back to several months ago.

That day, he lay on the recliner to rest, with his legs on the table, a newspaper covering his head, as usual.

This was his state during most of his working hours. Even though he knew that the Marshal Sengoku, whom he respected, had recommended him to be the next Admiral of the Navy, his daily style remained unchanged.

However, Kuzan was destined to have trouble sleeping that afternoon.

"I'm sorry, General Sakaski... General Kuzan is working..."

"boom!"

With a loud sound of the door being pushed open, Sakaski walked in and sat down directly opposite Kuzan.

With Sakaski coming to visit, Kuzan naturally couldn't continue sleeping as if no one was around.

He felt very strange. What did Sakaski want from him at this time?

Although both of them graduated from the same naval training camp of former Admiral "Black Arm" Zephyr, they were not students of the same class. Sakaski and Borsalino were also members of the first class, while Kuzan was two classes later than them and was a student of the third class.

In name, Kuzan and Sakaski are brothers, but in reality, there is not much interaction between the two.

Especially since the O'Hara incident, the two had a drastic divergence in their philosophies. Since then, apart from the necessary communication at work, the two have no more communication.

The fight for the position of marshal had created a vague smell of tension between the two.

At this time, Sakaski came to him for the first time, which was undoubtedly a very unusual thing.

Kuzan perked up and sat upright at the table. He didn't want to argue with his meticulous colleague about the "demeanor a marshal should have."

"What are you doing?"

"I am here to persuade you to give up the position of Admiral of the Navy!"

Sakaski came straight to the point and was clearly a magma person, but as she spoke, the air in the room suddenly seemed to drop to freezing point.

Kuzan did not answer, but just stared at Sakaski, as if questioning him.

"I know that Marshal Sengoku recommended you as the next candidate for the Navy's Admiral," Sakaski, who usually doesn't smile, was talking nonstop at this moment, "but I think you are not the best candidate for the Navy's Admiral."

Sakaski met Kuzan's eyes and said, "Don't get me wrong... I'm not saying you're lazy - although that's true."

Sakaski admitted that the top brass of the Navy were all somewhat dysfunctional.

Mr. Karp likes to eat donuts and often falls asleep for unknown reasons during battles; Mr. Zefa always adheres to the philosophy of "no killing", which is a joke in Sakaski's eyes; Borsalino punches in and out, slacks off all year round, and never stays in the office for a second longer; Kake is extremely fond of women and hangs out in red-light districts all year round, he is simply a pig; Gion, as a candidate for general, is obsessed with "geishas".

Not to mention Kuzan, even Sakaski himself is willing to admit that his rigidity, stubbornness, sternness and inaccessibility are shortcomings in his interpersonal relationships that cannot be ignored.

Marshal Zhan Guo, who looks the most normal, does have his own quirks. For example, Profik has sent him dozens of shredders over the years, but he still stubbornly feeds all the discarded important documents to the goat!

Although Sakaski couldn't stand Kuzan's free and easy style of not taking anything to heart, he felt that as long as Kuzan didn't make any mistakes during the mission, he had no reason to criticize his behavior.

There were other reasons why he really couldn't tolerate Kuzan becoming the Admiral of the Navy.

"There is only one reason why I cannot allow you to take charge of the navy - your justice is too confused and too weak!"

Kuzan leaned back in the big chair, showing a rare serious look. Was he confused? Perhaps he did not deny that his "burning justice" had been shaken, nor did he deny that he was still struggling to explore the true meaning of justice.

But "exploration" itself is also an important part of "justice".

"That's going to be a difficult matter..." the admiral in a blue suit said to the man in red opposite him, "I can't stand handing the navy over to a radical, stubborn, cruel, and murderous guy!"

Without Kuzan's explicit explanation, Sakaski knew who the radical, stubborn, cruel and murderous guy Kuzan was referring to was.

"Is this how I look to you?" Sakaski sighed. "Well... since you and I both have our own opinions, I have a suggestion. Let's use a 'duel' to decide who will be the Admiral of the Navy."

"The winner has no words, the loser has no complaints!"

"Well, the winner has no words, and the loser has no complaints!"