Chapter 74
After Tina finished her set of procedures, Zhan Guo began to repeatedly award medals and encouragements, and then the next one.
Soon, everyone had a golden medal on their chest.
But it was not over yet, the next part was the highlight.
After handing out the medals, Zhan Guo held the radio Den Den Mushi and announced in front of everyone:
"Colonel Luffy was appointed as the captain of the Navy Guerrilla a year ago and was ordered to go to the East China Sea.
During the East China Sea mission, he severely cracked down on the arrogance of local pirates.
He conscientiously completed the task of inspecting the East China Sea Navy issued by the headquarters.
He purged the corrupt officers in each branch who had extremely bad influences such as corruption and bribery.
Half a month ago, together with the Grand Line Navy G27 Branch, he discovered the conspiracy of Crocodile, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, to overthrow the government and allied countries. He bravely took the lead and successfully brought the villain Crocodile to justice without fear of danger.
Hereby, in the name of the Supreme Commander of the Navy of the World Government, I appoint Colonel Monkey D. Luffy to the rank of Rear Admiral of the Navy Headquarters."
After saying that, Sengoku immediately took the lead in applauding.
Crane, Zephyr, Aokiji and others who knew the news in advance also applauded and celebrated.
But the others who came to watch the ceremony were dumbfounded.
They guessed that Luffy would be promoted after defeating the Seven Warlords of the Sea.
But they didn't expect that Luffy would skip the brigadier general and directly be promoted from colonel to major general.
You know, he has only been at sea for more than a year.
This promotion speed is too outrageous.
Of course, although they were surprised, everyone still agreed with this appointment. After all, Luffy captured the Seven Warlords of the Sea, the seven who are known as the three major forces in the world. A member of the Great Pirates of France.
In terms of strength alone, the weight of Luffy, a major general, is completely sufficient.
Under the applause of the crowd, Luffy stood up again and spoke a set of standard official language.
Sengoku didn't care, and handed Luffy the appointment documents and a set of higher-standard military uniforms and cloaks with a look of satisfaction.
After that, he repeated what he had done before, listing the events of Tina and others one by one, and commended them.
Among them, Tina was promoted to brigadier general, Ian was promoted to major, Cook, Gavin, Binz and others were promoted to captain, and others were also promoted.
Even Zoro, who was not qualified to go on stage and Sanji were promoted two levels, from sergeant to warrant officer.
Nami and Usopp were not so lucky, they were only promoted to staff sergeant, still the lowest rank in the whole guerrilla team.
But even so, those marines who didn't know much about the guerrilla team were dumbfounded.
Good boy, the whole team was promoted together, right?
It's ok that Major General Luffy was promoted for capturing the Seven Warlords of the Sea, Tina and Ian also played a key role for now.
But what about the others? No, we must protest to the marshal.
What? You say the protest is invalid? Then at least let us join the guerrilla team. Attack team.
We also want to be promoted, we also want to make progress!
For a moment, the faces of all the navy officers in the square changed.
They all stared at Luffy's back on the podium with fiery eyes, and the fiery eyes made Luffy's whole body shudder.
He seemed to have become a hot commodity now, and everyone wanted to have a bite.
The awarding of honors and promotion activities ended in such a relaxed and happy environment.
When Luffy left the square and returned to the marshal's office, he had a layer of cold sweat on his back. After closing the door, he sat down on the comfortable sofa in the office without hesitation, and said relaxedly:
"Phew~ It's finally over. Just now it felt like there were a group of ants crawling behind me.
My observation Haki kept giving warnings, and I felt like I was about to be torn apart at any moment."
Zhan Guo smiled and sat down in his office chair, crossed his hands on the table, and said jokingly:
"What, do you think being a major general is too stressful?
Do you want me to remove your military rank and position, so that you can go home and be a young master who just eats and waits for death?"
Luffy rolled his eyes at him in annoyance.
"Sure, but Grandpa Zhan Guo, are you willing to give it up?" (To read the exciting novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)
"Humph, what is there for me to be reluctant about?" Zhan Guo snorted heavily, and then changed to a gloating look, saying playfully:
"Thanks to you for recommending Yixiao to me. He is quite capable and can fill the vacancy left by you."
"Hey——？"
Luffy sat up in confusion, then clapped his hands in sudden realization.
"Yes, where is Uncle Yixiao? I haven't seen him since I brought him here that day.[]
Where did he go? What is his current rank?"
"Humph." Zhan Guo smiled complacently, took out a signed document from his desk, shook it, and said:
"You should call him Sir now. After my application, the government agreed to promote him to Lieutenant General.
Just yesterday, I sent him to the New World for a mission."
"What?! He really became a vice admiral?!"
Luffy jumped up and screamed. He didn't expect that Yixiao could be promoted to vice admiral in such a relatively stable period of time.
Originally, he just said it casually, thinking that it would be good if the marshal could make an exception and arrange a major general.
After all, Yixiao was a newcomer and didn't even have any achievements.
Sitting back on the sofa, he slowly digested this shocking news.
Suddenly, Luffy realized something was wrong and jumped up from the sofa.
"Grandpa, what did you say?! He went to the new world?
I, the captain, haven't even gone yet, how come he went to the new world?!"
"Is there something wrong?", Zhan Guo pretended to be puzzled
"Of course not!"
Luffy retorted loudly, and then counted on his fingers.
"Grandpa, I was the first one to know Yixiao, right?"
"Uh-huh, yeah"
"I was the one who brought him back to the headquarters and introduced him to you."
"Yes, this is your credit. This is one of the reasons why you were promoted directly to major general."
"That's right." Luffy���Clapping hands, spreading towards the Warring States
"I brought him here, and it was thanks to my efforts that he joined the navy. How could you just throw him away to the new world after meeting him once?
He should be my subordinate, and he should follow me."
"Yes, you are right."
Zhan Guo nodded repeatedly,"And then?"
"Then what? He is mine, he should be mine!"
Luffy argued. Zhan
Guo shook his head with amusement and leaned back on the chair.
"After saying so much, you still don't understand one thing."
Luffy was at a loss,"What?" He calmly reached out and poked the table, and said in a serious tone:
"Remember, I am the Admiral of the Navy."
Luffy:
