Change the World
The next chapter of One Piece: Final Holy War is out. It reveals a lot about the goals and objectives of the revolutionary army and Sanbi in particular so there are a lot of follow up notes. Please read them because they clarify things that might be confusing in the chapter and mentions things not present in the chapter like references to episodes etc. Please review as usual.
The Straw Hats all had defensive stances ready for any attack from the hulking figure standing in front of them. They had to for the person standing before them was unlike any other foe they had ever faced. They had faced strong pirates, marines and even the Shichbukai on a few occasions. But they had never ever before battled a D. They knew that the men of D were all powerful fighters as evidenced by that bloodline producing some of the most powerful and influential men of their eras. Gol D Roger, the man who ruled the seas as the Pirate King, Marshall D Teach the man who became a Yonko and Luffy their own captain, the strongest man they ever knew. The large figure standing in front of them shared the same middle initial as their captain and if he was anything like him, then they were in for the fight of their lives.
"Greetings Straw Hats and Neptune family," greeted the Knight.
The Straw Hats didn't reply instead never leaving their defensive formations meant to protect Shirahoshi. They couldn't let their guards down not even for a second.
"So you're one of those Knights of D," said Franky.
"That I am. I am Isonade D Sanbi" replied the Knight introducing himself.
"So those Knights really are guys of D," said Usopp worriedly.
"This so called Knight of D doesn't look like much. He's just a really big guy with the name D," said Sanji.
"Appearances can be deceiving Black Leg Sanji. I would have thought that your time in the first half of the Grand Line would have taught you that," said Sanbi.
Sanji didn't reply since he knew what Sanbi was saying was indeed correct. In the first half of the Grand Line known as Paradise they met all sorts of guys who may not look like much but were formidable fighters, usually having nasty devil fruit powers.
"The one you trained with for the past two years, Ivankov was a prime example of that, a powerful fighter despite his appearance," said Sanbi.
Sanji didn't reply to Sanbi's jab at his deceased mentor but his statement did further explain Sanbi's previous one about not judging an opponent's strength purely by their looks. Ivankov was probably the weirdest guy he had ever seen. The man was beyond transvestite, he was something else entirely. He had seen many strange guys in Paradise but Ivankov was by far the strangest. But that didn't mean that he wasn't strong. Ivankov was a very formidable fighter. He effortlessly defeated Sanji when they first met on Kamabakka Kingdom and even after his two years of training, he still couldn't quite manage to best the okama king in battle.
"Speaking of which, Sanbi how is it that you snuck up on us?" asked Zoro.
"Now that you mention it, Zoro does have a point. A big guy like you shouldn't really be able to sneak up on us like that, unless you have some strange ability like Bartholomew Kuma," said Franky.
"Yeah as a thief for eight years, sneaking up on me shouldn't be so easy. And Robin was on the run from the world government for years so sneaking up on her is downright impossible," said Nami.
"That wasn't actually what I was referring to," said Zoro.
"Huh," said Nami confused.
"He means how he was able to get close to us without myself or Zoro sensing him. Both of us are good at using observation haki so getting so close to us without us knowing shouldn't be possible. But we couldn't sense his presence at all," said Sanji.
"And that's what's so disturbing about this. Regardless of how strong or weak someone is we could at least feel their presence. Even for regular civilians we could at least feel something even if it's really small. But we can't sense anything coming from this guy. It's like he isn't even here or at least doesn't have any haki which is supposed to be impossible," commented Zoro.
"That's because it's part of the Power of D," said Sanbi.
"You mean being able to hide yourself from observation haki is the power of D," said Zoro.
"No, just part of it. The unique ability to conceal oneself from observation haki is one of the abilities gained from those who have awakened the power of D," replied Sanbi.
"You see the one who discovered the usage of haki and its applications was originally a D. So D are actually the founders of haki and as the descendants of the one who created haki, we can use it in ways far beyond that of other people," explained Sanbi.
"That is what the power of D is, the ability for the D to use the true power of haki," said Sanbi.
"The true power of haki," replied Zoro.
"Yes, all living things in this world have haki but only a handful of them can harness its power. But the Ds can harness the power of haki far greater than even the most powerful haki users. This is how our ancestors discovered the power of haki in the first place and used it to change the world," explained Sanbi.
"However the rest of the world merely adopted his discoveries though the truth is that the world government and pirates actually stole his power and used it against him and his people. As his descendants, haki is our power by right," said Sanbi.
"That's the Tenryuubito way of thinking," said Neptune who just arrived.
Sanbi turned his gaze to newly arrived King Neptune.
"The Tenryuubito all believe that because they are the descendants of the original founders of the world government that they can just take what they want and do whatever they please without consequences. Just like how you believe that because your ancestors where the ones who discovered haki that it makes it yours," said Neptune.
Sanbi did not reply as he continued to stare at Neptune.
"In fact the way that you take pirates as slaves is no different from the way that the Tenryuubito take people as slaves. Also the way the revolutionary army ruthlessly hunts down anyone who opposes them is no different from the way the world government does. In that respect you're all no different from the Tenryuubito and the world government," said Fukaboshi.
Sanbi was silent for a few seconds before suddenly a massive burst of haki came from him.
"How dare you," said Sanbi angrily as he was flaring his haki in anger at Fukaboshi's words.
The Straw Hats and the Neptune family all began gritting their teeth and sweating profusely at the intense power of the haki that Sanbi was emitting.
"Damn, what powerful haki, is this the true power of D," thought Zoro at feeling Sanbi's incredibly strong haki.
"Is this what that bastard has been hiding all this time?" said Sanji equally as astounded by Sanbi's haki as Zoro was.
While Zoro and Sanji were struggling against the oppressive power of Sanbi's haki the rest of the Straw Hats were fairing no better. In fact they were doing a lot worse than Zoro and Sanji since they're haki was much weaker than theirs.
"Incredible, I feel like I'm about to faint from his haki. So this is the true power of D," commented Robin.
Franky and Brook were also struggling to keep from fainting while Usopp, Chopper and Nami were already on their knees and were struggling to breath. The three Neptune brothers and King Neptune himself were trying desperately to not be overwhelmed. However the one who was doing the worse was Shirahoshi. Shirahoshi was fragile and not accustomed to the life of battle. She easily got scared and frightened though she did become stronger after the battle against the New Fishman Pirates which forced her to become stronger. This was further increased by her determination to become stronger for Luffy even when he joined the revolutionary army. But she was nowhere near ready to handle the insane and overwhelmingly powerful haki of a D much less an awakened one like Sanbi. At this point she was very low on the ground with an extremely frightened look and even tears of fright in her eyes.
"How dare you accuse us of being like them," said Sanbi angrily.
"The Tenryuubito were the ones who took the people of this world as slaves. The Tenryuubito were the ones who hurt people for their own amusement. And the world government condones their actions and the marines even protect them, them who are the worse kind of scum of this world, they protect them. When people try and stand up to them, they kill them without a second thought. Don't you dare compare us to them," said Sanbi.
"Our actions have made many lives better. Just how many slaves did we free at Mariejois? How many people were spared from experiencing the horrors of the world government?" said Sanbi.
"Ryuuga Kingdom Royal Family, think about this, if we did not do what we did, what would have happened to all the slaves that we freed? I'll tell you, they'd still be at Mariejois suffering at the hands of the Tenryuubito. And very likely more would have been kidnapped and joined them. The actions of the revolutionary army have saved many lives from both the Tenryuubito and the world government" said Sanbi.
"I could tell that you hold great hatred for both the world government and the Tenryuubito," said Fukaboshi.
"I do, after all," said Sanbi who placed his hands on his hood.
"Both of them have persecuted my people for years," said Sanbi removing his cloak thus revealing his face.
Everyone present had shocked expressions at seeing Sanbi's face for the first time.
"That guy is …" said Nami who trailed off.
"A fishman," finished Robin.
"That's right, I am a fishman. Now do you understand my hatred for the world government," said Sanbi.
"The Tenryuubito were the ones who captured my kind and made them slaves against their will. Who took them away from their friends and family only to have them live a life of misery where they are treated worse than dirt. It is an existence that the people of Fishman Island do not deserve and one that none of them or anyone should have to experience," said Sanbi.
"Yet the Tenryuubito do it all the time, not just to my kind but to many other races as well. They do it sadistically and have pleasure in seeing them suffer. The Tenryuubito deserved to have been massacred at Mariejois," continued Sanbi.
"And the marines and the world government, they protect them, no the marines protect them, the world government blesses them with lavish lives. Lives where they live as if their gods, lives that they do not deserve. They committed so many terrible acts yet the marines still protect them and the world government still treats them as if they are heaven sent, when they are clearly not. In fact if anything they come from hell itself as all they do is make others suffer," said Sanbi.
"Tell me Sanbi was it, what did the Tenryuubito do to you that made you hate them so much? You speak as if you have suffered personally under them. What did they do to you? Did they make you a slave? Did they kidnap any of your family? Tell me, what did they do to you?" asked Fukaboshi.
"I grew up as an orphan in the lawless area of the Fishman District. While there I heard the stories of humans cruelty of fishman kind. I heard about how pirates steal our people and sell them to nobles of high class in the world above with the Tenryuubito being the highest of those nobles. I heard all about how they persecuted our people and saw them as nothing but fish. And it angered me greatly," said Sanbi.
The Straw Hats and the Neptune family were having a sense of dejavu right now. They heard a similar speech from most members of the New Fishman Pirates. While the Straw Hats were not really affected too much by it, the Neptune family was an entirely different case. Sanbi's words gave the members of the Neptune family a sense of dread seeing how the problems between humans and fishmen gave rise to Hody. Hody was practically the embodiment of fishman's hatred for humans and was by far the worse extremist when it came to those believes. It twisted him and made him into the most notorious and cruel fishman in history.
"That way of thinking wouldn't help anyone. In fact it would destroy you. I've seen it first hand what thinking like that could do to someone," said Fukaboshi referring to Hody's transition into a monster.
"I know you've seen it first hand. After all I killed several fishman who became what you are describing," said Sanbi.
"So it's true. This guy really is the one who killed Arlong's and Hody's gangs," said Ussop.
"That's right, I'm the one who did it," confessed Sanbi.
"So why did you do it then? With your hatred of the world government I would have thought that Arlong and Hody would be the last people you would want to kill," asked Nami.
"It's because I don't approve of their way of thinking," replied Sanbi.
"But you just said that you know of how fishmen were persecuted by humans and how it angered you," said Nami questionably.
"It does anger me and I am aware of the problems between humans and fishmen. But I disagree with Arlong's and Hody's way of thinking. Both of them were very wrong and deserved to have been killed," said Sanbi.
"Arlong and Hody despise the entire human race while I only despise those that make fishmen suffer, mainly the world government and pirates. I unlike those two know that there are many good humans out there and I have no hatred for them. In fact I respect them for choosing to see past the history between our races and instead chose friendship," said Sanbi.
"Arlong and Hody hate and kill humans for the simple fact that they are humans. It doesn't matter if the humans do nothing to harm them, to them, once you're human, you are inferior and deserve to suffer and die. That thinking is completely wrong. The ones who do deserve that fate are the ones who actually harm our people which is the world government and pirates. I hold no ill will towards those who do not wish to harms us and respect those who want to get along with us," said Sanbi.
The Neptune family didn't say anything but all of them were relieved at Sanbi's words. He showed that he wasn't a monster like Hody. He was more level headed than those two and only chose to hate those that actually did harm his people. He was willing to give humans a chance, in fact he believed in them strongly since he did join the revolutionary army which consists mostly of humans and was willing to work alongside them for a greater cause, even if that cause was extremely destructive. Sanbi's actions despite opposing their own does show that he wants humans and fishmen to co-exist.
"Also Arlong and Hody believe that fishmen are superior to humans. That is also something that I disagree with. Fishmen may be superior to humans in some ways such as being ten times stronger than a human, their amphibious nature and being able to breathe underwater but humans also have qualities that make them superior to fishmen such as their intellect and ability to produce extremely strong fighters such as the Yonko. There are things that fishmen have that humans don't and there are things that humans have that fishmen don't. Likewise there are things that fishmen can do that humans can't and there are things that humans can do that fishmen can't. Just because one race is superior than the other in one way doesn't make them superior, it just makes them different. That is the difference between my beliefs and those that Arlong and Hody share," explained Sanbi.
"Of course Hody and Arlong are entitled to their own opinion. They believed that fishmen were superior to humans and they were free to think how they want. But those two took it as far as believing that humans deserved to suffer and even be slaves to fishmen. They believed that the destiny of all humans was either to become slaves to fishmen or suffer and die extremely horrible and gruesome deaths. They even went as far as to take action to make their perverse believes possible with their actions in East Blue and on Ryuuga Kingdom," said Sanbi.
Nami flinched at hearing Sanbi mention the horrible events of her hometown. Even though she was freed from her past and even got over it, there were times when the memories of those horrible eight years would come back and haunt her and this was one of those times. The Neptune family, particularly Shirahoshi also remembered Hody and his gang's gruesome crusade to take over the human race by first taking over their island. Despite Hody failing to take over, the effects of his attempted take over were still very much felt.
"Both of their actions were inexcusable and they deserved death. Arlong had no right to do what he did in East Blue as those people had nothing to do with the problems between humans and fishmen after all it's unlikely that any of them even ever saw a fishman before much less harmed one. And Hody in an act of pure evil attempted to take over his own home and even kill his own people for being friends with humans. He was absolute evil and had to be taken out," continued Sanbi.
"Besides, both of them were in Dragon-sama's way of achieving his ambition," stated Sanbi.
"His ambition," repeated Nami.
"So what's his goal?" asked Sanji.
"To change this world and make it a better place," replied Sanbi.
"To change the world and make it a better place, what does that mean?" asked Franky.
"This world has all sorts of problems. The Tenryuubito take slaves and many people suffer under their tyranny. The world government kill innocent people for the sake of so called justice. And pirates ruin lives all the time. The revolutionary army's objective of overthrowing the world government was merely a single step in changing the world. Now that they've done that the real challenge begins," said Sanbi explaining to true goal of the revolutionary army.
"And in my particular case it is to finally make a world where fishmen can live in harmony with humans. The revolutionary army has taken out the main ones responsible for the persecution of my people. The pirates who kidnap them have been removed from the seas and the nobles who enslave them have been killed. There is virtually no one left who could harm the people of Fishman Island," said Sanbi explaining how the revolutionary army's goal coincides with his own.
"So that's why you chose to help the revolutionary army. Because you believe that it would help humans and fishmen get along," said Fukaboshi.
"That's right," replied Sanbi.
"I'm afraid the revolutionary army's methods wouldn't help you in that regard. In order for humans and fishmen to get along, they need to understand each other. What you're doing isn't making humans and fishmen understand each other. What you are doing is punishing those who do not want the two races to get along and intimidating every else in getting along with fishmen. You're not really making humans understand us. You're making them fear us even more by punishing the ones who really harmed our people," said Fukaboshi.
"In order to bridge the gap between humans and fishmen, understanding and love is the key. What you are using is fear and intimidation to force humans to accept us. That would only drive them away even further," stated Fukaboshi.
"Say what you want but you can't deny now that fishmen are no longer being taken as slaves and are no longer being persecuted by humans. The peace that Fishman Island is now experiencing is even greater than during Whitebeard's rule," countered Sanbi.
Fukaboshi didn't have a counterargument for that. Ever since the revolutionary army took over, kidnapping of fishmen and merfolk and pirates rampaging on Fishman Island dropped to absolute zero which was unprecedented even under Whitebeard's rule. There would still be occasional kidnappings and pirate incidents but now there were absolutely none. This was mainly due to the fact that the ones who really bought the slaves were the Tenryuubito and pirates are far too afraid of the revolutionary army to attempt anything. The revolutionary army conquered the world government which was something that was never done before and no one wants to oppose a force capable of such a feat.
"So the reason that Arlong and Hody were in the way of Dragon's ambition to change the world is mainly because of their view that humans are inferior to fishmen and this view would clash with Dragon's own ambition," said Robin.
"That's correct. Arlong and Hody believe firmly that humans are inferior to fishmen and that humans should serve them. They would never accept a world where humans and fishmen co-exist peacefully. They would do everything in their power to prevent that from happening. Furthermore they would never accept a world which is ruled by Dragon-sama who is a human. They would definitely oppose him for the mere fact that he is a human and that he is creating a world where humans and fishmen are viewed as equals instead of fishmen being superior and humans being inferior," said Sanbi.
Both the Straw Hats and the Neptune family knew that Sanbi was right. Hody and Arlong believed with every ounce of their being that humans were in fact the inferior species and their purpose was to serve the so called superior fishmen. They were also firm believers in the rage of fishmen and that humans deserved nothing more than to suffer. To them, humans and fishmen getting along was blasphemy. Fishmen should rule humans, not hold hands with them. That was their doctrine and they followed it their entire lives. They further showed these radical believes through their actions at East Blue and Ryuuga Kingdom. If they had any power, they would use it against the revolutionary army who are not only trying to promote human fishman relations which Hody and Arlong firmly oppose, but Dragon himself is a human and for a human to be the sole ruler of the world would be to them sacrilege and they would definitely oppose Dragon to the bitter end.
But that was only if they had any power. Arlong was locked him in Impel Down while Hody was now just a weak crippled old man. Both of them were powerless against the might of the revolutionary army, which even the marine admirals and Yonko couldn't overcome. Hachi decided to voice this
"But Arlong-san was in Impel Down while Hody was a weak crippled old man who couldn't do anything. How could either of them have opposed the revolutionary army?" asked Hachi.
"The revolutionary army shortly after the invasion launched a raid on Impel Down. The great underwater prison has many pirates which could have been used to bolster the numbers of the revolutionary army. Most of them would have been slaves but there were a number of individuals who could be added to the ranks of the revolutionary army and even a few candidates for revolutionary commander," said Sanbi.
"The revolutionary army did lose a number of commanders prior to the invasion. Even though it didn't affect the outcome of the invasion it was still a blow to the army so the army needed to get some new commanders," said Sanbi.
"Of course in order to be a commander you need to be very strong and loyal to Dragon. Impel Down had a few people who were both very strong and held great hatred for the world government or pirates and would have been suitable candidates for commanders," said Sanbi.
"Obviously the majority of criminals in Impel Down were put on slave camps but there are a few who wouldn't join the army and were too strong to be put on slave camps. Arlong was such an individual," said Sanbi.
"It was decided that Arlong would instead die on Fishman Island instead to show what we think of those who make others suffer," continued Sanbi explaining why they kept Arlong alive.
"And as for Hody, well Hody may have lost his power but he still had his voice. And the voice can be the most powerful weapon a person has. We had to make sure that his ideas didn't spread. Also his death like Arlong's also showed what we do to people like him," said Sanbi.
Neither the Straw Hats, nor the Neptune family chose to comment. Despite both of their misgivings with both Arlong and Hody, they both felt that their deaths were too brutal and too sudden. It wasn't that they had any sympathy for either of them. Both hurt their friends in some manner. Arlong killed Nami's mother and made her and her village suffer terribly and Hody killed Shirahoshi's mother and attempted to kill her and take over her kingdom. Both of them hurt their friends and neither of them was worthy of sympathy and compassion. But still, both of them were powerless. They both lost their ambitions and had to live with nothing more than their ruined dreams and their petty hatred. In fact both were truly pathetic after their defeat so killing them at all just seemed so wrong much less in the brutal fashion that Sanbi did it in.
"Now I will ask you, hand the mermaid princess over to me," demanded Sanbi.
The Straw Hats didn't waver the slightest while Vivi held Shirahoshi protectively like a big sister holding onto a little sister.
"We wouldn't hand over Shirahoshi-chan over to you," said Vivi holding Shirahoshi with a protective big sister hug.
"I see," said Sanbi who closed his eyes.
He then opened it and his haki skyrocketed.
"Then I'll take her," Sanbi then said.
The battle between the Straw Hats and Sanbi begins. Stay tuned for next chapter where we see Sanbi's power in action. In the mean time some notes. Please read them because things that weren't present in the chapter are mentioned here.
Someone asked about Luffy's mother. Well she's alive but in Dragon's custody. I'll leave it at that for now.
Another person asked when Luffy will show up. He'll appear several times in this fic, just not right now. This fic is very long so you might have to wait but he'll show up. He will be mentioned in many references though.
Sanji and Zoro being weaker than Ivankov. I think both Zoro and Sanji are weaker than Ivankov but not by much. Luffy before becoming a Knight could not defeat Rayliegh who trained him. Likewise Zoro cannot defeat Mihawk who trained him as well. So going by the same trend, Sanji cannot defeat Ivankov. And since Zoro and Sanji are usually very close then if Sanji cannot defeat Ivankov, then neither can Zoro. Also keep in mind that Ivankov was able to hold his own against Bartholomew Kuma who we all know is a monster so it's expected that neither Zoro nor Sanji can defeat Ivankov. Together they can beat him but not one on one.
A bit more about the power of D is revealed. One of the abilities granted from those who have awakened the power of D is the ability to conceal oneself from observation haki. Haki was originally discovered by the D. So the Ds are like the founders of haki. As such Ds who are descendants of the founder of haki can use haki in ways that others can only dream of. That is the power of D, the ability to use haki far beyond others, in other words the true power of haki. One such way is that they can hide themselves from observation haki thus rendering themselves invisible from it. They can only hide their haki, they don't become invisible so you can still see them or hear their footsteps but you cannot sense them with observation haki unless they actually allow it. This is great for sneaking up on powerful foes as most of the strongest figures can use both observation and armament haki. Luffy and Sabo were able to sneak up on Big Mam and Kaido respectively like this so the two Yonko were caught completely by surprise and unprepared for it. Blackbeard could have snuck on Shanks but Blackbeard is a very prideful person and wouldn't really do that. The Ds discovered haki and from there it pretty much spread to the rest of the world.
I was still pretty vague on what the power of D is. I mean, being able to use the true power of haki isn't really much information. Don't worry, more about it will be revealed later. That and being able to hide yourself from observation haki is just a teaser like. What exactly is the power of D will be revealed later.
The similarities between the revolutionary army and the world government. Neptune and Fukaboshi where pointing out the similarities between the world government and the revolutionary army. Both take slaves of some sort with the revolutionary army taking pirates while the world government takes all kinds of slaves. Both are extremely ruthless to their enemies as the marines destroyed an entire island with a Buster Call and the revolutionary army ruthless invaded Mariejois.
Other similarities between the revolutionary army and the world government. The descendants of the respective founders of each organization are very important in each. The descendants of the founders of the world government, the Tenryuubito are high ranking in the world government similar to how the descendants of the royal family of the ancient kingdom of Imperion, the Knights of D are high ranking in the revolutionary army. Both organizations were rulers of the world with the world government the former rulers and the revolutionary army the current rulers. Finally both of powerful military and naval strength.
Differences between the revolutionary army and the world government. The difference between the world government and the revolutionary army was what Sanbi was talking about. The revolutionary army only takes pirates, bandits etc, people who deserve it while the Tenryuubito takes anyone they please. The world government has no problem destroying entire islands like Ohara and burning entire settlements of innocent people like in Grey Terminal while the revolutionary army would not be so indiscriminate in mass murder preferring to send the powerful Knights to kill the targets rather than just callously destroy everything.
Other differences between the revolutionary army and the world government. The revolutionary army is more about quality having powerful warriors like the Knights while the world government is more about quantity relying on numbers and influence. The revolutionary army defeated the Yonko which the world government could never do. The revolutionary army is far more efficient in dealing with pirates than the world government due to their defeat of the Yonko. The world is more accepting of the revolutionary army due to their handling pirates far better than the world government ever did. Also the world government had better naval power than the revolutionary army before the invasion when all the ships were confiscated by the army.
Dragon's dangerous mind. It's hard to really become loyal to Dragon if you do not possess some kind of emotions which he can exploit. Dragon's mind is arguably his most dangerous trait as like Luffy, he can sense a person's emotions. While Luffy frees people from their terrible emotions, Dragon harnesses it and uses it to his own advantage. Robin has great knowledge but cannot really sense emotions while Luffy can sense emotions very well but is very stupid. Dragon has both meaning he can get information out of one's past and gain insight into their inner demons. So he knows exactly what buttons to push in order to gain their loyalty. He does not need to blackmail anyone, he just manipulates their emotions to make them extremely loyal to him. Also blackmailing doesn't help because they would not try very hard to accomplish their missions, in fact, they'll mostly like oppose Dragon. But by gaining their loyalty, Dragon ensures that the revolutionaries would do their absolute best for him. It's the same with Luffy, as when he gained the loyalty of his nakama, they would do anything for him even when he abandoned the crew to join his father. Likewise the Knights would do anything for Dragon no matter how sinister his goals are.
Sanbi's hatred. As the Knights need to have a reason to hate in order for them to serve Dragon, Sanbi has that. Sanbi hates the world government for everything that has happened to his people, from the slavery to the persecuting and because of this Dragon was able to get Sanbi to side with him. Sanbi hates the world government and since the revolutionary army's goal is to overthrow the world government, then the army is the perfect place for him. But it is more than just that, it is not just the world government that persecutes his people but it is almost the entire world as well. Pirates for example do just as much harm to fishman as the world government does so Sanbi hates them as well and would side with Dragon in enslaving them. Dragon helped Sanbi punish those who wronged his people and makes sure it never happens again so Sanbi is very loyal to him.
Difference between Sanbi's way of thinking and Arlong's and Hody's. Arlong and Hody hate the entire human race. To them once you are human, you deserve death. I'm sure they even hate Whitebeard despite his protecting of Fishman Island. Sanbi doesn't hate all humans, just the ones who make his people suffer like pirates and the Tenryuubito. He is neutral to the rest and respects people like Luffy who is actually willing to fight for fishmen. His leader Dragon is, in his mind willing to make a better place for his people so he respects him greatly. Also Hody and Arlong believe that fishman are superior to humans and Sanbi disagrees with that. The Knights are all proof that fishman are not superior and Sanbi is proof that fishman are not inferior. Both races have their own individual strengths and weaknesses.
Reason for Sanbi killing Hody and Arlong. Sanbi did not kill them because of their differences in believes as everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Sanbi killed them because they opposed his dream. Sanbi wants humans and fishman to coexist, hence why the revolutionary army destroyed the world government and enslaved pirates, because to Sanbi, both of them persecute his people. So if you take them out, the remaining people are neutral and eventually will respect and become friends with fishman. Arlong and Hody do not want humans and fishmen to coexist. They want fishmen to dominate and humans to suffer. They would have done everything to stop Sanbi's dream and would have definitely opposed Dragon since Dragon is human despite his god like strength. Also the revolutionary army is merciless to people who make others suffer and Arlong and Hody are two examples of this due to their actions in Cocoyashi Village and Ryuuga Kingdom.
The true goal of the revolutionary army has been revealed, to change the world and make it a better place. The overthrow of the world government was merely part of that goal. In Oda's One Piece, the goal of the revolutionary army is simply to overthrow the world government. So when that is done, the revolutionary army is done. But in this fic, it is much bigger than that. That overthrow of the world government was merely a long term objective towards a much greater goal, to make the world a better place. The world is suffering from all sorts of problems and the world government is a big part of them, since they engaged in slavery, mass murdering fires and Buster Calls etc. So to change the world, they would have to take out the world government which was part of the revolutionary army's original goal. Also pirates are another big problem with the world. The world government would not accept the revolutionary army taking care of pirates since if you recall, Luffy took down several high profile pirates in East Blue and as a result labeled him a huge threat. Finally for the revolutionary army to change the world, they would need to become a great power and the world government would consider any power like them to be a threat and hence oppose them and their goal of changing the world. So no matter how you look at it, the world government had to be destroyed.
More about the revolutionary army has been explained. Before the war, the revolutionary army was only shown to have been interested in overthrowing the world government. Well now you can see it is more than that. The revolutionary's army initial objective of overthrowing the world government was just a step to achieving their real goal, to change the world. I was able to connect the current actions of the revolutionary army with Oda's revolutionary army by explaining that the overthrow of the world government was only one of the main goals, it is not the only one. They needed to overthrow the world government before they could move forward. You can also see why they are so aggressive in their actions. The revolutionary army isn't just fighting the world government, they are fighting the entire world. To change the world, they would have to rule it. This really sets up the revolutionary army as the main antagonists of this fic and Dragon the final villain. If Oda decides to make Dragon a villain, he cannot do that if Dragon simply wants to overthrow the world government because the world government are bad guys. But if he makes Dragon want to rule the world, then he could become a true villain.
The Knights and slave camps. With the kinds of pasts that the Knights have you would think they would never approve of slavery. But remember the suffering and tragedies that they went through, pirates inflict the same thing to others. And that makes the Knights hate them as well. For the Knights it's about more than just revenge on those that made them suffer. It's about making those who make others suffer, suffer as well. The world government definitely made several of the Knights suffer but pirates make innocent people suffer as well. So the Knights approve of having pirates on slave camps because they deserve it for all the lives they've ruined. Also for the Knights, it's about making sure what happened to them doesn't happen to innocent people as well (pirates not included since they are equally as bad as the world government at times). So by putting them on slave camps they are purging the world of terrible people so they could never ruin any more lives ever again. For the Knights, it's about more than just revenge, it's about changing the world.
Dragon's conversation with Sabo. Dragon had a small conversation with Sabo during the Grey Terminal where he said that he didn't have enough power to change the country. He didn't say overthrow the world government, he specifically used the word "change". And Sabo was really happy that Dragon listened to him. So Sabo joined Dragon eventually becoming the leader of the Knights of D in order to help him change the world as Dragon said. Dragon did exactly what he told Sabo that he was going to do, he changed the world so what Sabo saw at Grey Terminal would never happen again thanks to Dragon. This is why Sabo is so loyal to Dragon, besides his young age, Sabo saw the cruelty of the world during the Grey Terminal Crisis and Dragon put an end to that effectively solidifying Sabo's loyalty. This is yet another way I was able to connect this story to Oda's One Piece.
How does Dragon change the world. By overthrowing the world government they end the slavery of innocent people and end mass murdering instruments like the Buster Call. By removing pirates from the seas, Dragon is ensuring that pirates no longer plunder, loot, kill and ruin lives in general. Thus he is making the world a safer and happier place by ending the problems of slavery, mass murder, pirates etc and hence changing the world.
How Dragon's changing the world help Sanbi? Of the many changes Dragon brought about, for Sanbi it is the one involving fishmen that he really cares about. Dragon destroyed everyone who persecuted fishmen, enslaved them or opposed bonds between the two races. This was mainly the world government, the Tenryuubito and pirates. Thus there is no one left who would harm fishmen or stop either races from befriending the other. Thus to Sanbi, Dragon created a world where his people can finally live in harmony with humans. Dragon changed the world by making it a better place for fishmen.
Breaking into Impel Down to recruit inmates. I did mention in the chapter "Age of Peace" that the revolutionary army broke into Impel Down after the Invasion. But that was only speculation on Robin's part. Robin merely speculated that they broke in to enslave the pirates there, she did not suspect that they would break in to recruit anyone. The revolutionary army raided Impel Down mostly to enslave the pirates there but also to recruit some into the army. Impel Down holds all sorts of dangerous criminals. Most are just weaklings but there are a few there who are very strong and hate pirates or the world government, both of which are necessary to become a commander. In the chapter "Plans for Invasion and Cleansing," Dragon had several high ranking commanders such as Ivankov killed to cleanse the army of anyone who would oppose him. Because of this, the revolutionary army lost quite a few commanders. It wasn't a huge blow, because the Knights and Special Weapons were untouched. While there are still several commanders left, it was still a blow. So in Impel Down there were a few people in Level 6 who could become revolutionary commanders. Of course other than those who became commanders, the rest of the strong Impel Down inmates are too strong to put on slave camps and killed as a result. The masses of weak inmates were just put on revolutionary slave bases.
Okay that's it. Finally I just hope to see plenty of reviews in the future. I love it when I get feedback in the form of reviews. Until next chapter.