Chapter 1203 Haihu Arrives
The most important thing for the navy right now is unity. Artoria spoke well of Admiral Kizaru, which helped him gain some popularity among the female navy.
However, more than half of the navy did not agree with Altria's words. Talking about justice is a matter of stance. If justice is not explained clearly, how can they leave their backs to their colleagues on the battlefield?
In the end, it was Sengoku who stepped forward to act as a peacemaker, suppressing Akainu and persuading Kuzan to retreat, thus calming the farce in front of him. Kizaru was given a routine leave temporarily, and his range of activities was confined to Marinford. He would be rewarded according to his merits after the war was over.
Kizaru didn't care about the result. It was for his own good to temporarily lose his freedom and have less contact with outsiders, so that the admiral of the navy would not be criticized every day.
Sakaski was very dissatisfied with the Marshal's arrangement and allowed Kizaru to continue treating the entire navy with his previous attitude. When the war broke out, Borsalino would most likely just do the work without putting in any effort.
The conflicts among the admirals becoming public will only undermine the morale of the navy. As a paperhanger, the admiral can only try his best to maintain the balance among the admirals.
The navy is having a lot of conflicts right now, and if they fight the pirates, some problems won’t be problems anymore, and most of the people who become problems will be dead.
"It turns out that Admiral Kizaru is so powerful. If all admirals were at his level, he would be able to kill any number of pirates."
"We will definitely win the pirate war"
There are dozens of sailors on duty on the coast of Marinford, watching the supplies entering and leaving the port and patrolling the coastline.
It has been decades since any pirate dared to directly raid the Marine Headquarters, but with the war with the Whitebeard Pirates imminent, the patrol mission of the patrol team has become increasingly arduous.
The patrol team is always on edge, alert to any potential danger, and can only use chatting and joking to relieve the negative emotions accumulated in their hearts.
The stronger the navy's performance in the sky, the happier the grassroots navy are, and the higher their morale is. They think to themselves that they have finally followed the right person.
As for the thoughts of the senior naval officers, the junior naval officers could not understand and did not want to know. Justice was too illusory for them, and fists were still the only way to speak on the battlefield.
The patrol leader walking in front stretched out his arms and yawned, saying, "Another day without any incident..."
Suddenly, the calm sea surface was stirred up as if by an invisible giant hand. The sea water began to surge up wildly, and in a short time, the water reached the island above the feet.
The scene was as if a giant beast hidden in the depths of the sea had awakened and was trying to break free from the constraints of the water surface.
Just when the navy noticed something was wrong, a terrifying column of water shot up into the sky, tens of meters high, and the huge sound of the water flow was as deafening as thunder.
As the surging water column continued to rise, the figure of a fishman slowly emerged from it. This fishman was tall, at least two meters away.
His long dark blue hair fell to his shoulders like the deep ocean, and his skin was white with a hint of gray, very similar to a shark.
He opened his mouth slightly, revealing a mouthful of sharp teeth, a pair of golden pupils, and the outline of gills was clearly visible on both sides of his cheeks.
The sailors were stunned by this sudden scene. For a moment, the patrol team was frozen in place, frightened by a shirtless merman.
The patrol leader was the first to react and shouted, "Everyone on alert! Get ready for battle!"
The navy then woke up as if from a dream, quickly picked up their weapons, assumed a fighting stance, and pointed their guns at the shark-man standing in the water column.
The fishman who suddenly appeared at the headquarters of the Navy was none other than Kisame who had just left the Mermaid Kingdom. He had been staying in the Ryugu Palace for too long.
Although Kisame has a very ferocious look, he came to the navy's territory for cooperation and did not want to conflict with humans.
"Put down your weapons and surrender immediately. This is the headquarters of the Navy, Marinford. Several admirals are stationed here again." The patrol captain was a little face-blind. Perhaps to humans, all fishmen look the same, so he did not recognize Kisame who suddenly appeared.
Kisame would not get angry with a soldier. The water column under his feet followed his will and approached the shore of Marinford. During this period, he did not do anything extraordinary.
His hands were folded across his chest, his lower body was only covered with shorts, and a large knife wrapped in bandages was carried on his back. He didn't want to use force against humans.
The future Admiral Sea Tiger stepped on the land of Marinford for the first time, which gave him a strange feeling in his heart. He didn't know whether it was right or wrong for the merman to choose this path.
The patrol captain was holding a musket, which did not mean that the surrounding navy officers were also face-blind. They had already recognized Kisame's identity and reminded him in a low voice: "Captain, it seems to be Admiral Kaitora who appeared in the sky, the fishman who knows ninjutsu."
The other members of the patrol team also echoed their teammate's statement, and the patrol leader chose to put down his weapon, "Are you really Lord Hoshigaki Kisame?"
"Yes, I am the fish-man Hoshigaki Kisame that the navy is looking for."
The navy was afraid that their future admiral would be snatched away by other forces again, so they increased the manpower of the intelligence department and began a large-scale search for the future admiral at sea.
It was not easy to find those powerful generals. It was even more difficult than finding a needle in a haystack. No useful information could be found about Haihu, Tianlong, Luyang, etc.
But who could have thought that Kisame himself would appear at the Marine Headquarters, just like Admiral Green Bull did back then. It was like a pie in the sky for the Marines, and it happened three times.
The huge noise caused by the coastline attracted the attention of the navy's internal personnel. The news of the appearance of Admiral Haihu was conveyed by the peripheral grassroots personnel and gradually reached the ears of the Navy Marshal.
Sengoku was just having a headache because of Admiral Kizaru, but when he heard that Hoshigaki Kisame was coming, he immediately arranged for Kuzan, who had no racial prejudice, to greet him, and his bad mood was swept away.
As soon as he received the order, Kuzan left the war room directly, followed by a group of marines. Akainu, Green Bull and others also chose to go out to watch the fun.
After all, a fishman who knows ninjutsu is more precious than a mermaid. The navy suffered from ninjutsu and was traumatized by Uchiha Madara from top to bottom.
"It seems that Admiral Kaitora is really a good medicine. In fact, you should not have too much pressure." Vice Admiral Tsuru was concerned about Sengoku's health and was afraid that his old friend would be overwhelmed by the pressure.
Garp had followed the crowd to meet the future Admiral Kaihu. Only two old guys, a man and a woman, were left in the war room, staring at each other.
"Now that Kisame has arrived, as long as he can serve the navy and the conditions are not excessive, I can agree to them," Sengoku knocked on the table in front of him. The arrival of the Fishman Admiral was like timely help.
What the navy lacks now is high-end combat power. In the final battle of the war at the top, low-end combat power cannot determine the outcome. Only people at the admiral level are qualified to lay the foundation for victory.