I just want to find a job, and then become a Navy Admiral.

"It's...it's him, isn't it..."

"Yes, it looks exactly like it does in the newspaper."

"The world's youngest Vice Admiral of the Headquarters, and so powerful that the Headquarters launched a global conscription that had not been conducted for many years to recruit him into the Navy."

"The newspapers say his goal is to end the Great Pirate Era, which is why he directly attacked the Four Emperors."

"He also opposed the Seven Warlords of the Sea system, which is why he killed the Lizard King."

"No wonder he became the first specially admitted student in decades."

"But won't he cause trouble by doing that? After all, that's Kaido, one of the Four Emperors."

"Don't be ridiculous! The Navy exists to eliminate pirates. And pirates are pirates, how can they call themselves Emperors of the Sea!"

……

Su An looked at the exquisite pastries displayed in the window of the pastry shop in front of him, and he could naturally hear the whispers and conversations between those who were looking at him.

only...

Su An did not intend to pay any attention to it.

Because there are more important things to do.

"Lieutenant General Su An!"

Just as Su An was looking at the pastries and thinking, another marine came to his side.

This time, there were two sergeants. When they looked at Su An, their eyes were burning with passion, and they saluted Su An with perfect military salute.

Su An turned her head and returned the greeting.

The two didn't say anything more and turned to leave.

Su An didn't think much of it as he watched the two figures disappear into the distance.

In fact...

This has happened many times since this morning.

"I'm still wondering where you ran off to..."

However, just as Su An turned back to look at the shop window, he heard a familiar voice.

Turning his head, he saw Zefa walking towards him with a smile. The old man was wearing a light blue floral shirt and shorts, and slippers, looking like he was on vacation.

When this man, practically a living legend in the navy, appeared, those around him became even more solemn.

"Hahaha, wasn't this the rest day you mentioned? So I changed into this outfit too, and I'm taking a two-day break."

Seeing Su An looking at him, Zefa smiled and offered an explanation.

But in reality, it was Zephyr who was surrounded by Ain and the others, hoping that he could also get a day off.

Although no students were injured in this incident.

But Zefa was still haunted by his past experiences, and even his old illness relapsed.

That's why Ain and the others strongly urged him to take a day off.

Zefa looked at the shop window with a puzzled expression, then looked at Su An and smiled, "If you want to eat, come in. I have something to tell you."

Before Su An could even speak, Zefa pulled her into the dessert shop.

The shop owner is a woman who looks to be in her thirties.

She had noticed Su An staring at her shop window from the very beginning, and she recognized him as the marine from today's newspaper, but she didn't know how to strike up a conversation.

Upon seeing Zephyr bring this person in, he immediately smiled and looked at Zephyr: "Mr. Zephyr."

Zefa casually smiled and said, "Dali, bring two cups of black tea, a serving of yokan (sweet bean jelly), and a dessert for this kid."

The older woman named Dai Li smiled and nodded, but looked at Su An with curiosity.

Zefa pulled Su An to a table inside the shop and sat down directly.

"Dale's father was a captain in the Marine Headquarters, but he was killed by pirates in retaliation after a failed attempt to capture them. It's thanks to Dale's continued life at headquarters that she hasn't been targeted by those pirates." Zephyr explained briefly, but as he spoke, he looked at Dale with a slightly heavy expression.

Upon hearing this, Su An adjusted her glasses but didn't reply. Instead, she glanced at the smiling shop assistant.

Other military dependents who did not live in safe areas...

Without saying much else, Zefa got straight to the point with a smile and asked, "What are your thoughts after reading today's newspaper...?"

Su An looked at Zefa: "Newspaper?"

Zefa paused, thought for a moment, and then asked, "Didn't you read the newspaper?"

Su An didn't hide anything: "Well, because I can't afford it."

Zefa chuckled upon hearing this, "Those people are still saying things like, 'What will happen to you?'"

As he said this, he turned and called out to Dai Li, asking her to bring him today's newspaper.

After Dai Li brought it over, Zefa handed the newspaper to Su An.

Su An looked down.

Suddenly I understood why I had heard those words today.

"What are you thinking..." Zefa looked at Suan, who was tapping the newspaper on the table with his fingers. "Sengoku was furious because Morgans wrote such a report."

He then added, "Morgans is the editor-in-chief of this newspaper."

Su An nodded, looking at her photo with a blank expression, but immediately raised her dark eyes to look at Zefa: "Publishing my photo without my permission, doesn't that infringe on my portrait rights...?"

Zephyr had been wondering what Su An would say, but upon hearing this, he paused for a moment, then burst out laughing again. He looked at Su An and said, "The problem now is the content. This has completely put you in the spotlight... You could even say that this report will be seen by all pirates as a provocation. Are you scared?"

Su An pushed up his glasses: "I don't think there's anything wrong with the content. After all, I killed those two people, and I will take responsibility for what I have to take. Although I've been inexplicably burdened with a lot of things I don't know about, it's not malicious slander to hurt others, so it's fine. In any case, I'm a Marine now, and these are things I should bear."

At this point, Su An looked down at his photo: "Besides, if I become afraid after joining the navy, what will happen to those innocent, good people?"

Zefa paused, looking at the young man who was looking down at the newspaper.

He heard the young man whispering something like, "So that Jack was that strong? He died in an instant."

That's infuriating!

If these words were to get out, countless people would be left feeling helpless.

But Zefa was slightly moved by the young man. He had come today to have a heart-to-heart talk with Su An.

after all...

He had previously intended to change the young man's heart and make him give up his gentleness, but now that he had suddenly graduated early, he could no longer have much contact with the boy.

But right now...

"You little rascal, you're quite the talker." Zefa chuckled lightly, a whole bunch of things on his mind suddenly becoming a bit long-winded, and then said, "Because you have weekends off, your transfer order will be given to you tomorrow, but I'm letting you know in advance."

But seeing the look in Su An's eyes, Zefa immediately said, "Although this falls under work-related matters, I won't chat with you about it any further!"

Su An then said, "If it's about going to the Five Elders, I have no such plans."

Zephyr said, "It's not going to Mary Geoise, it's going to the G5 branch to serve as the deputy base commander. As for the Five Elders, Sengoku went there yesterday. Although I don't know what they talked about, they won't forcibly transfer you again, so you can rest assured about that."

Zephyr's expression showed some disgust. "But they won't give up on recruiting you, you know that, and... what's wrong with you..."

Su An said, "Mr. Karp said that if I become a lieutenant general at headquarters and also serve as the base commander of a branch, then I can do whatever I want. I can even lie to headquarters and say that I'm very busy, but actually just sunbathe."

Zefa raised an eyebrow, his face contorted with anger: "What strange stuff did that old bastard feed you?!"

Su An said, "I..."

But just as he opened his mouth, the doorbell of the cake shop rang.

When Su An and Zefa turned their heads, they saw a major general from headquarters walk in and head straight for them.

"Maynard, what's wrong..." Zephyr asked, looking at the major general.

The major general named Maynard saluted: "Teacher Zefa, Lieutenant General Suan."

After saying that, the major general pursed his lips and looked at Su An and Zephyr: "Mr. Sengoku asked me to bring over the call from the Five Elders..."

There were beads of sweat on Maynard's forehead.

After all, he had never heard of the Five Elders needing to be delivered in this special way for their calls.

In particular, Marshal Zhan Guo added, "It's already been discussed with the Five Elders. As for whether Su An is willing or not, that's up to him. Just send it to him."

This made Maynard even more puzzled!

Can you refuse a call from the Five Elders?

As Maynard spoke, he carefully took out the Den Den Mushi and handed it to Suan.

There were other customers in the cake shop, and they could hear everything clearly.

The Five Elders... What?!

A phone call between the Five Elders!?

Is this something they can hear?

The people in the store immediately panicked.

But Maynard had naturally asked beforehand and only dared to speak directly in this setting after receiving an answer, so he didn't care about the people around him.

Zefa, standing to the side, looked grim. He had heard from Sengoku that they had reached an agreement with the Five Elders, one of which was that Su An could not be forced to go to Mary Geoise if he did not want to, but the Five Elders would speak with Su An.

"Su..."

When the Den Den Mushi was taken out, an old man's voice came from the other end of the Den Den Mushi.

Snapped!

But just as he opened his mouth...

Su An hung up the phone.

Then, looking at Maynard, he said, "I don't talk about work with people during my breaks."

After saying that, he looked at Zephyr and said, "Teacher Zephyr, let's talk about the issue of portrait rights."

"what?"

……

P.S.: I'm adjusting the update time, everyone. Some people reported that it was too gloomy, so I'll try to finish updating during the day.