The Golden Lion was sailing on the sea at this time.

The unconscious sailors had all woken up and quickly boarded the ship to their posts. Although they weren't of much help, they had at least made it through. They couldn't be blamed for not being able to resist Conqueror's Haki and killing intent.

Most of the lieutenant generals couldn't withstand it either.

Around the ship's deck, the sailors gripped their weapons and patrolled the area, fearing the possibility of encountering any important figures at sea.

Kuro gave the order himself because he was genuinely injured, and quite badly so.

If we encounter some troublesome person at sea, we're doomed.

However, others didn't seem to care.

Seven elite vice admirals and three Shichibukai don't care if they discover pirates.

Yes, there are three: two current Shichibukai and one former Shichibukai.

Excluding Pakistan...

At this moment, in a conference hall within the fortress complex, several lieutenant generals sat at a long table, with navy personnel standing ramrod straight behind them.

"Why did you call me here? For a meeting?"

At the very head of the table, a person covered in bandages was speaking.

Kuro's head, face, and even body were wrapped in bandages, and his left hand and left foot were in casts, with only his eyes and lips showing.

Even with Lida's abilities, he was still injured.

Lida's abilities are not omnipotent, but her ability to heal indelible injuries is already quite remarkable.

Back in the Marineford War, when he cut down Shanks, he almost broke his hand, but Rita healed him. However, he still has to let the remaining injuries heal on their own.

The bandaged man, with a cigar in his mouth, leaned back slightly, hissed, gasped, and then leaned forward a little.

The group was smoking cigars, filling the meeting room with smoke.

“Yes, the proposal of the Seven Warlords of the Sea has been passed, so the power is in our hands. Since everyone is here, we can take this opportunity to consider it,” Onigumo said.

"Why don't you rest a little longer?" Storoberry asked Kuro with concern.

"It's okay, you won't die."

Kuro waved his hand. "What could possibly happen in a meeting? It's just a chat. The proposal has been approved. Although none of us know the specifics, you guys are experienced enough to probably figure out what's going on. After all, it was you who refined the proposal after I submitted it."

Fire Mountain nodded and said, "That's right. Regarding the proposal, our Navy will reselect the Seven Warlords of the Sea, and we will no longer consider the World Government."

The flying squirrel chimed in, "That's true, but the World Government also needs to consider the impact on enemies marked by the World Government."

Enemies marked by the World Government...

That was the revolutionary army.

As for whether members of the Revolutionary Army will become Shichibukai...

Isn't there a ready-made example?

If a few more were to come, the higher-ups would probably be overjoyed and wouldn't even need to consider anything else.

Of course, offending the Celestial Dragons is out of the question.

"And who gets this power?" Kuro asked, tapping his fingers on the table.

Dalmesia pondered for a moment and said, "On the Navy side, it's being coordinated by Fleet Admiral Sakazuki, but barring any unforeseen circumstances, it will be handed over to Admiral Kizaru."

"We have no choice but to leave it to him."

Doberman said, "The other two aren't qualified yet."

Those present are all from the old traditional navy, not the same kind of people recruited from around the world. They don't recognize anyone except the former admirals.

Kuro exhaled a puff of smoke, his expression strange. "Old man..."

The old man still leads the science unit and oversees Vegapunk's Science Island. As for the power that Sakazuki and Aokiji used to have, it has been delegated to the elite lieutenant generals present here.

The main reason is that Fujitora and Green Bull's tenure was too short. Although they held the rank of admiral, their actual power was much less.

"The main issue is that you invited Crocodile. Do you have designs on him?" Doberman looked over and said, "If it's Crocodile, his combat strength is sufficient."

“That’s true.” Kuro nodded. “This guy is much stronger than before. Whitebeard is dead, and he doesn’t have any ruthless targets. According to past intelligence… never mind, I don’t have any intelligence. What about yours?”

He might have intelligence, but that's all under Kro's control; he never looks at it.

“Crocodile…” Squirrel thought for a moment and said, “The intelligence indicates that he hasn’t been in any trouble recently. It seems like he’s been accumulating power, but he’s more inclined to… go into seclusion. It’s like he’s gathered a group of intelligent hippos as his subordinates on some island, and then nothing else has happened.”

Onigumo said, "I have no problem with him being a Shichibukai; he's strong enough. But he has, after all, failed before..."

“Failure is nothing, everyone has a history of failure,” the flying squirrel said. “The most important thing is that he has a criminal record, which is extremely serious, and since him, the Shichibukai, who were previously undefeated, have suffered consecutive defeats.”

What could be done? That straw hat kid, who was practically doomed, was just like God helped him, and he beat through the game.

But the flying squirrel's words also make some sense. Crocodile has a criminal record, just like Doflamingo, and is a typical example of a pirate who steals a country, but one succeeded while the other did not.

But there are differences as well.

Crocodile has no interest in nations; what he wants is 'Pluto'.

But now...

Several vice admirals fell silent. Judging from Crocodile's combat strength, there was absolutely no problem. However, they also had to be careful about the impact. If they handed over power to the Navy, but the first person they chose was Crocodile, who had caused turmoil in a kingdom, wouldn't that be a bit inappropriate?

Among them, the ones most likely to be affected are Fire Mountain and Flying Squirrel, as these two are doves and have many considerations.

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