Chapter 142: The troubles of the 5 old stars! The depressed Marshal Kong!

Chapter 142: The troubles of the 5 old stars! The depressed Marshal Kong!

Chapter 142 The troubles of the Five Elders! Depressed Marshal Kong!

As for Topman Vochulisheng, he is the God of Law. The five Elder Stars each have their own areas of responsibility and will not actively interfere with each other's duties.

Of course, such a division is only a rough estimate. The power of the Five Elders is supreme, and in theory there is no matter in which they cannot participate.

In many cases, such as collecting Heavenly Gold, the Five Elder Stars are required to work together to urge the member states to pay the Heavenly Gold.

Command the World Government to cooperate with each member country to collect relevant taxes, and mobilize the navy to escort Tian Shangjin.

The Tenjo Gold was then sent to Marijoa, and finally Nasujuro Sei discussed the division of the Tenjo Gold with the Celestial Dragons.

In name, it is the heavenly money paid to the Celestial Dragons, but in essence it is protection money levied by the World Government on the entire world.

"We must be mentally prepared. Borsalino is not a 'hardliner' like Sakaski. Once he is promoted to Admiral, our influence on the navy will probably be greatly reduced..."

Nasujuro Sei said calmly, leaning on his sword, that although most of the Celestial Dragons were spoiled scum, as the highest-level Celestial Dragons, those who were qualified to become the Five Elder Stars were without exception the elite among the elites.

It is natural that one cannot fail to see that Sakaski, who shouts tough slogans all day long, is actually just a watchdog who maintains the current system.

The Five Elders are happy to see a naval marshal like Sakaski, but they don't care about Sakaski's thoughts.

On the contrary, Borsalino, the "salted fish" who pretended to be neutral, has always been the main target of vigilance of the Five Elders.

In Borsalino's eyes, they could not see this guy's awe of the world government and system, nor could they feel Borsalino's sincerity in maintaining the current order.

In other words, if there is a possibility that the World Government will be overthrown one day, Borsalino will definitely not fight to maintain the World Government.

Allowing such a troublesome person to become the Navy Admiral is essentially trying to steal the support of the World Government. Under any other circumstances, the Five Elders would not agree.

Except pure gold!

After all, the Five Elders are also human beings. They hold great power and do not want to die more than anyone else.

Don't say Borsalino is just a potentially dangerous person.

Even if he is a spy of the revolutionary army, the Five Elders will wait until he hands over the pure gold before considering how to eliminate this traitor.

"Anyway, I don't want to see him. Cancel the banquet to celebrate the promotion of Admiral of the Navy. Let's get him out as soon as the promotion ceremony is over!"

Saint Vochuli spoke unhappily, feeling his blood pressure soar when he thought about having to deal with Borsalino for the next few years or even decades.

Although pure gold could keep him young forever, Saint Vochuli felt that there was darkness ahead when he thought of that bastard Borsalino who looked younger than his grandson.

"Then let Kong receive him. They are old friends..."

Nasujuro thought about it and decided not to make the scene too awkward.

Even though he knew that Borsalino would not be as obedient as Cyborg Sora, or even as cooperative as Grand Admiral Sengoku after being promoted to Grand Admiral, he still had to maintain a good relationship with him as much as possible.

The navy cannot do without the World Government, but the World Government also cannot afford to lose the navy. Soon they will be able to obtain pure gold that will keep them young forever. Even if Borsalino is upset, it will only be a matter of a few decades.

"That's a good idea. We still need to give due respect... Saint Maz, we also need to communicate with the Celestial Dragons. At least a few Celestial Dragons should be present at the promotion ceremony."

Saint Satan nodded. What they disliked was Borsalino rather than the navy. They wanted to let the faction in the navy that favored the World Government know that the World Government would not abandon them.

"Your request puts me in a difficult position, Saint Satan. The Celestial Dragons have no good feelings towards Borsalino. If it weren't for Sora's protection, Borsalino, who dared to offend the Celestial Dragons, would have died long ago..."

Saint Maz sneered and said that the reason why he was supported by so many Celestial Dragons was because he was the member among the Five Elder Stars who had the most indulgent attitude towards the Celestial Dragons, and was also the most enthusiastic in safeguarding the interests of the Celestial Dragons.

Of course, considering that the Five Elders are the highest-level celestial dragons, what Maz Saint did is not surprising.

"If it weren't for Sora Go, we wouldn't be considering Admiral Borsalino now, but Pirate Emperor Borsalino."

Saint Nasujuro spoke slowly, and Saint Maz was suddenly speechless when he said this.

Cyborg Sora is not a soft-hearted navy admiral like Sengoku. For him to be willing to protect the creature despite the pressure from the Celestial Dragons, he must have had reasons to work hard.

At that time, Borsalino was not only the youngest vice admiral of the headquarters, but also a naval monster who had just defeated the admiral candidate Drokas.

In addition to the special nature of the Pika Pika Nomi, even if Marshal Kong took action personally, he would not be able to keep Borsalino.

If a speedster with the strength of an admiral were to stand against the World Government and the Navy, the consequences would be disastrous.

Marshal Kong was able to save Borsalino with the secret help of the Five Elder Stars.

Even Mazsheng acquiesced at the time. To hold him accountable now not only seems like hindsight, but also makes him seem somewhat unreasonable.

"I see. There will be Celestial Dragons present at the promotion ceremony."

Maz Saint knew what was going on and didn't want to keep harping on it, but his face showed some emotion.

"As for this year's budget, Zhan Guo submitted a report two months ago. In order to make up for the losses of the navy in the Battle of Marineford, next year's budget will be increased by 30%..."

Saint Wochuri spoke up to remind them that the Five Elders had already discussed it once and that in order to destroy the Whitebeard Pirates, increasing the budget by 30% was completely acceptable.

Even in the long-term plan of the Five Elders, the World Government wants to control the expansion of naval power as much as possible, but they must also ensure that the navy is capable of maintaining the stability of the ocean.

It is not difficult to imagine that the navy that experienced the Battle of Marineford must have suffered heavy losses, and 30% of the budget can only maintain the situation at best.

But Saint Wochuli suddenly mentioned this 30% budget, which naturally implied that the situation had changed.

Borsalino replaced Sengoku as the Navy Admiral, but he would not be as sympathetic to the difficulties of the World Government as Sengoku.

Not to mention 30% of the budget, even a 50% increase may not be enough to appease Borsalino.

"Impossible! A 30% increase is already the limit of what the Celestial Dragons can tolerate. If you want more, let that bastard ask the Celestial Dragons for money himself!"

Saint Maz couldn't help but curse, and his eyes towards Saint Wochuli became a little unfriendly.

He had reason to suspect that even if Saint Vochuli did not secretly collude with Borsalino in requesting funds, there was at least some kind of ugly tacit understanding between them.

For Maz Saint, his relatively close relationship with the Celestial Dragons certainly makes his influence slightly higher than that of his colleagues, but all the troubles involving the Celestial Dragons will also be pushed onto him.

Increasing the navy's budget by 30% may not sound like much, but consider that the navy is a behemoth with millions of troops, hundreds of naval branches and thousands of warships.

Even a one percent increase in funding could push a smaller country to the brink of bankruptcy.

The original 30% of the budget was snatched from the Celestial Dragons by Saint Maz using his influence. Now Saint Wochuli actually expects him to get a larger share. It's simply wishful thinking!

"Don't look at me. The budget of the God's Army cannot be touched. The budget of the Army has been squeezed to the limit a long time ago, and the little money is not enough to fill the gaps in the Navy's teeth. If you use the knife again, even an honest man like Kong will probably get angry."

Nasujuro Sei turned his head away. Besides, everyone knew the funding of the CP organization. In a sense, the CP organization was the private army and money bag of the Five Elders. Even if they let the army starve to death, they would not embezzle the CP funds to subsidize the navy.

"Funds within the government are also tight..."

Saint Satan shook his head and said that although it could not be compared with a behemoth like the navy, as a tool for the Five Elders and the Celestial Dragons to rule the world, the World Government was also another form of being too big to be eliminated.

Over the past eight hundred years, the top leaders of countless world governments have been connected with each other, weaving a complex and invisible network of relationships that is almost impossible to sort out.

Even the Five Elders would not rashly touch this big net. It’s not that they don’t have the ability, but the source of this net is often the Five Elders and their subordinates.

"...It seems that I can only let the member states down a bit. I will inform the kings that this year's heavenly gold will be increased by 30...50%?"

Peter Saint shrugged and gave a slightly malicious smile.

From the beginning to the end, no one considered the feasibility of refusing to pay. After all, they had even given away the position of naval marshal, let alone the additional naval expenditure.

In the face of pure gold, all obstacles must give way. No matter how hard it is for the civilians of the member states, they cannot delay the important matter of keeping the Five Elder Stars forever young!
"As for those non-member states, the World Government has been too lenient towards them over the years..."

Saint Satan said calmly that the consequence of refusing to pay the Heavenly Gold was only that he would not be able to get the protection of the Navy, and it seemed that it was still not enough to deter those rubbish.

Even if it is for the purpose of obtaining pure gold, the Five Elders cannot exhaust all the member states of the World Government, so they can only pass the pressure on to non-member states.

"Indeed, I think it is necessary to remind the kings of the member states about this."

Peter Sacred Heart nodded in understanding and said that perhaps many kings of the member states who were not satisfied with the area of ​​their own land would be very happy to hear this news.

Even the kings of member states who are not interested in expanding their territory will be more active in paying the Heavenly Gold, so as not to lose their membership status and become prey to other countries.

The other five elder stars just smiled. Peter Saint was still too young. There was no need to say out loud what everyone knew.

The distance between the Navy Headquarters, Marinford, and the Holy Land, Marijoa, is not far; it can even be said that they are in the same sea area. Not long after receiving the call from the Five Elders, Borsalino, who arrived on the deck of the warship, could already see the towering Red Earth Continent.

"The Red Earth Continent... no matter how many times I see it, it's still magnificent..."

Borsalino narrowed his eyes and looked up at Mary Joa's position. Even from such a long distance, he could vaguely sense... that terrifying existence that made him feel a little dangerous.

Although it was only a slight sense of crisis, considering that the other party was most likely in a sleeping state, it was still unknown how strong it was.

Unfortunately, the ability to sense malicious intent can only work on targets with malicious intent, and it is obviously impossible for Im, who is sleeping among the flowers, to develop malicious intent towards Borsalino for no reason.

"Once you are promoted to Admiral, bring Boros here and let him test the waters a little..."

Borsalino secretly calculated that with Boros's strength, there was basically no opponent in this sea who could compete with him except Borsalino.

Plus the space pirates from the Dark Matter Pirates.

Although he is just a small fry in front of Borsalino, it is not a big problem to serve as the subordinate of the "Pirate King".

"General Kizaru, prepare to enter the port!"

The marines on the warship said loudly to Borsalino with great respect that it was no secret that Admiral Kizaru was about to be promoted to the rank of Navy Admiral.

As the most people-friendly admiral, Borsalino has always enjoyed a high reputation among the middle and lower-level navy.

In addition, during the Battle of Marineford, Borsalino first killed Whitebeard and then seriously injured Red-Haired Shanks, and his power was unparalleled.

Many senior sailors recalled the "navy monster" of the past. Even though he had not been officially promoted yet, many marines still regarded him as the admiral of the navy.

"Well, I see..."

Borsalino nodded. If he wanted to board Marijoa, he had to go to the "Red Port" on both sides of the Red Earth Continent first, and then take the bubble elevator from there to reach the holy land of Marijoa.

Seeing that the warship was about to enter the port, Borsalino suddenly remembered what he had promised Tony Stark before.

The dinosaurs in the small garden should be sent to the "Jurassic Park" established by Stark. Instead of letting those prehistoric creatures stay in the small garden and become food for the two giants, it is better to send them to the Marvel world and raise them well.

It would not be difficult for Borsalino to make a special trip for this purpose, but it would be quite time-consuming to catch so many dinosaurs.

Thinking of this, Borsalino simply picked up the Den Den Mushi and gave an order to the female giant Vice Admiral Vivian who was still in Marinford, asking her to go to the small garden to catch dinosaurs.

Vivian was also confused when she suddenly received an order from her boss. She didn't understand why Borsalino, who was about to become the admiral of the navy, asked her to catch dinosaurs.

But since the boss had given the order, Vivian could only take her exclusive warship straight to the small garden.

The task of catching dinosaurs is harder than climbing to the sky for ordinary people, but for Vivian, who is a giant and whose strength is almost comparable to that of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, it is almost not difficult at all.

It’s just that it’s a bit troublesome to capture them alive, and there are so many dinosaurs, and I don’t know when the boss will use them...

"Bring the phone bug!"

Vivian, who had learned how to mobilize people from Borsalino, quickly figured out a solution and asked her little sister, Black Tina, to go with her.

As the user of the Kankan Fruit, Tina can easily create a large number of shackles. With her strength, even a dinosaur would be trapped and would have no chance of breaking free.

Not to mention that Tina, who received a call from Vivian, went to the small garden reluctantly, and Borsalino, who arrived at Red Harbor, also met an old acquaintance.

"Long time no see, old man Kong. Is it interesting to learn how to dye your hair at such an old age?"

Borsalino smiled and hooked his arm around Cyborg Sora's shoulder. Although he was his old superior and half-teacher, Borsalino did not show the slightest bit of nervousness in front of Cyborg Sora.

"Humph! You were still a brat when we last met, but now you're going to be a marine admiral!"

Cyborg Sora spoke with both relief and emotion.

Marshal Kong was always very strict in front of his subordinates, but he didn't show any airs when facing Borsalino.

"It's already considered slow. First of all, I'm not dissatisfied with Marshal Zhan Guo, but if we really follow the rules, I should have become a marshal earlier than him."

Borsalino curled his lips. He would not feel the slightest gratitude towards the Five Elder Stars just for being promoted to the Admiral of the Navy.

This was what he deserved. If the Five Elders had not deliberately suppressed him, he would have become the admiral of the navy before he became the Marshal of the Warring States Period.

In terms of both strength and achievements, theoretically, he is more qualified to take over the position of Navy Marshal after Air Marshal steps down.

Of course, Borsalino did not try to compete with Sengoku for the position of marshal at that time, but this did not prevent him from writing down the names of the Five Elders in the grudge book afterwards.

"Your bad temper is still the same as before. Don't you know why the Five Elders chose the Warring States Period..."

Marshal Kong rolled his eyes. If Borsalino wasn't so powerful and had such a high reputation in the navy, there was no way he would have become an admiral of the navy given his repeated suicidal behavior.

Even Marshal Kong hesitated again and again before making up his mind to promote Borsalino to the rank of general.

"So what? What's mine will be mine sooner or later... By the way, I've seen that Redfield in Impel Down before, and he didn't seem that great."

Borsalino sneered, and seeing that Marshal Kong was about to continue talking, he quickly changed the subject.

Hearing Redfield's name, Marshal Kong's face turned a little dark. He thought he had done a pretty good job during his tenure as the Navy Marshal.

Even with the appearance of Pirate King Rocks, it cannot be entirely blamed on him, but losing to Redfield in battle is a shadow that Cyborg Hollow cannot get rid of.

There are many examples of naval admirals being defeated in history, but as the first naval marshal to lose to pirates, this is a loss of face that will last for hundreds of years.

"That monster is not as easy to deal with as you think. He...wait, how is Redfield now?"

Marshal Kong tried to defend himself, but when he thought of Borsalino's usual style, he subconsciously asked.

"Dead, dead without even a ash left. I killed him with one 'biu'."

Borsalino made a shooting gesture. If Redfield had met Borsalino a year or two earlier, he might have been able to fight with him.

However, by the time Redfield met Borsalino, he had already joined the dimensional chat group and was a strengthened version of himself by a stand.

Not to mention Redfield, even if Rocks came back to life, he would not have any chance of winning against Borsalino at that time.

"This is impossible... How strong are you now?"

Marshal Kong couldn't help but retort at first. He knew Borsalino's character best. If he really felt that his opponent was strong, he would not use that tone even if it was a joke.

In other words, Redfield probably didn't even have the strength to fight back in front of Borsalino. The monster who once defeated him one-on-one was easily crushed by Borsalino!
Marshal Kong couldn't help but feel a little annoyed when he thought about this. He had thought that with Borsalino's potential, it was only a matter of time before he surpassed him.

He was even very clear that Borsalino was definitely much stronger than him now, but the gap was so big that Marshal Kong still found it a little hard to accept.

Considering that Borsalino was qualified for promotion because he killed Whitebeard, Marshal Kong originally wondered if Whitebeard had become weaker, but now it seems that Borsalino was too strong? !
"How can I put it? The gap between us should be this big..."

Borsalino measured the distance between the tips of his index finger and thumb, which didn't seem particularly exaggerated.

But when Marshal Kong followed Borsalino's line of sight, he found that the distance he gestured was just enough to include the towering red earth continent from this angle.

"Bullshit! Let's try fighting later!"

Marshal Kong was so angry that he wanted to curse. Although he is much older, his personality is still as competitive as before.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have gone into single combat with a pirate like Redfield as a dignified admiral of the navy.

"Forget it. I'm afraid I'll break your mentality."

Borsalino waved his hand. If it was before joining the dimensional chat group, Marshal Kong would still be able to fight against Borsalino.

Even before the Battle of Marineford began, Marshal Sora, with all his strength, could barely force Borsalino to use one hand.

But now, the gap between the two has reached the point where Borsalino is too lazy to even take action.

“…Is it really that different?”

Marshal Kong was still a little unconvinced, but looking at Borsalino's expression which did not seem fake, he couldn't help feeling a little depressed.

Even when he was riding in the bubble pod, his expression was still a little dark, and he didn't really want to talk to Borsalino.

Fortunately, Marshal Kong soon figured it out, because Borsalino was his old subordinate and half-student.

The stronger the strength, the more it highlights Marshal Kong's foresight. A mere Redfield couldn't even beat half of his students, so how could he compare to him in any way!

Thinking of this, Marshal Kong's mood suddenly improved, and when he accompanied Borsalino to board Marijoa, he even smiled unconsciously.

(End of this chapter)