Pirate: This Marine has two Rinnegan.

The other villagers immediately reprimanded him, but Luffy ignored them and continued to press forward.

He only stopped when Makino rushed up to him and slapped him hard.

Luffy looked up, staring blankly at Makino, and asked in a trembling voice,

"Sister Makino, will Shanks die?"

Makino couldn't bear to see Luffy become depressed, nor did she want him to do anything foolish, so she said...

"He won't die. If Mr. Chiga wanted to kill him, he would have done so long ago. He wouldn't have given him the chance to imprison him. You should calm down first!"

Luffy nodded blankly and finally quieted down.

Makino secretly breathed a sigh of relief and pulled Luffy away from the scene, fearing that the villagers' revelry would affect Luffy again.

On the way back, Luffy clenched his fists and vowed in his heart that he would definitely rescue Shanks and find Oepe!

The Marineford War, which shocked the entire world, ended in a complete victory for the navy!

Because Chiga used her reverse-time power to turn back time, the Navy miraculously suffered zero casualties, while the Four Emperors suffered extremely heavy losses.

Leaving aside the losses of crew members and officers, two of the Four Emperors died, one escaped, and Shanks was imprisoned, his fate still unknown.

After this battle, the Navy's prestige and power on the seas soared to unprecedented heights, and a large number of young people began to flock to the Navy, while the pirates' side was in a gloomy state.

Many small pirate crews disbanded and disappeared into small towns, living as ordinary citizens. The larger pirate crews were barely surviving because they found that even ordinary people were no longer afraid of them in many places.

Their lives deteriorated day by day, to the point that they were given a new title: sea vagrants!

Back at headquarters,

The atmosphere in the meeting room was unusually cheerful today, with the generals chatting and laughing, a stark contrast to the seriousness before the battle.

As usual, Aokiji strolled into the conference room. When he found his seat, Akainu, who was already seated, surprisingly nodded to him.

Aokiji's eyes widened as he stared at Akainu's face, trying to figure out if Akainu had taken the wrong medicine today and was behaving so strangely.

Doesn't he usually just snort and put on a sour face when he sees me late?

Sengoku, sitting at the head of the table, frowned when he saw that Aokiji hadn't sat down for a while and said...

"Kuzan! You're late again! Hurry up and sit down!"

Aokiji then sat down in his seat, glancing at Akainu from time to time.

Sengoku sighed helplessly, then his expression turned serious, and he spoke.

"Today I have something to announce..."

Chapter 268 Marshal Zilin

Everyone looked at Sengoku, who paused, then turned to look at Chiga sitting beside him and said, word by word, "ap."

"I intend to hand over the position of Fleet Admiral to Uchiha Chika!"

The Warring States period originally thought that this decision would cause a heated debate, but the result was far beyond his expectations.

Akainu was the first to speak.

"Okay! I agree with this resolution!"

Kizaru glanced at Akainu, then slowly raised his right hand.

"I agree with Sakazuki!"

Aokiji was still reeling from Sengoku's words when the other generals began to applaud.

"We agree to promote Admiral Zilin to the rank of Fleet Admiral!"

Sengoku was somewhat bewildered by everyone's reactions. Tsuru, on the other side, nudged his lower back with her elbow and teased him.

"It seems you, the Fleet Admiral, are about to retire with honor!"

Garp grabbed a handful of senbei and stuffed them into his mouth, laughing unrestrainedly, showing no respect for Sengoku whatsoever.

Sengoku's face turned bright red, and seeing this, everyone realized that their actions had seemingly caused great harm to Sengoku's ego, and they all changed their tune.

"Marshal Sengoku has worked diligently for the navy for so many years, we will miss you!"

If it weren't for the stiff expressions on some people's faces, Sengoku would have actually believed their lies.

He shook his head helplessly. The position of marshal was originally given up by Sengoku on his own initiative, so he wasn't really angry.

Sengoku took out an exquisite wooden box from his pocket and handed it to Chiga. Chiga took it, opened it, and found a six-pointed star medal that shone with gold.

Sengoku looked at the medal and said...

"With the approval of the Commander-in-Chief of the Army, this Headquarters has decided to award Chiga the Order of the Golden Six-Pointed Star in recognition of his outstanding performance in this war!"

This is the highest honor in the military, and without exception, all its holders have served as Admirals of the Navy!

The fact that Sengoku is now personally handing it over to Senga speaks volumes about its significance.

Chiga smiled and nodded, then had the medal embedded in her right breast.

He was wearing the uniform of a naval admiral, but this uniform was transformed from the Six Paths White Robe, and its quality was obviously incomparable to ordinary clothes.

He also dispersed the Seeking Truth Orb behind him, because it was far too dangerous for others; one wrong move and they would be reduced to nothingness.

After reaching the Six Paths level, Chiga was able to retract the two horns on his head at will, and now he only had a pair of twelve-tomoe Rinnegan on his face.

Everyone turned their gaze to Chiga's face, deliberately avoiding his twelve-tomoe Rinnegan, because just looking at those eyes gave them a feeling of dread.

After a brief silence, everyone once again applauded Chiga enthusiastically. In their eyes, Chiga truly deserved the medal, and no one felt a trace of jealousy.

The high-ranking officers in the Navy are naturally like this; they are far superior to the Konoha group in terms of both vision and character. Such underhanded tactics would never exist for them.

Chiga's gaze swept across the conference room, and seeing the genuine smiles on the faces of every officer, he felt that his decision to join the Navy was absolutely correct.

Humans are social animals after all, and it is a kind of luck to find a place where you feel a sense of belonging. The Navy is such a place for Chiga.

Gion sat to one side of Tsuru, giving Chiga a bright smile. Chiga smiled back, stood up, and addressed the crowd.

"Let our navy usher in a new era!"

A week later, in a live broadcast to the world, Chiga naturally became the new Fleet Admiral, and people's title for him changed from Admiral Shirin to Fleet Admiral Shirin.

Even after being promoted to marshal, Chiga continued to live the same life as before. With his two secretaries, Kalifa and Robin, he never had to handle official business.

Sengoku thought Chiga would be as busy as he had been in the past, but when he arrived at Chiga's marshal's office, he saw Chiga lying on Robin's lap.

Robin held a glass of orange juice to Chiga's lips. Chiga closed her eyes and leisurely drank the orange juice with a straw. It looked like she was on vacation, not at work!

Suddenly, Chiga sniffed, opened her eyes, looked at Robin, and asked curiously,

"Robin, can you smell something sour?"

Robin glanced at Sengoku, who stood at the door with a constipated expression, and chuckled softly, covering her mouth.

"Sir, it's Mr. Zhan Guo."

Chiga stood up, looked at Sengoku, and said with a smile,

"Principal Zhan Guo, what brings you here today?"

After Sengoku stepped down as marshal, he became the principal of the naval academy, and Zebu continued to serve as the chief instructor at the academy.

Now, Sengoku has completely let himself go. He no longer cares about the black hair he had been deliberately dyeing, letting it turn gray.

His outfit consisted of a simple white navy coat over a casual shirt, but his lower half was even more outrageous, consisting of floral shorts and large flip-flops.

The aura of a naval admiral had completely vanished from Sengoku; he looked like an ordinary old man next door.

He curled his lip and said sarcastically,

"Marshal Zilin is such a busy man, he's so busy he doesn't even have time to drink a beverage!"

"As expected of Principal Sengoku, being the Fleet Admiral is no easy task. Look at how white my hair has turned!"

As she spoke, Chiga pointed to her beautiful, snow-white hair, which almost dazzled Sengoku's old eyes.

Sengoku exhaled two thick breaths from his nostrils. How come he never realized Chiga could be so infuriating?!

Where did that steady and reliable Uchiha Chika go?!

Kalifa had just finished reviewing the last document when she came to Chihiro's side and began her report in a methodical manner.

"Boss, everything's taken care of for today. Shall we go eat now?"

Zhan Guo glanced at the clock on the office wall. It showed 11:30. At that time, he would still be buried in a pile of documents and unable to lift his head!

Thinking of this, he looked at Kalifa with undisguised admiration.

Sengoku didn't have any romantic feelings for Kalifa. Kalifa's appearance goes without saying; there were few in the entire Marine Headquarters who could surpass her in looks.

But Sengoku already had someone in his heart, that's right, it was Kazu... Tsuru!

What he valued was Kalifa's work ability. If he had had a secretary like her back then, he wouldn't have been so busy all the time.

However, back then, all he had for company was the seagull on his head and a little lamb that served as a paper shredder...

Chapter 269 The Return of Mary Geoise

It took Zhan Guo a long time to suppress his bitterness and get down to business.

"Chika, I want to see you. He'll be waiting for you in Mary Geoise these next few days."

"Oh? Is this Marshal Kong's own idea?"

Sengoku didn't understand what Senga meant. Could it be that Sora was meeting Senga on someone's behalf?

But who has such great influence that they would ask the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces to do things on their behalf?

After much thought, the images of five old men appeared in Sengoku's mind. He frowned and asked,

"What's wrong? Is there some other purpose behind this?"

"Hehe, maybe someone just couldn't wait to come."

"Someone? Who is it?"

Chiga shook his head, not intending to tell Sengoku about Im's matter. It involved the Otsutsuki clan, so he should handle it himself.

"It might be Charlia. Didn't she call headquarters several times wanting to see me?"