Chapter 42 Consensus
Badia Island.
City Hall, conference room.
The rest of the people had left the conference room sensibly, leaving only Darren, Flying Squirrel, Gion, Sengoku and Porusalino sitting down.
This is an internal meeting of the North Sea Navy.
Darren lit a cigar, glanced at Porusalino who was wearing toad sunglasses, turned to Sengoku, and said with a smile:
"I wonder what happened to General Sengoku's campaign against Bundy Waldo?"
Looking at the admiral with a depressed expression in front of him, Darren felt a little amused.
Two of the three generals in the Navy Headquarters are vacant, Zefa devotes himself to teaching, and Garp refuses to be promoted, so basically all the trivial matters and troubles fall on the head of Sengoku alone.
What a great injustice.
Warring States shook his head and said:
"Something happened on the way and the mission was interrupted."
He picked up the tea cup and took a sip. His deep gaze swept over the faces of everyone present, and their expressions gradually became serious and cold.
"The reason why I came here this time is because of this matter."
Sensing the seriousness in Sengoku's tone, Gion and the others sat up straight with serious expressions.
After a second's pause, Warring States slowly said:
"One day ago, something happened in the North Sea that shocked the world government."
"Sildes Saint, a Celestial Dragon who returned to the Holy Land of Mariejoia from Badia Island not long ago, was attacked on the way back... and died on the spot."
The moment the words fell, Darren's expression changed drastically and he stood up suddenly.
"What? How is this possible!?"
The flying squirrel also had a suitably shocked look on his face, a look of disbelief.
Gion and Kaki were shocked.
They didn't know what they were thinking of, and their eyes subconsciously glanced in Darren's direction, but when they saw the "shocked" expression on Darren's face, they were all stunned.
Warring States, who was so worried about this incident, didn't notice the obscure micro-expressions between the two people, and just pinched his temples with a headache.
Only Porusalino seemed to notice something, and the smile on his lips suddenly became full of meaning.
"The attack on the Tianlong people is still confidential, but I have received orders from the government to conduct a thorough investigation into the matter."
Warring States sighed,
"But according to the surveillance video of the bug on the official ship, we haven't been able to find any clues yet."
"But what can be inferred is that the attacker's strength is extremely amazing...the World Government's escorts did not have time to react, and the official ship was directly sunk."
"This is relevant information."
As he said this, Warring States took out a document and handed it to Darren.
Darren took it, glanced at it quickly, and couldn't help but murmured:
"Destroying the official ship in an instant... with such combat power, even in the Great Channel, there are not many people who can do it, let alone in a small place like the North Sea."
He handed the documents to Flying Squirrel and others in turn.
The flying squirrel also read it quickly. Although he had already expected it, he was shocked.
The intelligence content described in this document, as well as the direction of the Warring States General's investigation, are exactly the same as what Darren analyzed!
"Sengoku General... have you identified the suspect?"
At this time Darren spoke in a deep voice,
"Since this happened in Beihai, Beihai must also bear part of the responsibility... Beihai and the Beihai Navy are willing to cooperate with your work unconditionally."
Warring States was very satisfied with Darren's attitude, nodded and said:
"Well, it was indeed a wise decision to hand over the North Sea Navy to you."
"It's just that I have already investigated suspects with this ability, but I haven't found anything yet."
"This time I came to Badia Island to further investigate. After all, considering the cause and effect, Hildes Saint himself set off from Badia Island and returned to the holy land of Mariejoia."
"...That's it." Darren suddenly understood and nodded with deep understanding.
"You are responsible for the protection of Saint Shields on Badia Island..."
Warring States gently tapped the conference table with his fingers.
"Before Shields Saint set sail, did you notice that he encountered any strange people or strange things on the island?"
After the words fell, Sengoku saw the expressions of Gion and Kake change, as if they were hesitant to speak.
"I'll tell you the truth, General of the Warring States Period..."
Darren spoke slowly at this time, his expression extremely complex.
"Before Lord Shields Saint set sail, something did happen."
"Oh?" Warring States raised his eyebrows, "What's the matter?"
Gion and Kaki suddenly turned their heads and looked at Darren in astonishment.
I saw the navy captain sigh,
"That's a very unfortunate thing."
He carefully considered his tone and slowly told the story about the flower-selling father and daughter on Badia Island.
…
boom!
The huge fist smashed down, and the conference table in front of Warring States shattered and fell into pieces.
"Damn!!!"
He stood up suddenly, clenched his fists tightly, and trembled visibly.
I don’t know who the “damn” was meant to be.
The image of a thin little girl being roughly dragged into the cabin, shivering and huddled in a dark corner flashed through his mind.
Gion and others looked at the angry expression of the Warring States general and did not dare to speak.
After a while, Zeng Guo forced himself to suppress the anger in his heart.
"That's it for this meeting. I'm a little tired."
After being silent for a while, he dropped the words in a hoarse voice and turned to leave without saying a word.
Gion and others also hurriedly followed.
Darren and Porusalino were the only two people left in the huge conference room.
Both of them had a hint of a smile on their faces.
"Sasi ignores Dana, Major General Porusalino."
Darren suddenly laughed, broke the silence, took out a gilded cigar, and threw it to Porusalino.
Porusalino took it, put it under his nose, sniffed it, and said with a smile:
"I haven't seen you in a few years, but you still like to enjoy life as always, Darren."
Darren lit a cigar for himself and shrugged:
"Being in the navy is hard enough. There are many things that you don't need to do to yourself, right?"
Porusalino looked at him deeply and suddenly grinned:
"I can see that you are doing well in Beihai."
He paused, his tone full of meaning.
"Darren, this is just the beginning, right?"
Darren smiled calmly: "Who knows? I don't like trouble either... Well, I learned this advantage from you."
Porusalino scratched his head with a distressed expression:
"Indeed, trouble is always bad."
"But trouble will always come." Darren said.
"Anyway, just don't get involved with me..." Porusalino stretched greatly, stood up from his seat, and walked towards the door.
"Thank you for the cigar."
He turned his back to Darren and waved.
Just when he stepped out of the conference room door, his footsteps suddenly stopped, he turned back and smiled at Darren:
"By the way, I always feel that the truth behind the attack on the Tianlong people is not that complicated."
"Oh? What's Major General Porusalino's opinion?" Darren flicked the ashes from his cigarette.
Porusalino's sunglasses shone with an eerie light.
"I think it's very possible that it was just attacked by a Neptune-like creature."
"After all, such a huge ship is very conspicuous..."
"It was an accident, what do you think, Darren?"
silence.
Deathly silence.
Porusalino stared at the naval captain sitting there smoking, as if he wanted to read something on the latter's face.
However, Darren just said lightly:
"Major General Porusalino has a great opinion, I think so too."
The two looked at each other for a while.
Then they laughed at the same time.
——Like two cunning foxes.
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