Comic series: Starting from Pirates to Cultivate the True Self

When Gang Gukong heard this, veins popped out on his forehead and he roared like a lion.

"Asshole! How come you are just like Garp? You want a military rank but don't want to shoulder the responsibility of justice! Besides, it's not reasonable for a brigadier general to be someone else's adjutant!"

"Then...how about a reduction in rank?"

Mo Xingchen said cautiously,

"That's easy to say. Now your deeds have been reported in the newspapers and everyone knows about it! Morgans is also going to come and do a special interview with you. What will he say then? He will say that you are still a school officer! And Garp's adjutant! This is clearly a great opportunity to promote the navy, but that birdman might say that the navy is suppressing newcomers!"

At this time, Lieutenant General He came out to smooth things over.

"Marshal Kong, the justice of the navy is not for show. Besides, going directly from captain to brigadier general is not even a triple jump. Brigadier general is a hurdle. Strictly speaking, this is a class leap."

Vice Admiral Tsuru took a sip of hot tea and continued:

“If it were anyone else, I would have come out to stop it even if it was a triple jump, because it would certainly give the pirates a target to strike at the prestige of our navy.

Fortunately, Xingchen himself is very powerful, and he continues to be Garp's adjutant, which conveys his incompetence and makes him the target of our navy's hype.

When the time is right, we will release Xingchen. As long as we keep a close eye on those old guys, the other pirates will definitely come looking for him. By then, we can make a good deployment and catch them all in one fell swoop!"

Mo Xingchen listened to Sister He's fierce analysis and layout, which not only helped him but also gave his leader a step, and also completed the direction of the later work! He couldn't help but give a thumbs up, the old ones are still the best, and it turns out that the heart of playing tactics is black, and he is still too young!

Dorag: Boy, you still have a lot to learn!

Steel Bone Sora closed his eyes and pondered for half a minute. He felt that what Xiaohe said made sense. He could indeed use this layout in the later stage to wipe out a wave of ambitious pirates, so he said:

"Well, let's do this! Xingchen, I'll promote you to the rank of colonel this time. This will not only boost morale, but also stir up the nerves of those pirates! The day after tomorrow, Morgans will come to the headquarters to interview you. You must pay attention to his language traps and don't let down the reputation of the navy!"

"Yes! Marshal!"

After coming out of the office, Mo Xingchen ran downstairs and found William who had been waiting for him. He took the gifts bought in the Sabaody Archipelago from his arms, then rushed upstairs with big and small bags and began to distribute the gifts to the big guys one by one.

A set of exquisite tea sets was bought for Marshal Kong, new-brand senbei were bought for Admiral Sengoku and Garp, and high-quality tea leaves were bought for Vice Admiral Tsuru. Even Borsalino received a box of premium cigars, and other familiar faces received some exquisite small gifts.

This kind of blatant bribery of the entire Navy Headquarters building is unique.

In the past two days, Mo Xingchen discovered that in order to cope with Morgans' interview, the soldiers who were supposed to be training were starting to clean up. The soldiers' dormitories in particular were completely new and even sprayed with perfume.

Tsk, as expected, formalism is indispensable in every world. Mo Xingchen even thought that after the interview, the sweat and foot odor of the soldiers after training would be mixed with perfume...yue! I can't think too much about it, it smells like that!

On the day of the interview, Mo Xingchen was wandering around the playground, watching Morgans's news birds taking pictures everywhere, some of which were almost touching people's faces. At this time, Ji Yuan ran over to find him.

"Xingchen, Sister He asked me to call you up. She's going to start the interview with you."

"Well, let's go then."

Ji Yuan looked at the news birds around him and saw that they were busy with other things and didn't notice this side. He whispered in Mo Xingchen's ear:

"Sister He told you to be careful. Marshal Kong was so angry that he almost went berserk!"

"Hahaha, I understand as a journalist!"

Mo Xingchen looked very confident, but Ji Yuan was a little skeptical. Marshal Kong, who was so experienced, was broken by Morgans' few words. You are only a few years older than me, how can you deal with it?

Ji Yuan led Mo Xingchen to a small meeting room in the headquarters building. On the way, he was still reminding Sister He of the precautions she had given Mo Xingchen. Finally, when they arrived in front of the meeting room, Mo Xingchen pushed the door open and saw Morgans, who was sitting on the sofa in albatross form, stand up and take the initiative to greet him:

"I've finally seen you, Captain Mo Xingchen. Hello, I'm Morgans."

Mo Xingchen took a step forward, grabbed Morgans' wings with both hands, and shook them enthusiastically.

"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting! I've heard of President Morgans's name before! Nice to meet you!"

Ji Yuan looked at Mo Xingchen, who was listless outside the door a second ago, with a dull look on his face. The next second, his face was filled with enthusiasm, which made her feel that the speed of his expression change was a bit dazzling. He was indeed a strong rival who stole Sister He's love.

Morgans never thought that one day he would be treated so warmly and put on a sincere smile.

"Ah...hahaha, Mr. Mo Xingchen is so polite. It must be very hard to do the missions. Let's sit down and talk. Let's sit down and talk."

"I never tire of serving justice!"

This time it was Morgans' turn to be confused. He was really just responding to Mo Xingchen's enthusiasm and said something polite. He didn't think of setting any trap!

For this, he showed a sincerity that he had not shown for many years, but he did not expect to be met with defensiveness in return. He looked at Ji Yuan, thinking that she had told him something, but he did not expect that Ji Yuan's expression was even more dull than his.

Helpless... Morgans had to reorganize his language to try to avoid being misunderstood, misinterpreted or using ambiguous words when talking to Mo Xingchen. As a journalist, this was the first time he felt so aggrieved.

It is always the interviewee who is afraid that there are loopholes in his answers. This is the first time that Morgans is afraid that there are loopholes in his questions. This is an absolute shame!

As they chatted, Morgans felt that they could go deeper into the topic. He thought that the awarding ceremony would be held in a few days, and he also knew that Mo Xingchen would be promoted to colonel by then, so he asked:

"Mr. Mo, you are so outstanding. According to incomplete statistics, in your last mission, you killed a total of 8 pirates with a value of over 124 million, and 27 other pirates. You captured pirates with a value of over million. Do you think it's a pity that you are only a colonel?"

Mo Xingchen, who was gradually relaxing, became alert instantly after hearing this question, and then answered righteously and sternly:

"No matter what rank I hold, it will not prevent me from executing justice! I will strictly obey any decision made by the headquarters. I should examine myself three times a day!"

Morgans flapped his wings on his forehead, feeling that Mo Xingchen had relaxed his vigilance, and he didn't expect that he would relax too. He actually asked such a question, and Mo Xingchen looked smug when he saw Morgans' frustrated expression.

Chapter 19 What is a strong person?

Morgans knew that he couldn't open Mo Xingchen's true heart, so he took out a document from his bag helplessly, pushed it in front of Mo Xingchen, and said:

"Mr. Mo Xingchen, I know you have some stereotypes about me. This is the agreement I just signed with Marshal Gang Gu Kong. This interview with you needs the consent of you and the Navy Headquarters before it can be published.

Please believe me, no one cares about the World Economic News more than I do.

I know there is no point in chatting any further, so I will just ask two questions that I care about most right now…

What kind of justice do you uphold in your heart, and what is your attitude towards pirates?"

Mo Xingchen looked at the agreement, leaned back on the sofa, crossed his legs, looked lazy, and said with a smile:

"I have always felt that when a strong person is angry, he should draw his sword and attack someone even stronger. Even if he is a pirate, it does not prevent me from respecting him personally! But from what I see in the sea today, it is just a bunch of trash who draw their swords and attack the weak.

So generally when I meet pirates, it depends on my mood. If I'm in a good mood, they might put me in jail. If I'm in a bad mood? I'm sorry, these scumbags can only pray that their necks are harder than my sword. This is my justice of fate!"

"Thank you for your cooperation. The interview was very exciting. I will also work hard to make the news even more exciting, Mr. Mo Xingchen!"

Hearing such an explosive answer, Morgans finally smiled happily with satisfaction. Although the progress was a bit bumpy, at least he got some news that met the selling points. So he stood up, stretched out his wings, and the two shook hands and said goodbye.

Ji Yuan looked at the two people who were treating each other with respect, then meowed in the direction of Marshal Ganggu Kong's office, his small eyes revealing a great deal of stupidity.

When Morgans had gone far away, Ji Yuan whispered:

"How did you do it?"

"Tsk~ Just use your hands!"

"What did you guys talk about?"

"I didn't realize you were such a gossiper. Keep it a secret. We'll know about it in the newspapers in a few days anyway."

"mean!"

……

Mo Xingchen held his head in his hands, whistled, and walked towards the training ground with Di Yuan, ready to randomly select a victim to test his new trick.

A few days passed in a flash. Today, the Navy Headquarters was very lively. Every soldier was dressed neatly and cleanly. Even Mo Xingchen wore his least favorite formal suit, which was the black suit he bought when he first came to Marinford.

The big guys and senior leaders were sitting in the first row eating fruit, the second row was a group of veteran lieutenant generals, and behind them sat a group of major generals and brigadier generals. Behind them were a square formation of veterans, and another square formation of new recruits who needed to be awarded medals. Our protagonist Mo Xingchen was mixed in among the thirty or forty people in the elite training camp, standing to one side of the stage, and began to sleep.

As the big guys said "I'll just say a few words", he slept for two hours. Suddenly, a thunderous applause woke Mo Xingchen up. It turned out that the formal ceremony of awarding honors had ended.

Teams of new marines walked onto the stage, and under the announcement of the air marshal, they became glorious marines of the headquarters, and then walked down with their ranks and military posts.

Until the highlight began, the awarding of medals to the elite training camp began, starting with the last one, more than a dozen colonels of the headquarters were awarded titles, and then it was the turn of Huoshaoshan, Ghost Spider, Dorag and others. There were more than ten people who were all brigadier generals of the headquarters.

The last one was Kuzan, who was promoted to major general of the headquarters with the excellent result of first place. As each officer who was awarded a rank finished his speech, the soldiers below would burst into thunderous applause.

"This next recruit has only been in the army for two months. Some of you may know him, while others may have only heard of his name. However, as a captain in the navy, he killed and captured pirates in the Sabaody Archipelago in half a day, with a total bounty of more than 40 billion! I believe that his backbone is able to bear the weight of 'justice'."

As Steelbone Sora spoke passionately, a navy man came over with a tray. Sora picked up the folded coat on the tray and shook it, displaying the word "Justice" in front of everyone.

"Hu~~"

All the voices merged into one, filling the entire ceremony with excitement, and brought the emotions of all the soldiers to a climax. Everyone knew that the officers and generals before them must have had military merits, but they were just the sum of sporadic achievements, and they had only been in training camps for the past two years without any missions, so this real and dazzling record touched the sense of justice of every sailor!

No one knew who shouted "Mo Xingchen" first, and then the entire square began to change from intermittent shouting to uniform shouting, calling for the hero in their hearts to come on stage.

Kuzan then nudged Mo Xingchen, who was still in a daze, with his elbow.

"Big star, it's your turn!"

Mo Xingchen came back to his senses, smiled bitterly and shook his head. He just wanted to be a salted fish, but he didn't expect this to happen. Did this count as Marshal Kong being stabbed?

Putting on a gentle smile, he slowly walked to the front of the stage, confident and sunny. Marshal Kong personally bent down to put the coat of justice on Mo Xingchen, then stood up.

"In the name of the Navy's Chief Marshal, I confer the rank of Colonel on Mo Xingchen."

Patting Mo Xingchen on the shoulder, he said solemnly:

"Be clothed in justice and never fall!"

"Yes! Marshal!"

Mo Xingchen saluted solemnly, and Gang Gukong took the lead in clapping. There were roaring cheers and thunderous applause from below. It lasted for a minute, and Gang Gukong pressed his hands down.

"Next, let's invite our navy's rising star to give a speech!"

After Kong Ganggu finished speaking, he clapped his hands and left. Mo Xingchen walked to the podium where Marshal Kong had just stood, adjusted the microphone, and saluted the audience. After everyone saluted him in return, he spoke:

"Good morning, officers and colleagues! I'm sorry to have to take up your time to listen to me talk about something that you may already know."

A simple opening statement caused the crowd in the audience to chuckle, because this is a common problem in large-scale ceremonies, where leaders always patiently talk about principles that everyone knows. Just now, so many generals and officers gave speeches, and the ones at the beginning were fine, but they spoke less and less towards the end, and when they had all said everything, they didn't know what to say anymore.

Seeing that the audience was so respectful, Mo Xingchen gradually became involved.

"When I learned from my superior, Lieutenant General Karp, last night that I would be giving a speech on stage today, to be honest, I was shocked!

Why? It's not that I'm modest. I know you don't like to hear this either, but... a few days ago, Major General Kuzan's colleagues in the training camp asked me if I had prepared my speech, and my superior only remembered to notify me last night!"

Chapter 20: No Need to Wait for the Torch, We Are the Light

“Hahahahahaha~~”

In an instant, the scene seemed to explode, with bursts of laughter. Even Marshal Kong, General Zhan Guo, and Lieutenant General He couldn't help laughing. It seems that things that can resonate with people are often true things.

Mo Xingchen glanced at Karp who was also laughing, and continued:

"I have been thinking for several days about what I should talk about. But I found that all the meaningful topics seemed to have been discussed by my predecessors. So I will not talk about these heavy topics today. I will talk about something light-hearted, about living!

The world is so big and the scenery is so beautiful. Only when you are alive can you see these things, see the sun rise, see the sunset fill the sky, see the stars and the moon climb up to the sky. This is a kind of happiness. "

Seeing that the audience was a little silent, Mo Xingchen didn't know what was wrong, so he picked up the microphone base, ignored the electric sound, walked to the front of the stage, snapped his fingers and said:

"As far as staying alive is concerned, we did it. But as 'humans' we cannot just live. We always live for something, so dreams arise, and with them come various identities. We choose to become a navy that wears justice, carries justice, defends justice, and executes justice, so we live for the weak!

When we execute justice, many people will live because of us. On the contrary, when we fail to live up to justice, those who could have lived may die.

So this is the meaning of our navy's existence! To allow more weak people to... survive!"

The audience immediately erupted in thunderous applause and cheers, especially from the enthusiastic bosses in the front row. Mo Xingchen nodded in greeting, then raised his hand to the back and continued:

"Now that we understand why we live, let's go a step further and learn how to live successfully. Do you feel upset for not catching the pirates? Do you blame yourself for watching your comrades fall? Do you ask yourself in the dead of night, I have tried so hard, why did it turn out like this?

Why do some people become lieutenant generals, some become major generals, and some stand on the stage to give speeches, while you can only listen below? They have better grades and stronger combat capabilities than you, but they still choose to study. Are they naturally better than you, or are you letting yourselves down? "

Seeing the audience start to whisper, and some even start to curse, after all, no one would admit that they were a loser. Mo Xingchen did not stop them, but quietly waited for the soldiers' emotions to ferment. When the noise started to get louder and louder, and seeing that the big guys also frowned, Mo Xingchen chuckled.

"Haha, no, hard work doesn't work like that. You think books are useless after reading a few pages, and you start complaining about the lack of results after training for a week.

Hard work is not about deceiving yourself. If you think that other people's success is due to luck, you may say that they are lucky and have eaten a good devil fruit. Then what do Vice Admiral Garp and Admiral Zephyr say?

So before you start complaining, ask yourself, have you understood the knowledge points you didn’t understand the last time you studied? Have you made a breakthrough in the bench press that you couldn’t do the last time?

Success is never achieved overnight. There is no shortcut to success. The reason you have not succeeded is that you have stagnated on the road to success.

Success is different from failure. We can wait for failure, but we can never wait for success to come!

Do you think I'm mocking you?

Do not!

I also failed. I couldn't beat Vice Admiral Garp, Admiral Sengoku, or even the pirate Whitebeard!

So let us pick up the fallen learning and the discarded training equipment. As long as we work hard, we can do everything!

If you think the navy is bad, then work hard to build it!