Chapter 337 The retained fire! (2-in-1)

The news that Smoker was taken away for investigation by the Navy's Criminal Investigation Division soon spread among the trainees at the same time.

Although other people in the Naval Academy did not know why the best person in their class was taken away for investigation, the young naval cadets who were sitting around the school grounds chatting together that afternoon guessed why. Everyone is in danger.

"You mean that boy Smoker was taken away because of spreading that 'rumor'?"

In the office of Zefa, the chief instructor of the naval school, Hina and several naval cadets stood respectfully in front of the desk.

After learning that Smoker was caught, they came to Zefa. On the one hand, they had a good relationship with Smoker, and they wanted to inquire about Smoker's whereabouts and possible future treatment.

Another reason is that these young people want to seek help from Zefa and do not want this matter to affect their career.

In the Navy Headquarters, even the sons and nephews of senior generals need to go through the naval school after undergoing grass-roots training.

Only young officers who graduate from naval schools will have a better upward path in the future. In fact, the Naval Academy is not only a place to learn "advanced management techniques" and "higher-level combat skills", it is also a place to expand your horizons and expand your social circle.

Compared with the ordinary "big soldiers" from all over the world, the cadets who graduated from the naval academy have all the advantages.

Among the naval schools, the most famous and powerful person is undoubtedly Zefa.

Although he only manages the naval school, no one would doubt Zefa's influence in the navy.

Marshal of the Warring States Period and Hero Garp were Zefa's contemporaries and old comrades. Today's three navy generals are all Zefa's disciples. They are the backbone of the navy, and the lieutenant generals and rear admirals of the headquarters basically trained in the naval school under him. However, even the former navy admiral with a bounty of 5 billion beli was heard to have been trained by Zefa.

Hina and other young students know very well that if there is anyone who can help Smoker and them, that person must be Zefa.

The instructors at the Naval Academy are basically only officers at the rank of colonel or even lieutenant colonel.

It is simply impossible for those instructors to be able to recruit people from the Naval Criminal Investigation Section, and they may not even be able to speak in front of their department leaders. After all, their section chief has the rank of lieutenant general!

Smoker was taken away for investigation, and Zefa only learned the news after the students told him.

After taking a focused look at the young people like Hina, Zefa's eyebrows showed a little anger.

"Teacher Zefa, Smoker really doesn't mean anything else."

"He just has a quick mouth."

Hina, who had previously had a disagreement with Smoker on the school field, shielded Smoker and said nice things when facing Zefa.

Of course, she didn't hide anything from Zefa. After Zefa's questioning, she told Zefa exactly what happened before, and at the same time, she also repeated some of the words that Smog had said before that she still remembered.

Listening to Hina's report, the anger between Zefa's brows did not subside. Instead, he punched the desk and cursed:

"Bastard thing!"

"What do those idiots in the Criminal Investigation Department do when they have enough to eat every day?"

"If you have this spare time, why not go out to sea and run around more often? Check the navy branches all over the world to see if there is anything illegal!"

"He actually reached out to our naval academy. Have you ever asked me?"

"Don't you take me seriously?!"

When Smoker was arrested, Zefa was quite angry. It was not that he was angry that Smoker didn't know the importance of things and talked nonsense. He was a young man and immature, which was normal. He was angry that the Naval Criminal Investigation Division actually extended its tentacles to his naval school and arrested his students without even asking for his opinion. This was unacceptable to him.

Although Zefa has been relegated to the second line for many years, no one has ever strayed into his territory in all these years!

Even if the Warring States Period wanted to assign these students to take up jobs in local areas, they would need his signature and approval before they could be transferred!

This was the first time for Hina and the others to see Zefa getting so angry. They glanced at the dented tabletop on the desk and lowered their heads and stopped talking.

Zefa is a kind and amiable man who cares about the students wholeheartedly, but at the same time he is also a serious person and trains the students very strictly. The naval cadets respect and fear Zefa.

The office became quiet, no one spoke.

Zefa pondered for a while, then grabbed the phone bug and made a call. After a busy tone, the call was answered.

"Asshole, are you the one who sent people to the Naval Academy to arrest people?!"

"Where are people now?"

As soon as the call was connected, Zefa roared angrily.

On the other end of the phone, Warring States just picked up the receiver and heard the roar of his old comrades. Brannew, who was standing in front of him and was reporting on "the latest developments of the new navy on Thor Island", also heard Zefa's roar. He lowered his head silently, pretending not to hear, and then quickly exited the office.

"Arresting people? What arresting people, I don't know?"

"Who is it? Don't get excited first and make it clear."

Warring States was confused by Zefa's roar and asked strangely.

"you do not know?!"

"Smorg, a cadet from my naval academy, was taken away by the Navy Criminal Investigation Division!"

"That's your direct department!"

"How dare they arrest someone here without you nodding?"

Zefa's voice was loud. Hearing this, Warring States was startled for a moment, then lowered his eyelids and said, "I really don't know about this matter. I want to ask about Tianzheng."

"Wait for the news and I will give you an answer after I have investigated it thoroughly."

Warring States' answer obviously did not satisfy Zefa. Zefa lowered his voice and replied in a deep voice: "No, I will get the answer myself!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a busy tone came from the receiver in Warring States hand.

"What is this guy Tianzheng planning to do?"

"I arrested people before and reported them, but this time you dare to go beyond me and arrest them?"

Zhan Guo's heart sank, and then he didn't stay in the office anymore. He stood up and left his seat.

The Criminal Investigation Division of the Navy Headquarters is directly under the Admiral of the Navy. Its function is to investigate violations of law and discipline within the Navy. Of course, this function is explicit. This department also has another function, which is to be responsible for Investigate the CP that monitors the world government.

The World Government has been standing in the world for 800 years. It has two strongest departments, one is the Navy and the other is the CP.

After so many years, how could it be possible that every successive leader of the Navy would be honest? There has long been a rift between the Navy and CP.

As the Five Old Stars are synonymous with the highest power in the world, how could they allow their subordinates to become infinitely powerful? The Navy and CP restrict and balance each other, which is essentially the work of the Five Old Stars.

The power of the Criminal Investigation Division comes from the Admiral of the Navy. Warring States used this knife very carefully. If Tianzheng wanted to arrest someone, he basically needed his consent.

"Smoking?"

Criminal Investigation Division, in the Tianzheng Office.

Navy cadet Smoker was invited to drink tea. On the sofa, Tianzheng took out a box of cigarettes from his pocket, handed it to Smoker who was sitting upright, and asked softly.

"I don't smoke."

Shaking his head, Smoker looked up at the "leader" in front of him who was wearing a blue suit and sunglasses indoors, and observed carefully.

"Well, it's a good habit not to smoke. Actually, I don't smoke either."

"I just started smoking recently."

"When you are under great pressure, you will inevitably need some means to relieve it."

Tianzheng said, taking back the cigarette case, gently shaking out a cigarette, and holding it in his mouth. Just as he was about to light a fire for himself, he raised his head and asked Smoker:

"Do you mind if I take one?"

Hearing this, Smoker glanced at Tianzheng in surprise and shook his head: "You can do whatever you want."

"Thanks."

Tianzheng bit his cigarette and smiled, then lit it.

After taking a gentle breath, Tianzheng leaned gently on the back of the sofa, looking at the ceiling with a look of enjoyment on his face. After pondering for a while, Tianzheng continued to speak: "Smog, right?"

"Relax, I invite you to come, we just want to chat, you don't need to be nervous."

"Well, do you know why I invited you here?"

After saying that, Tianzheng lowered his head slightly and asked.

"I know."

"No matter how many times I say it, I will always say it."

"I don't think there is anything wrong with General Ji Guoyuan's behavior!"

"Won't the Tianlong people do anything wrong?"

"No matter how many times you ask me to say it, this is my answer!"

Smoker clasped his hands and said straightforwardly. After speaking, he closed his eyes, looking like a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water.

We have already arrived at the office of the Criminal Investigation Division, what else is there to hide?

lie?

Smoker didn't even bother to do that kind of thing. What's more, he didn't feel that he had done anything wrong. He was just telling the truth.

After the words fell, the office fell into silence. Tianzheng had no intention of reprimanding Smoker. He glanced at Smoker with his eyes slightly lowered and smoked to himself.

A few minutes later, Tianzheng finished his cigarette and gently pressed the cigarette butt into the ashtray.

And Smoker slowly opened his eyes after not seeing each other speak for a long time.

"You're right, the Celestial Dragons can make mistakes too."

"Ji Guoyuan is a great person. Ji Guoyuan is a great person. His behavior is also right in his own opinion."

"In fact, in the eyes of many people, it is right."

"Um"

"I admit it, then what?"

Tianzheng crossed his hands on his chest, crossed his legs, and finally asked aloud.

"Then? What then?"

Smoker frowned and asked in confusion.

"I think I'm right, so I kill in the Holy Land, and then what?"

"The pirate is still wandering around and plundering. He killed many Tianlong people. The slaves were indeed liberated, but the world is still this world."

"Oh, he's wanted, no longer an Admiral."

"so."

"Has he changed anything?"

Tianzheng asked.

Hearing Tianzheng's words, Smoker immediately straightened up and looked shocked.

Today was the first time that he knew exactly what happened on the Holy Land. If it was just some rumors and what he thought was speculation before, then when these words came out of Tianzheng's mouth, it became an undoubted fact.

Lieutenant General Tianzheng

Rumor has it that he was one of the witnesses of that incident.

However, after being shocked, Smoker also noticed the other party's question, looked thoughtful, and then replied:

"I heard that he founded a new navy after leaving the navy."

"Even after he left the navy, he was still carrying out his own justice. Isn't this right?"

Before Smoker could finish speaking, Tianzheng immediately interrupted: "New navy?"

"Have you known about the existence of the World Government and Navy for how many years?"

"800 years!"

"New navy? According to the information I received, his new navy only has one or two thousand people in total, and the territory it controls is four islands. No, there are only two and a half left now. He has already left Germany. Lesrosa quit, and Fish-Man Island can only be counted as half."

"It's not that I'm being harsh, any large pirate ship group in the New World with a bounty of over 500 million has more than others."

"How can this new navy overwhelm the world government?"

"In other words, how long will it take before he can overwhelm the Navy Headquarters and the World Government?"

"If you give him a hundred years, can he do it?"

"Did he live for a hundred years? If the New Navy lost Jiguoyuan, it would be wiped out from this world in a matter of minutes. Do you believe it?"

"Now I ask you the same question again, 'What then?'"

Now, Smoker finally understood what Tianzheng meant. The young man's mind was racing at this moment. Feeling that he had no way to argue, he frowned and asked, "Then do nothing?"

"Dragon Man"

"Don't the mistakes of the Tianlong people need to be corrected?"

Hearing this, Tianzheng suddenly laughed, stood up from the sofa, walked to Smoker's side, patted Smoker's shoulder gently, and said:

"Do you know what Admiral means?"

"Do you know what Admiral means?"

"Do you know how old he was when he became admiral?"

"He had a better choice, he just chose another path."

"You are different. You are still very young. You can take a different path."

With that said, Tianzheng left Smoker and went behind the desk, then sat down on the chair and said to Smoker not far away:

"You must be feeling very complicated right now, right?"

"There is a raging fire burning in your chest. Your mind must be thinking hard about how to refute me."

"But these are no longer important."

"Because of some of your remarks, you may be sent abroad in advance."

"Your path forward will also be full of thorns."

"But I think you won't care about this kind of thing, Smoker. No matter how strong a person is, there is a limit to what he can do."

"I hope you can still recall our conversation today in your future naval career."

"I'm not trying to hurt you, I just want you to know how a mature navy should make choices."

"Only by walking the right path can the ideals and ambitions in your heart be realized."

"If everything's okay, you can leave."

Tianzheng pointed to the door of the office, but after hearing this, Smoker just sat on the sofa in a daze, saying nothing. Tianzheng didn't mean to rush him, and started to process the documents on his own.

"boom!"

Suddenly, a loud noise exploded in the office, and the door of the office was kicked away. In an instant, sawdust was flying.

A tall figure quickly walked into the office, looked around, and his eyes fell on Smoker.

Behind the desk, Tianzheng saw the person coming. Under his sunglasses, the corners of his eyes twitched slightly, and he couldn't help complaining:

"Teacher Zefa, you can just open the door and come in. Why do you have to break the door?"

"It's not like I won't open it for you?"

Seeing that Smoker was intact, Zefa turned a deaf ear to Tianzheng's complaints. He walked to Smoker's side, grabbed Smoker's shoulder with one hand, and said in a deep voice:

"Come on, kid, I'm here to pick you up!"

"No one dares to touch my students without my permission!"

Smoker's eyes became slightly focused. Looking at the figure in front of him, Smoker suddenly felt that the fog in front of him had dissipated. He turned his head and said to Tianzheng:

"Thank you, I will take your words to heart."

With that said, Smoker stood up and turned around to leave. Zefa didn't know what Tianzheng said to his students, but Smoker was finally safe and sound, and Zefa didn't bother Tianzheng anymore and followed Smoker. Ge left.

Looking at the two people leaving, Tianzheng showed a slight smile.

And not long after Zefa and Smoge left, Warring States hurried over and saw Tianzheng's somewhat messy office. Most of the anger in his chest disappeared, but he still did not forget his purpose and moved toward Tianzheng. asked:

"How come you didn't ask me when you arrested students?"

Faced with the question from the Warring States Marshal, Tianzheng just smiled and replied: "I just invited him to come and have a chat."

"And you still don't trust me?"

"I declined the invitation from General Jiguoyuan and returned to the Navy Headquarters~"

"By the way, Marshal, Spangdine seems to be very well-informed."

As he said that, Tianzheng and Zhanguo looked at each other from a distance. Although they didn't say anything clearly, Zhanguo reacted instantly, and his face suddenly became clouded.

New world.

A small warship with full sails was sailing fast on the sea.

"What kind of person is that Vegapunk?"

This small warship was none other than Jiguo Yuanyi's group heading to Eggjian Island. As the destination approached, Luo couldn't help but become anxious. He came to the deck, walked to Jiguo Yuanyi's side, and asked in a low voice.

"I do not know--"

"Never dealt with it."

"He must be a powerful scientist. His technology is at least 500 years ahead of the world!"

Ji Guoyuan smiled and replied that while most people in the world were still using single-shot flintlock guns and reloading artillery, he had already used clones and laser weapons, saying that he was five years ahead of the world. After a hundred years, it is still too conservative.

"Yeah?"

Hearing this, Luo looked at the sea with some expectancy, and his anxious heart calmed down a little.