From Pirates to the Strongest Death God in Soul Society

Chapter 233 Smoker was promoted to lieutenant general and started to work times harder!
A certain sea area in the New World.

On the deck of the warship, Bane was carrying out his fruitless fishing activity. In his words, he was cultivating his character.

Although he was clearly cultivating his character, he kept complaining.

"Those idiots from the member countries, the World Conference is still four months away, why are they in such a hurry to rush to Mary Geoise? Isn't this just adding to my workload?" Bane cursed as he swung his fishing rod.

Not far behind him, Zoro was waving a heavy special edition barbell for practice, using it as a sword-wielding training, while Yixiao was exerting strong gravity on him.

As if he had heard Bane's complaint, Zoro swung his sword and said, "The New World is now a whirlpool. Anyone who has the conditions would want to escape from here. After all, there's no telling when the war will start."

"If I were Charlotte Linlin, I would definitely choose to start a war during the World Conference, so that our navy can be caught off guard." Fubuki said while eating ice cream, sitting on the fence and feeling the sea breeze.

Because she was not on a mission, she did not wear formal clothes. She wore a cool and thin short-sleeved shirt, a black knee-length skirt, and a pair of delicate-looking black high heels. She looked refreshing and sexy.

During the World Conference, most of the navy's forces will be stationed in Marijoa, so compared to the rest of the New World's waters, they can indeed be considered weak.

Ke Xiao smiled and shook his head immediately after hearing that. "It's unlikely. The condition for victory is not that the pirates break through a few naval bases, or even hit the naval headquarters, but that the pirates can effectively annihilate the manpower of our navy and kill as many mid- and high-level generals as possible. Conversely, the same is true for us. Can we regard it as a victory if we conquer Wano Country and Cake Island? No, only when we truly get rid of Kaido, Charlotte Linlin and their cadres can it be considered a victory."

"Yixiao is right." Bane responded, "During the World Conference, the main forces of our navy will be concentrated in Marijoa. As long as the elite combat forces are not greatly lost, no matter what achievements they make during this period, they will be retaliated by our navy after the conference. It may even cause the morale of our navy to reach its peak. So unless they want to attack Marijoa, it is unlikely to start a war at this time."

"On the contrary, because of factors such as logistics, they cannot compare with our navy's mature system and need more preparation time to complete the war planning. Therefore, they should cherish this last period of time, make full preparations for war, and face our navy in a peak state." Yixiao followed again.

But after a slight pause, he smiled and said, "However, we cannot be completely defenseless. This is something that Marshal Mr. Sakaski should consider."

Without further discussing the topic, just as Ben pulled up another empty pole, Yixiao suddenly remembered something and asked, "Speaking of which, the Warring States Inspector is also in Melview, right?"

"Yeah." Bane nodded and said, "Since we parted ways in Elegia, he has been insisting on going to Melview with the teacher and Kuzan, saying that he wants to investigate as a chief inspector to see if we have embezzled military funds."

At this point, Bane said with disdain: "The military funds allocated by our headquarters are not enough for me to help the refugees. What kind of corruption is this?"

"The Chief Inspector just wants to find an excuse to go for a walk." Fubuki bit off a piece of ice cream, but it seemed that she did not control the amount well, and the stimulation in her mouth made the back of her head hurt. She groaned and raised her hands to cover her head.

"Aren't you worried that the situation there will be seen through by the Inspector General?" Zoro swung his sword, took a deep breath, and raised the handle of the sword again and asked.

"Since Mr. Zefa has agreed, he must have his considerations. Moreover, at this time, we should try our best to actively strive for all the power we can. Although the Grand Inspector has served the World Government for most of his life and was immersed in the darkness when he was young, how should I put it? I always feel that he may still stand on the same side with us. After all, don't underestimate our navy's marshal." Bane said with some emotion.

Is Zhan Guo evil? Of course he is evil. He has done a lot of dirty work for the world government to rise from the bottom of the navy to the position of marshal.

But this does not mean that Sengoku cannot be won over. In the entire navy, except for tough guys like Garp, how many senior officials dare to say that they are completely clean?
Even Kuzan didn't dare to do so, and he suffered equally because of this.

In Bane's opinion, perhaps because they have witnessed this darkness and have been swept away by it, they will become the most determined people when they get the chance!

In Zefa's words, Zhan Guo wanted to turn things around and change the status quo as a marshal all his life, but unfortunately, he failed in the end. Now, after stepping down as marshal, he finds a new path. Why wouldn't he try it?

After a short pause, Bane continued, "Besides, that's Melview, our territory, and there are Teacher Zefa and Kuzan in charge. Even if the Chief Inspector really made a disappointing choice, it is unlikely to be exposed. Especially since such a long time has passed and nothing has happened, which already means something."

"You mean to say that the Chief Inspector might have been suppressed by Senior Zefa and Mr. Kuzan?" Yixiao said in surprise.

"Don't say that. If something like this really happened, we should have received the news long ago. I just mentioned it casually." Bane laughed.

On the other side, the New World G-5 Naval Base.

Smoker was processing his documents in the office when suddenly the door was pushed open and the reckless Colonel Tashigi rushed in with a neatly folded navy justice cloak in her hand.

Smoker was so frightened that he almost made a typo. He quickly looked up and scolded, "Why are you so flustered? Why are you holding this in your hand? Are you coming here to change clothes? Sexual harassment in the workplace?" "Mr. Smoker!" Dashiqi said excitedly, "This is for you!"

At the same time, Tina also walked in from the door in a heroic manner, shook her cloak very ostentatiously and said, "Look, Tina, am I any different today?"

"Even more arrogant than before." Smoker complained instinctively, and then after observing for a while, he asked in surprise: "Major General? You were promoted to Major General?"

That’s right, Tina, who was originally a brigadier general, now has epaulettes on her shoulders that are at the level of major general.

Hearing Smoker's surprised voice, Tina raised her chin and said, "Hehehe, from today on, Tina, I am also a major general officer of the Navy Headquarters. In the future, I will be qualified to participate in your senior generals' meetings and can watch the fun with my own eyes, hahahaha."

"The power struggle in this department has ended long ago. Now everyone understands that it is a situation of stability. Didn't the Ghost Spider and the Flying Squirrel, who were quarreling with each other before, nod to each other when they met? You were promoted too late, and the excitement you wanted to see is unlikely to happen." Smoker complained.

"Tsk, men like you are not interesting at all. Admiral Bane is more interesting. He can cooperate with me, Tina, in the performance." Tina looked down on Smoker with disdain, and then said, "Try it quickly. This is a gift from the admiral. From today on, you will officially serve as the commander of G-5 Base and be promoted to vice admiral of the Navy Headquarters."

"I knew it." Smoker said without surprise.

From the moment Dashigi came in in a panic and said that the cloak in her hand was his, to the moment Tina came to show off, how could he not react?

After Smoker took off his major general's cloak and put on the word "Justice" with the vice general's shoulder straps, Dashigi and Tina looked at it carefully and said in unison: "It seems to be the same, no change."

"Yeah, I thought Mr. Smoker would become more handsome because of this, but he still remains the same." Tashigi complained.

"He looks good, but he gives people a very annoying and unpopular feeling." Tina also commented.

The corners of Smoker's mouth twitched twice, and he said with a dark face: "Enough, I am your superior officer after all, can you respect me a little?"

"Oh my, you are worthy of being the Lieutenant General. Are you already showing off?" Tina mocked from the side.

Tashigi also teased Smoker a few times, and then no one continued the topic.

Tina lit a lady's cigarette and sat on the sofa and said, "Speaking of which, it has been a while since we joined General Bane's army. We haven't done anything yet, but we caught up with the excitement of Beehive Island. We were also taken care of by the general and were promoted one level each. Do you think we should go to Melview to visit the general?"

Speaking of this, Smoker thought about it for a while, and then said, "I have thought about it this way. It has been a long time since I last saw Bane, or the Admiral. I heard that he had returned to the headquarters before, but we still missed him. I just thought that if we do the work at hand well, it will be better than anything else. In a few months, it will be the World Conference, and we will all go to Marijoa to join him. Why not wait until then to visit him?"

"Don't let me down when the time comes." Tina reminded: "After the World Conference, a war is inevitable. Whether you can grab a good position depends on whether the general will take care of you. He has a lot of capable men under him. If you think about it carefully, the competition pressure is quite high."

"Yes, Mr. Smoker, I also want to change the epaulettes on my shoulders to brigadier general's as soon as possible." Dashigi encouraged.

"I know, I know." Smoker waved his hand impatiently and said, "The general and I have known each other since we were in humble circumstances. How could he not take care of me?"

At this point, Smoker suddenly became anxious. He threw the pen on the table and said, "Tashigi, I'll leave the rest to you. I'm going to special training."

"I'm here again?" Dashiqi said with a bitter expression, "I'm a colonel, but I'm doing the work of a lieutenant general base commander all day long. Is this reasonable? Mr. Smoker, you've already conducted seventeen special training sessions this week!"

"Not enough!" Smoker put out the cigarette butt in his mouth into the ashtray, and said with a serious look in his eyes: "I wasted too much time in the East China Sea. How can I catch up if I don't work harder?"

"How many times more effort do you have to put in to make up for the time you wasted?" Tina raised her eyebrows and jokingly said with a smile.

"Two hundred times!" Smoker said righteously.

Without working 200 times harder, do you still have the nerve to call yourself a navy soldier?

(End of this chapter)