The replies below exploded even further:
"Laughable. When Whitebeard came knocking on their door back then, why didn't the Three Admirals mobilize together?"
"Kaido has been strutting around the New World for so many years, and the Marine has been doing a great job pretending to be blind!"
"The World Government values face more than justice!"
A long analytical article posted by a military blogger named "New World Observer" was frantically reposted:
"Let's look at the data. Last year, in the Marine's military operations in the New World, the number of attacks against the Four Emperors was zero. Yet today, to capture an underage songstress, they directly deployed Buster Call-level combat power. Is this what they call 'justice'?"
A comment from a retired Marine soldier was particularly jarring: "As a former G-5 branch member, I personally witnessed the tragic sight of pirates massacring villages.
At that time, we requested support from Headquarters, but only a Rear Admiral came... Now, for a little girl, the Three Admirals are all mobilized? Heh heh."
Uta's fans were even more enraged. A netizen with an Uta support avatar angrily denounced: "If you Marines put this much effort into catching real villains, the New World would have been peaceful long ago!"
This comment received over two million likes.
Even more ironically, some netizens dug up a previous propaganda video released by the Marine, in which Akainu was speaking passionately: "The existence of the Marine is to protect the weak!"
This video was re-released with the title "True · Protection of the Weak", and the screen cut to the shocking scene of the Three Admirals' fleet setting off. The strong contrast caused the video's playback count to instantly exceed fifty million.
Even some accounts that usually supported the Marine couldn't stand it:
"This time it's really too much..."
"Are the Gorosei senile?"
"Is the Celestial Tribute we hand over being wasted like this?"
"Bastards!"
But in the eyes of the common people, this was just an enraged retaliation by the World Government.
As public opinion continued to ferment, even the kings of several Member States (affiliated nations) began to privately express dissatisfaction.
The entire sea was watching this absurd encirclement, and the Marine's long-established image of "justice" was slowly crumbling in this storm of public opinion.
...
Punk Hazard, New Navy Headquarters,
Zephyr stood by the floor-to-ceiling window, his iron fist clenched, watching the overwhelming storm of public opinion on the screen.
In his weathered eyes, a long-lost anger burned. Suddenly, he turned to face the live broadcast camera, his mechanical arm gleaming with a cold metallic luster under the lights.
"The Marine's justice?" Zephyr's voice boomed like muffled thunder, "I think it should be renamed 'Gorosei's Justice'!"
This sentence was like a heavy punch, directly hitting the World Government's face.
The bullet comments in the live broadcast room instantly exploded:
"Admiral Zephyr said it well!"
"True justice has finally spoken!"
"Please, Admiral, save Uta! She's still just a child!"
Zephyr looked at the frantically scrolling pleas for help, and the wrinkles on his face smoothed out.
He raised his right mechanical arm, slowly clenching his fist in front of the camera: "The New Navy's justice will never change. Where there is light, there is justice!"
This sentence was like a clap of thunder, instantly spreading across the entire sea!
The number of viewers in the live broadcast room broke historical records, and the comment section completely boiled over:
"This is the New Navy I know!"
"Admiral Zephyr is mighty!"
"The New Navy is the true army of justice!"
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