Pirate: I was just slacking off, do you really think I'm bad?

Late at night, in New Marineford.

Raleigh, who had long since returned from Dr. Vegapunk's office, was in his office reviewing documents.

"Clang clang."

The mouse knocked on the door, then pushed it open and came in carrying a large amount of data.

"Rayle, this is the plan that the General Staff has been working on these past few days. Take a look."

The General Staff formulates short-term plans every few days based on changes in the current situation.

Many plans required the marshal's personal review and signature.

Even when Raleigh delegated power to Rat and Cleveland, they still couldn't make decisions.

Raleigh looked up from the mountain of documents, glanced at the mouse holding the files, and sighed.

"These guys always come up with seven or eight unnecessary solutions."

"Next time, I'll definitely have them discuss the matter internally first, and then send the results over for me to sign."

Raleigh shook his head helplessly and said.

Seeing that there was no space left on the desk, the mouse had no choice but to place the documents on the coffee table in the office.

Raleigh stood up from his office chair, opened the cabinet and took out a box of expensive cigars, while his right hand held two glasses and a bottle of wine.

"I'm tired too, let's drink and watch."

Raleigh knew that Rat had had a hard time while he was away from New Marineford, working hard to get his good brother to work.

He decided to give the mouse a half-hour break so he could spend some quality time with him.

The mouse sighed:

"Rayle, you don't need to use my name to slack off."

But with Raleigh's thick skin, he wouldn't listen to the mouse.

Grabbing the mouse's arm, Raleigh pulled a cigar from the cigar box, cut off the butt, and stuffed it into the mouse's mouth.

The rat waved its hand and took out a gold lighter from its pocket.

Gumbling.

The amber-colored rum was poured into a clear crystal glass, and Raleigh then took ice cubes from a nearby cabinet and added them to the glass.

"Cheers, my good brother."

Raleigh clinked glasses with Mouse once, then downed the chilled rum in one gulp.

Call ~

After slowly exhaling the smell of alcohol, Raleigh lit a cigar and began to look through the documents at hand.

"Rubbish!"

"Who wrote this?! Aren't they afraid of being sent to Impel Down?!"

"This is interesting, but it's not radical enough; it's a bit conservative."

"Who wrote this? It's pretty good. We should keep an eye on it. If it's suitable, we can send it to Cleveland for further development."

The General Staff is Crane's territory, and most of the intelligence officers and staff in the General Staff hold a neutral stance.

When Raleigh was implementing reforms, thanks to Tsuru's cooperation, he did not place many people in the staff led by Tsuru.

This can also be seen as Raleigh's respect for the crane.

However, as time has changed, Raleigh, who now holds great power, hopes that the General Staff can keep up with his thinking and pace, and not continue with the old ideas.

The mouse nodded, then said:

"I've already sent people to keep an eye on these new staff officers. Many of them are new recruits who joined in recent years. I've already contacted a few of them. They admire you a lot, so they've agreed to go to Cleveland for further training."

Raleigh was very pleased.

Sure enough, with rats around, you don't need to use your brain much.

So Raleigh poured the mouse another full glass of rum.

After reading through all the documents in his hand, Mouse set aside the battle plans he considered rubbish and handed the most valuable ones to Raleigh.

Raleigh glanced at the filename and the author, then smiled.

Because the top battle plan was actually Crane's suggestion.

He opened the document and began to read it carefully.

After a long silence, Raleigh finally spoke:

"As expected of Lieutenant General Tsuru, although his thinking is not as radical as ours, his attention to detail is impeccable."

"There are many aspects of this operational plan that are worth referencing."

In Tsuru's battle plan, there were few suggestions on how to attack the pirates in the New World, because this aspect was arranged by Raleigh himself.

Since no one knew whether their battle plan would be approved by Raleigh, Tsuru simply omitted it in a very short amount of text.

The most detailed aspect of her battle plan was how to control the naval-occupied territories.

With the navy's rapid expansion, the New World Navy now occupies one-fifth of the territory.

Furthermore, they are launching a fierce attack on the territory of the Big Mom Pirates, and the third line of defense will soon be breached.

If the navy does not want to be caught in a situation of fighting on both sides, it must absorb and digest the islands it has captured.

Tsuru's suggestion was to relocate a large number of people, transferring all the residents of the islands that had been destroyed to the Grand Line Paradise.

Then select those who support the navy from the amusement park and have them land on the island with weapons.

This is crucial.

Because the New World has maintained this situation for nearly several hundred years, the people on the islands have no respect for the World Government and the Navy.

In fact, many islanders dream of becoming pirates under the Charlotte Family's spell since childhood.

If the occupied territories are not absorbed, the navy will be bogged down in a quagmire of fighting on both the front and the rear.

It must be said that He has a very keen eye for strategy.

The severity of the problem can be seen very easily.

Raleigh nodded and said:

"Vice Admiral Tsuru's operational plan is well worth studying for the frontline naval forces. Give it to Brother Sakazuki..."

Borsalino and Zephyr both received a copy.

This was a massive migration involving hundreds of thousands of people.

But Raleigh had no choice but to do it, even if it meant making those who had never been pirates leave their homes and hometowns.

If we don't do it, given the long-term strategy the Navy has established, it would only take a few successful surprise attacks for the Navy to gain a foothold in the New World.

The navy can't just use a kill-all tactic like pirates.

The only solution is for the military to take over everything on the island and relocate the natives to the park so that they can fight freely.

"Oh, by the way, the Four Seas don't need to follow this plan completely. Their most important task right now is to seize the revolutionary army's industrial production bases in the Four Seas as soon as possible."

Raleigh knew perfectly well that Sakazuki had already devised a plan.

However, as a marshal, he still needs to give reminders when necessary.

Soon, the bottle of rum was completely finished.

"By the way, Fleet Admiral Raleigh, Professor Zephyr from the New World sent a telegram asking if we need to send more naval commanders to ensure Charlotte Linlin's fate."

Raleigh shook his head and said:

"We will not be sending any more Marines to the Big Mom Pirates' location."

"However, I have already sent three Seraphim there."

"Remember to tell Professor Zephyr and Admiral Ikkō that if Charlotte Linlin appears at the third line of defense, immediately retreat the team ten nautical miles."

Raleigh didn't know exactly how powerful a single spore bomb could be released by Vegapunk's modified Seraph.

However, just to be on the safe side, it would be best to have Zefa and Yixiao move to a safe distance.

"By the way, Raleigh, Professor Zephyr also mentioned that Garp appeared on the front lines, saying he wanted to repay a favor to you."

The mouse had an expression of disbelief on its face.

Raleigh nodded silently:

"Garp was indeed arranged by me. Because Professor Zephyr couldn't fight Charlotte Linlin alone, I sent Garp to provide support so as not to affect our plans."

Mainly, this was Raleigh's reaction after learning that the Revolutionary Army had entered the Calm Belt, in order to prevent the Revolutionary Army's dragons from contacting Garp.

With the New World's naval power, it can't be said that they completely suppress Charlotte Linlin, but even without Garp, they wouldn't be unable to fight Charlotte Linlin.

"Okay, good that you know."

The mouse silently put down the documents in its hand.

It was now 1 a.m.

After finishing three bottles of rum, Raleigh felt a little sleepy.

"Alright, Mouse, that's enough for today."

The New World, Charlotte Family's third line of defense.

Katakuri was engaged in street fighting inside the now-ruined fortifications.

It must be said that Katakuri possesses a high level of command talent among pirates.

Even under these circumstances, they utilized the abandoned fortifications and excavated underground tunnels.

Even with the ground already occupied by the third line of defense, they still need to face the threat from Katakuri.

"Haven't they caught him yet?"

General Yixiao sat in his military tent, his brows furrowed.

Observation Haki is not a panacea.

Even with several attempts, Yi Xiao was unable to completely eliminate these pirates who had ventured deep underground.

Under these circumstances, Zephyr and Garp chose to skip this island and instead launch a parallel attack on the other islands in the third line of defense.

Currently, apart from the island where Yixiao is standing, the pirates on other islands have basically been completely wiped out.

"Sigh, he is indeed a formidable opponent."

Yi Xiao somewhat admired the pirates opposite him.

In this situation, his continued insistence on using his own tactics to delay the navy's offensive is truly commendable.

Unfortunately, Katakuri did not anticipate the arrival of an opponent.

"Who is it?"

The naval soldiers on duty at the port raised their rifles and questioned him sternly.

"Don't be nervous, we're on the same side."

A black warship without any markings was moored very close to the port.

Cleveland stepped out of the warship and produced his credentials.

In fact, the moment Cleveland stepped out of the cabin, the naval soldiers in the harbor already believed him, but out of respect for the naval duty, they carefully checked Cleveland's credentials before letting him go.

"Instructor, what brings you here?"

A naval lieutenant commander who looked very elite asked.

Cleveland paused briefly, then laughed and said:

"I've come here to deliver a big gift to the pirates."

After hearing the instructor's name, he looked the major over carefully and then smiled.

This is a new batch of naval personnel who came from the North Sea and were personally trained by him.

However, Cleveland had no intention of reminiscing at the moment. He simply patted the Navy lieutenant commander on the shoulder and then led three strangely behaving Seraphim deeper into the island.

"Your Excellency Cleveland, does that mean Marshal Raleigh sent me these Seraphic Battle Puppet Zombies?"

It's no wonder Yi Xiao hesitated, after all, the existence of the Seraph had exceeded his imagination.

Pacifists can understand it, after all, that thing is mechanically made, only it looks somewhat like a human.

However, the Seraphim are completely real people, and they were all once famous powerful figures in the world.

At a glance, you can see Edward Newgate with the white beard, Hawkeye Mihawk, and Rayleigh, among others.

"I know Mr. Ichisho will find this incredible. In fact, when I first met them..."

My surprise is no less than yours.

"But now the navy's technology has indeed developed to this point."

"Although they were created from the corpses of powerful people who had already died, they move freely, possess a higher degree of autonomy, and still retain some of their abilities from when they were alive."

As Cleveland was introducing the Seraphs, Zephyr lifted the curtain of the military tent and entered.

"I heard your voice outside. How come these seraphim can use their powers from their past lives?"

"How much of their strength can they actually utilize?"

Zephyr was very curious about this question because it would directly affect his subsequent operations.

"Teacher Zefa, it's been a long time. You still look as charming as ever."

D

"Cleveland said respectfully."

Zefa's lips curled up, but he still retorted:

Stop flattering me and get to the point.

Seeing this, Cleveland pointed to Edward Newgate's Seraphim and began to introduce him.

"This white-bearded seraph, due to insufficient technical ability at the time, could only utilize 70% of the fruits of his life, and 80% of his melee attack and physical strength."

"Hawkeye Mihawk can utilize 90% of his abilities from when he was alive."

"Rayleigh, the Lord of the Underworld"

After Cleveland finished his introduction, Zeffa grabbed Cleveland's hand and said:

"How about letting Mihawk and Rayleigh fight it out in the underground passage?"

"And then there's Whitebeard. Let him use his Devil Fruit power to collapse the passage deep inside the island."

Before meeting the Seraph, Zephyr had tried using fire and water, but the results were mediocre.

But now the appearance of the white-bearded man has made the battle easier.

The tunnels were directly collapsed, allowing the navy to fight them underground and leverage its superior manpower and firepower.

Firmly maintain control over the ground superiority currently held by the navy.

Impatient Zephyr dragged the white-bearded Seraph outside.

With a smile, he activated his Observation Haki, carefully searching the passage beneath his feet.

"Found it, it's there."

He smiled and pointed to the flat ground not far away.

"Then let the Whitebearded Seraph give it a try."

Cleveland gave the order directly to the Whitebearded Seraph.

Rumble.

As the Seraph worked, ripples appeared in the air around him.

His fan-like palm pressed down on the ground:

"break!"

An extremely powerful tremor was transmitted to the underground passage.

The powerful force destroyed the supports inside the tunnel, and soil began to fall from the top of the tunnel.

Finally, with a loud shout from the white-bearded man, a dull thud came from underground.

Several nearby tunnels were damaged to varying degrees.

Zefa looked at the sunken land and smiled with satisfaction.

If used a few more times, the pirates will suffocate underground.