One Piece: Adopting Akainu at the beginning, adopted son Barrett

Chapter 149 Generals Must Be Ruthless and Steady
"Um... this... inside..."

The branch base chief rubbed his hands, looking a little awkward, not knowing how to start the conversation.

"........."

Tru looked up, crossed his arms and looked at the base commander. The sturdy figure of over three meters tall was so impressive that the base commander was so frightened that he trembled and dared not look up.

It's a parallel import product. How unlucky.

Tru cursed in his heart. As soon as he saw the cowardly look of the base commander, he knew that he didn't dare to take out the information of the pirate at all. There must be some unknown secret in it.

Maybe that pirate is involved with some nobles or something, and no matter whether they are good or bad, they have unspeakable secrets. Once exposed, he, the fake one who was pushed up, will be in trouble.

Many of the base chiefs of naval branches in the four seas are like this, accounting for at least one-third of this group, and this is especially true for base chiefs in more marginal sea areas.

He is related to the nobles, or was simply pushed up by them.

Although after these few days, Tru and others have already labeled this branch base as "corrupt" and need to send people to monitor and clean it up, but...

If they are hesitant to even give out information about pirates, how miserable must the people below be living?

They have been in the navy for two years, but their activities were basically in the middle and inner layers of the headquarters base. This is the first time they have encountered such a situation.

"Tru, what's the point of talking to this guy? They're just a bunch of parasites, I'll tear their heads off later!"

"If you don't give it to us, then take it yourself. I want to see what this pirate named Moria has to hide."

"That's right. They can mess up other places as much as they want, but this is the East China Sea!"

The five teammates beside him tried to persuade him, and they seemed quite angry and dissatisfied with the attitude of the base commander.

Now that the trouble has come upon them, don't even think about settling it amicably.

"Damn it... I shouldn't have bothered these plague gods earlier. They are just shooting themselves in the foot!"

The base commander had so much trouble in his heart that he could not express it and could only complain inwardly.

Why do you need to check the pirate's information to help catch a pirate? You are a school-level navy. You can easily deal with a navy with a 20 million bounty, right? Just go and kill him!

Just as Tru thought, the base commander was indeed a fake who was pushed up by the nobles, and most of the navy officers under him were good-for-nothings.

And Moria is indeed involved with several nobles from the surrounding island countries.

Moreover, the matter was so deep that it had not lasted for just a few months, but for two or three years!
However, these involve more hatred and some things that cannot be put on the table, such as human trafficking, trading with pirates, the hijacking of merchant ships used for bribery, etc.

Although these things were not recorded, they were all replaced by some other false charges that were pinned on Moria's head.

But... for the navy of this headquarters, those charges and modification methods are a bit too crude. A quick check will reveal that they are all false, and a deeper dig will reveal the truth behind them.

The base commander didn't believe that these young officers coming from above were all easy to fool. He had always been very good at judging people, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to sit in this position.

Tru and others are navy men with a strong sense of justice. They exude the passion of new recruits and are the type who will rush forward when they see pirates.

It is precisely because of this that the base commander took the risk of handing the matter over to them. Maybe he could even settle Moria's bad debts and make a fortune himself.

but………

I can only say that I'm unlucky. Tru actually wants to check Moria's information, which the base commander never expected.

"I advise you not to seek death. It's something that can be solved by staying in jail for a few years. There's no need to make it so complicated..."

Tru said this, clenching his fists, crackling his knuckles, and walked over to the base commander in two or three steps and looked down at him.

After waiting for a few seconds, I saw that the base commander was still hesitant, with a look of hope on his panicked face.

Tohru raised his hand and a giant bear paw appeared.

"call---"

"I give!"

"Puff~"

The base commander sat on the ground a second before death, with the bear paw hovering above his head.

If I collapsed one second later, my head would explode and I would die!

He held his head and begged for mercy. A little liquid flowed out between his legs. It seemed that he had not drunk much water before and his urine was clean enough.

"Hmph! I don't have much patience. Bring all the things here, report yourself, and then go to jail!"

“Puff—Boom~”

After saying that, Tru kicked the base commander away casually, looked at him coldly, then turned around and sat on a leather sofa, waiting for the other party to get what he wanted.

"Hu—! Hu—! Cough cough..." The base commander panted rapidly, coughed twice and then quickly left.

Not long after, he came in with a pile of records, including Moria's information and some dirty stuff stored in his safe.

He knew he was doomed and only hoped that these dirty tricks would save him a few years in prison.

Fortunately, I have a small treasury of several million Baileys. When I get out of this job, I can just enjoy my retirement and not do such dangerous work anymore.

And he had to run away! The farther away the better, he must not be discovered by the nobles he had sold out!
After putting the things down, the base commander slowly left the office with a nervous mood, leaving six strong men to continue looking through the documents.

"What a disgusting bunch of bastards! Are all the places on the edge of the East China Sea so messy? It's just a mess!"

"Phew... I really want to kill someone right now, but I can't bring trouble to Mr. Ross."

"There are eight underground reception centers in the three member states. I can't even imagine how infiltrated the navy here must be. No wonder we can only see some superficial things these days!"

"If Mr. Ross hadn't brought us to this place, I would have thought that corruption in the navy was just bribery. It turns out that these are just child's play."

Tru was flipping through Moria's information, while the other team members were looking through some special stuff. Based on some simple records, they could guess how chaotic the marginal navy was, and they couldn't control their emotions and exclaimed in surprise.

Tru is not much better. Although he is dull, honest and not easily impulsive, he also has a very violent side.

Especially after eating the devil fruit, the bear's wildness can interfere with his reason when he is angry, making him extremely cruel, and even hurting friendly forces when he can't control himself.

He could tell at a glance that the criminal record of Moria in front of him was all fake!

Can a reward of 20 million be obtained by killing civilians? Or by robbing merchant ships?

There were also cases where a noble's private caravan suffered heavy losses, destroying the stability of a small island, and so on.

The important things are glossed over, while the insignificant things are discussed at length. Even a blind person would know that there is something fishy going on.

If we really go by the records above, Moria's bounty is only a few million berries at most, and his threat level is only within the normal range.

The Navy's bounty order is based on the pirate's strength and threat level. Once the bounty reaches 30 million, it will be recorded as a priority, and even a senior officer may be directly assigned to be responsible for it.

"Oh!"

"Damn it, they dare to do this in the East China Sea. I don't know how shameless the West China Sea and the North China Sea are."

Tru slammed his hands on the desk, his eyes red, and he looked like he would kill anyone at any time. He said:

"We'll go find Moria first. We'll disguise ourselves and try to find out what he's saying and observe his behavior. If possible, we'll use him to sweep the three neighboring member states. We'll do what Mr. Ross taught us in the training camp."

After saying that, they quickly put away the information and found a bag to put it in and take it away.

The navy cannot interfere in the internal affairs of member states, but there are always ways to find loopholes, right?
Rose had taught them these two moves in the elite training camp, but he didn't expect that they would be able to use them so soon.

Killing someone with a borrowed knife and stealing the bell while covering one's ears.

Although it is a bit insidious, it is useful and efficient. It does not require overly complicated means and even saves the hassle of wrangling afterwards.

"Using pirates to kill nobles, this is my first time doing this, Tohru, isn't it a bit inappropriate for us to do this? If we are not skilled, we will be easily exposed."

"I'm not afraid of shit. I couldn't really let go when I was working in the branch before. But now I feel great. I can do whatever I want!"

"Aren't we brought here to do these things? Why do you think Mr. Ross proposed this? Isn't it because he is worried that we don't have the experience to think ahead? Now that we have experience, there is nothing to be afraid of. Just do it if you are unhappy!"

Several people were very excited.

In the past, when they encountered such things, they could only stand by and watch, and at most they would help the "Avengers" in a subtle way.

But sometimes they would be exposed due to their inexperience, and would be criticized and demoted. However, Ross, who was behind them, would just turn a blind eye and do what he was supposed to do afterwards.

But in the past, it was because of the position that I had that I couldn’t act freely and was easily exposed.

Now that they are far away from the navy and alone, they can naturally be a little bolder.

For example, they could team up with pirates to wipe out the royal family of a franchised country and replace it with a group of nobles with a little more bottom line.

With that information, they can easily tell which noble family still has some bottom line.

If Ross were here, he would just smile and shake his head and let them do what they want, then take care of their affairs after he is gone, and finally point out their shortcomings and doubts and correct them.

Unlike the two monster players, Long and Borsalino, the education needs of these ordinary geniuses are very different from theirs.

The courage to face injustice, the prudent and correct choices, the flawless actions, etc., these are what they need.

Because they will be middle and senior-level officers in the navy in the future, they are destined to reach the ranks of major general and lieutenant general.

Cruelty and stability belong to the individuals, while peace and solidarity belong to the soldiers below.

(End of this chapter)