One Piece: Kaido the Beast Playing House.

Chapter 543 Marshal's Successor and General Candidate
"Now, please welcome the new Admiral of the Navy, Sengoku! Let me speak to you all. I, an old man, should leave now. I'm afraid that what I just said made everyone yawn. I hope that our Admiral Sengoku can keep his speech brief."

Kong stood on the prepared podium and spoke jokingly to the audience. His words immediately caused a low laugh from the audience, but no one would blame Kong for his speech. After all, everyone knew that Marshal Kong would leave after this speech, and Marshal Kong's speech was not just empty slogans, but blessings and practical information. When Kong's speech ended, the whole audience burst into applause, and many people's palms were red from clapping.

"Thank you for the speech of our Air Marshal. Thank you. Thank you for his blessing to us. Could you please give a warm round of applause to thank our Air Marshal again?"

Walking onto the stage, Zhan Guo smiled at everyone and then put forward his suggestion, which was unsurprisingly agreed by everyone. Suddenly, the whole square burst into warm applause again. Kong, who had been sitting aside, stood up again helplessly and waved to everyone. This part was not in the original plan, but Zhan Guo had to do this.

"Ahem, okay, now it's my turn to say a few words. First of all, I am honored to be standing here and become the new Admiral of the Navy, although I know that I still have many shortcomings..."

After the applause, Sengoku began his long speech, and it was obvious that no one was so interested in this kind of press release-like speech, not to mention that Sengoku was just reading a script. Everyone had a look of boredom on their faces. Some people, like Garp, even closed their eyes and fell asleep without any courtesy, and even snored without any courtesy. Ace in Garp's arms followed suit and was also snoring. The snot bubbles on his nose were even bigger than Garp's. If Garp saw this at this moment, he might even praise it, saying that his grandson is better than his master or something like that. In short, he didn't give Sengoku any face at all.

"Okay, that's all I have to say, thank you all."

Finally, after almost two hours, Zhan Guo finally finished speaking. At this moment, many people wanted to beat Zhan Guo up for being so talkative.
"Next, let's talk about some personnel appointments. First of all, the position of general. Because of my promotion, for the time being, only General Zefa will hold the position. In order to reduce the general's workload, a new position is hereby established - general candidate!"

After two hours of talking about useless words, Zhan Guo finally started to talk about the practical stuff, and this practical stuff was a bombshell right from the start, which stunned many people. Of course, there were also some people who were mentally prepared and just smiled knowingly.

"In short, the general candidate is a transitional rank between lieutenant general and general. There is no special identity mark, but the general has rights and responsibilities close to those of a general. The specific division of responsibilities will be announced after the conference, so everyone should remember to read it. Now I will mainly talk about the next person to take up this position."

Zhan Guo coughed twice, drawing everyone's attention back, and continued.

"First up is the first one, the Navy Vice Admiral codenamed Kizaru - Borsalino!"

Zhan Guo shouted directly, and the others immediately began to applaud. Unfortunately, although everyone was very enthusiastic, Borsalino was not to be seen on the stage. There was no way, as Borsalino was still in the North Sea and had not returned yet. He had also received orders from Sora, requiring him to patrol the North Sea. Even if he was the user of the Pika Pika no Mi, it would be very troublesome to travel back and forth between the two places. It was not like he could arrive in the blink of an eye.

Therefore, such an embarrassing scene occurred. Although everyone was applauding and celebrating, the protagonist being celebrated was not here.

"Okay, everyone, be quiet, be quiet. Next up is the second candidate for admiral, Vice Admiral Sakaski, codenamed Akainu!"

Along with the voice of Warring States, even more enthusiastic applause rang out. After all, compared to Borsalino who slacked off every day, Sakaski's serious and responsible attitude was more popular with everyone, especially the hawkish people, who believed that Sakaski was the new hawkish leader. After all, among the admirals of the previous generation, none of them was a real hawk, which led to the hawks, which were originally the largest force in the navy, being unable to raise their heads in the previous generation.

"The next one is the last one. I think everyone can guess it. That's right, it's the vice admiral codenamed Aokiji - Kuzan!"

The most enthusiastic applause this time came from the doves. In the previous generation, the doves could be said to be the biggest winners. After all, whether it was the marshal or the two admirals, plus Karp, who was not an admiral but was no different from an admiral, they all tended to be dovish. The doves suppressed the hawks in the navy at that time. Unfortunately, when it came to Sakaski's generation, they were in a period of transition, and it seemed that these outstanding newcomers were not interested in forming any factions.

Originally, this would have been nothing, but after the O'Hara incident, Sakaski suddenly rose to prominence and became an extremely tough hawk. With his strong power and ability, he became the leader of the hawks, which made the doves unable to sit still. As a result, Kuzan actually joined their doves at this time. This was such a blessing in disguise that these doves immediately scrambled to push Kuzan to the position of dove leader in order to compete with Sakaski. Although the two had a good relationship, it did not affect the two factions from fighting each other happily.

The hawks' fault was so loud just now that the doves naturally couldn't fall behind. They were so angry that they clapped their hands like crazy, and Zhan Guo and others saw this. Suddenly, the top leaders of the navy couldn't help but frowned. No leader would like to see a lot of people under him, unless he is a mediocre leader who lacks his own ability and needs his subordinates to manage themselves. Otherwise, the confrontation between the two parties represents overall instability. "It seems that Zhan Guo has another important problem to solve after taking over. I didn't expect that after so many years, these guys are still so noisy."

Kong naturally knew about the problem of hawks and doves, but the situation was not so serious before. After all, he had been suppressing this stone intentionally or unintentionally. But now it seems that what he has done is not enough. I am afraid that Warring States will be busy next.

“Actually, there’s no need to worry too much. Right now, the doves, hawks, and even those in the middle are pushing three people who are the three protagonists this time. These three little guys are still very rational. They know what to do and what not to do. Marshal Kong, oh no, I should call him Brother Kong now. Don’t worry, hahahahaha.”

Karp was very optimistic about this, because he was hanging out there every day. Although he didn't know as much as others, he knew many small details better than others.

"What I'm worried about is that these little guys will be pushed around. I also know that they have a good relationship, but no matter how good the relationship is, it can't withstand the instigation of people with ulterior motives. This is what I'm most worried about. If they are dragged into it, then the little guys will have no choice."

Sora couldn't help but say with some worry.

"Don't worry, Brother Kong. Just like Garp said, we are here with you. As long as we are here, these guys won't be able to cause any trouble."

Zefa also spoke up to comfort them at this moment. He took on the duties of the general again just to pave the way for these children. He couldn't just watch these people cause trouble.

"Okay, just your words are enough. I trust your words, Zefa."

Sora nodded and said, but his words immediately made Garp unhappy.

"Hey, hey, hey, Brother Kong, this is too much, am I not trustworthy?"

Garp said with a glare and a beard.

"Hahahahahaha, let's talk about it when you get rid of your reckless habits, Garp, hahahahahaha."

Zephyr said with a laugh, and his laughter caused Sora to smile as well.

"You two! You are going too far! I was not reckless! I was just being wise and foolish!"

Karp looked at the two people's smiles and his face turned red with anger, but his explanation did not receive any response.

"Hahahahahaha!" X2.
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