Chapter 44 Disagreements within the Navy

Marie Gioia, Between the Powers.

"What do the pirates want to do? Attack the navy? But there's no way these hyenas will unite, right?"

Wise Jupiter couldn't understand why almost everyone in the New World knew that the pirates were going to make a big move, and the Five Elders certainly knew the inside story better.

"According to CP's intelligence, many pirate groups have recently issued orders targeting the Marine branch."

Saturn spoke up and revealed the information.

"But the weird thing is, it doesn't make sense. What's their motive? Are they simply targeting the navy? To drive the navy out of the New World?"

Jupiter still couldn't figure it out.

"It's possible. If the opponent is the navy, these hyenas might really unite temporarily and drive the navy out of the new world."

Mars stroked his chin and mentioned a possibility.

"Pirates are just individuals pursuing interests. Only interests can bring them together temporarily."

"It's another scene of pirates and navy targeting each other. How boring."

Saturn sighed, it seemed somewhat similar to the Valley of the Gods five years ago.

"Yeah, do we need to send some reinforcements to Sora? After all, if the Navy really loses control of the New World, then the allied nations in the New World will definitely blow up our Den Den Mushi again."

Venus obviously also thought that the pirates wanted to target the navy.

"Support them. After all, those member states have paid a lot of money. If we don't make some progress, they will start to quarrel at the next World Conference."

Mercury made his decision.

"Seconded."

"Seconded."

"Agreed to reinforce."

"Seconded."

The five old men reached a consensus, and no one could have imagined that there was something behind this seemingly targeted attack on the New World Navy branch.

What a shocking conspiracy!

...........

Naval headquarters, Marinford, the Navy's highest conference room.

Today, Cyborg Sora convened an emergency meeting of the top naval officers.

"Everyone, please share your opinions. What do you think about the abnormality of the New World pirates?"

Sora chaired this emergency meeting.

Brannew, the future 'meeting king' hadn't even joined the navy yet, and he might as well be a brat right now, so most of the navy's meetings were presided over by Sora himself, or by Vice Admiral Tsuru.

"This time, the pirates suddenly shrank their sphere of influence and even targeted the branch in the New World. G6, G8, and G15 were attacked by the Gale Pirates and the Big Mom Pirates one after another and were almost destroyed."

Lieutenant General Tsuru, the head of the General Staff, analyzed.

This 43-year-old woman is now at the last stage of her glory.

Her face is still beautiful and graceful, but the years have quietly left some traces in the corners of her eyes, and her eyes gradually reveal a kind of vicissitudes of life, which makes the intellect, maturity and beauty of this woman reflected to the fullest!

She is the highest idol of all female sailors, the dream lover of all male sailors, and the brain of the entire navy. She is a perfect woman who truly combines wisdom and beauty, justice and strength!

Lieutenant General Tsuru continued.

"I think this is more than just a few pirate groups secretly forming an alliance. There must be a bigger conspiracy."

"What do you think their conspiracy is?"

Sengoku asked. He was sitting in the first seat on the right hand side of Kong Kong, representing his status, the admiral of the navy, Sengoku Sengoku!

"This is by no means as simple as destroying a few naval branches. You know, it's not just one or two pirate groups that have retracted their forces and transferred back their officers. The Flying Pirates, Wang Zhi Pirates, Silver Axe Pirates, Gale Pirates, Phantom Sword Pirates, the Charlotte Family, and even Whitebeard, who is not keen on hegemony, have returned to their base. I don't know what they are planning."

He narrowed her eyes, and every time she mentioned a pirate group, the solemnity in her eyes became more intense.

"So many pirate groups have gathered together. There must be a conspiracy behind this that we have not yet investigated. Therefore, we should reinforce the branches in the New World. I suggest sending at least two admirals to the G1 branch and the G3 branch in the New World to suppress the riots that have not yet occurred."

"...Well, what Xiaohe said makes sense. What do you think?"

Sora nodded and looked at the other generals.

The atmosphere of naval meetings is still relatively good nowadays. There are no actors clipping their nails with their heads down, no cycling enthusiasts sleeping with eye masks on, and no generals puffing away smoke with cigarettes in their mouths.

Of course, except for that rogue lieutenant general who was eating donuts, making a 'crunching, crunching' sound, which annoyed the Zhan Guo sitting opposite him.

"Ahahaha! There's no need for that. I will beat them all up!~"

Karp, wearing a dog-head hat, leaned back in his chair and spoke carelessly, saying that no one knew why he called himself an old man at the age of 45.

"!#! Garp!! The situation is extremely urgent! We don't know when the pirates will start a riot. This is not the time for you to joke around!!"

Sengoku, who was wearing frog-shaped glasses and had a braided beard, finally couldn't stand it anymore when he saw Garp chewing donuts and joking nonchalantly.

"Ahaha, why are you in such a hurry? I'm also offering constructive suggestions, Zhan Guo, come and try this new sweet flavor—"

boom! ! !

A blast of slap hit Garp straight on the head, causing the vice admirals below to twitch their eyelids. [General Sengoku, did you use Armament Haki just now? I saw it...]

"Just shut up and eat your donuts, asshole!"

"...Alright, calm down, Sengoku. Isn't Garp always like this? Let's get back to business."

Cyborg Kong, as the eldest brother of the two, tried to smooth things over. This situation happened every time there was a meeting, and Kong said he was used to it.

The vice admirals below also frowned, thinking hard about how to deal with the pirates' strange actions.

Not everyone is as optimistic as Garp, and they don’t have Garp’s fearless strength!

However, among the lieutenant generals, two of them looked at each other inadvertently and saw the determination in each other's eyes.

The next moment, one of them spoke.

"Marshal Kong, I have an opinion, but I don't know if I should say it or not."

"Oh? Pergman, if you have any opinions, just speak up. They are definitely more reliable than Garp's."

Kong smiled faintly. Only when more people put forward their opinions can the entire navy be coordinated to the greatest extent. Steel Bone Kong is very experienced. At least he has to let others speak. Whether they are adopted or not is another matter.

"It's like this, Marshal Kong, and everyone else. I sailed to the New World a few days ago and found that the situation of our navy in the New World is not optimistic. We are all on the same side, and I dare to say something unpleasant. In fact, our navy is weak in the New World and lags far behind those big pirates."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone frowned and felt unhappy, but they had to admit that this was indeed what Pergamon said.

Most of the territory in the New World is the sphere of influence of the pirates. The Marine branches are like nails, firmly stuck in every gap, struggling to survive and guarding the insignificant justice.

Only Vice Admiral Tsuru, Sengoku, and Cyborg Sora nodded slightly, expressing their agreement. There was nothing wrong in admitting one's own weakness, but blind self-confidence was extremely foolish.

"Pergman, this is it, so, do you have any better ideas?"

"So, everyone, we might as well not deploy so much combat power to the New World!"

!!!

Pergamon said something shocking.

This was equivalent to a direct rebuttal to Vice Admiral Tsuru's proposal just now. Vice Admiral Tsuru had clearly stated just now that he would send two or more generals to the New World to suppress possible riots.

But then Pergamon explained.

"It is because the situation in the New World is not optimistic. So I think it is better to stay and guard the headquarters instead of wasting so much energy on uncertain dangers."

"Let's take a step back. Even if the pirates really want to deal with us, do we really have to fight them to the death in the New World? Can we win? Will we win? What if the headquarters is attacked? What if the pirates' target is Paradise? In that case, countless civilians will be persecuted, right? Justice will be tarnished! Moreover, even if the pirates' target is the New World Navy branch, we just need to defend well, because even if the pirates target us, they will only destroy a few branches like they did recently, and the civilian casualties will not be large. There are too many uncertainties in these situations, so I don't think we should put all our eggs in one basket!"

Every word Pergman said was heart-wrenching, but it touched everyone's heart.

Yes, even if the pirates join forces to start a war in the New World, will the Navy really fight them to the death?

What if they lose? What will the Navy do?

What if the pirates attacked the headquarters? Wouldn't that be the end of it?

What if the pirates' target is not actually the Navy branch in the New World? Wouldn't that be a waste of effort?

What if the pirates' attacks on several branches in the New World were just a cover-up? They actually had other intentions? This is very possible. Pirates are very insidious!

Everyone had all kinds of thoughts in their minds, but they all unconsciously agreed with Pergamon's words and began to have some thoughts of backing off.

Perhaps, we shouldn't put all our military forces into the New World as Vice Admiral Tsuru said. Even Tsuru himself felt that his proposal might not be appropriate.

Doves are the mainstream in the current navy. Although there are hawks who are willing to fight pirates to the death, they are not many.

Therefore, everyone in the conference room fell silent.