Chapter 272: Unanimous approval, General Chifeng
Originally, many people felt sorry for Lu Kai because Kara framed him.
After hearing the news, these people felt proud and the haze in their hearts was swept away. Many people were in a much better mood, especially Lu Kai's subordinates.
Lu Kai remained calm when he heard the news.
Cyborg had originally revealed to Lu Kai his idea of promoting him to general ahead of schedule, but under normal circumstances it would take about two months to complete the process, and now it is only one month ahead of the original promotion plan.
This is the compensation given to Luke by the World Government and Cyborg, and it is also the best way to divert everyone's attention from the Karain incident.
Lu Kai will be appointed as general in advance anyway. What is the essential difference between one month in advance and two months in advance?
The earlier he is promoted, the better it will be for the World Government and the Navy Headquarters.
Half a month is coming soon.
The largest council hall on the top floor of the Navy Headquarters fortress was now packed with people. The marshals, admirals, all lieutenant generals, and the best major generals of the Navy Headquarters were all gathered here, totaling more than a hundred people.
The best among the colonel-level officers were also present, numbering more than 200.
Generals with the rank of major general and above sat in front of their seats, while other colonel-level officers stood on both sides of the generals.
"Everyone is here, let's get started!" Cyborg Kong's rough voice sounded, announcing the start of the meeting.
The marshal's adjutant stood up and said loudly: "This meeting mainly includes two contents.
“The first item is to initiate a general inspection of Lieutenant General Kuzan and Lieutenant General Borsalino.
"Vice Admiral Kuzan joined the Navy at the age of 19 and became a soldier at the Navy Headquarters.
"As he demonstrated his extraordinary strength and talent, Vice Admiral Kuzan soon joined the training camp of Admiral Zefa of the Marine Headquarters..."
The marshal's adjutant continued to introduce Kuzan's resume, strength, merits and contributions, etc.
Kuzan has been in the navy for ten years. During these ten years, he has done many great things and made outstanding contributions, which have attracted the attention of many people.
"Now we move on to the voting phase. Those who agree to initiate the grand prize inspection mechanism for Lieutenant General Kuzan, please raise your hands!"
This kind of voting is actually just a formality, because these measures have been reported by Cyborg to the Five Elders and have been agreed to by the Five Elders. Any normal person would raise their hand at this time.
Sure enough, almost all of the 300 people present raised their hands in favor. The only one who did not raise his hand was Sakaski.
Sakaski was in an extremely unhappy mood and his expression was particularly ugly.
Ever since the Karain incident, Sakaski has really become a pariah in the navy.
Although no one dared to offend him in person because of his powerful strength, his reputation had already been completely ruined.
Wherever he went, people pointed fingers at him, and even his own subordinates began to talk about him and stopped listening to him.
Sakaski was so angry about this.
What made Sakaski most angry was that he was not on the list of admirals for inspection this time.
You should know that Sakaski's contribution is even greater than that of Kuzan and Borsalino, and his strength is even greater than the two of them.
He thought that the headquarters would give him this opportunity because they had investigated the matter and found out that he did not frame Lu Kai and Kuzan.
I didn't expect that Borsalino and Kuzan would now climb over my head. How could this be tolerated?
Sakaski is very smart. He knows that his action will make many people hate him even more, and he also knows what everyone will think, but he just feels unhappy and refuses to give in.
Because from beginning to end, Sakaski didn't think he had done anything wrong.
As expected, many people looked at Sakaski with disgust.
Many people still remember vividly how Karain framed Vice Admiral Kuzan. Now the headquarters is about to launch a mechanism to inspect Vice Admirals against Kuzan. Everyone supports it except you, Sakaski. It turns out that Karain's incident was closely related to you.
You are just jealous of Lieutenant General Kuzan and Lieutenant General Lukai, and want to discredit them so that you can get promoted. People like you are really disgusting.
Even Cyborg and Sengoku frowned, very dissatisfied with Sakaski's behavior. Sakaski, do you have any sense of the overall situation?
Did you know that this meeting was held early to dilute the impact of the Karain incident?
Many people in the navy believe that you are the mastermind behind that incident. It is not a good time to include you in the admiral's investigation list now. It will not be too late to propose you after this storm has passed.
You are just walking into trouble. Do you think your reputation is not bad enough? But Cyborg can't lose his temper in the meeting.
"The matter of launching the grand prize investigation for Vice Admiral Kuzan has been approved!" Cyborg's adjutant ignored Sakaski and started to introduce Borsalino after he finished speaking.
After the introduction, the adjutant said loudly: "Now we will move on to the voting phase. Those who agree to start the grand prize inspection mechanism for Lieutenant General Borsalino, please raise your hands!"
The only one who didn't raise his hand was still Sakaski.
Seeing the contemptuous looks the generals were giving him, Sakaski wished he could kill everyone present. Intense anger surged in his heart.
"The matter of starting the admiral inspection for Vice Admiral Borsalino has been approved!" the adjutant continued, "The next item is the issue of appointing Vice Admiral Luke as the admiral of the Navy Headquarters and taking the name 'Red Wind'."
Initially, Cyborg wanted to change Luke's nickname, saying that according to the colors of the admirals of the Marine Headquarters and the combination of the twelve zodiac signs, Luke's nickname should be 'Akainu'.
But unexpectedly, Lu Kai was so strongly opposed to it that Cyborg thought Lu Kai was just throwing a tantrum and scolded him.
But in the end, Cyborg compromised and allowed Luke to continue the name of "Red Wind" despite cursing.
At this time, Cyborg’s adjutant also continued: “Lieutenant General Lu Kai, it has been verified that he was born in the Kingdom of Lafia in the West Sea, and is the eldest son of Luside, a nobleman of the Kingdom of Lafia.
“As a noble, Lieutenant General Lu Kai has been very compassionate since he was young. He often helps ordinary people and is regarded as a great philanthropist among the nobles in the eyes of the people.
“But later, when Lu Kai and his family were out, they were attacked by bandits, and Lieutenant General Lu Kai was abducted by the bandits.
"In the following two years, Lieutenant General Lu Kai was subjected to inhumane abuse and enslavement by the bandits. Because of his extraordinary talent, he was trained as a killer by the bandits and received the most brutal training."
When the adjutant said this, everyone was shocked.
Except for the top brass at the headquarters, no one else had heard of this.
Now, after learning about Lu Kai's experience, everyone understands why he hates evil bandits, pirates and other criminals so much, because he is a direct victim of crime.
Many people also felt sorry for Lu Kai.