From Pirates to the Strongest Death God in Soul Society

Chapter 234: Bane angrily scolded Zhan Guo, my heart and my actions are as clear as a mirror, everything I do is just!
In Ben's office in Melview.

At this moment, a fierce quarrel broke out here.

"I shouldn't have let you join the navy. Look at what you are doing now. You are actually splitting the navy. Do you still deserve the title of admiral of the navy?" Chief Inspector Warring States slammed the table with an angry look on his face and scolded Bane.

"Precisely because I am the admiral of the navy, I know better what to do to get the navy out of that quagmire. Haven't you ever thought about it, Inspector? You must have thought about it!" Bane retorted with a red face.

"Old man" Zhan Guo was speechless for a moment. He wanted to refute but didn't know what to say.

When he was a marshal, did he ever think of going it alone with the navy?

He must have thought about it, and not just him. Given the nature of the world's government, any marshal must have fantasized about quitting his job and becoming independent with the navy.

It's just thinking about it, but it's definitely not that easy to do.

Zhan Guo served in the navy for most of his life, but in the end he was never able to really raise the banner.

Seeing that Zhan Guo was speechless, Bane was not willing to give him a break and asked angrily, "During the human hunting every three years, what do those beasts on Marijoa regard as justice? What do they regard as humans? What do they regard as life? Are the people that our navy has worked so hard to protect just to be consumed by them for their hunting pleasure?"

When this matter was brought up, Zhan Guo was speechless. He opened his mouth several times as if he wanted to refute something, but was suppressed by Bane's angry eyes.

To be honest, no one can wash away this matter. As long as Bane brings it up, he is directly standing on the highest point of justice and morality.

"Once every three years, it's been like this for hundreds of years. The countless corpses behind them are about to fill up the sea, right? Didn't you feel ashamed when you went to Marijoa and reported the so-called justice to those people? Didn't you hear the wronged soul of Marijoa roaring in your ear? Didn't you feel that the word justice on your body was so ironic? Is this what the navy should do?" Bane asked gritting his teeth.

Before Zhan Guo could digest all this, Ben was furious again and said, "Don't even mention the navy. Is this what a human should do? It is said that Charlotte Linlin is cruel and brutal. She wants to massacre a city and destroy a country if she can't eat her favorite dessert. She can still find a reason for herself. She is sick. She has bulimia. She goes crazy if she can't eat what she wants. Even her own son can be beaten to death for this. But what reason do the beasts on Marijoa have? They don't even bother to find a reason. They just want to have fun and show off their identity and status as descendants of the gods. Just for these, they can commit such atrocities. It's simply outrageous. Marijoa's crimes are too numerous to list. Am I right!?"

Looking at Bane scolding Zhan Guo here, he looked like he was rebelling against Tian Gang.

Zefa and Kuzan, who were sitting on the sofa, looked at each other silently. Neither of them spoke. They picked up their teacups tacitly, drank their tea and watched the show calmly.

"I'm not splitting the navy now, I'm enforcing justice. If the navy is just to help the world government maintain this damn, inhumane rule, then it's better not to exist and not to be called justice. This is simply a shame to justice, to all of us navy people who have justice in our hearts. I think the navy should just be called watchdogs, they will bite whoever their master tells them to bite. Those beasts on Marijoa say they want to hunt, and we just pounce on them and that's it. What justice can we talk about then!?" Bane was also impolite, pointing at Warring States nose and started to scold him.

But Zhan Guo couldn't refute any of his words. His expression was stiff, his eyes were complicated, and he was extremely ashamed.

"You've been the marshal for so many years and haven't been able to change this situation. This is simply dereliction of duty, simply..." Bane wanted to say something harsh, but seeing that Zhan Guo was mentally broken at the moment, he was afraid that if he continued, the old guy would be so ashamed that he would commit suicide. So he stopped talking.

"Humph!" Bane sat down on the sofa, snorted coldly, and then said in a slow tone: "In short, I will never make the same mistake again. I said it in the newspaper. I came to the navy for three things: justice, justice, and damn justice! I don't deny that I am indeed using the slogan of justice to realize my ambitions, but did I do something wrong?"

"You are doing this kind of thing in the name of justice. It is not based on justice at all. Your behavior..." Zhan Guo instinctively wanted to defend himself.

But the next second, Bane said without hesitation: "My heart and my actions are as clear as a mirror, and everything I do is just!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Bane stood up again, patted his chest and said, "I, Bane, have a clear conscience for everything I have done since I went to sea. What is this? This is justice! Inspector, if you think what I said is wrong, you can point it out to me. Tell me, what did I do wrong? It doesn't seem like something the navy should do? Am I unworthy of justice?"

"You" Zhan Guo raised his hand and pointed at Bane, his body trembling a little, but he thought carefully about everything that had happened so far, and could not find any place to blame Bane. As Bane said, what he did might be selfish, or he might have other intentions, but he never violated justice, and it could even be said that he was walking with justice!

My heart and my actions are as clear as a mirror!

Everything you do is just!
"What do you mean by "I"? Since I dare to say so, I am not afraid of others questioning me. I, Bane, have done things upright all my life." Bane said domineeringly to Zhan Guo, and then said: "As for you, let's not talk about seniors and juniors today, and the favor of helping each other. I acknowledge all of this. Inspector, you have taken a lot of care of me. I, Bane, can't have what I have today without your help, but this still cannot change the fact that you are weak and incompetent, causing shame to the justice of the Navy. If you can really lead the Navy out of this quagmire, I, Bane, can still praise you for bearing humiliation, but the problem is that you didn't. In the end, you just didn't get things done. You are just incompetent and weak. Why don't you dare to fight the Five Elders with real swords and guns!?"

Looking at Zhan Guo, he was trembling with anger, pale face, trembling lips, and he looked like he might have a myocardial infarction at any time.

Kuzan took a sip of tea and whispered to Zefa, "Teacher, is that enough? If Ben continues to scold me, I'm really afraid that Mr. Zhan Guo will not be able to bear it and commit suicide."

Zefa, on the other hand, remained calm, as if he wanted Zhan Guo to hear him. He snorted and said, "What? You dare not take responsibility for what you did? You have done something wrong, so others cannot mention it? Did Bane say something wrong? If some people cannot accept others accusing them of the stains that cannot be wiped clean, then they should not have done it in the first place. If they have done it, they should admit it. If they are really ashamed, they should find a way to make up for it. If they commit suicide, wouldn't that prove that Bane is right, that they are weak and incompetent!"

Zefa and Zhan Guo are old comrades-in-arms, and precisely because they are old comrades-in-arms, his words can touch Zhan Guo's heart.

Zefa put down his teacup and snorted, "Some people hang something like 'Justice reigns supreme' in their offices. When they were young, they were hot-tempered and fierce, saying that they wanted the navy to stand at the highest point of the ocean and let justice reign supreme. But after becoming a marshal, I don't know if they can still display their domineering color. Anyway, I haven't seen it for many years."

"What do you want to say!?" Zhan Guo exploded, looking at Zefa angrily and said, "Do you think I have had an easy life these years?"

"Of course it's not easy for you." Zefa sneered, "You talk about justice on the one hand, and you go hunting humans on the other. It's strange that it's easy for you. I feel terrible just thinking about it."

"Now I'm giving you a choice. There are two paths before you. The first one is that you hold on to your sin and darkness, feel guilty, and escape until death, and be a cowardly naval marshal all your life. In that case, I will let you go now. Melville does not welcome people like you. From now on, we will pretend not to know each other. When you go out, you can say whatever you want. If you want to inform on someone, go ahead and do it. The worst that can happen is we can just go to war. Anyway, I, Bane, am going to build a new navy! Not even the king of heaven can stop me, I say!" Bane slammed the table and shouted loudly.

After these words fell, Zhan Guo did not respond, but sat on the sofa with a gloomy face.

In fact, this was something Bane had already anticipated. Although he had just arrived in Melview today and had not had time to drink a sip of hot tea, Zhan Guo suddenly came to his door and started to scold him. He looked irritable and angry, as if he might turn against him at any time and have a big fight to the death.

But because of this, Bane knew that Zhan Guo had actually made his choice.

It's just that over the years, he has suppressed too many things in his heart, and they are too heavy, and it is difficult to change them for the time being, so he also wants someone to tear his weakness and hypocrisy apart in a bloody way, so that he will no longer have any way to escape and can only move forward with gritted teeth!

So he came to quarrel with Bane, or to be more precise, he came to be scolded.

Bane understood this, so he satisfied Zhan Guo and used the sharpest and harshest words to hurt Zhan Guo severely. Perhaps such humiliation and pain could make Zhan Guo feel better.

"The second way is to face your sin and darkness. Think about all the things you failed to stop over the years and the innocent people who died because of them. Then, carry this shame, this sin, this darkness, and join us in washing away these humiliations with blood until you can stand up straight again and say that justice will reign over the world!!!" Bane was even a little out of control at this moment. He stepped forward, grabbed Zhan Guo's collar, dragged him to face him, and shouted angrily.

At this moment, Zhan Guo and Bane looked at each other. There was shame and evasion in his eyes. He wanted to dodge several times, but in the end, his eyes gradually became clear.

He pushed open Ben's hand that was grabbing his collar and said in a deep voice, "You're right. I should be ashamed. I've been a sailor all my life, but I'm not as conscious as you have been in the past two and a half years. I've been doing wrong all my life, and I've been making excuses for myself, saying that I'm considering the overall situation and that order is the most important thing. In the end, I'm scolded by a young man like you, and I can't refute a single word. This is really my own fault. Until today, I'm half buried in the ground, and the sand has covered my throat. I don't know how many years I can live. If I'm buried in the ground like this, I probably won't be able to rest in peace when I die. In that case, what if I fight Mary Joa with real swords and guns!? Let me see what kind of climate this new navy you're going to create can become!"

"Hahahahahaha," Bane laughed and said, "As for the climate, this is my first time doing something like this. I don't have much experience, so I dare not boast. But if you compare it with the World Government and Mary Joa, then it's enough to have hands. If there are five pigs in Pongel Castle, they will be better than these beasts that look like humans, right?"

(End of this chapter)