The weather above Malinfando on this day was very good, cloudless, and the warm sea breeze carried a slight fishy smell and blew the seagull flag on the top of Malinfando.
This renovated steel fortress also has a warm atmosphere.
Warring States stood in his office, looking at everything about Marinefando through the window.
He couldn't help but recall what Sora had said to him when he went to Marigio two days ago.
"I didn't expect you to apply for retirement so soon."
Kong shook his head helplessly, and took the seal he took from Wulaoxing to stamp Sengoku's application.
"Originally, I was thinking of hanging on for a few more years and letting you take over my job, but now it's better that you retire before me."
Sora's joke hits Sengoku's heart. Does he want to retire?
Of course I don't want to. After being a marshal for so many years, I definitely can't give up on him in the Warring States period.
But he must retire. If he doesn't retire, I don't know what the navy will develop into.
"Brother Kong is joking. It won't be a problem for you to be active for another twenty years. It won't be a bad idea for Sakaski to take over for you at that time."
Sengoku took the application Sora handed him, cheered up and joked with Sora.
Sora looked at Sengoku and sighed.
"You still don't support Sakaski as marshal? You know, if the next marshal doesn't have the support of the previous marshal, it will be difficult to start work."
Warring States remained silent, and after a long time he spoke quietly, "Whether Sakaski is suitable or not is no longer important, nor is it important whether I support him or not."
"Kuzan no longer had any objections. At the same time, he also reflected on himself and made a self-examination in front of the entire army and said that he would implement his own justice. There is no way that Kizaru will cause trouble to Akainu. Akainu's own
It’s even less possible for humans.”
Sora glanced at Sengoku. At first, Kuzan decided to leave the navy after losing the battle with Sakaski, but was finally persuaded to come back by Sengoku.
After all, after leaving the navy, where will Kuzan go to carry out his own justice?
You can't become a pirate, right?
After the war ended, the Straw Hat Pirates did not enter the new world immediately. On the contrary, they stopped at the Chambord Islands, seemingly because they met the Red-haired Pirates and Pluto who stayed on the Chambord Islands.
·Reilly.
If these guys get together, I wonder what trouble they can cause. If Kuzan leaves the Navy at this time, wouldn't it be another blow to the Navy?
"The bigger problem now is the selection of admiral. Kuzan has made it clear that he will not serve as admiral, but he will lead the navy commander and supervise Akainu's work. Now two admiral seats have been vacated.
Already."
Sengoku was still very sad when he said this. After all, just after the Akainu Aoji battle, a lot of effort was put into promoting admirals and admiral candidates.
Pulling his thoughts away from his memories, Warring States lit up a cigarette for the first time. As a never-smoker, he suddenly felt melancholy and wanted to use tobacco to calm it down.
"Cough cough cough!"
As a person who had never smoked before, Seng Guo still choked on the first puff, but his strong physical fitness allowed him to immediately adapt to the feeling of tobacco entering his lungs.
"Huh~ The navy from now on will depend on you."
Warring States stood in front of the window, watching a group of neatly arranged navy patrols complete, and when they were disbanded, they headed to the cafeteria talking and laughing.
It's already noon, and it's time for dinner.
Warring States turned around and began to pack his luggage. After all, he had to make room for the new marshal.
After today, he, Sengoku, is no longer the Admiral of the Navy, and the Admiral of the Navy is officially handed over to Acting Marshal Akainu.
After Akainu completes the tasks assigned to him by the World Government, he will become the true Admiral of the Navy.
Slowly putting a set of tea sets into the box, Warring States paused for a moment, thinking about how many tea cups Garp had broken, and he must pay for it!
Turning around and taking down the inscription on the wall, Warring States paused for a moment. This inscription was a plaque of justice that he wrote with great enthusiasm when he was just promoted to marshal of the navy.
"Do you want to leave it to Sakaski? Forget it, given his personality, he won't want it."
Warring States was silent for a moment, then took off the inscription on the plaque, folded it carefully and put it into the box.
After packing up some gadgets, Warring States walked to his desk and picked up a photo frame.
Inside is a group photo.
There was the stern Cyborg Sora, the playful naval hero Garp, the gentle Crane, the slightly grinning Zefa, and Akainu, Aokiji, and Kizaru who had already shown their talents at that time...
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Things have changed and people have changed. This is a photo taken when he was promoted to marshal.
It's a pity that it's not easy to get those who are retired and those who are promoted to get promoted now.
The background is the port of Marinefando, which now no longer has the same flavor as before.
clatter!
Instead of putting the photo in the box, Sengoku flipped the photo frame upside down and placed it on the table.
This is the marshal's office. That's a photo of him with the previous marshal and the next marshal. Leave it to Sakaski.
"This is the Marshal's treasure... Sakaski, did I do something wrong?"
Warring States stroked the photo frame twice, and the corners of his eyes were a little moist.
How he wanted to sit in this position for a few more years, not for fame and fortune, but just for the words in his box.
Justice reigns over the world!
Crunch!
The door was pushed open, and the silver-haired Staff Officer He walked in. He looked around twice and then said with a smile: "Why, no one can help?"
Warring States turned around and smiled, "Haha, I gave them a holiday. After all, if Sakakis takes office, they will probably be busy, and they won't have any holidays by then."
"What, Ahe, why did you come to see me? I am still the marshal today. If you want to sign anything, bring it over. I signed everything."
Warring States behaved very cheerfully and did not feel disappointed at all.
But Staff He shook his head and came over to help Warring States pick up a can of tea that he forgot on the coffee table. After putting the tea into the box, he said quietly, "I just came to see you..."
Warring States paused in his movements and shook his head with a wry smile.
"It's really...the gentle Ahe..."
crunch
The door was closed, and the sunlight shone in the office, but there was no warmth.
Maybe, after some time, this office will return to its previous appearance.
It's just that the person who yelled in the office will be replaced.
Although there is no movement at the Navy Headquarters, the news of the naval marshal's hegemony is still spreading like wildfire. At the same time, everyone in the sea also knows that the new marshal of the navy will be Akainu, Sakaski, who is known to eliminate all evil!
Countless pirates were wailing as they had a premonition of the end.
Akainu was not proud of the pirates' wails. For him, the humiliation of defeat in the war was enough to bear in mind.
In the navy conference room, Akainu, Aokiji, Kizaru, Gion, Oga and others who were bandaged like mummies were sitting on both sides of the conference table. They each had an encrypted document in their hands.
"The Shichibukai plan, those guys are still thinking about this plan?"
Tea Dolphin held a cigarette in his mouth. He looked at the encrypted file and then showed a disdainful smile.
The King's Shichibukai Plan was originally a plan proposed by the World Government to stabilize the sea.
Use pirates to check and balance pirates to alleviate the pressure on the navy caused by the rampage of four emperors and the proliferation of supernovae on the sea.
But in this day and age, to be honest, the existence of the Shichibukai is no longer necessary.
Leaving aside the Straw Hat Pirates, the Navy's strength can completely crush the Pirate Emperor. If it weren't for the fact that the battle line was not suddenly stretched, the Navy would have already entered the new world.
After the last battle, the Shichibukai became a bubble-like existence.
[Blackbeard] Marshall D. Teach, killed by Whitebeard himself.
[Moonlight] Moonlight Moria was defeated by the Straw Hat Pirates. In addition to their previous battles, he has been defeated twice.
[Kai Xia] Jinbei, betrayed the World Government and was expelled from the Shichibukai.
[Sand Crocodile] Sand Crocodile betrayed the World Government and was removed from the Shichibukai.
[Tyrant] Bartholomew Bear, has become the Cyborg PX-0. He has no self-awareness.
Now the only remaining Shichibukai are [Hawkeye] Joracol Mihawk, [Pirate Empress] Boya Hancock, and [Ama Yasha] Don Quixote Doflamingo.
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Among them, the pirate empress, Boya Hancock, did not contribute in the war at the top. This is completely inconsistent with the interests of the navy. Therefore, some people are currently thinking about letting the empress withdraw from the Shichibukai, but because the king
The number of people in the Shichibukai is already quite small, so they won't touch Hancock until they can complete the task.
In addition, Doflamingo was also crushed by the Straw Hat Pirates, but because the Straw Hat Pirates were too powerful, no one cared about Doflamingo's defeat.
Overall, the current number of people in the Shichibukai Under the King is not even half, and the Shichibukai Under the King exists in name only.
Akainu coughed and drew everyone's attention to him.
"The task given by the World Government and the Five Old Stars is that only if the King's Shichibukai are gathered together again, then I can be promoted to marshal."
Everyone looked at each other. The original Shichibukai were used to contain the Four Emperors. Now that there is another Straw Hat Pirates, can those weak Shichibukai really be able to contain them?
"Where is the candidate? Sakaski, you should have already thought of it, right?"
Aokiji was the first to speak. Although he was beaten badly by Akainu and even broke a leg, Aokiji was not an ignorant person.
In that case, whether it is him or Akainu, if they want to rise to the top, they must crush each other with an absolutely strong attitude. Otherwise, the factions within the navy will fight endlessly, which is not conducive to the development of the navy.
Therefore, after being able to take action, Qingzhi participated in this secret meeting without hesitation.
"In terms of candidates, I have finalized a few. You guys can see if they can be used."
Sakaski's face was ugly. To be honest, he was quite disgusted with the system of the King's Shichibukai. However, in order to deal with the above and the growing number of pirates, he had to consider who was more suitable to become the King's Shichibukai. This
That's very ironic.
As Akainu revealed his inner list of suitable candidates, Aokiji and the others also fell into deep thought.
Akainu named a total of four people, namely Trafalgar Law of Supernova. He has the fruit of surgery and has high potential. He also seems to have a grudge against Doflamingo and can become their counterweight to the Seven Seas in the future.
Candidate.
The second one is the Golden Emperor Tezoro!
Akainu chose it for no other reason than that the Golden Emperor was rich!
Because of the failure of the war, the world government has cut a lot of funding for the navy. If we don't raise money from all aspects, how can the navy develop and grow?
Therefore, getting money from Tezzolo is the best way.
Of course, the Tezoro people are doing a good job of being earth emperors, and there is no need to become the king of the Shichibukai. This requires Akainu to find a solution.
No matter whether it is coercion, inducement, or any other means, Tezzolo must be made to surrender.
The third target is Cavendish, the supernova from a year ago. He is not weak at all and has the title of Prince Charming.
The fourth candidate is the Vinsmoke family of Beihai.
"Tell me what you think. Why did you choose the Vinsmoke family? You know, they are a member of the World Government."
Aokiji was a little confused, but he still understood why he chose the other three. What could the Vinsmoke family bring to the navy?
"Haha, the Vinsmoke family of Beihai."
Akainu showed a sneer, "Our navy is in urgent need of the combat power to balance the sea. I have already prepared to recruit troops to the sea. The World Government has agreed to increase the number of generals to five. Tea dolphins and Peach Rabbits, you will definitely be able to come up, but there are still
Need to recruit two generals!
As long as the recruitment is successful, we will have high-end combat capabilities, but we lack scientific combat capabilities. You know, Vegapunk has been taken over by the World Government."
"The Vinsmoke Family..."
"Vinsmoke Gaji?!"
The people present immediately realized that the technological level of the Vinsmoke family was not weak. If they could really join the navy, they could provide a lot of help to the navy.
"In addition, the Vinsmoke family has very strong artificial intelligence technology. There is still hope to reattach your leg, Aokiji."
Akainu did not forget that in order to stabilize his position, he broke his colleague's legs.
It wouldn't matter if Aokiji just left the navy, but now that Aokiji is still in the navy, he will be responsible for Aokiji.
The Vinsmoke family's artificial human technology, combined with the Navy's top medical logistics team, can completely reattach Aoki's broken leg.
In addition, former Navy Admiral Zefa’s arm also needs to be reattached.
Now, the navy needs more strong men to suppress the turbulent world, and it also needs some old-timers to come forward to stabilize the morale of the military.