The Pirate Garen

Holy Land Marie Gioia, political center.

Witnessed by the army's commander-in-chief Gang Gukong, former marshal Sengoku, naval hero Garp, and chief staff officer Crane, all the respected naval leaders, Kuzan took over the letter of appointment and the marshal's epaulettes, and officially became the new navy marshal.

"Congratulations, Kuzan!"

Steel Gu Kong started his official tone with an incomparably calm voice:

"From today onwards, you are the new admiral commanding the entire navy."

"I hope you will continue to fight tirelessly for the cause of justice in the future!"

"yes!"

Kuzan nodded heavily, and his emotions were also very high.

His expression completely lost the usual lazy and depressed feeling, and his whole body was filled with a kind of vigorous energy.

Although he is already middle-aged and has experienced wind and rain, Kuzan, who got his wish and ascended the throne of Marshal, still felt the throbbing in his heart:

He is the Admiral of the Navy who commands the entire army. He will surely overcome difficulties in the future, get rid of the shortcomings of the navy, and realize true justice.

"Hahaha"

A burst of hearty laughter next to him interrupted Kuzan's reverie.

The one who spoke out was the old leader of the Warring States Period who is now serving as the chief inspector of the Navy, that is, holding a pension position and waiting to be buried.

Contrary to Kuzan, Warring States, who has completely unloaded the burden of marshal, has completely lost the serious aura that was tense all the time before, and his temperament is infinitely close to that of Karp, an old urchin who only knows how to talk and laugh.

Warring States patted Kuzan on the shoulder enthusiastically, and said with a smile:

"Boy, I will call you Marshal Kuzan from now on!"

"I thought it would be difficult for you to beat Sakaski, but I didn't expect you to make us old men look away."

"Ha ha."

Kuzan laughed casually twice.

He was still a little uncomfortable with such a casual and relaxed Marshal of the Warring States Period.

Recalling carefully, he only saw this kind of Warring States more than 20 years ago, and the time seemed to be just before Warring States became the marshal.

"Kuzan."

Zhan Guo paused for a moment, and the old man's very comforting smile quietly added a touch of dignity:

"I know that over the years, you have always had some opinions on the actions of my marshal."

Opinions naturally exist.

After experiencing the O'Hara tragedy, Kuzan, who had a drastic change in mentality, had some opinions on the Marshal of the Warring States Period who approved the Demon Slaying Order.

After that, there were too many reproachful things that the Warring States Period did to wipe the ass of the Tianlong people.

Seeing the subtle expression changes on Kuzan's face, Sengoku's tone became meaningful:

"Kuzan"

"Karp and I recommended you to be Marshal without hesitating to confront the upper echelons of the government, because we have taken a fancy to your sense of justice that can distinguish right from wrong."

"But you have to understand that this marshal is not so easy to be."

"I see."

Kuzan replied confidently: "I will do my best, and I will never disappoint the expectations of you and Senior Garp!"

"I hope so"

The voice of Warring States was a little helpless, and the eyes that looked at Kuzan suddenly became a little more emotional:

Kuzan's determined appearance is almost exactly the same as when he became the admiral of the navy.

However, later

The Warring States Period was feeling emotional, but next to it was the voice of a World Government official:

"Marshal Kuzan!"

"The five old stars summoned you to discuss."

"Understood, I'll go right away."

Kuzan nodded, and said goodbye to Warring States:

"Senior Warring States, then I'll go see Wu Lao Xing first."

As he spoke, Kuzan straightened the marshal's epaulettes he had just put on, and followed the summoning officer to the residence of the five old stars in the depths of the Holy Land.

Looking at the back of Kuzan going away, Zhan Guo couldn't help but sighed helplessly:

The development of the situation is almost exactly the same as what he experienced at the beginning.

But Kuzan didn't notice the strange atmosphere, he just walked quickly according to the instructions, and soon arrived at the gorgeous room where the five old stars were.

Wu Laoxing, the top Tianlongren whose name is not even known to outsiders, is the supreme ruler of the world government.

Seeing Kuzan appear, a five-year-old star with a map head, a birthmark on his forehead, and looks exactly like Gorbachev, the last emperor of Soviet revisionism, casually exchanged greetings:

"Kuzan, congratulations on your appointment as Marshal"

And another blond five old star who looks exactly like the former emperor of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, followed his words and dropped the topic directly:

"We called you here this time because we want to discuss the matter of filling the vacancy of Qibuhai."

There should be seven Shichibukai. After being killed by Galen, two of them have not been full, and after Jinbei was removed from the list, they were even short of two.

The world government has been looking for suitable new candidates, and until today they have found two pirates who are willing to take up the post of Shichibukai and possess sufficient strength.

"Seven Wuhai?"

After hearing this topic, Kuzan couldn't help but frown.

Like most other navies, he had a very bad impression of Shichibukai.

After all, not all Shichibukai are as positive as Galen, and the privilege conferred by this title can easily be used by Doflamingo's first-class evil people to do evil.

Therefore, one of the many reforms that Kuzan wanted to do when he took office as Marshal is to increase the review requirements for the personal qualities of Qibuhai candidates, and even directly abolish the Qiwuhai system.

"That's right."

'Gorbachev' nodded, and said to Aokiji in a deep voice:

"We've scouted two candidates:"

"The supernova 'White Horse' Cavendish with a bounty of 280 million, and the 'Whitebeard II' Edward Weibull with a bounty of 480 million."

"In this way, Qiwuhai is only short of one vacancy."

If Galen hadn't bankrupted Doflamingo, the two that the World Government spent a lot of time finding could just fill the vacancy.

Now that Doflamingo has lost power, the World Government, which could only succumb to him due to his powerful and indestructible power, will naturally no longer cover this guy who holds the secrets of the Tianlongren, and chase him to death. is the best choice.

Therefore, the position of Shichibukai was cut by Galen to make another vacancy.

Kuzan didn't pay much attention to the number of Qibuhai, but the two Qibuhai candidates carefully selected by the world government attracted all his attention.

"Cavendish, Edward Weibull."

Kuzan chewed on these two names, his face suddenly became a little ugly.

Cavendish is a supernova who was forced to escape to become a pirate because of a life lawsuit in his hometown. Although he has evil deeds, it is not too deep, at least compared with Doflamingo's first-class villains. It is as pure as a blank sheet of paper.

And this Edward Weibull

Edward Weibull, who claims to be Whitebeard's own son, has a hobby of killing people everywhere.

He cuts down civilians, cuts down merchants, cuts down pirates, cuts down navy, everything.

Moreover, although Edward claimed to be the son of Whitebeard, he regarded so many sons under Whitebeard's command as thieves who "robbed his father's love", so he often had violent conflicts with the Whitebeard Pirates.

Therefore, this so-called son is actually the deadly enemy of the Whitebeard Pirates.

It is for this reason that the World Government has chosen Edward Weibull as the next Shichibukai.

"I don't agree!"

Kuzan did not hesitate to veto the good intentions of the world government.

The reason is very simple. Edward Weibull is a murderous and outright villain. There are no less than dozens of towns destroyed by him alone.

and more importantly

Edward Weibull attacked the recruit ship of the former admiral Zefa more than six years ago, almost killing all the recruits in the navy, and even cut off one of Zefa's arms.

Such a powerful and vicious guy, if the navy didn't make an effort to arrest him, they would even issue him the authority to commit legal crimes?

"Absolutely not!"

Kuzan said in a deep voice: "I will never allow such a villain to become the Qiwuhai under the king!"

"hehe."

Hearing Kuzan's impassioned voice, 'Lincoln' sneered:

"Who will be Qi Wuhai, do you need your permission?"

"We asked you to come here, just to let you obey the order obediently."

"What, General Kuzan?"

"Do you think you are qualified to say no to us as an admiral of the navy?"

Kuzan's face froze, and the positive momentum after the new official took office was also poured a basin of cold water head-on.

He is not a naive person, and at this moment he finally woke up suddenly:

This time Wu Laoxing called him here probably not to discuss Qiwuhai's affairs at all, but to give him, the new Marshal, a note of Ma Wei.

But despite this, Kuzan couldn’t help but argue:

"Feel sorry."

"I refuse to carry out this order!"

"Don't say anything else"

"Admiral Zefa will devote his whole life to the navy, has made great contributions to the government, and has cultivated so many talents by himself."

"You make such a cold decision, what's the face of the admirals?"

"snort!"

'Gorbachev' snorted coldly, just stared at Kuzan and said:

"face?"

"What is the face of you navy!"

"I understand, Kuzan!"

"You are just the 'face' of the world government, and you have no right to question our decision!"

"As for Zepha?"

"That old guy who has completely disobeyed the government's orders and caused so much trouble in the New World has long been useless!"

Kuzan's face turned completely cold.

And the other Wu Laoxing, who had been silent all the time, spoke later and continued to exert his authority on Kuzan, the new marshal:

"Kuzan."

"Do you know why we allowed you to be the Admiral of the Navy?"

The Five Old Stars have the highest priority in appointing personnel, and what they say is the most useful.

Therefore, the result of the duel is actually not very meaningful in front of the five old stars.

"Besides the fact that Sakalski, that unlucky guy, insisted on fulfilling his duel promise, what's more important is."

"For us, it doesn't matter whoever is the marshal!!"

Suddenly there was a sense of oppression in his voice that even Kuzan could feel the pressure:

"If you refuse to cooperate, then just sit in the office and be good puppets for us!"

"You are just an employee, we are the masters!"

"."

Kuzan's enthusiasm completely cooled down, and he finally saw his situation clearly:

The admiral of the navy commanded the entire army, and indeed he held a high position.

However, the Five Old Stars control the navy's military expenses, personnel appointment and dismissal, and even the highest level of military command.

In other words, as long as you don't cooperate

He will be completely empty in no time.

"Understood."

After thinking about it, Kuzan could only temporarily make a helpless compromise.

And he can also foresee that such compromises will probably become more and more in his future marshal career.

after a long time

Kuzan left in a daze, but met Zhan Guo who seemed to be waiting for him on the road.

"How about it?"

Warring States smiled with some emotion: "Isn't it difficult to be a marshal?"

"yes."

Kuzan sighed deeply, feeling faintly disillusioned.

Although he was somewhat prepared for this, he never expected that the threat from Wu Laoxing would come so directly.

Under such circumstances, Kuzan immediately understood the many pressures that the Warring States Period had endured over the years.

Warring States patted Kuzan on the shoulder, and said:

"To be honest, the admiral really only has two duties:"

"Be obedient and take the blame."

"As for upholding justice."

Warring States voice became a little dignified:

"Although it is difficult, please do your best!"

Kuzan was slightly taken aback.

He didn't expect that after his unsmiling old boss left office, his remarks would become so direct and reactionary.

At this time, Kuzan suddenly remembered the extremely reactionary remarks that Galen once said in front of him:

No matter how capable the Marshal of the Warring States Period is, he is still just a papermaker in a dilapidated house.

Even if you try your best to demolish the east and repair the west, the dilapidated house will collapse sooner or later.

At that time, Kuzan felt that Galen's remarks were too extreme, and worried that Galen would take a detour. Now that he has become a marshal, he finds that these words are quite reasonable.

So

A dangerous idea suddenly appeared in the heart of the new Marshal Kuzan:

Do I want to learn from the Marshal of the Warring States Period to be the paper maker, or to be a construction worker who demolishes dilapidated houses and builds new ones?