After a brief night of recuperation, those who stood out in the selection competition boarded the warship and prepared to go to Marinevando.
This time, there were many people who made an exception and became the navy. Thousands of them took ten warships and sailed southward in a mighty way. They planned to cross the windless zone, arrive at the G1 branch in the New World, and then take the elevator to cross the Red Earth Continent. Arrive at the naval headquarters at the first half of the Grand Line.
The official ranks of these newly promoted personnel are not low. The lowest military rank is ensign, which is the navy who graduated from the elite naval training camp.
After all, there are only a few people with superior strength like Yixiao, who can defeat ten thousand people with one person. Most of the "social idlers" who participate in the recruitment have military ranks at the rank of captain.
Tina was lucky enough to be promoted to the end of this recruitment event, and her strength was recognized by everyone. After returning to the headquarters and being awarded the title, Tina will at least become a brigadier general and serve as the base commander of a branch.
Now, Tina is talking to Smoker:
"Our strength and status are too low to influence the decisions of the higher-ups."
"Damn it!" Smoker said fiercely: "Seeing such a group of rubbish becoming the navy and ruining the reputation of the navy makes me furious!"
"Now I can only endure it. There will be no good results if you go against the superiors. You understand, right? Mr. Smoker?"
Smoker didn't reply. He smoked a cigar, and the white smoke puffed out from his mouth quickly dispersed in the sea breeze.
"Da da"
Yixiao tapped the road ahead with his sword and groped his way over: "You two."
Smoker nodded: "Hello."
Yixiao said with a wry smile: "For some reason, my colleagues on the ship seem to be afraid of me."
"Your Excellency is too strong, so it makes them a little nervous."
"So that's it..." Yixiao asked thoughtfully, "So, aren't you two afraid of me?"
"From now on we are all colleagues, there is nothing to be afraid of." Smoker shrugged his shoulders.
Tina reached out to take out the cigarette and said, "Tina, who has fought against Yixiao, knows very well what Mr. Yixiao is like."
"It's my luck to know you two." Then he changed the joke and asked, "I wonder what you think about the World Government's Shichibukai system?"
Smoker and Tina looked at each other, unsure of what the smile meant.
Yixiao was about to speak, but was interrupted by a sailor: "Mr. Yixiao, General Sakaski invites you to meet in the conference room."
"I'll go right away." Yixiao nodded and smiled apologetically at Smoker and Tina: "The Admiral has invited me, I don't dare to neglect, I'm rude."
Smoker and Tina nodded in return.
Yixiao turned around and followed the sailor towards the cabin.
"Tell me, what did Yixiao mean by what he just said?"
"I don't know. It's best not to inquire, Smog-kun." Tina sighed and said, "At least, with our current status, we can't get involved."
Smoker didn't reply and stared at Yixiao's retreating figure until Yixiao's figure entered the cabin.
Walking inside the cabin, because there was a sailor leading the way, he didn't even smile and tap the floor with his cane.
After turning a corner, the sailor knocked on the door of the conference room: "General Sakaski, I brought Mr. Yixiao here."
"Please come in." A low voice came from inside the door.
Haibing opened the door for Yixiao.
"Thank you." Yixiao bowed his head and thanked him, then walked into the conference room. When Yixiao entered the conference room, Haibing closed the door thoughtfully.
Akainu sat in the main seat, tapped the table with his hand, and said, "Please sit down."
Yixiao stretched out his hand and pulled out the chair, bent down and sat down, and asked, "I wonder what you have to do with me, sir."
Akainu said directly: "You are very strong and fully qualified to become a candidate for general."
"Ashamed, how could I, a blind man, dream of becoming a naval admiral?" Yixiao replied humbly.
"You can only be a candidate for general. Now, the positions of the three navy admirals are full. You can only be promoted to general when there are vacancies."
Akainu continued to explain: "I have accumulated a lot of military achievements in the past and was promoted to general. The same goes for the other two generals."
"Yixiao, if you are interested in the position of general, you must hurry up and accumulate military merit."
"..." Yixiao was silent for a moment, pursed his lips, and said, "Thank you for informing me, but I have just been promoted to lieutenant general, and I have the idea of becoming a general again..."
"The promotion system within the Navy has always been for those who are capable." Akainu waved his hand and interrupted: "And the fastest way to accumulate military merit is to capture pirates."
"I understand." Yixiao nodded.
"What do you think of the current pirate group?"
I smiled and raised my head slightly, as if thinking about how to answer Akainu's question.
"You have participated in the martial arts competition held by the Kingdom of China, so you should know something about the Dawn Pirates, right?"
"yes."
Akainu clenched his fists and hammered the table hard: "Today, the Dawn Pirates are the most troublesome enemy of the Navy Headquarters!"
"..." Yixiao remained silent.
"We must eradicate the serious problem of the Dawn Pirates as soon as possible!" Akainu suddenly shook off his thoughts.
"But..." Yixiao considered his words and said hesitantly: "I once visited the Kingdom of China and found that the Kingdom of China is very beautifully built."
"Even better than most of the participating countries. Instead of defeating the Dawn Pirates as soon as possible, it is better to learn their advanced concepts of governing the country..."
"Gudu" Akainu's clenched fists were filled with lava. He narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at him with a smile, and said, "What did you say?"
Facing the murderous Akainu, Yixiao was not afraid in the face of danger and continued: "The World Government occupies more than half of the entire world. It can rely on reforms, resources and talent advantages to gradually defeat the Dawn Pirates."
Akainu still stared and smiled, and said: "The country of China must be completely eliminated!"
Yixiao argued with reason: "The Dawn Pirates are a pirate group and there is no harm in destroying them, but what should we do with the millions of civilians in China?!"
"Who asked them to accept the rule of pirates? They are all a bunch of weaklings!"
Yixiao loudly accused: "Isn't the duty of the navy to protect civilians!?"
"Wrong! The duty of the navy is to exterminate pirates!" Akainu shouted angrily: "If we can exterminate pirates, we will not hesitate to sacrifice more civilians!"
"——!" He opened his eyelids with a smile, revealing the whites of his eyes, and said, "I'm sorry that I cannot agree with Lord Sakaski's ideas."
"——!" Akainu's clenched fists emitted even hotter heat, and the temperature inside the conference room suddenly increased several degrees.
"Hmph——!" Akainu snorted coldly. He couldn't kill a naval vice-admiral who was about to be promoted at will at this time. The magma-formed fist returned to its original state.
"So, you look exactly like that guy!" Akainu completely gave up on La Yixiao's idea of joining the Hawks.
"I have been thinking about reform all day, but in the end nothing has been accomplished!" Akainu raised his arm, pointed at the door of the conference room with his index finger, and signaled for a smile to leave.
Without even thinking about staying any longer, he stood up and left the conference room.
"This..." Outside the conference room, perhaps hearing the quarrel between Yixiao and Akainu, the sailor seemed a little at a loss.
"Don't be nervous." Yixiao comforted him softly, then walked away.
Akainu, who was left alone in the conference room, cursed secretly: "Damn it!"
"Huh--" He walked out of the cabin, smiled and felt the moist sea breeze blowing on his face, and exhaled.
If Yixiao could easily change his philosophy, then he would not leave the Kingdom of China and participate in the recruitment organized by the Navy Headquarters.
Eric also got the idea of Yixiao right before letting him leave.
According to the virtues of the World Government and the Celestial Dragons, who are unable to support the wall with mud, Yixiao will understand who is the real enlightened master after carefully comparing them.
Before Eric came to this world, this was a worse world. There was no worst, only worse.
After Eric established the Kingdom of China, it is now a better world.
…
After several days of sailing, the Heart Pirates group led by Luo separated from everyone else. He decided to recruit some more members. After all, there were only four people in the whole group including him. In the naval battle in the past few days, the disadvantage of having a small number of people was completely highlighted.
The Hawkins Pirates led by Hawkins followed Scathach and others to the newly built City of Bounty.
"Oh!" Yamato stood on the deck and saw a completely different scene from before.
"It's only been a month and this city has undergone such a big change. It's really surprising." Kisame and the others were also very surprised.
Scathach explained simply: "Zhuge Liang gathered a group of businessmen, and these businessmen spontaneously organized workers to come and help build the town."
Before, most of the land here was open space, with wood, stone, and steel stacked in categories, and there were very few intact buildings.
Now, the port has been completely constructed, and some large coastal defense guns have been set up on the turrets. The thick and long barrels reflect the metallic luster in the sun, making the pirate groups who may come to cause trouble frightened.
Warehouses, hotels, and bars near the port are built in corners with good traffic, and towering lighthouses on the coast provide guidance for ships sailing at night.
Building after building rose from the ground, almost all of which were a mixture of stone and wood. The tallest building did not exceed six floors.
There are many fully loaded sailboats parked in the harbor, waiting for the tugboat from China to lead them across the windless zone.
"Okay, let's go to the city hall." Scathach took the lead: "Eric is probably waiting for us."
Everyone walked on the cement road to the building in the center of the city.
Eric looked up from the pile of papers and said hello: "Yo, how was your adventure in the North Sea?"
"Very interesting!" Yamato replied happily, then his expression darkened and he said, "My partner Takeru is broken."
"I heard..." Eric comforted: "It protected you, I think it won't regret it."
Afterwards, Eric closed his right eye and whispered: "Although the Linhou District of China has canceled the Northern Cemetery, I can make the decision and secretly build a tombstone there."
"Really?" Yamato laughed through tears and said, "Don't lie to me!"
"Of course." Eric stretched out his right fist, and Yamato also stretched out his right fist to collide with Eric.
"That's right!" Yamato stepped aside, pushed Hawkins to the front, and said, "Hawkins and Luo helped us when we were in a difficult battle."
Eric nodded and looked at Hawkins: "You did a good job."
Hawkins lowered his head: "This is what I should do."
"Yeah." Eric continued: "The overall strength of your pirate group is not strong, so I will give you two Devil Fruits to enhance your team's strength."
"Thank you, Admiral Eric."
After the reward session was over, Eric turned his attention to Robin and asked, "Robin, how well did you record the situation in the nearby North Sea countries?"
"Only part of it was recorded." Robin took out a notebook from her backpack and handed it to Eric: "Due to CP8 agents, many islands were discovered by the navy before they reached the shore."
Eric looked through the notes and said, "This is a reminder for us. When recruiting crew members or even new recruits in the future, I will let Miku use her voice to identify spies."
There were not many words in the note. Eric read it quickly and said, "Robin, now that CP0 has learned of your existence, you'd better not go out alone in the future."
"I understand." Robin would not regard this approach as a confinement, and turned to talk about the City of Generosity: "I didn't expect that this city would become so prosperous."
"The Kingdom of Fosac, the Kingdom of Stavin, and the Kingdom of Sauron, which came to pay tribute before, took the lead in carrying out trade activities with the Kingdom of China and made a lot of money, which immediately stimulated the surrounding world government alliance countries."
"Before the World Government even issued a strict ban, these franchised countries sent a large number of merchant ships directly back and forth between the North Sea and the New World."
"Businessmen in Beihai also discovered opportunities and invested in purchasing real estate to build shops, warehouses, restaurants, etc."
"In short, cutting off a person's financial path is like killing his parents. Even if the World Government strictly prohibits transactions with the Kingdom of China in the future, these countries will do it secretly with high returns of several times the profits."
"So profound..." Yamato stared at Eric with wide eyes and said, "Eric is so amazing."
"..." Seeing Yamato's pure eyes, Eric couldn't shamelessly admit that this was a strategy he came up with.
"Yamato, look how embarrassed you are when you talk like this..." Seeing this, Robin helped ease the tense atmosphere at the scene.
"I think, Robin, you said that on purpose..."
"Yeah." Robin didn't notice, and joked in person, showing a soft smile.
"Anyway, you have worked hard." Eric clapped his hands and asked, "Where is the CP8 agent you captured?"
"Still locked in the cabin." Deidara said proactively: "I'll bring him over."
"Thank you for trusting him so much!" Yamato said angrily: "I didn't expect that he was a spy sent by the World Government. The World Government is really despicable!"
"This is not despicable, Yamato." Scathach educated: "In order to win the war, all countries do everything they can. It is just commonplace to send agents. It is our own problem that we did not discover the spies in time."
"Oh..." Yamato accepted the teaching, and then asked: "Eric, what are you doing with this agent?"
"Digging for knowledge." Eric smiled and said, "He has undergone rigorous training by the World Government and can provide excellent teaching materials for our intelligence department."
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