One Piece: From the God Valley Era

Not long after...

Upon hearing Cyborg's report about Acnoya, the four elders immediately frowned and their expressions turned grim.

They didn't expect that Acnoa would set his sights on Wano Country. Did he know that they had been trading Seastone with Wano Country, so he was preparing to cut off this trading channel to retaliate against them?

The Four Elders also thought so, in fact...

Acnoya: Don't take yourself too seriously. I just want Wano Country.

"Empty, are you sure?!" Satan asked in a deep voice.

Upon hearing this, Steel Bone Kong answered truthfully, but his tone wavered slightly: "It's uncertain. This is our deduction based on the existing clues."

"Now that the surveillance team has been wiped out, it is no longer possible to obtain any more information about Acnoya and the Dragon Ball Pirates."

Satan and the others sensed the dissatisfaction in Steelbone Kong's tone and paused for a moment.

In the past, they would never have acted this way.

The navy is merely their subordinate; superiors are not responsible for the emotions of their subordinates, and subordinates only need to carry out the tasks assigned by their superiors.

This emotion is unnecessary.

However, things are different now. The World Government is in trouble, the Knights of God are much weaker, and Mazsaint is dead.

Now there are some things they need to rely on the navy for.

After all, the navy's strength is undeniable, and it is one of the world government's important combat forces.

The strength of Sengoku, Garp, and Zephyr is beyond doubt.

So now, after hearing this, Satan and the others softened their tone a bit: "Kong, these are all necessary sacrifices, all for the World Government."

"However, those naval personnel who sacrificed their lives will receive double the compensation, and the money will be sent to your navy very soon."

Upon hearing this, Steelbone paused for a moment, somewhat surprised.

He had complained before, but the Five Elders were very firm and didn't give him any face.

But now they've softened their tone and even added a sum of compensation for the fallen navy personnel—it's like the sun has risen in the west!

This also made Kong realize a slight weakness in the Five Elders.

Rocks Pirates, Acnoya, how could you cause such terror to the Five Elders? Seeing Maz Saint's death is something you cannot accept.

Furthermore, after the God Valley incident, the Celestial Dragons were also forbidden from leaving Mary Geoise, essentially being placed under house arrest.

This is also a good thing for the navy.

Although he discovered the Five Elders' weakness, Kong was not prepared to do anything.

He dedicated his entire life to the Navy and has long been inextricably linked to the World Government.

Therefore, if something happens to the World Government, it will not benefit him or the Navy in any way.

He would be satisfied if he could provide compensation to all the fallen naval personnel this time.

However, the immortality that the older generation mentioned doesn't seem to be that powerful.

Before becoming Fleet Admiral, Kong had heard from the previous Fleet Admiral about immortality, and he was quite envious at the time, thinking that it would allow him to live forever and protect the World Government and the Navy.

But the battle at God Valley made him realize that even the immortal can die; immortality only makes one more resilient than an ordinary strong person.

When it's time to die, you will die.

So his immortality was just that—immortality—and shattered his past fantasies.

Kong shook his head, banishing other distracting thoughts from his mind, and continued, "Five Elders, I thank you on behalf of the families of the fallen naval soldiers."

Satan responded with a deep voice, "Since it's your deduction, we're willing to believe you this once."

"However, your navy doesn't need to get involved in what follows. The CP members will take over this matter. You can hand it over to them."

Upon hearing this, Steelbone Kong had no objection.

That's all the navy can do; the rest is in the CP's area of ​​expertise.

Infiltration, assassination, sowing discord, intelligence gathering...

These are all their specialties.

While the Navy is also capable of doing these things, their undercover agents often find it difficult to integrate into the opposing group.

The "pledge of allegiance" alone has stumped many naval personnel.

The navy personnel who are sent on undercover missions all possess a very strong sense of justice and loyalty, but their strong sense of justice prevents them from committing indiscriminate killings.

Therefore, you might get stuck in the first level.

Although there are also those seasoned veterans who dare to do anything, even murder ordinary people.

But the Navy doesn't trust these kinds of people to go undercover, because they could betray them at any time.

In this respect, CP members have a unique advantage. They are trained by the World Government from a young age, and the chance of them betraying the government is almost zero.

Therefore, it is most appropriate for them to do this kind of thing.

"Yes, Lord Five Elders," Kong said. "Then... is it no longer necessary to send surveillance ships to the Dragon Ball Pirates' location?"

"No need. Sending more navy personnel there will only deplete our manpower."

"The Navy's primary mission remains the four seas and the Grand Line," Satan said. "However, should any future developments occur, your Navy must fully cooperate with CP's operations."

"And I don't want something like what happened to Garp to happen again."

Although they did not hold Garp accountable, they did not say they forgave him for what he had done.

It was also because of Garp that one of the Five Elders died.

So they really hate Garp, but sometimes they are helpless.

They need Karp.

"Lord Five Elders, please rest assured, this will not happen again," Steelbone Kong said confidently.

It really won't happen again. If a problem does occur in the New World, he'll send Sengoku and Zephyr there, while Garp stays at Marine Headquarters.

If the Five Elders insist that Garp go, then there's nothing Garp can do about what kind of bastard things he might do.

The five elders nodded and responded.

After hanging up the phone, Satan and the other five elders went to the Flower Chamber to meet Lord Im.

Im had said that all information about Acnoa should be relayed to him.

On the Navy's side...

Kong looked at the disconnected phone and let out a long sigh: "This troublesome task is finally over, and the Navy no longer needs to make these pointless sacrifices."

"Have Sengoku organize the data and send it to CP."

The next admiral of the navy has been chosen, and that is Sengoku.

Garp is unreliable and not very loyal to the World Government. Zephyr is known for not killing admirals, which is considered a sign of weakness, and the World Government is not very satisfied with him.

In the end, only the Warring States period met the requirements.

So, a long time ago, Kong had Sengoku help him handle some of the marshal's affairs, allowing him to get in touch with him in advance.

This was also a way of telling Sengoku that he would become the future Fleet Admiral.

......

Deep in the new world.

"Captain, I see Wano Country! A waterfall! There's a waterfall on the outskirts of Wano Country; we can't get up there!"