Both start in hell: but their talents are multiplied a hundredfold.

Although Shen Jue's voice carried a hint of helpless teasing, the teasing in his eyes had disappeared when he raised his head again.

Instead, there is a chilling depth and steadfastness.

Shen Jue raised his hand and gently stroked the cloak embroidered with gold patterns on his shoulder, his fingertips lingering for a moment on the epaulet that symbolized the highest authority of the new navy.

The sea breeze howled, making the brand-new marshal's cloak flutter in the wind, but Shen Jue's upright figure stood firmly at the bow of the ship like an unshakable lighthouse.

"Since you insist on putting this burden on my shoulders."

Shen Jue surveyed the excited and hopeful faces aboard the warship, his voice no longer low but imbued with a powerful and domineering aura, clearly resounding throughout the entire port.

"Then you will need to know what my sense of justice truly is."

The port fell silent again, and even the sound of the waves lapping against the shore seemed to become cautious.

"Many people have told me that the Navy is the world's government and the maintainer of order." Shen Jue's lips curled into a faint smile, but his gaze passed over the crowd, as if looking towards the distant holy land of Mary Geoise.

"But in the past, this cloak of justice was the Celestial Dragons' watchdog chain!"

"The Celestial Dragons claim to be descendants of gods, and therefore can trample on the lives of others at will."

"They arbitrarily seized commoners and enslaved them."

"The so-called maintenance of the world government's rule is nothing but a hypocritical pretext. The real purpose is to use the butcher's knife to eliminate all voices that do not conform to the ruler's wishes."

At this point, the smile in Shen Jue's eyes completely vanished, and an extremely intense Conqueror's Haki instantly enveloped the entire area.

"But I, Shen Jue, will not be a slave."

Shen Jue took a sudden step forward, the deck beneath his feet making a dull thud, as if stepping on everyone's hearts.

"A true navy should not point its blades at the people of the sea, nor should it shed blood and sacrifice itself for those high and mighty, corrupt nobles!"

"The swords in our hands are to sever the slave contracts extended to our families! The cloaks behind us are for upholding true justice!"

Shen Jue's voice suddenly rose, like a thunderclap exploding in the sky above the port of Dressrosa:

"What is justice? Justice is not the law spoken of by the world government, nor is it the rules set by the world government!"

"Justice means standing in front of the people when disaster strikes!"

"When pirates ravage the land, we protect our homes! It's so that mothers no longer weep, children no longer are displaced, and every ordinary person on this vast sea can live with dignity!"

"From this day forward, this cloak of justice no longer represents the will of the powerful and wealthy; it belongs only to every ordinary person on this vast sea!"

"Anyone who dares to harm my family, my friends, or those I protect in the name of the world's nobility..."

Shen Jue's eyes were sharp as knives, and his voice was resolute as he said, "No matter who he is, I, Shen Jue, will kill him!"

"We are no longer the corrupt lackeys of the Celestial Dragons!"

"We are the new navy of the new world!"

After Shen Jue finished speaking, the port remained deathly silent for several minutes.

Immediately afterwards, an even more fervent wave of sound rose into the sky.

This time, not only the navy, but also the artisans and civilians who were still hesitating, and even the naval prisoners who had just been sent to the port, all burst into heart-wrenching screams.

"Support Marshal Shen Jue!"

"This is the navy we want!"

"For family! For justice!"

Drake's eyes reddened as he watched the scene unfold before him, and he gripped the two swords, one long and one short, at his waist.

Hina and Smoker exchanged a smile.

Shen Jue stood in the center of the cheers, regaining his calm and smiling demeanor. This time, however, his smile carried the composure and domineering presence truly befitting the new naval admiral.

Money isn't everything, but you can't do without it.

Before the economic system of the ocean completely collapses, even someone as powerful as Shen Jue still has to pay the salaries of his navy.

The gold that Xiaotian found on the Sky Island was enough to support Shen Jue in launching several massive wars.

Shen Jue siphoned off almost a third of the original Navy's fighting force and even recruited Admirals Kizaru and Aokiji to join the new Navy.

When Aokiji's fleet arrived at the port, the area was already crowded with Shen Jue's men waiting for their families.

Many people embraced and wept, and Aokiji breathed a sigh of relief after safely delivering many naval family members.

Aokiji rushed to the new temporary naval operations conference room overnight.

They met Shen Jue and the others who were waiting there.

Kizaru Borsalino sat upright, no longer the lazy man he used to be. He was still wrapped in huge bandages, and it seemed that he had recovered from his serious injuries.

Aokiji smiled inwardly. In Aokiji's view, Kizaru had brought this beating on himself.

Aokiji sat down in the seat prepared for him. Shen Jue smiled and gestured to Aokiji, who responded with a genuine smile.

Hina's pen scratched across the paper as she lowered her eyes and took notes on the war meeting report.

"The new Navy's primary objective is quite simple." Shen Jue placed his hands on the table, his eyes sharp as knives. "Resting and recuperating is merely a facade; our fangs are already set on the Four Emperors, specifically the Beasts and Big Mom."

Shen Jue paused, then said confidently, "Once we wipe out the pirates in the New World, we'll unite all available forces into one force." Shen Jue pointed heavily at the red land on the map.

"Then."

"Counterattack the Holy Land Mary Geoise, and launch a decisive battle against the Celestial Dragons and the Void King named Im."

"This is my plan," Shen Jue said with a smile.

Aokiji's lips twitched. He reached out and scratched his messy curly hair, then squinted, looking rather tense.

This certainly sounds like a very ambitious plan.

But isn't this strategy too simplistic?

First, kick away the two strongest bullies, then summon your companions to storm the castle and fight the Great Demon King? Can this kind of hero-versus-evil game scenario really work?

Aokiji was thinking, while Kizaru raised his hand and said, "I completely agree."

"Oh no!" Aokiji thought to himself, "This is bad." He was concerned about the future of the new Navy, but he didn't expect that old bastard Kizaru would beat him to it.

"I have no objection," Aokiji said just as seriously.

Seeing the two former naval admirals cooperating so well, Shen Jue nodded in satisfaction and continued speaking.

"In my opinion, it is much simpler to gather all our forces and storm the Holy Land Mary Geoise than to make the Celestial Dragons and the World Government repent and rewrite the laws."