Chapter 176 The helpless 5 old stars and 25 boys
Chapter 176 The Helpless Five Elders and the Traitors
Of course, this does not affect his continued increase in the number of cannon fodder, even if it only causes those monsters to waste a little time to deal with them.
What's more, there are many strong people among the slaves of the Celestial Dragons. If they are armed, they may be much stronger than the cannon fodder of the army and the allied countries.
"I object! This is too dangerous. What if the slaves take the opportunity to rebel..."
Saint Maz frowned. With his understanding of the Celestial Dragons, he knew too well how they treated slaves.
Apart from those slaves who have been tortured to the point of losing their self-esteem, the rest are potential destabilizing elements. Who knows if they will turn against us at the critical moment!
The reason why the murloc adventurer Fisher Tiger was able to cause so much trouble in Marijoa, in addition to the World Government's loss of vigilance, the most important reason was that the slave riot tied down most of Marijoa's guard forces.
Otherwise, with Fisher Tiger's strength, it would be impossible for him to escape unscathed from the heavily guarded Marijoa.
"Put those slaves on the front lines and let them fight the pirates to the death. Even if some of them survive, they won't be able to cause any trouble!"
Nasujuro Sei spoke very coldly, almost every Celestial Dragon has a large number of slaves under his command, and with so many Celestial Dragons in Marijoa, there are at least tens of thousands of slaves.
Among these slaves there are many former pirate captains and even powerful races like the Giants and the Fur Tribe. Especially those slaves who come from the arena, even if their strength is not as good as the pirates in the New World, they are not much worse.
With so many slaves and the nearly 100,000 troops they put together, it wouldn't be too difficult to defend the holy land from being desecrated by the Cosmic Dark Matter Pirates.
"It is a great honor for the humble slaves to have the honor of defending the Holy Land. If they can make enough contributions in the defense, they can be granted freedom at our discretion."
Saint Peter nodded in agreement and then gave further suggestions.
As long as they are willing to fight hard, they can regain their freedom. Such a good thing would probably make those slaves willing to risk their lives and fight the pirates to the death.
"I have no opinion."
Saint Vochuli thought about it and felt that freeing the slaves would not do him any harm, so he also voted in favor.
"sounds good……"
Saint Satan also nodded repeatedly, and the four of them looked at Saint Maz together.
No matter how much benefit there is in releasing slaves as cannon fodder, it still requires the consent of the Celestial Dragons.
Of course they can forcibly release the slaves when necessary, but doing so will undoubtedly offend many Celestial Dragons.
"I will try my best to convince the Celestial Dragons to release the slaves!"
Maz Saint's eyes twitched. It turned out that these bastards were waiting for him here.
It is not an easy task to persuade the Celestial Dragons to release the slaves, especially when he has to recruit their guards and followers. It is not difficult to imagine how he will be scolded by them afterwards.
"Then I'll leave it to you. I still have to mobilize the army and the divine army to prepare for the war. Let's end the meeting here for now."
Nasujuro Sei stood up with the help of his sword. The attack on Marijoa by pirates was undoubtedly a huge dereliction of duty on the part of the Five Elders, but if they could perform well enough in the upcoming battle to defend the holy land, they might even be forgiven by Lord Im.
"Well, I also have to go back and recruit people..."
"I will contact the governments of the member states..."
Saint Satan and Saint Pitt also stood up and left, leaving Saint Maz, who still had to negotiate with the Celestial Dragons, and Saint Vochuli, who was urging the navy to set off as soon as possible, looking at each other in bewilderment.
"What else?"
Saint Maz frowned and asked, he felt a bit overwhelmed at the thought of convincing so many Celestial Dragons and recruiting their guards and slaves.
Especially since some Celestial Dragons are having a very unhappy relationship with the Five Elders over the pure gold issue. If the negotiations break down, those idiots might leak the news of pure gold to other Celestial Dragons or even Fegaland Galin Saint, which would be real trouble.
In this situation, Mazsan didn't want to waste time and energy dealing with other things, especially when it came to that super thorn in the side, Borsalino, who was extremely difficult to deal with.
"I need your help with something..."
It is a pity that Saint Wochuli failed to understand Saint Maz's intention of keeping people at a distance, or rather, he guessed it but decisively chose to play dumb.
Saint Maz, who didn't want to break up with the other party, could only be forced to obey the other party's request. Fortunately, it was not too difficult. They just wanted the Baszak family to return the naval branch that they had occupied.
That was more than ten years ago. The navy had applied for a naval branch for several years and finally got approval. However, before it was completed, it was taken over by a celestial dragon, who forcibly converted it into a luxurious holiday villa.
At that time, the angry navy complained and protested to the World Government many times, but they were all suppressed by the Five Elder Stars. As a result, now that time has passed, even the navy no longer mentions that matter. Instead, Saint Wochuli is ready to take the initiative to return the branch to the navy.
Before Mazisheng had time to gloat over his misfortune, he suddenly realized that this was not something to be happy about for him.
If Saint Vochuli had not been forced into a situation where he had no other choice, he would not have fallen to the point where he had to consider the navy's thoughts on such a trivial matter.
Saint Maz was very unhappy when he realized this, but he did not dare to drag his feet on such matters.
If Wokuri Seishin fails to urge the navy to arrive in time because of this incident, Marijoa and the Five Elders themselves will be in trouble.
After ignoring Saint Maz's strange look and agreeing on the terms, Saint Wouchuri heaved a sigh of relief, and then hurriedly called Marinford's Den Den Mushi again.
But this time, no one answered the phone for a long time.
Suddenly having a bad feeling, Saint Vouchuri quickly called Sengoku's private Den Den Mushi, but the result was no different.
"Assholes! The navy is all assholes!"
Saint Wochuli, who finally realized that something was wrong, cursed in shock and anger. Fortunately, Saint Maz had already rushed to negotiate with the Celestial Dragons, and no one knew yet that a big problem had occurred on the navy's side, so there was still a chance to remedy and save everything!
Unfortunately, what Saint Vochuli didn't know was that... just when he was anxiously sending several CP0s to Marinford, preparing to negotiate directly with Borsalino.
At this time, there was another person in Marijoa who knew about the changes in Marinford earlier than him, and was even a direct participant in the change.
Marijoa World Government Headquarters, Office of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.
Although his hair was dyed slightly white intentionally, for those who are really familiar with Cyborg Sora, it is not difficult to see at a glance that Cyborg Sora, the commander-in-chief of the three armed forces, seems to have become a little younger.
Such an incredible thing is naturally because of the "pure gold" in Cyborg Sora's hand. Even if it is just fake pure gold obtained by Borsalino from the dimensional chat group, it will not affect the effect of pure gold before the deadline.
Fortunately, the power of pure gold is only to maintain eternal youth rather than rejuvenate. Even though Cyborg Kong looks much better than usual, people will not suspect that he has pure gold in his hands.
However, for Steel Bone Kong, who was once a top-level warrior, his current condition couldn't be better. As long as he could stop the aging of his body, he could completely get back to the peak by re-strengthening his body.
But the more this happened, the more Cyborg Sora couldn't give up pure gold. If he initially compromised with Borsalino only for the sake of his longevity, now Cyborg Sora has completely become a prisoner of pure gold.
It is precisely because of this that the Cyborg Sora, who was once loyal to the Five Elders and the World Government, completely disappeared, and was replaced by a traitor who only wanted to keep the pure gold.
"…The current situation is like this. The Five Elders are preparing to recruit troops to defend the Holy Land. The specific recruitment plan is still being sorted out. Although the number of troops that can arrive in Marijoa in a short period of time is limited, as long as we can stop those pirates for more than seven days, the reinforcements that will arrive later will be no joke…"
Cyborg Sora said in a deep voice while sitting in the huge office. In front of him was a dedicated line Den Den Mushi that was designed to prevent eavesdropping. The person on the other end of the Den Den Mushi was obviously Borsalino, who made Saint Vouchuri anxious.
As the commander-in-chief of the three armies, Steel Bone Sora is the closest to the Five Elders, and recruiting troops is also his job.
While he was talking to Borsalino, another fax machine on the table had already started spitting out the recruitment plan that had just been sorted out.
Just one look at Cyborg Kong made him horrified!
It was obvious that he still underestimated the determination of the Five Elder Stars, but the more he looked down, the uglier his expression became.
In order to fight against the impending pirate army, the Five Elders were recruiting troops with a mentality of digging deep into the ground. Even the guards of the Celestial Dragons and the staff of the World Government were forcibly incorporated into the Holy Land Guard Corps.
What Cyborg Soong didn't expect was that the Five Elders were actually planning to release and arm the slaves to fight. If the plan went smoothly enough, the number of armed slaves might be even more than that of the Holy Land Guard Corps!
Such a "surprise force" has exceeded Cyborg Kong's psychological bottom line. Even if the slaves' combat effectiveness is worrying, an army of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of slaves can at least delay the enemy for several days.
Originally, Cyborg Sora was a little worried about whether the Cosmic Dark Matter Pirates could invade Marijoa. Now with this huge slave army, it might not be him and Borsalino who join forces to overthrow the World Government, but the Five Elders who suppress these "rebels".
"Don't worry. With Mary Geoise's current strength, she won't be able to stop the attack. I still have confidence in Boros..."
The voice of Borsalino on the other end of the Den Den Mushi sounded a little strange, but Cyborg Sora did not doubt anything. After all, it was the critical moment of preparing to overthrow the World Government. Even he began to get nervous, let alone Borsalino.
"I have already obtained the recruitment plan. This time, the Five Elders are going to personally command the battle, and I will be assigned to the Holy Land Guard Corps as its commander..."
Cyborg Sora spoke with a gloomy expression.
Although everyone knew that his title of Commander-in-Chief of the Three Armies was actually an empty title, Cyborg Sora expected that the Five Elders would at least give him the position of commander of the army.
Unexpectedly, he was sent away by the commander of a Holy Land Guard Corps. You know, the so-called Holy Land Guard Corps is just a group of ragtag group of people.
And apart from the slave army that must be the first to reach the front line, once the war breaks out, the Holy Land Guard Army will be the first cannon fodder to be sacrificed!
To some extent, the power and status of the commander-in-chief of the three armies, Kong, is not even as good as that of the current army general. At least the army led by him does not have to take the lead immediately. The Five Elders are not targeting him intentionally. It's just that Kong is the only one in Marijoa who is capable of commanding the battle and is strong enough.
Under the premise that the Knights of God cannot be dispatched easily, although there is still the option of the Five Elders to go out personally, there is no mercy on the battlefield, and if something goes wrong, it would be a shocking event comparable to the fall of the Holy Land.
If it was when Cyborg Sora was still loyal to the Five Elders, such a decision would not be considered problematic, and he might even be able to brag about the wise decision of the Five Elders.
After all, letting Cyborg Kong lead the Holy Land Guard Corps can at least bring out the strength of that group of ragtag ragtag forces, and also buy more time for the Five Elder Stars.
However, for Cyborg Sora, who had already had second thoughts without realizing it, the self-righteous decision of the Five Elders just gave him an excuse to betray and a reason to make up his mind!
"The Holy Land Guard Corps? I remember that this organization has been cancelled for many years, right? And the Corps Commander? It's an army position, right? The corresponding position should be... Lieutenant General of the headquarters?"
Borsalino was a little surprised. He didn't expect that the Five Elders would still give him a whole life at this time.
Perhaps when they arranged for Cyborg Sora to lead the Holy Land Guard Corps, they just wanted to make the most of Cyborg Sora's combat effectiveness and command ability.
But such an arrangement is somewhat disheartening. The Five Elders, who are high above, do not care about the thoughts of their subordinates. Even Akainu, who becomes the Admiral of the Navy, has no face in front of the Five Elders.
But what they did was undoubtedly a favor to Borsalino.
At least now it is much easier for Borsalino to win over Cyborg Kong.
Originally, it was necessary to use the pure gold handle to threaten him, but now even if Borsalino didn't say anything, Cyborg Kong would most likely want to turn against the Five Elders.
"The Five Elders are preparing to recruit 100,000 troops and arm slaves to resist pirates. Of these 100,000, about 35,000 are ground forces, and the rest are mostly allied forces and Mary Geoise's guards. Together with the World Government Headquarters and the CP organization, a total of 60,000 troops will be incorporated into the Holy Land Guard Corps..."
Cyborg Sora reported all of the Five Elders' countermeasures without any psychological pressure. When he found out that he, the commander-in-chief of the three armed forces, was not even qualified to command the army, Cyborg Sora's disappointment with the Five Elders reached its peak.
"Your reaction is pretty quick... But this amount of troops is not enough, right? Where are the high-level combat forces? Those old guys are not expecting you to take on Boros and the two Pirate Emperors, are they?"
Borsalino suddenly hissed, and asked quickly without waiting for Cyborg Sora to notice anything unusual.
Reiju, who was kneeling in front of Borsalino, raised her head, covered her slightly puffy lips with her palm, glanced at Borsalino seductively, and then hurried into the bathroom.
Nami, who was reading documents on the sofa, glanced at the couple speechlessly.
Obviously when she first came here, Reiju was just a naive little girl, but she started playing so crazy in such a short time, which made her feel like she had accidentally let a wolf into the house.
"The God's Army and the God's Knights should all join the battle, and if nothing unexpected happens, with the addition of Seraph and CP0, are you sure that Boros is okay?"
Cyborg Sora had no idea what Borsalino was doing on the other side of the Den Den Mushi, and was still seriously warning Borsalino.
The Five Elders haven't figured out the whole cause and effect of the incident yet, because the World Government's attention is on the incoming Space Dark Matter Pirates.
If Boros fails to inflict heavy damage on the World Government after the war, the Five Elders will come to their senses and sooner or later find out the mastermind behind the incident.
By then, he, the traitor who helped Borsalino intercept intelligence, would most likely be found out by the Five Elders.
After experiencing the magical effect of pure gold, Cyborg Kong is now definitely one of the people in the world who least wants to die.
But when he thought about the rage the Five Elders would unleash once his deeds were exposed, Cyborg Kong couldn't help but shudder.
"God's Army and God's Knights. The Five Elders have really invested a lot of money and are even going to reveal their best cards. I wonder if they will personally take action... I will have to prepare some surprises for the Five Elders later."
The corners of Borsalino's mouth rose slightly. Even though he had traveled through time for so many years and climbed step by step from the bottom of the navy to the position of the Navy Admiral, he still knew nothing about the true trump cards of the Five Elders and the World Government.
It’s not that Borsalino didn’t try to test them, it’s simply that the Five Elders were so good at hiding that even the Rocks Pirates couldn’t force them to reveal their cards.
Fortunately, now that they are facing Boros, Borsalino doesn't believe that the Five Elders can continue to hide.
Besides, Borsalino was not completely unprepared.
Although he and the navy's top brass were unable to personally teach the Five Elders a lesson due to the need to deal with the aftermath and avoid suspicion, Borsalino still had a lot of cards to play!
"All the extra combat power should be assigned to the Five Elders! Now is not the time to be careless!"
Cyborg Sora reminded seriously.
If possible, he would like to attack Mary Geoise himself.
After all, only after the Five Elders or even the World Government collapses can he keep the pure gold in his hands.
However, doing so would most likely draw all the hatred of the Five Elders onto him, and Cyborg Sora, who was always afraid of the World Government, did not dare to do such a drastic thing.
"Don't worry, our future is bright, and our journey is to the stars and the sea! The Five Elders and the World Government are nothing to us!"
Borsalino consoled him kindly.
However, the cautious Cyborg Sora still insisted on sending over the recruitment plan for the Holy Land Guard Corps.
After completing the defense, if nothing unexpected happens, he will also send Marijoa's defense map to Borsalino as soon as possible. If the Five Elders knew about this dedicated traitor, they would be so angry that they wouldn't even be able to save the pure gold.
"Is it really okay for us to know this top secret?"
Nami, who was sitting on the sofa, couldn't help but sigh. If she had known that Borsalino was planning such a big thing as overthrowing the World Government, she would never have joined forces with Reiju to "force the abdication" from Borsalino not long ago.
The most infuriating thing is that that little bitch Reiju got wet after hearing this, and was even willing to do that kind of thing with Borsalino.
She was the only one left worried and frightened. She kept looking through the plan drawn up by Borsalino, trying to find possible loopholes in the many links, but she was also afraid that she would really find a loophole.
After all, wouldn't that mean that Borsalino's plan was not perfect enough, and others might find loopholes in Borsalino's plan just like her.
"It has come to this... and aren't you and Reiju the ones who must know?"
Borsalino said lazily to Nami, who looked worried, while adjusting his zipper and belt.
He completely forgot that just a while ago, he was thinking about not involving Nami and the others.
"If I had known it was this kind of thing, I would never have forced you to say it!"
Nami's pretty face fell upon hearing that. Although Borsalino had never lost in the past, if the opponent was the World Government, even Nami, who had been with Borsalino since childhood, would not have much confidence.
If this incident ended up ruining Borsalino's plan, she didn't know how to make up for her mistake.
"If you really feel bad about it, why not consider learning from Reiju?"
Borsalino raised his eyebrows. Although Nami likes to wear short skirts, hot pants and vests when she is not in military uniform, she looks enthusiastic and open-minded, but she is an extreme conservative when doing things.
Unless Borsalino takes the initiative, don't expect her to cooperate as actively as Nojigo, or even try to challenge some new postures.
"You're dreaming!"
Nami glanced at Borsalino with disdain. Whether in terms of appearance, personality or strength, Borsalino was the prince charming that countless girls dreamed of.
But this prince charming has a head full of obscene garbage. Whenever he has nothing to do, he wants to shiver. No one knows what to say.
"Is there anything I or my father can do to help, Borsalino?"
At this moment, Reiju just happened to come out of the bathroom, with a suspicious blush still on her beautiful face, but the look she gave Borsalino was so sharp that it seemed as if she could draw silk.
When Borsalino looked towards her, Reiju stuck out her pink tongue and licked her lips suggestively.
For Reiju, who grew up under the oppression of her father, challenging authority is undoubtedly something that can really excite her.
Although Borsalino is much stronger than Judge, compared with the World Government, Borsalino, the newly-elected Admiral of the Navy, is also very "weak".
Therefore, when Reiju learned that Borsalino was preparing to overthrow the World Government, instead of being nervous like Nami, she became abnormally excited.
"Not yet. Just stay by my side during this time."
After Borsalino calmed Reiju and Nami, he opened the dimensional chat group interface that he hadn't seen for a long time.
The members of the chat group are still as active as ever, but considering the different speeds of time flowing in different worlds, a month or so may pass in Borsalino, but only a few days may pass in other worlds.
(End of this chapter)