Chapter 446 Covering the sky with one hand
After sensing that the polygraph Den Den Mushi did not give any warning about Lu Kai's words, the Five Elder Stars finally breathed a sigh of relief, and their initial uneasiness turned into determination.
At the critical moment of life and death, they temporarily put aside other ideas and planned to wait until they got through this difficult time.
Being able to rule the world for so many years, the Five Elder Stars are not good-for-nothings. They can still distinguish priorities at critical moments.
At the Marine Headquarters in Marinford, ever since Garp was rescued by Luquet, Kuzan has become the target of public criticism. Zephyr and his soldiers pointed the finger at Kuzan, believing that he deliberately let Garp go.
However, at this moment, neither the Five Elders nor the Sengoku imposed any punishment on Kuzan, which made the soldiers under Zefa very unhappy, but all of them were temporarily suppressed by Zefa.
In Zefa's residence, there was a chessboard on the table. Zefa was playing with white pieces, but he did not make a move for a long time. Opposite Zefa was an empty chair. Zefa was the only one in the entire residence.
"Oh!" After a long time, Zefa let out a long sigh, put the chess piece back into the chess box, stood up and walked to the balcony, overlooking the entire Marinford, his expression looking a little lonely and sad.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. Zefa's eyes instantly became sharp, and the loneliness and sadness on his face were instantly swept away. He said coldly: "Come in!"
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Over the next month, news about the Navy Headquarters continued to appear in newspapers. This time, no one needed to tell anyone, as everyone knew that the Navy Headquarters was conducting a major purge.
First, all members of the three iron armies were expelled from the Navy Headquarters. The reason was that the three iron armies were self-reliant and had completely disobeyed orders, so they were no longer suitable to stay in the Navy.
Secondly, Flying Squirrel, Dalmesia, and Tea Pig, who have become famous in recent years, were revealed to have attempted to lead their subordinates to defect from the Navy Headquarters, and were captured by Vice Admiral Borsalino and his men.
Immediately afterwards, nearly 100 people including Adelman, Mezia, Babaka, Maranza, etc., who were former members of the Iron Army and were later transferred to the Navy Headquarters or branches, were included in the investigation list. In anger, all of these people defected from the Navy and are currently missing.
Before their defection, many of these people were base commanders of the Navy's G-affiliated branch, and their departure immediately caused chaos in the Grand Line and the New World.
You have to know that when these people were in the Iron Army, they were well-known warriors with extraordinary strength. After going to the branch, they rectified the military discipline, which increased the combat effectiveness of each branch by several levels and shocked one side.
Their departure made the pirates and evil forces within their jurisdiction very excited, and they all jumped out to make trouble, but the Navy Headquarters turned a blind eye to it all, because the headquarters was already in chaos and could not take care of anything.
Before the whole world could digest this news, the newspapers reported three more pieces of news that shocked the world on the same day.
The first piece of news was that someone reported that the director of the Deep Sea Prison of the Navy Headquarters, Clyde, who had the ability of the "Forest-Forest Fruit", had abused his power for personal gain and released prisoners privately. The Navy Headquarters was going to take him away for investigation.
Originally, Clyde was ready to cooperate with the investigation, but he was forcibly stopped by Luke who suddenly appeared. Not only Clyde, but Luke also took this opportunity to take out the naval soldiers who were recently detained in Impel Down by the Naval Headquarters.
Impel Down's deputy director Magellan, who has the ability of the 'Snow Snow Fruit', and the chief warden, who has the ability of the 'Transparent Fruit', Shiryu of Rain, tried to stop them, but were beaten up by Luke and have not woken up yet.
The second piece of news was also related to Luke, that is, Luke's direct descendants headed by Latilos, who were responsible for guarding the Bank restricted area, disappeared from the Bank restricted area overnight.
Disappeared with them were the Navy's chief scientist Vegapunk and the entire research institute, leaving only Caesar Courant and others who woke up in the bushes in a daze the next day, looking disheveled in the wind.
The third piece of news was still about Lu Kai. Lu Kai directly broke into the Navy Headquarters and forcibly took away a large number of people. All the high-end combat forces of the Navy Headquarters tried to join forces to stop him, but Lu Kai still managed to escape successfully.
Before leaving, Lu Kai even clamored that the current Navy Headquarters was rotten to the core, focusing only on internal strife while allowing pirates and evil forces to run rampant. If the Navy Headquarters was no longer able to fulfill the responsibilities it should have fulfilled, he, Lu Kai, was willing to take over and form a new navy.
The three pieces of news were more shocking than the last, and everyone had a premonition that something big was going to happen because Lu Kai seemed to be in conflict with the Navy Headquarters.
Many people felt fear and didn’t know what the world would be like in the future, because the name Lu Kai itself could not be ignored.
Once Lu Kai really forms a new navy, with his influence, countless people will go to join him, and then the world pattern will undergo tremendous changes.
There is no conclusion yet on how the world situation will change, but the situation of the Navy Headquarters has changed because Lu Kai took away a large number of people.
Originally, Zhan Guo and his direct descendants, together with other people who opposed Zefa, could still barely hold on, but after a large number of people left, Zhan Guo could no longer hold on alone.
Now Zephyr has truly achieved the power to cover the sky with one hand. He has the final say in the entire Marine Headquarters. Without Zephyr's consent, no one will execute it even if Sengoku gives an order.
Ten days after Lu Kai caused a commotion at the Navy Headquarters, warships arrived at the Navy Headquarters one after another, and many more were on the way.
However, these warships did not gather towards Marinford under orders from the Five Elders or Sengoku, but were called by Zephyr.
Over the past year, Zefa formed a naval guerrilla force that seemed to be fighting pirates outside and achieved excellent results, but in fact, Zefa did not kill any pirates. Instead, he forcibly brought all the pirates under his command and fed them the seeds of the evil god.
The Seed of the Evil God can instantly stimulate all of a person's potential, causing his or her strength to skyrocket instantly.
It is no exaggeration to say that at this point today, even if all other members of the navy left, the navy's strength would not decline, and would even become stronger, relying solely on Zephyr and his evil navy.
The power that Sandra had gathered at that time was nothing compared to Zefa's, because the combat forces under Sandra were purged by Luke several times. When he finally attacked Marijoa, he had only more than 200 people around him, and only four of them could be considered high-end combat forces.
However, the evil navy that Zefa gathered has more than 10,000 people, and there are countless strong ones among them.
The most terrifying thing is that these people obey any order from Zefa. In terms of cohesion, this evil navy is absolutely unique in history.
Moreover, Zefa accomplished all this right under everyone's noses, and for a whole year it didn't arouse anyone's vigilance. He developed to this point so blatantly, openly and unscrupulously, and even got the support of the Five Elders in the process.
But this time a large number of warships gathered towards Marinford, and the Five Elders were finally unable to support it anymore. After receiving the news, they immediately called Zefa.
At this moment, Zefa was watching the warships assemble from the balcony of a garrison on the top floor of the fortress. Behind him stood five lieutenant generals, Borsalino, Doberman, Axel, Ghost Spider and Urban, as well as a dozen major generals, including Brugulas, Foster, Gumir and Tucha.