One Piece: Trying 200 times harder, but being too overbearing.

Loya entered the conference room, took the seat of honor, and got straight to the point: "I called you here today to plan a redistribution of the G-5 branch's forces!"

The group of people felt a sudden unease.

it is as expected.

Loya glanced around, noticing the worried expressions on the faces of the group, and said with a smile, "Don't worry too much. What's yours will be yours, and you won't lose a single one."

"I plan to expand the existing six formations to ten combat units, which means there will be ten unit commander positions!"

"The requirements for becoming a unit commander are very simple: the most capable should be appointed. If anyone disagrees, we'll have a fight, and whoever is stronger will take the position."

The expressions on the faces of the group of people who had just passed by softened considerably.

The most important rule of the G-5 branch is that whoever is the most powerful becomes the leader; otherwise, they wouldn't willingly follow Loya.

Loya continued, "As for the allocation of subordinates, the G-5 branch currently has limited manpower, so you'll have to figure it out yourselves. But one thing is certain: each squadron can have a maximum of 300 men."

"Handle it yourself?"

The group exchanged glances and couldn't help but smile.

Boss Loya is helping them!

Given their prestige over so many years in the G-5 branch, the marines at the base would naturally prioritize following them.

Loya looked at Smoker and the others.

"Do you have any objection?"

"No."

Smoker responded coldly.

He liked this rule very much, whether it was serving as a unit commander or recruiting marines, it was all based on his own abilities.

Tina had no objections either.

"Hehehe, I have no objection either."

Tina and Barto both made statements.

"Okay, that's settled."

Loya nodded in satisfaction: "As for the numbering of the combat formations, you can negotiate that yourselves, right?"

"no!"

The title of commander of the first squadron certainly sounds more prestigious than that of commander of the tenth squadron; the earlier the rank, the stronger the position—this is an implicit understanding.

Guo Tou raised his hand: "Boss Loya, you said you wanted to establish ten fleets, but we only have nine people now, we're one short, and we don't have enough warships to allocate."

"I will take care of the warship issue. As for the lack of a unit commander, someone will fill the position soon. You don't need to worry about it."

Loya raised the corners of his mouth.

The G-5 branch has six large warships, plus the 11 fleets of warships he brought from G-1, for a total of seven, but they are still short three large warships.

We can use small and medium-sized warships to take over first; there will always be a way.

As for the selection of the unit commander, when he was at the Navy Headquarters, one of his junior female classmates had already submitted an application to come to the G-5 branch.

"Any question?"

"no!"

"Alright, you have one hour to negotiate unit numbers, then immediately gather all G-5 marines to assemble at the central training ground!"

"Yes!"

An hour later, all the marines of the G-5 branch assembled at the training ground, and even Maynard, who was fishing, came to the training ground to watch the excitement.

At the very front of the group, Smoker and the others lined up in a row, each with their squad number displayed in front of them.

First Squadron, Commander: Smoker.

The second formation, commanded by Batto.

Third Formation

Tenth Squadron, Commander: Tina.

Except for Tina, who wasn't interested in competing for rankings and chose the tenth squad from the bottom, all the other squad leaders fought over squad numbers. Especially the few who went over the top, they stabbed each other in the back, and all of them ended up with bruises and swelling.

The marines quickly learned the reason and lined up to form a group.

To the surprise of the group, Tina was the first to recruit enough people, and several hundred marines were even annoyed that they were a step too late.

"Bastards, you've all forgotten your duty because of lust!"

"Captain Guo, we're not acquainted!"

The assignment process was completed quickly.

The men, their faces dark with anger, continued to curse and swear. Many of their men had defected to other squads, especially the tenth squad.

Smoker's face darkened as well.

The first formation has fewer than 30 people, the smallest of all the formations, and less than one-tenth of the tenth formation.

Loya was fairly satisfied.

However, the recruitment work is urgent.

He suffered from having fewer troops when he fought against Whitebeard before.

Although ordinary troops are not very useful for high-level battles, quantitative changes can lead to qualitative changes. What he wants is to expand the G-5 branch to the size of the G-1 branch, so as to make full preparations for the upcoming war.

The Seven Warlords of the Sea are not all one person!

Chapter 173 Xiaoming: This is a sure thing!

G-5 Branch, Base Commander's Office.

Seven bounty posters were displayed on the meeting room wall.

Crocodile Crocodile.

Boa Hancock, the "Pirate Empress".

"Heavenly Demon" Doflamingo.

"Moonlight" Moria.

"Sea Knight" Jinbe.

Hawkeye Mihawk.

Bartholomew Bear, the "Tyrant".

More than two months have passed since the headquarters meeting, but there has been no progress in the investigation of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

Loya stood by the wall, contemplating his goal.

It is obviously unrealistic to investigate all the Shichibukai in just ten months; he must select suitable targets, and no more than two at most.

"Kuma, Jinbe, Hawkeye."

Loya removed the bounty posters from the three people and threw them directly into the trash can.

Since Kuma has just joined the Seven Warlords of the Sea, any crimes he may have committed in the past are now considered crimes that no longer exist.

Furthermore, given that Kuma is cooperating with the World Government, he should currently be near Vegapunk, making it highly unlikely that he would commit any crimes.

"Wait, did Xiong approach Vegapunk because of Bonney's condition?"

Loya's heart stirred slightly.

According to his memory, Bonnie, the supernova of the Worst Generation, is the daughter of a bear and suffers from a rare disease called "blue scale disease" since childhood. If no cure can be found, she will not live past the age of ten.

Judging by the timeline, Bonney should be almost ten years old, while Kuma joined the Seven Warlords of the Sea a few months ago.

The timing is perfectly aligned.

That must be it. Otherwise, given Kuma's deep-seated hatred for the World Government, he would never cooperate with them, even if he were to die.

"Hey!"

Loya sighed.

He had a good impression of bears, but unfortunately, fate did not favor them.

Kuma is out of the question, as are Jinbe and Hawkeye. Jinbe is upright and honest, and it's hard to find any fault with him. Hawkeye, on the other hand, is like a wandering ghost, and finding him would be a real challenge.

"The remaining four people."

Loya looked at Moria's bounty poster, pondered for a moment, and then shook his head.

He's been living a couch potato in the Devil's Triangle for almost ten years, not going anywhere. He's so well-behaved that he could be the ambassador for the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

There's no evidence to suggest otherwise.

As for the fact that the shadows of a few marines were cut off, it's not a big problem at all. After all, the marines whose shadows were cut off are still alive and can at most release their shadows.

"The Empress is someone we could investigate further."