Naruto Online: Hyuga Branch Family? Let's go all out!

Chapter 303 Hina's Question

Without the goddess of wisdom, Ningyuan would have to rely on the existing nobles and officials to govern the country. He would have to secretly kill the nobles and then establish education to cultivate talent little by little.

This process may take anywhere from 5 to 10 years.

Guining also encountered a problem of a large shortage of officials, so a batch of emergency teaching materials were produced, and literate people could take office after studying for three months.

Ningyuan could also adopt the same strategy as Guining, but the problem is that Guining has run a university for many years and has cultivated a large literate population.

He couldn't even find teachers to do what he wanted in Alabasta.

But things are different now; Ningyuan has the Goddess of Wisdom!

The Goddess of Wisdom is an artificial intelligence specializing in governing the country. She is more capable than any official, more fair and just than any law enforcer, and she cannot be bribed. She has no selfish motives and can completely implement Ningyuan's will.

One goddess of wisdom is enough to replace thousands upon thousands of bureaucrats.

With the goddess of wisdom, Ningyuan no longer needs these old nobles and bureaucrats.

The only problem is that the goddess of wisdom is just a program. Although she can issue commands, the commands she issues still need to be supervised and executed by someone.

Therefore, Ningyuan needs a group of people who can understand human language, execute orders, and have the ability to supervise the execution of orders.

As luck would have it, someone from the Baroque Works was there.

There are quite a few of these people, and they have enough capability to carry out the mission.

As for loyalty, Robin has been training them for many years.

Disloyalty is no problem either; in the age of artificial intelligence, the saying truly applies: if you don't want to do it, there are plenty of others who will!

"I've already sent out the department reorganization details. Robin, take a look at who's suitable for which department, make the arrangements, and then you can officially start work!"

"Your Majesty!" A communications officer arrived at the door.

"What is it?" Ning Yuan asked.

"King Cobra is here, and none of us dare to stop him!" the soldier said.

The soldiers were all transferred from Baroque Works, but most of them were from Alabasta. In addition, Kobra was Ning Yuan's father-in-law, so they really didn't dare to stop them.

"Then let him in!" Ning Yuan had barely finished speaking when a roar could be heard from afar: "Ning Yuan, what have you done?!"

As they were talking, Cobra burst in.

His clothes were wrapped around his waist, revealing his muscular chest, and his expression was extremely fierce, like that of a raging lion.

Ning Yuan remained calm and asked curiously, "Since Father-in-law has stepped down as king, why isn't he enjoying his retirement? Why has he come here to see me?"

"I'm still enjoying my retirement?" the lion roared. "If I continue to enjoy my retirement, you'll slaughter all the nobles! Do you know what you're doing?"

"I know!" Ning Yuan nodded: "Rule of law, punishing evil and promoting good!"

"You're being ridiculous!" Cobra roared angrily. "Nobles are the foundation of a nation. If you kill all the nobles, the foundation of this country will be destroyed!"

Ning Yuan stroked his chin, then turned to Weiwei: "Weiwei, is this your father? Are you sure he hasn't been switched?"

Vivi blushed and immediately stood up, grabbing Cobra's arm. "Father, please stop yelling here. Come with me!"

"Vivi, what are you doing? You're siding with him?" Cobra was dumbfounded. "He killed your uncles and aunts! His reckless actions are ruining the Neferutari clan's nation!"

"Men, take my father away and keep him under guard. Don't let him run around!" Vivi waved her hand, and two soldiers immediately stepped forward and dragged Kobra away.

Even a million-year elder is one in a million, and his combat power is at least at the level of the demon Akin. How could the pampered Cobra possibly handle him?

The two of them simply dragged Cobra away.

Vivi wiped the sweat from her forehead: "Let's continue!"

She is different from her father, Cobra.

Kobra was born in the deep palace. Although he knew he loved the people, he only paid lip service to it.

In contrast, Vivi started leaving the palace at a young age and mingling with people outside. Later, she even went so far as to infiltrate Baroque Works as an undercover agent.

She was someone who had truly witnessed the hardships of ordinary people.

Therefore, her love for the people was genuine.

Moreover, the goddess of wisdom also told her about the crimes committed by those nobles, so Vivi did not object to Ning Yuan killing the nobles at all.

Not to mention that she followed Ning Yuan and joined the revolutionary army, which, of course, was meant to kill nobles.

"Well done!" Ning Yuan gave Weiwei a thumbs up. He only liked Weiwei, but he wouldn't extend that affection to her father.

However, his position was indeed not suitable for issuing orders; it would be best for Vivi to give the order.

"He's just a bit old-fashioned, but he has a good heart!" Vivi said shyly. "Then let's continue!"

"Okay!" Ning Yuan nodded. "The internal reforms will proceed according to the orders given by the Goddess of Wisdom. You all have no problems, right?"

The people at Baroque Works nodded in agreement.

Although it means switching from a military to a civilian job, few people would refuse such a change.

After all, only a minority of people enjoy a life of danger and risk. Even if there are such people, there are martial arts professions that suit them, aren't there?

"What about external defense?" Vivi asked. "Now that Crocodile is gone, the rebels have been captured and forced to build the canal, and the Baroque Works employees have become government workers, what if there's a pirate attack? Should I lead the royal guards to defend the port?"

"No need!" Ning Yuan shook his head: "I've already had the Goddess of Wisdom recruit soldiers from the rebels and civilians, selecting a portion of the elite to form an army and navy belonging to Alabasta. From now on, the navy will guard Alabasta's sea borders!"

Although he could no longer afford battleships like the Queen Elizabeth, with the money he obtained from raiding, building a few Galleons was still no problem.

Although Alabasta has few top-tier fighters, Ningyuan has his own combat strategy based on Earth's.

If there are no skilled soldiers, then just load more cannons onto the ship.

As long as the enemy ships are destroyed on the vast ocean, avoiding boarding action, no matter how strong the opponent is, it's useless.

On a sailing warship, a single warship can be equipped with hundreds of cannons. Ten warships firing simultaneously would unleash a thousand cannons at once. Not to mention that Luffy's Going Merry couldn't withstand it, even Whitebeard's Moby Dick would have to run away if he saw it.

For a country like Alabasta that few powerful nations would consider important, 30 sailing warships would be sufficient to protect it in the early stages.

Weiwei nodded, it was good that Ning Yuan had a plan.

It's fine if she didn't plan to. Back then, she was weak and powerless, but she still dared to infiltrate Baroque Works as an undercover agent. Now, she's a user of the Sand-Sand Fruit, so why would she be afraid of pirates!

While the new generation of leaders in Alabasta were holding a meeting, the Five Elders in the World Government's Pangu Hall were also discussing their newly appointed king.

"Did you see the report today?" asked the financial martial god, Izanbaron V. Nassshuro.

"Which report?" asked the five elders beside him.

"It's the report about the new king of Alabasta asking two CP7 agents who was more capable, and the two CP7 agents ended up killing each other!" said Izambalon V. Nassshuro.

"Oh, that report!" Shepherd X. Petter Saint, the God of Agriculture, curled his lip and said irritably, "These CP agents are getting worse with each generation. Are we treating them so badly that they'd fight over such a small amount of money?"

"It's said that whoever is stronger gets an extra ten million Berries, for a month!" said Izabaron V. Nassjuro.

"Is ten million Berries a lot a month?" another of the Five Elders asked.

Izambaron V. Nassuro was speechless. As the person in charge of finances, he certainly knew how valuable ten million Berries was.

"That's quite a number for CP agents!" said Izambalon V. Nassuro.

"That's no reason for them to kill each other!" Izambaron V. Nassuro said irritably, "They're just making a fool of themselves for no reason, making the whole world think that our World Government is starving its CP agents!"

The group of people naturally accepted the fact that CP agents were killing each other for money, and not a single one of the Five Elders suspected that it might be a conspiracy.

The reason for this is that they have become accustomed to the fact that things they casually let slip through their fingers have caused their subjects to fight to the death for them.

Although CP agents are agents of the World Government, aren't they still ordinary citizens?

"Speaking of which, what is Ning Yuan doing? Today should be his first day as king, right?" asked Izambalon V. Nassshuro.

"He's killing people!" said the scientific defense god, Jaigolusia Satan.

"Kill whom?" the other four Elders asked hastily.

Although Ning Yuan killed the two spies around him, the World Government had more than just those two spies infiltrating Alabasta.

Therefore, the Five Elders have not lost control of information regarding Alabasta.

"Kill the nobles!" said Jeigolucia Satan, the God of Scientific Defense. "The exact reason is still unclear, but Ning Yuan almost wiped out all the nobles of Alabasta!"

At this point, he suddenly chuckled: "And he even invented a new term, 'exterminating nine generations,' which means killing this person's paternal relatives for four generations (great-grandmother, great-grandmother, great-grandfather, father), aunt's family, sisters' family, and daughter's family; maternal relatives for three generations (great-grandmother, great-grandmother, maternal grandmother, mother), maternal grandfather's family, paternal cousin's family; and maternal relatives for two generations (great-grandmother-in-law, great-grandmother-in-law, maternal mother-in-law, and mother-in-law)!"

The other five elders exchanged bewildered glances. After a long while, one of them finally spoke up: "These young people nowadays are truly remarkable; they're far more ruthless than us!"

"To be honest, it's true!" another of the Five Elders said.

After all, they only thought about killing Roger and his children back then, but they never thought about killing Roger's parents and grandparents.

Look at how Ningyuan handled this matter—clean, efficient, and thorough, ensuring no one will retaliate in the future.

Because everyone connected to the victim has been killed!

The Five Elders never considered that Ning Yuan's murders were at least committed against people connected to him, and that the neighbors and others would not be implicated.

How did the Five Elders kill people?

If they suspect Roger's child is on the island, then they should kill all the eligible babies on the island.

If the scholars of the Tree of Omniscience are studying historical texts, then kill all the scholars on the island along with the civilians.

There's also the Buster Call, which wipes out an entire island, completely disregarding whether the island is innocent or not.

"However, we can learn from this child's methods. In the future, when we encounter those stubborn criminals, we should also exterminate their entire family!" said the Legal Martial God Topman Worchli Saint.

"Shouldn't the revolutionary leader's entire family be executed first?" one of the Five Elders asked.

The entire hall fell silent.

According to the standard of executing nine generations of relatives, Dorrag's son is nowhere to be found, but his old father will definitely suffer first.

Garp was the naval hero they promoted, and they killed their own hero. Isn't that shameful?

"Never mind, let's deal with it when we encounter it!" Legal Martial God Topman Vochuli Saint shook his head, but still made a note of it, just waiting for the right time to use it.

As for Ning Yuan's act of killing nobles, if it were in other member states of the World Government, the Five Elders certainly wouldn't have stood idly by.

But this is Alabasta.

The king's name contains the letter D, and many nobles who are related to the king also have the letter D in their names!

So while Ning Yuan may appear to be killing nobles, he is actually killing the World Government's adversaries!

The Five Elders were overjoyed; how could they possibly reprimand Ning Yuan?

Meanwhile, taking advantage of the super-fast speed of the Triangle Current, the Black Cage Force also returned to the Navy Headquarters from Alabasta.

"Hina's back!"

"Hina, let's go out for dinner sometime!"

"Hina, wanna go fishing?"

Hina casually greeted the navy personnel along the way, then plunged headlong into the archives.

"Colonel Hina?!" The archives were mostly filled with female naval officers who were too weak to even kill a chicken.

As one of the few female officers, Hina was quite famous among the female naval officers. When these clerks saw Hina, they treated her like an idol and immediately swarmed around her.

"Quiet, quiet!" Hina quickly took two steps back. "Um, I'm here on official business, so I won't say hello yet!"

"We understand, we understand!" the clerks quickly replied.

Hina nodded, about to ask about the location of some files, when suddenly she remembered something.

She looked around and then noticed that the clerks in this archive all seemed to be very young!

"Among you people, is anyone married?" Hina asked curiously.

"No!" The clerks all shook their heads.

"Not a single one?" Hina asked in surprise.

"Xiao Li got married last month!" a clerk said.

Hina's eyes lit up: "Where is she?"

"You resigned!" the clerk laughed. "Why would you come to work after getting married? You must be going home to be a good wife and mother!"

Hina's face immediately darkened.

However, she was still unwilling to give up and asked curiously, "By the way, are there no female naval officers in our navy who are married but still serving?"

A group of office workers thought for a moment, then shook their heads in unison.

"It seems like there isn't!"

"Neither Vice Admiral Tsuru nor Vice Admiral Momousagi are married!"

"Lieutenant General Dor is also single!"

"And there's Grandma Bluegrass! She must be 90 years old this year!"

"Is Lieutenant General Bluegrass 90 years old? I remember him being over 100!"

"Wait a minute! Isn't Major General Peacock the granddaughter of Lieutenant General Crane?" a clerk asked.

Another clerk immediately shook her head: "It doesn't seem to be her biological granddaughter. Have you met Lieutenant General Tsuru's husband?"

"Oh my god!!!"

Hina listened to the chatter of a group of office workers and felt a headache coming on.

However, she did confirm one thing: in the navy, female naval officers who achieved some success were basically unmarried.

Why is that?

Because once they get married, they have to leave the navy!

How can they get promoted or advance after leaving the Navy?

But what about male navy personnel?

Without even asking, Hina could think of several examples of people who got married.

Admiral Akainu, Admiral Kizaru, Vice Admiral Garp!

Many lieutenant generals also have wives and children!

Hina finally realized that what separated her from Ning Yuan was far more than just her being a Marine and Ning Yuan being the King.

She couldn't even get married, let alone marry the king of a member state of a world government.

So, why is that?

Why can men get married and have children as usual and even get promoted, while women have to leave the military once they get married?

Hina didn't know.

So she stopped checking the information, left the archives, and went up to the fifth floor to the General Staff Headquarters.

After being informed, Hina met the navy officer with a full head of white hair and a kind smile.

Naval Chief of Staff, Crane!

"Lieutenant General Tsuru!" Hina saluted respectfully.

"Oh, it's Hinata. What brings you here?" Tsuru asked with a smile.

"Are you busy right now?" Hina pointed to the documents on Tsuru's desk. She didn't want her personal matters to interfere with the Navy's important affairs.

"It's nothing, just a small matter!" Crane waved her hand and asked, "So, do you have any questions you'd like to ask? Just ask!"

The naval forces of some branches in the East China Sea united to accuse Colonel Smoker of monopolizing the shipping routes. In return, Colonel Smoker accused these branch naval forces of committing crimes in the local area, colluding with merchants, and oppressing the people.

This matter is not of a high level, and the situation is quite clear.

Smoker's accusation was true, and so were the accusations made by these Navy branches.

He couldn't decide what to do.

After all, whether it's a colonel in the Navy branch or Colonel Smoker in Loguetown, which one doesn't have a powerful backer, and which one doesn't have a group of people standing behind them?

Politics is the art of compromise; one cannot be an incorruptible Chief of Naval Staff.

She was having a headache right now when Hina arrived.

Let's listen to Hinata's question; it'll be a good way to clear our heads.

After all, Hina is just a naval captain; she should be able to handle her problem very easily!

Hina breathed a sigh of relief. "The lieutenant general asked me to ask, so I'll ask!"

"I've recently noticed something!" Hina asked, "Why do so many female naval officers retire as soon as they get married?"

"Huh?" Crane was taken aback.

"Furthermore, I've noticed that our female naval officers, such as you, Vice Admiral Momousagi, Vice Admiral Dor, Vice Admiral Bluegrass, and myself, are all unmarried! So, is marriage and retirement mandatory? Or are there some hidden policies that prevent us from staying?"

The crane fell silent.

This question seems easy to answer at first glance.

But upon closer reflection, this issue seems to be much more complicated than the East China Sea matter!

Crane felt a headache again.

(End of this chapter)