In the cafeteria of the temporary headquarters of the Expeditionary Force, Luffy was holding a barbecued leg in his right hand and a steak in his left hand. His mouth was full, and he was eating food with big mouthfuls.
Zoro and Sanji, who were sitting opposite Luffy, although they were not as bold as Luffy, they still ate heartily and didn't seem to worry about the outcome after the meal.
Only Usopp was crying, his whole body was shaking, and he couldn't even hold the food.
Kizaru sat at the main seat at the end of the rectangular dining table. There were dishes placed alone in front of him, and he ate very elegantly.
After everyone had eaten for more than half an hour, the dishes in front of Kizaru had long been removed. He leaned back on his chair and smoked a cigar leisurely.
Luffy's stomach bulged into a ball. Sanji and Zoro also finished eating. Only Usopp ate very little because he was afraid.
"Hiccup! I'm full!" Luffy, who was full, slumped down on the chair and looked at Luffy at the end of the dining table.
Sanji and Zoro also looked at Kizaru with sharp eyes.
"Now that you're all full, it's time to hit the road." Kizaru smiled.
As soon as Kizaru's words came out, Luffy and others all left their seats and stood up. Even Usopp, the most timid one, forced his hands on the table and stood up reluctantly.
The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became tense. Luffy and the others knew that their hope of defeating this group was slim, but as men, since they had chosen Luffy as the captain and chosen to become a pirate, then they It is impossible to give up the identity of a pirate and live an ignoble existence in order to survive.
"Oh ho ho! What a scary look!" Kizaru said with a smile as several people stared at him, and at the same time he left his position and stood up.
Kizaru put his hands in his pockets and walked towards Luffy step by step, which made Usopp, who was standing next to Luffy, tremble even more.
Stopping in front of Luffy, Kizaru looked down and said: "I will give you one last chance to give up being a pirate, and I will let you go. As long as you are here and tell me in front of me that you will not be a pirate anymore, I will let you go, even if you are lying to me."
"Impossible! My dream is to become the Pirate King!" Luffy replied firmly.
"Luffy! Let's promise him! It's just a word." Usopp persuaded Luffy.
Luffy said nothing. He held his head high and looked at Kizaru without giving in.
"Zoro, Sanji, please persuade Luffy!" Seeing that Luffy was silent, Usopp turned to look in the direction of Zoro and Sanji, hoping that the two of them could speak out to persuade Luffy.
Zoro put his hand on the handle of the knife, "Those who give up their dreams and live are just people who are hanging on to their last breath."
Sanji lit a cigarette for himself and said in a deep voice: "Green algae head, you are finally not so annoying today."
"I'm talking about you, what do you think?" Usopp couldn't understand. He felt that as long as everyone here surrendered, they would survive. Why not do it?
"Luffy!" Usopp looked at Luffy again.
This time, Luffy responded. He suddenly raised his right hand and punched Usopp hard in the face, knocking him unconscious.
"From now on, he is not my companion, not a pirate!" Luffy glanced at Usopp who fell to the ground unconscious and said to Kizaru.
Kizaru looked down at Usopp lying on the ground, then nodded and said, "Take him down and treat him well."
As soon as the sound hit the ground, a ninja suddenly appeared, half-crouched on the ground, lifted Usopp up, and took him away from the cafeteria.
After Usopp was taken away, the scene became quiet. Kizaru led Luffy and the three of them out of the cafeteria and walked towards the seaside.
Walking to the beach, Kizaru stopped on a pile of gravel. Behind him was the Golden Merli docked on the shore.
"Luffy!" On the Merry, Nami was standing on the bow of the ship, waving her arms downward.
When they saw Nami and Merry, Luffy and the other three were a little surprised and confused. They didn't know what Kizaru meant by this.
"Didn't I tell you? I'll send you on your way after dinner." Kizaru said with a smile.
Zoro snorted coldly and took his right hand away from the handle of the knife. He felt that he was being tricked.
Sanji threw away the cigarette in his hand, ran quickly to the bottom of the boat, and looked at Nami on the bow with dazzling eyes, "Miss Nami, do you want to leave with me?"
"I heard that you are going to the Grand Line. I need Nami to draw a map from the East China Sea to the Grand Line. I will let her sail with you temporarily, and she will be taken care of by you."
What Kizaru said was half true and half false. He really needed detailed charts to prepare for occupying the East China Sea and attacking the Grand Route.
But he actually didn't need to let Nami sail with Luffy and the others. He could arrange a ninja team to protect Nami and go to sea to draw a map.
The reason why Nami is allowed to sail with Luffy and the others is because Nami took the initiative after knowing her mission. She wanted to temporarily serve as Luffy's navigator until Luffy and the others found a suitable navigator. This is also Consider Nami's compensation to Luffy.
Kizaru agreed to Nami's request. Anyway, Nami, Luffy and the others went to sea, and it would not affect the drawing of the sea chart.
"I have prepared the supplies for you to go to sea." Kizaru said to Luffy.
"Thank you, uncle!" Luffy smiled happily.
"Uncle? Am I that old already?" Kizaru touched his cheek.
After Luffy thanked Kizaru, he did not forget Usopp. He offered to pick up Usopp, and did not dislike Usopp at all because of his greed for life and fear of death.
Kizaru was well prepared for this. Before leaving the cafeteria, he notified his ninjas through sound transmission and asked them to bring Usopp to the ship.
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Sengoku had a headache, a very big headache. After Mariejoia was attacked, as the marshal of the navy, he was already under tremendous pressure from the World Government.
After the Assassin Brotherhood claimed responsibility for the attack in the newspapers, the pressure on the Warring States intensified as the mysterious new force emerged, representing new chaos descending on the sea.
The Navy is already exhausted just maintaining the existing maritime order. The emergence of these new variables will have a huge impact on the order that the Navy has worked hard to maintain.
This was the first premonition that arose in Sengoku's heart after he learned about the Assassin Brotherhood.
Sengoku's premonition was correct. In just half a month since the Assassin Brotherhood appeared, he had already received intelligence from many naval bases and the world government.
The kings and nobles of many affiliated countries under the World Flag were assassinated by members of the Assassin Brotherhood, and all were killed.
The murders of kings and ministers led to civil strife in these participating countries. Naval bases stationed in these countries and nearby could only send troops to help quell the civil strife.
This caused the naval bases in these places to be short of manpower, and they reported requests for support.
At the same time, with the murder of several kings and nobles, the kings and nobles of other participating countries were also in danger.
Many kings and nobles have asked the navy to increase the number of troops stationed to ensure their safety.
The world government also requires the navy to do its best to maintain the security of its affiliated countries, especially the safety of the king.
Such a request doubled the pressure of the Warring States Period. You must know that most of the navy's forces are placed on the Grand Route. They need to monitor the big pirates who are rampant on the Grand Route, especially the second half of the route.
Monitoring and fighting against pirates consumes most of the navy's military power, especially its mid-to-high-end combat power.
Under such circumstances, the navy cannot allocate much combat power to protect the security of these participating countries.
There are many ordinary soldiers in the navy, but these grassroots navy cannot play a protective role at all. If you want to protect the kings and nobles, you need at least school-level or even general-level officers.
Not enough, there are totally not enough manpower!
This period of the Warring States Period was so sad! On the one hand, he has to face the pressure from the world government, and on the other hand, he has to appease the opinions of his subordinates and draw manpower from various bases to protect some of the more important franchise countries.
It’s difficult! It's so difficult!
In the past half month, there has not been a comfortable day in the Warring States Period!
"Hahaha! Sengoku, your senbei is going to be eaten by me."
Warring States walked into his office and met something even worse. Garp, a heartless bastard, was angry with himself at this time.
The veins on his forehead popped out. He walked into the office and yelled: "Garp, you bastard! If you have nothing to do, go out to sea and capture the Assassin Brotherhood."
"Can't catch it!" Garp sat on the sofa and picked up his booger.
Garp looks reckless on the outside, but he is not stupid at all. Those members of the Assassin Brotherhood are so elusive that trying to catch them in the vast sea is no less than finding a needle in a haystack.
"Those guys did a good job, man."
"Shut up!" Seng Guo stopped his old friend from saying something bad.
Seeing that his old friend was in a bad mood, Garp closed his mouth and continued eating senbei.
Warring States walked back to his seat and sat down. He looked at Garp and said, "There is a mission that requires you to go to sea."
Garp looked at Sengoku, "What mission?"
"People from the CP organization discovered the suspected murderer of the attack on Holy Land Mariejoia. They are no match for that person. The World Government asked us to help." Sengoku picked up the document on the table, which had a black-haired blind man drawn on it. avatar.
"Those guys will ask us for help?" Garp picked up his nose in disgust, "I won't go."
Sengoku slammed the table and shouted, "You have to go!"
"Tch! Got it." Garp finally took out the booger and flicked it out with his fingers.
Sengoku had wrinkles like black lines on his forehead, and he said patiently: "The target this time is suspected to have combat power close to that of a general, has the ability to control gravity, and may be a Devil Fruit user who has eaten many fruits. "
"I understand." When it came to business, Garp became a little more serious.
"Qing Pheasant will set out with you. You must capture this person alive. We need to obtain more information about the Assassin Brotherhood through interrogation." Warring States warned.
Sengoku is not the only one who has headaches and worries. Fujitora, who is located on a small island in the Grand Route, also has a headache.
He didn't know what happened recently, but he was inexplicably being targeted by people from the World Government.
As a good and reasonable person, Fujitora initially wanted to be reasonable when facing these agents.
But it is a pity that the agents of the CP organization did not give him a chance to reason, or even a chance to speak.
As soon as these agents appeared, they surrounded Fujitora Yixiao, yelled at him to surrender, and then attacked him.
Fujitora is a good guy, but he is not a bad guy. Faced with such unreasonable agents, Fujitora chose to fight back and knocked them down easily.
Out of good intentions, after defeating these agents, Fujitora did not kill them, but spared their lives, hoping that through communication, the misunderstanding between the two parties could be resolved.
Unfortunately, after seeing Fujitora's ability to smile, these agents became more convinced that he was the murderer who attacked the Holy Land Mariejoia.
Facing these stubborn and unreasonable agents, Fujitora had no choice but to knock them unconscious and leave.
After that, Fujitora's peaceful life was completely shattered. He was attacked many times by agents. These guys identified him as the murderer, no matter how he explained it.
No matter how good a person is, he will get angry when faced with the completely unreasonable attacks by these agents.
After being attacked for the seventh time, Fujitora struck hard and seriously injured all the dozen agents who besieged him.
In order to get rid of the constant harassment of these annoying agents, Fujitora Yishang took a boat to three islands to stay in more than ten days, but it was still in vain. Those guys were like ghosts that could not be shaken off, and they could always be found. Fuck him.
With his top-notch knowledge and domineering power, he can always detect the tracking and surveillance of unknown persons suspected of being agents.
The peaceful life of the past will never come back.
After playing some games in the town's gambling house and relaxing his depressed mood, Fujitora left the town with a smile. He once again discovered that someone was watching and following him.
Walking into the tree-lined path, Fujitora smiled and stopped under a big tree with traces of time, and went to sit under the tree.
Although he is blind, Fujitora smiles and moves like an ordinary person. It is completely impossible to tell that he is blind.
It's a blessing not to be able to see things. There are too many dirty and nasty people in the world that people can't bear to look at. This may be the reason why Fujitora smiled and closed his eyes.
He is a very kind person who insists on justice.
But this time, even the most amiable people will become angry.
Fujitora smiled and understood why the agents wanted to arrest him. They suspected that he was the murderer who attacked the Holy Land Mariejoia.
Catching criminals is the responsibility of these people. Fujitora smiles and is not angry. He is angry because these people are unreasonable. No matter how he expresses his attitude or explains, these people are not willing to listen.
They had no evidence, no investigation, and were not even willing to listen to their own explanations, so they unilaterally designated themselves as criminals.
Fujitora doesn't like such unreasonable power!
"Brother, come out!" Fujitora smiled and looked in the direction of the person.
A young man with blond hair and a gentle smile came out.
