Chapter 274: The power of the general is restricted

Chapter 274: The power of the general is restricted

"In the same year, Shiki the Golden Lion escaped from prison and became the first pirate to escape from Impel Prison. Vice Admiral Luke found Shiki the Golden Lion and defeated him, but Shiki's accomplice suddenly appeared and rescued Shiki using the power of the devil fruit.

“In the same year, Lu Kaizhong participated in O’Hara’s Demon Slayer Order and successfully completed the mission.

"At the age of 20, Vice Admiral Luke has defeated and destroyed 119 pirate groups, eliminated 2 underground dark forces, and rescued the member countries of the World Government 3 times."

The adjutant recounted in one breath the major things that Lu Kai had done in the six years since he joined the navy. The naval commanders present became more and more excited as they listened, because Lu Kai had done so many sensational things.

If any one of these things happened to someone else, it would be something worth bragging about for a lifetime. The number of pirate groups defeated by Lukai is more than most people have ever seen.

But Lu Kai has done it all, and this is not the end, but just the beginning. Lu Kai's resume will only become more brilliant in the future.

However, Lu Kai, who was sitting next to Cyborg, was very calm, as if these things were just trivial matters, which made people feel that Lu Kai was an extraordinary person.

"Now we enter the voting phase. Those who support the promotion of Vice Admiral Lu Kai and his appointment as Admiral of the Navy Headquarters, and the use of the name "Red Wind", please raise your hands!"

As soon as Cyborg's adjutant finished speaking, everyone rushed to raise their hands. Cyborg Sora, Sengoku, Zephyr, Garp and others also raised their hands with satisfaction, even Sakaski raised his hand.

"The appointment of Lu Kai as the admiral of the Navy Headquarters was approved unanimously!" Cyborg's adjutant couldn't help but laugh at this moment.

He knew how much Marshal Ganggu admired Lu Kai, so he said, "Congratulations, General Lu Kai."

"Congratulations, General Lu Kai!" Many people couldn't help but smile at this moment, as if they saw their own children have a bright future and become the top student in high school.

Lu Kai responded to everyone's congratulations without any airs. When the time comes, he will just need to choose a day to award the title and hand over the position, and then Lu Kai will officially exercise the power of the general.

Becoming an admiral of the Navy Headquarters at the age of 20 is unprecedented.

In the 800 years since the establishment of the navy, the youngest admiral in history was 27 years old. At that time, this record was believed to be unbreakable, but Lu Kai directly improved the record by a full seven years.

There are now more than fifty vice admirals in the Navy Headquarters, and there is almost no upper limit on the number. People will be promoted if they meet the requirements of strength and merit.

However, there are only three positions for admiral in the Navy Headquarters at any one time, and the requirement is that they must possess overwhelming strength.

Admirals are usually selected from among vice admirals.

However, no matter how senior a vice admiral is, how great his achievements are, how high his qualifications are, or how rich his combat experience is, if his strength does not meet the requirements, he cannot serve as a navy admiral.

Therefore, the admiral is the symbol of naval strength, the bearer of combat power, and also the symbol of naval justice.

In many cases, if there is no one with sufficient strength among the vice admirals, the Navy Headquarters would rather leave the position of admiral vacant than forcibly promote anyone to the position, in order to ensure the deterrent effect of the admiral.

Lu Kai's strength perfectly meets the requirements. Since entering the navy, he has crushed his peers and slowly surpassed his predecessors. Now he is recognized as the number one in the navy.

Corresponding to the position is enormous power.

The admiral holds a golden Den Den Mushi and has the power to issue a demon-killing order. With that power alone, he can destroy anywhere in the world, and he does not need to notify his superiors before launching the order. He can really destroy a country with just a single word.

Moreover, as the governor of the navy, the admiral has the right to order any lieutenant general or below to perform any task, and also has the right to command any regular naval force at will.

The admiral also has the power to appoint and dismiss personnel, and has the power to appoint any position below the rank of major general or major general, and has the power to dismiss anyone below the rank of major general or major general, and can do so first and report later. Even for the appointment or dismissal of a vice admiral of the Navy Headquarters, as long as the admiral proposes it, it will often be approved, and his words carry great weight.

The general has the right to apply directly to go to Mary Geoise to meet the Five Elders. As long as there is an appropriate reason, the Five Elders will definitely agree. Even in special periods, the general can go directly to Mary Geoise without notifying.

But with power comes responsibility.

The admiral of the navy headquarters has the responsibility to protect the safety of the navy headquarters, so he needs to guard the navy headquarters at normal times and cannot be dispatched easily.

At the same time, the admiral also has the responsibility to protect the safety of the Celestial Dragons. When the Celestial Dragons are in danger, the admiral of the Navy Headquarters must take action immediately and carry out the highest degree of deterrence to ensure the inviolability of the Celestial Dragons.

At the same time, when a crisis that other generals cannot resolve or an enemy that is too powerful arises, the general also has the responsibility to deter.

But for Lu Kai, the life of a general is much more boring than when he was a lieutenant general.

Although the admiral has the right to go to sea freely, he can only go to the area near the naval headquarters, and the free sea time cannot exceed three days.

If it takes more than three days, an application must be made, or the task will be assigned directly.

After the awarding and handover ceremony, Cyborg forcefully kept Lu Kai at the Navy Headquarters and did not allow him to go out to sea at will.

Cyborg said that he wanted to personally guide Lu Kai so that he could understand the responsibilities and obligations of a general as soon as possible.

So Cyborg took Lu Kai with him, told him many things that only the real high-ranking officials of the navy would know, and instilled his ideas of justice into Lu Kai from time to time.

Of course, Luke listened carefully to those secrets, but he shook his head in his heart about the justice that Cyborg instilled in him. After all, Cyborg was a staunch supporter of the World Government.

As time went by, Lu Kai slowly discovered that something was wrong. Three months had passed, and the old man still had no intention of letting him go out to sea. Instead, his words and actions implied that he wanted him to stay at the headquarters for a long time.

For Lu Kai, being a general is not as free as being a lieutenant general, so Lu Kai is increasingly eager to let the old man retire as soon as possible and go to Marijoa to hold a nominal position and enjoy his retirement.

After many things that have happened in the past few years, the Five Elders actually already had the idea of ​​letting Cyborg retreat to the second line and promoting Sengoku to the position of marshal.

The old man is almost eighty years old this year, and with his current energy and past experience, it is already a bit difficult for him to cope with the current era of pirates.

One of the important reasons why the Five Elders did not do this immediately was because the Navy Headquarters was short of young talents.

Another reason is that the Five Elders hope that Cyborg's successor will be a staunch supporter of the World Government like Cyborg.

But now the navy is full of talented people.

Although Kuzan, Borsalino and Sakaski are still lieutenant generals, their strength is at the level of generals.

There is no need to mention Sengoku and Garp. Sengoku is an admiral, and Garp even has the strength that surpasses an admiral.

As for Garp's disciple, the current Admiral of the Marine Headquarters, Luke, let alone him, his strength is already considered to surpass Garp, and he is recognized as the number one in the active navy.