From the Navy Admiral to the Gotei 13

This is not even one-third of the way there, okay?

But when he turned to look at other people, he found that everyone looked calm, which made him feel even more puzzled. Am I the only one who thinks there is something wrong?

As if noticing Diarmait's confusion, Kuzan smiled and said, "Didn't you pay attention when you received the notice? It's just us today."

"I didn't receive any notice at all..." Diarmait said helplessly.

And Gion said in surprise: "Huh? Didn't I tell you the day before yesterday?"

Diarmait rolled his eyes and said, “Of course not. You called, chatted for a few minutes, and then left…”

"Ah, maybe I forgot about it, hahaha." Gion scratched his head.

Fortunately, it was not a big deal. After chatting for a while, the misunderstanding was resolved.

General Zhan Guo also smiled, stretched out his hand and knocked on the table and said: "I called you here today because there are some things that need to be discussed and resolved. Xiao He, first tell me about the recent situation in the New World."

Chief of Staff Ahe nodded and said, "The Golden Lion Fleet, which was destroyed in the waters of Edwor over two years ago, has been revived by Shiki. While it is somewhat weakened compared to its former power, Shiki is undoubtedly still our navy's most formidable foe."

Back then in the waters of Edwor, Shiki ran away, but now he is making a comeback.

This was all standard news, and no one was surprised. Chief of Staff Ahe continued, "Regarding the historical texts, we can confirm that the Roger Pirates are indeed looking for historical texts, and that the guy on their ship, Kozuki Oden, is from the Kozuki family of Wano Country. We have reason to suspect that he can decipher ancient texts..."

Kozuki Oden joined Roger's pirate group within about half a year to a year. Before that, according to the navy's intelligence, this guy was on the ship of the Whitebeard Pirates.

Later, it was said that the Whitebeard Pirates ran into the Roger Pirates on an island. The two sides fought for several days and nights, and the final outcome was unknown. However, the captain of the Whitebeard Pirates' second division, Kozuki Oden, inexplicably became a member of the Roger Pirates.

According to intelligence obtained by the navy, Kozuki Oden is extremely powerful. With his joining, the Roger Pirates have made up for the lack of high-level combat power left by the Demon Successor, Douglas Barrett, after leaving the ship, and have become even more powerful.

The Navy has known about the Roger Pirates' activities in the historical text for a long time, and has been paying attention to it almost since the Battle of Eidwall.

However, precisely because of their attention, the Navy also understood some of the inside story. For example, they knew that the Roger Pirates were not trying to revive ancient weapons or something, but were searching for a non-existent island through historical texts.

I have to say, this is quite consistent with the usual style of Roger's pirate group.

In fact, although he was very worried, Admiral Sengoku did not think that the Roger Pirates had any intention of destroying the world.

But the same thing goes, there is no wrongful killing and no letting go.

In the past two years, the navy has indeed increased its efforts to suppress the Roger pirate group. However, due to the special nature of this pirate group, it is difficult to find them, and even if they are found, it is difficult to capture them, so so far, there have been no results.

"Is there anyone who could possibly decipher the ancient texts?" General Zhan Guo murmured, then glanced at the crowd and said, "I'm sure everyone knows that recently, there have been a number of strange scholars on the sea. I don't know where they came from, but they seem obsessed with finding historical texts and studying ancient texts. The World Government has issued new instructions, requiring our navy to cooperate with the CP agency to investigate this matter as quickly as possible, arrest these law-breaking scholars and bring them to justice. We must ensure that the ancient weapons are not resurrected!"

"O'Hara..." Diarmait thought to himself with a gleam in his eyes.

It is now the year 1498 in the Haiyuan calendar, and the memory is that O'Hara was officially investigated by the navy in 1502. The demon-slaying order was signed by General Zhan Guo himself, completely destroying this island of knowledge known as the "archaeological holy land."

After all, before the destruction of O'Hara, Nicole, Olbia and other scholars had been searching for the historical text on the sea for several years. They were also hunted by the navy and the CP agency for several years before they were finally caught.

Diarmait's feelings towards O'Hara were actually quite complicated. After all, it was hard to say who was right or wrong in the O'Hara incident. All he could say was that they had different positions and it was their own fault.

As the ruler, the World Government certainly does not want scholars to dig up their own dark history and make it known to the world. That would seriously affect the dignity of the World Government and even cause large-scale chaos.

The navy is wary of the revival of ancient weapons, which is even more serious. Ancient weapons are said to be able to destroy the world. If there is any sign of this factor, it should be nipped in the bud in time. Otherwise, it will not be a matter of one island, but the whole world will suffer. If it is really used by some ambitious person, who knows how many people will die.

Therefore, the Warring States general was also ruthless. After confirming that O'Hara was studying ancient characters and deciphering historical texts, and might leak or revive ancient weapons, he immediately signed the Demon Killing Order and directly killed O'Hara.

As for scholars, as historians, they have legitimate reasons to preserve the voices of the past, study history, and pursue the truth.

But the mistake is... they don't have enough strength, not enough to guarantee their own safety and defend their research results. Once things like ancient texts and ancient weapons are leaked, even if the World Government doesn't kill them, will ambitious people like Shiki let them go?

What can they defend with their strength?

Nothing can be protected. Either they will all be killed by ambitious people, or the ancient weapons will be leaked, bringing greater disaster to the world. There is no other possibility.

In addition, this matter has been expressly prohibited by the world government for 800 years and regarded as a major illegal crime. Scholars, for the so-called "noble pursuit", broke the law knowingly and ignored the safety of the world. Therefore, Diarmait did not sympathize with them in his heart. In the final analysis, it was all their own fault.

The only regret is the ordinary civilians who were implicated by the scholars and died in vain in O'Hara.

Ah, of course, there was Nicole. Robin, after all, was one of the main characters when he first read the story, and Diarmait had some feelings for her.

But a little bit of goodwill was not enough to impress Diarmait and make him risk his own future for O'Hara.

Isn't there something wrong with that?

In Diarmait's view, contemporary scholars who understand the meaning behind this but are still determined to study historical texts and ancient texts have brought it upon themselves and deserve it.

It's not a pity to die.

However, knowledge is innocent, and the knowledge of the Tree of All-Knowing and O'Hara should still be preserved. When the time comes, he will see if he can strive to achieve these things, which will be considered his contribution to civilization.

Just as Diarmuid was thinking about this, Chief of Staff Ahe said, "After we go down, I will order my subordinates to cooperate. However, it seems that Kozuki Oden of the Roger Pirates is not on the same side as those unknown scholars."

"Let's wait and see for further intelligence investigation." General Zhan Guo nodded.

So far, no one has taken those ignorant scholars seriously.

"The next topic is about Marshal Cyborg's visit to the New World G-1 Naval Base..." Admiral Warring States said softly.

Chapter 29 The Warring States General and the Chief of Staff are fighting for me?!

Diarmuid had rarely met Marshal Cyborg, and they had only met at a few important meetings.

He looks fierce, but he is actually a very kind person.

As for the navy's base in the New World, two years ago, after "killing" Shiki's large fleet, the navy's power increased greatly. During this period of time, it has also been attacking the New World, and it must be said that it has achieved quite a few results.

Just as Borsalino had told him, the Navy's current goal was to regain control of the New World.

The Warring States generals and others have also been working hard for this.

There have been some successes now, but Diarmait is well aware that times will soon change!

Two years later, the Pirate King Roger was captured. The Navy wanted to use the fact that Roger was captured to publicly execute the Pirate King in order to deter the ambitious people on the sea.

As a result, they were fooled by Roger, which directly opened the era of pirates.

The relatively stable situation on the sea was completely broken, and heroes from all walks of life rushed in, causing the sea to become turbulent.

As a result, the Navy's plans in the New World completely failed, and the focus was completely shifted away from the New World. It began to work on stabilizing the rear and dealing with threats to the four seas and the first half of the Grand Route.

It is also because of this that for the next twenty years, the New World has been dominated by pirates, and it is difficult for the navy to do anything there.

At present, the Navy still has several bases in the New World, among which the G-1 Naval Base is the top priority. If Diarmuid remembers correctly, it seems that after the Battle of Marineford, Sakaski moved the Navy Headquarters to G-1.

Diarmuid certainly had no recollection of Grand Admiral Cyborg's inspection of the G-1 Naval Base, but he had a vague feeling that perhaps he had misremembered something. Had he missed something?

But he quickly dismissed the idea, thinking it should be fine.

"It's just a routine inspection. You don't have to think too much about it. However, the Marshal must have certain guards when he goes to the New World. As an admiral of the navy, I will be stationed in Marineford at that time, so I naturally cannot go with him. Who of you will go?" asked Admiral Warring States.

But it was obvious that when he asked this question, he did not include Diarmait and Gion.

After all, the two of them really weren't qualified. Could the Marshal's guard be entrusted to a Brigadier General? Would Diarmait be guarding the Marshal, or would the Marshal be guarding him?

Sakaski obviously didn't want to take on such a boring mission. Instead of guarding the marshal, he thought it would be better to go out to sea and kill a few more pirates.

So he just sat there in silence, with no intention of speaking at all.

Borsalino was stunned for a moment, then suddenly said, "I'm afraid I can't. General Zhan Guo, as you know, I've been taking over the scientific forces recently. I'm extremely busy. I'm afraid I don't have time..."

General Sengoku nodded, agreeing with Borsalino's reasoning.

Although Borsalino looks like a seasoned veteran on weekdays, he has indeed been very busy recently.

At the same time, soon after Borsalino finishes the work at hand, he will officially take up his post. At that time, Zhan Guo will have one less assistant.

Seeing this, Chief of Staff Ahe said, "I can't do that either. I'm planning to reorganize our navy's intelligence department recently, and there are many things happening in the dark side of the world. I don't have time for this."

Vice Admiral Ahe is the chief of staff of the navy. She is usually not in charge of frontline affairs. Recently, she has begun to take over the intelligence department. In her opinion, the navy's current intelligence system is somewhat outdated and too bloated. Therefore, she plans to reorganize the intelligence department and set up several special forces. She has a lot of things on her hands and is of course very busy. How can she have time to take care of the marshal's guards?

As for the dark world, it has been in turmoil recently. A guy code-named "Joker" has been stirring up trouble in the dark world. As the head of the Navy Intelligence Department, Chief of Staff Ahe naturally wants to infiltrate the dark world.

Because a lot of intelligence is difficult to obtain openly, on the contrary, it is easier to handle in the dark world.

In short, she has a lot of trouble.

Seeing this, Gion quickly said, "I'm not qualified either, am I? I'm just a brigadier general, just like Diarmait."

As soon as she finished speaking, General Zhan Guo nodded naturally, and finally turned his gaze to Sakaski and Kuzan.

After a long time, the Warring States general still stared at Kuzan and said, "I'll leave this matter to you, Kuzan."

Kuzan said helplessly: "Perhaps Sakaski is more suitable? I am only a major general..."

Upon hearing this, Sakaski said very coldly: "I have more important things to do."

I just said that, and I have no intention of explaining anything.

Kuzan knew that Sakaski didn't like him, and he also didn't like Sakaski, so he didn't ask any further questions. Since he refused, why bother to pester him?

"If you do a good job this time, you will be promoted to lieutenant general when you come back." General Zhan Guo suddenly said.

Kuzan was stunned for a moment, his expression a little complicated.

He wants to be promoted, but he is a bit lazy and not very eager, nor does he have much desire for power.

But how could he not be tempted? Seeing that Borsalino and Sakaski had been at the rank of vice admiral for so long... As one of the "three monsters" of the navy, he was the only one who remained at the rank of rear admiral.

There is even news that Diarmait is about to be released by the Warring States General, and he may be promoted to the position of major general in a short time. Then he will really be caught up!

Although Kuzan is lazy, he still has to have some dignity.

So after looking at Diarmuid, then at Sakaski and Borsalino, Kuzan sighed and said, "Okay, I'll do it!"

"Well, after I finish the work with Garp, I will arrange for him to participate. To be honest, this was originally his business, but I don't know how he got the news in advance and ran away... Damn bastard!" General Sengoku cursed very unhappily.

That's right, this guy Garp seemed to have received the news a few days ago. He was very unhappy to be with the marshal, so he found an excuse and slipped away. These days, General Sengoku has been looking for him to come back.

"Hehe, after all, whenever the marshal sees him, he will keep persuading him to be promoted to admiral. It's normal for Garp to avoid the marshal." Chief of Staff Ahe said with a smile.

"This is such a luxurious worry...hahaha." Diarmait also laughed.

At this moment, Kuzan looked at Diarmait and said, "General Zhan Guo, why don't you let Diarmait come with me? He hasn't been on a mission in a long time. I heard you're planning to let him go soon. This mission is simple, so I'll guide him and let him get familiar with the environment first. Plus... it will also help him show his face to the Marshal. It will be good for him."

Diarmait was stunned for a moment, looking at Kuzan's smirk, how could he not know that this guy was thinking that it would be difficult for him to find an opportunity to "show off" in the future, so he hurried to fulfill his "ambition" before Diarmait came out and captured him as his adjutant, even if it was only for once!

Damn, are all navy members so petty?

The Warring States general didn't think much about it. After looking at Kuzan, he felt that what Kuzan said made sense. Diarmuid was now his key junior, otherwise there would be no need to force him to participate in such a meeting.

If he could gain more impression points in front of the marshal, it would always be beneficial. And indeed, this kid has been suppressed for two years, and it is time to let him out to gain experience. It would be nice to follow Kuzan first and get familiar with him.

Thinking of this, the Warring States General nodded and said, "Okay, let's arrange it this way!"

At this point, Diarmuid had no need to disobey General Warring States' order. He glared at Kuzan helplessly and said, "Yes, everything is for justice!"

After seeing that this matter had been arranged, General Zhan Guo nodded and said, "Okay, let's stop here regarding these matters. Now let's talk about the transfer."