Chapter 156 Prelude! Request!

Chapter 156 Prelude! Request!

Chapter 156 Prelude! Request!
In the end, all his fantasies were shattered by that nightmare-like flash of light. Even though he had no chance to meet Borsalino, Belo Beti could still deeply feel the terrifying sense of oppression that was above the top powerful men.

As a result, as the user of the Encouragement Fruit, she has to secretly use the power of the Encouragement Fruit to encourage herself so as not to be defeated and lose the courage to fight.

"Admiral...Mr. Borsalino, is this part of your plan..."

Ignoring the noisy cadres, Dorag walked to the window and looked towards the East China Sea. A look of anticipation appeared on his face, which usually showed little expression.

In the eyes of the World Government, Dragon is the 'world's worst criminal'.

In the eyes of his fellow revolutionary army members, Dragon is the most reliable leader.

In the eyes of many people, Dorag is their savior.

But Dragon never forgot who was the guide who led him onto the path of the revolutionary army.

However, just as Drago was looking forward to Borsalino becoming the admiral of the navy, someone on another sea was furious about this.

West Sea, 44th Naval Branch.

As the naval branch closest to Diandao Mountain in Xihai, sailors graduating from the Naval Academy are arranged to intern here every year.

The best group of these trainee sailors was led by former Admiral Zefa himself.

Even after experiencing the tragedy of losing his family and an arm, Zephyr did not lose his love for the navy.

It's just that it's precisely because of this love for the navy that Zefa is genuinely worried about the future of the navy.

"That bastard Borsalino..."

Holding the pink ticket for the luxurious seven-day tour of Happy Street in his hand, Zefa's mouth twitched. He wished he could rush to Marinford immediately to settle the score with that bastard Borsalino!
Fortunately, he was a little touched when he received Borsalino's gift and opened the gift in front of Ain and Binz.

"Teacher Zefa, are we going back to Marinford?"

Looking at his teacher who was very angry after receiving a strange gift, Ain suppressed his smile and asked in a serious tone.

To her, Mr. Zefa was like a father figure. Looking at Mr. Zefa's angry and embarrassed expression, even though she knew that this was wrong, Ain couldn't help but laugh.

"Go back! I want to see what that bastard Borsalino is doing!"

Zefa said loudly with a stern face that in principle, all senior naval officials should be present at the promotion ceremony of the Navy Admiral.

However, as a retired former admiral of the navy, it is reasonable for Zephyr to be present or not.

The reason why Ain asked was because Zefa had not made a decision before, and there was no extra time left before the promotion ceremony.

If the new warships were not fast enough and could not directly cross the doldrums, they might not have been able to make it to Borsalino's promotion ceremony.

"Yes! Mr. Zephyr!"

Ain and Binz quickly responded.

They were also quite curious about the admiral senior that Mr. Zefa often mentioned.

After all, that was a 'naval monster' that created many promotion records and was once hailed as the strongest navy in history!
Seeing his two students busy arranging the sailing arrangements, Zefa calmly put the ticket for the luxurious seven-day tour of Happy Street into his pocket with an expressionless face.

There was no other intention, he simply didn't want to waste the tickets, so he gave them to people in need.

North Sea, Principality of Edmonton.

This country, once famous for its beautiful snow scenery and developed tourism industry, is now shrouded in gunpowder.

Merchants and citizens could not bear the day-to-day exploitation of the king and nobles, so they launched a civil war in an attempt to overthrow the cruel king and greedy noble rule.

The rebel army, which was supported by most of the civilians, grew at an astonishing speed. Less than a year after the civil war broke out, it had occupied most of the territory of the principality.

Not only was the king's army no match for the rebels, many soldiers even chose to join the other side. After several battles, the only thing left of the territory controlled by the king was the royal capital.

However, just as the rebels were preparing to capture the capital and completely overthrow the king's brutal rule... the king of the Principality of Edmonton hired the army of Germa 66.

The battle to defend the capital lasted only one day, and the powerful rebel army collapsed under the attack of the "war expert" Germa 66.

"It's so easy. I can earn a huge commission just by stopping by!"

Throwing aside the clone soldier he used to block bullets, Vinsmoke Niji spoke with a smile, not caring at all about the dead bodies scattered all over the battlefield.

"Hahaha, if only other tasks were this easy!"

Yongzhi, the youngest of the three brothers of the Vinsmoke family, sat beside the corpse of the rebel leader, holding the back of his head with both hands, and leisurely looked at the tragic scene on the battlefield.

Just a few hours ago, the three brothers led clone soldiers to capture the rebel camp, defeated the rebels, and captured all the high-ranking officials and their relatives.

"Idiot, how can such a good thing happen! Besides, if the enemy is too weak, won't we be able to enjoy the pleasure of ravaging them?"

Iji, the eldest of the three brothers, holds a Den Den Mushi in his hand and reports to Vinsmoke Judge in the palace that the battle is over.

Although Germa 66 also lost a lot of clone soldiers in this battle, using clone soldiers who can regenerate infinitely in exchange for war mercenary rewards is obviously a very cost-effective deal.

"That's true. These losers are too weak. Killing them is as easy as crushing a bug! Hahahaha!"

Yongzhi patted the rebel leader's head. This guy was said to be a very famous warrior, but he was defeated with just one punch.

However, to Yongzhi's surprise, the seriously injured rebel leader did not die.

"Germa 66, you evil... demons! Why... why are you joining the battle..."

The rebel leader opened his eyes with great difficulty, his blood-stained face filled with despair and unwillingness.

They were just a little bit away from overthrowing the king's brutal rule, but they failed at the last moment.

"Of course it's for the reward. Your king generously took out the entire treasury to hire us to destroy you!"

Yongzhi answered with a grin, totally oblivious to the hatred and resentment in the rebel leader's gaze.

They are cyborgs without any emotions, and the three brothers are already accustomed to such hateful looks, and sometimes they even make fun of each other.

But unfortunately, we cannot tease the rebel leader this time, because someone has already reserved his life.

As mercenaries, Germa 66 still keeps their word. Even Niji, who often acts recklessly, will not ignore the wishes of his employer.

"Especially your head. The king has offered a reward of 200 million berries..."

Niji stepped on the rebel leader's neck with his foot, a cruel smile appeared on his face, then he exerted a little force and broke his neck directly.

While Niji was killing the rebel leader, on the other side, in the palace of the Principality of Edmonton, Vinsmoke Judge was commanding the clone soldiers to empty the country's treasury.

The king watched helplessly as his own treasury was emptied bit by bit. He was so heartbroken that he almost fainted, but he didn't even have the courage to speak up to stop it.

His cruelty was only directed at his own people. Faced with a monster like Germa 66, the king did not even dare to bargain and allowed the other party to take away countless treasures.

"Is there something wrong, Father?"

Reiju, who had medium-length pink hair and a tall figure, asked in a somewhat strange tone.

Although the Principality of Edmonton is only a small country in many senses, the treasury accumulated over hundreds of years is still a very astonishing wealth.

If it were in the past, seeing such a large reward could speed up the process of restoring the country, Jiazhi would at least show some joy, even if he didn't say how happy he was.

But after listening to Iji's report, Jiaji remained silent.

And this situation seemed to have started a few days ago. After receiving the news that the navy had replaced the new marshal, Judge has been looking worried.

But Reiju couldn’t understand. The Germa Kingdom had no connection with the Marine Headquarters, so the replacement of the Navy’s new marshal had nothing to do with them, right?
It can't be because of the man who became the Navy Admiral. When Reiju thought of the scoundrel who deceived her feelings, she couldn't help but want to curse.

A dignified admiral of the navy actually had the nerve to act young and pick up girls. What's more hateful is that the guy clearly already has a fiancée, yet he still came to flirt with her.

Of course the most infuriating thing is that she can't beat Borsalino's fiancée, otherwise with Reiju's personality she would not give up so easily.

"If we can get the support of the Admiral, it should be much easier to rebuild the Germa Kingdom..."

Judge suddenly said this for no reason, and Reiju's pretty face suddenly darkened when she heard this. Judge was almost crazy about wanting to restore his country. If he could exchange a daughter for the opportunity to rebuild the Germa Kingdom, it was obvious that Judge would not hesitate at all.

However, for some reason, being used as a bargaining chip is what Reiju hates the most, but when she thinks about what will happen next, she doesn't know why she can't sulk like usual, and she even has a little bit of anticipation in her heart.

But when she thought of that bad woman who drew her sword at the slightest disagreement, Reiju began to doubt whether Judge's plan would work. "Reiju, submit an application to the World Government. The Germa Kingdom is preparing to participate in the promotion ceremony of the Marine Marshal!"

Judge didn't care about Reiju's thoughts, nor did he care that no one outside the navy was invited to attend the promotion ceremony of the Navy Admiral.

Cruel, willful and self-righteous, in a sense he is the same kind of person as the King of Edmonton.

Great waterway, small garden.

Under Vivian's supervision, the blue demon Dongli and the red demon Broki boarded two warships specially designed to imprison the giants.

Their journey is about to come to an end, and next the two giant pirates will be sent to the repaired Impel Down. With their strength and special status as giant heroes, they will most likely be imprisoned in the sixth level of the Infinite Hell for five hundred years!
"Hahahaha! How embarrassing! I was caught by a girl from the same tribe! Brocky!"

Although his hands were tied tightly with iron chains as thick as buckets, and his tall and strong body could only curl up in a steel cage, the legendary hero of the giant tribe, the Green Ghost Dongli, still showed no fear, and was even chatting and laughing with the Red Ghost Broki on another ship.

“Hey, hahaha! You’re still the same! But the little girl is really strong. I didn’t expect that after we haven’t been back for a hundred years, Elbaf has produced such a powerful descendant!”

Broki also laughed, not caring at all that they had become prisoners and were destined to spend the rest of their lives in prison.

"Well, it's a pity that the little girl became a marine, otherwise this generation of the Giant Pirates would definitely be more courageous than we were back then, right?"

Dongli turned his head and looked at Vivian who was directing the marines to board the ship. In the eyes of ordinary humans, the tall Vivian was already an extremely strong female giant.

But for Donli and Broki, who were also giants, Vivian was just a "little girl" who had just reached adulthood in their eyes. Even if the two of them were defeated by Vivian together, they could not feel any resentment towards such a "little girl".

"Master Donri! Master Broki! I will follow in your footsteps and make the Giant Soldier Pirates great... Ouch!"

The female giant Gelz, standing on the shore, watched the two legendary heroes of the giant race being locked in cages and couldn't help but shout loudly.

But before she could finish her words, Vivian hit her head hard.

"Idiot! Pay attention to your current identity! You are a navy! As for the Giant Pirates, let them end in my hands!" Vivian imitated Borsalino's condescending attitude and sneered at Gertz who was half a head shorter than her.

Even if Borsalino did not deliberately instill some ideas that were ahead of their time into Vivian, Vivian's thoughts and ideas would inevitably be greatly influenced by Borsalino and the navy after spending so many years with him.

Although she sometimes still shows the warlike character unique to giants, ignoring her tall body, Vivian's style is more like a navy than Borsalino.

"Ugh... violent girl..."

Gertz covered his head and muttered softly, but under Vivian's "tyranny", he could only watch Dongli and Broki go away with a wronged look.

"Okay, let's get ready to go! We have to get back to Marinford before the ceremony starts!"

Vivian shouted loudly to the other marines on the beach. At this moment, she couldn't wait to return to the headquarters and see with her own eyes the scene of Boss Borsalino becoming the admiral of the navy!
"Are you going back already?"

Haibara Ai put the blood extracted from a stegosaurus into a refrigerator, looked back at the primeval forest covered with dense ferns, and an expression of regret appeared on her little face.

This huge island called Little Garden preserves a large number of species from ancient times. Even if they are all species from another world, it is an unimaginable genetic treasure trove for researchers like Haibara Ai.

"Well, if we don't return soon, we may miss the promotion ceremony..."

Lieutenant General Dalmesia, who was wearing a Dalmatian hat, said helplessly that they had been delayed in the small garden for a long time.

If he missed Borsalino's promotion ceremony to Admiral of the Navy, Dalmessia would definitely regret it for the rest of his life.

"Then let's go back... Will all the navy come to the ceremony?"

Haibara Ai locked the box and checked it several times. After making sure that nothing was left behind, she nodded and responded.

She is not the kind of unreasonable and unruly woman.

What's more, the areas she is good at are more about chemistry and medicine, and her research on biology is more of a personal interest.

In addition, during this period, with the help of the two female giants, Vivian and Gertz, Haibara Ai collected samples of almost all the main species in the small garden.

By the way, he also helped Borsalino send a batch of all kinds of dinosaurs to the Marvel world. There was not much point in staying on the island any longer.

"Of course not. Only the vice admirals and admirals of the headquarters will be present. The officers of the branch will still perform their duties. However, most of the navy officers of the branch will send representatives to Marinford to watch the ceremony..."

Dalmessia took a curious look at the advanced-looking refrigerator, and then answered patiently that if it weren't for the fact that the promotion ceremony would take a relatively short time and it would also be an opportunity to launch some larger-scale operations, Marinford would have even considered summoning only some of the headquarters' lieutenant generals to attend the ceremony.

Anyway, the naval tradition does not pay much attention to those formalistic things. In history, there were even cases where the naval marshal was temporarily promoted on the battlefield, and the promotion ceremony was held again in Marinford afterwards.

"I'm really looking forward to the promotion ceremony of the Admiral of the Navy..."

Haibara Ai followed Dalmesia onto the warship, and the marines naturally helped her move the boxed samples into the cabin.

Although in her original world, Haibara Ai was not an inexperienced little girl, she had no chance to meet big figures like the Navy Admiral.

What's more, the power and status of the naval marshal Borsalino are unmatched by those so-called kings and nobles.

While Vice Admiral Dalmessia was in a hurry to return to Marinford, the Navy Headquarters was already bustling with activity.

Hundreds of warships from various naval branches of the Four Seas and the Grand Line gathered here, and the scene was comparable to that of the Battle of Marineford.

The naval officers from various branches were eagerly awaiting the promotion ceremony of the Navy Marshal. Among them were many senior naval officers who were away all year round and only returned to the headquarters once every few years or even more than ten years.

There were even quite a few branch navy officers who came to the headquarters for the first time since joining the navy.

"It's so spectacular! It's worthy of being the headquarters!"

"Is that where Mr. Borsalino shot Whitebeard?"

"It's Marshal Borsalino! How can a mere pirate be a match for our navy!"

……

It is a rare occasion for naval officers from all over the world to gather together, except for a few guys who are not very sociable, such as Smoker who always has a sour face when he meets everyone.

Most naval officers are happy to make friends with colleagues from other waters. After all, who knows when they may work together in the future.

"After being a naval admiral for so long, I can finally put down this heavy burden. Speaking of which, the last time I went on vacation seemed to be more than 20 years ago..."

Finally, Marshal Zhan Guo no longer had to sit in front of his desk all day. He stood in front of the French window very relaxedly, overlooking the bustling scene in Marinford Square.

Originally, he was going to vacate this office for Borsalino, but at Borsalino's insistence, Marshal Warring States finally kept his room.

The original office of Borsalino became the new marshal's office.

Although there are still several days before the promotion ceremony of the Admiral of the Navy, Marshal Sengoku has gradually transferred the powers of the Marshal to Borsalino.

The mountains of affairs that had piled up in the past suddenly disappeared, and even Marshal Zhan Guo felt the long-lost relaxation.

However, just as Marshal Sengoku was basking in the warm sunshine and thinking about taking his pet goat out for a walk later, the Den Den Mushi on the desk suddenly rang rapidly.

"Hmm? It's not some reckless fellow again..."

Marshal Zhan Guo frowned. Although he had already stepped down from the post of Admiral of the Navy, there were still many fools who reported things directly to him in the past few days.

It would be great if the new marshal was Borsalino. If it was Sakaski, he would not give up easily.

However, what Marshal Sengoku did not expect was that the person on the other end of the Den Den Mushi was not some slow-reacting navy officer, but a high-ranking official of the World Government.

After just listening to a few words from the other party, Marshal Zhan Guo couldn't help but frowned.

The other party had come to him specifically because they wanted to reserve some viewing seats for some special guests at the promotion ceremony of the Navy Marshal.

"What? Germa 66? What nonsense are you talking about!?"

If it were just this, Marshal Warring States would not have refused to give face to the top leaders of the World Government. However, when he heard about the special identities of those guests, Marshal Warring States rejected their request without hesitation.

Not to mention that the promotion ceremony of the Admiral of the Navy in Marinford has always been open only to the navy, the only time spectators were allowed to appear was in the promotion ceremony in Marijoa.

The identity of Germa 66 alone meant that the Navy would never welcome them. You should know that the Navy and Germa 66 even had a tit-for-tat comic series in the North Sea newspaper, and the prototype of the protagonist was Vice Admiral Garp.

Of course, in reality, Germa 66 is far from being that powerful, and because the Germa Kingdom is nominally a member of the World Government, the Navy has no way to deal with them, but this does not mean that the Navy will allow them to set foot on the land of Marineford.

No wonder the other party, knowing full well that Borsalino was now the boss, still sent Den Den Mushi to the office of this "outdated" marshal. If it were Borsalino, he would probably have cursed loudly on the spot.

(End of this chapter)