"Lus, what do you think about me applying to the headquarters to be transferred to the garrison branch in the Grand Line?" Smoker said to one of his sergeants. .It

was already the third day after the Revolutionary Army attacked Rogue Town and the Straw Hat Pirates entered the Grand Line.

The navy of Rogue Town was vulnerable in the hands of the suspected Revolutionary Army cadres, but... At this time, the official statement, or the official news, was that the Straw Hat Pirates broke through the defense line of Rogue Town, and there was not much mention of the Revolutionary Army. It was just that they almost killed the headquarters colonel Tashigi.

As for Guan Liyuan's rank in the Revolutionary Army, the official understanding should be "a grassroots cadre of the Revolutionary Army" or something like that...

That's right, although Guan Liyuan expressed his identity as a "retired old cadre" in front of Smoker, it is obvious that Smoker did not report it truthfully in this regard for some purpose.

Moreover, the other navy present at the time were all stunned by Guan Liyuan, so it was all up to Smoker to say that the reason for the navy's fainting was also attributed to the fruit ability!

Because after the sailors woke up, they still had symptoms of nausea and dizziness, which were not exactly the same as the Conqueror's Haki. Therefore, the Navy Headquarters, which had not seen Guan Liyuan release the Conqueror's Haki with their own eyes, had no doubts about it.

Tashigi also received timely treatment, and now her injuries have stabilized. She was pierced through the heart but survived. The Navy's military doctors had to say that this was a great luck...

At the same time, Tashigi, who was dying, still put the responsibility of the Navy as the first priority, and was praised by Smoker, and reported to the headquarters.

As for being killed instantly... Although it was a bit embarrassing, it was a hard power gap after all, and Tashigi was still very young, so she was not punished, but was praised as a positive character.

It is said that during this near-death experience, Tashigi's understanding of the "iron block" was more thorough, and it might not take long for her to reach the state of having a solid foundation and self-generated Haki.

At the same time, Smoker was somewhat silent during these three days. The navy of Rogue Town thought that he was in a bad mood after being slapped in the face, but they didn't know that Smoker had been studying the sea chart these days. Although the part about the Grand Line was not accurate, it at least had a rough "meaning".

This day, Smoker called Sergeant Luss, pointed to a circle on the map, and told him his decision!

Luss looked at the map and found that Smoker was pointing to the area around Kalezi Island, which belonged to the middle and front part of the first half of the Grand Line. Going forward was the G8 Fortress Branch, one of the largest branches of the Navy, and the Sea Train Business District centered on the Seven Waters.

Backward... There is no clear "backward"!

Although in the first half of the Grand Line, in theory, if there is no "permanent pointer", it is necessary to advance one island at a time in order, divided into seven routes.

However, due to the existence of Sky Island and other islands that are difficult to land, the routes are often not coherent, and many times they cannot be "consistent". Although there are seven starting points, there are more than seven parallel routes later, and sometimes less than seven parallel routes.

The location of Kalezi Island is rather awkward. The previous island is an uninhabited island, and because it is difficult to land, it can only be landed with a permanent pointer or by riding the fixed ocean current twice a year. Therefore, it is a relatively remote island in the Grand Line.

If there is a permanent pointer, it is not far from the island countries such as the Drum Country.

But according to the statistics of the World Government, the island area is not small, and the environment is not bad. If it can be added as a sea train station in the future, the potential is still not small.

As for now... Kalezi Island is one of the few jurisdictions of the World Government in the Grand Line.

Although Smoker has not seen it with his own eyes, judging from the situation in the East China Sea, the situation there is definitely not good. In such a jurisdiction that cannot even pay normal taxes, let alone "sky gold", the grassroots of the World Government are most likely to "rot".

Now Smoker has chosen such a place...

After Luce looked at it, he asked with some concern and some tentativeness: "Colonel, if you are transferred to the branch, I am afraid your future career..."

"Career? Can we talk about this in the navy now?" Smoker said disdainfully while puffing out cigarettes.

"But the headquarters may not approve the transfer order, right?" Luce asked in a while.

Smoker stared at him for a while, then said: "There will always be a way! And there are many people who don't want me to stay in the headquarters. I will take the initiative to transfer to the branch, so... the chance is not small."

"You make sense, I am willing to follow in your footsteps." Luce said.

"Well, after that, you will be my adjutant and go to Kalezi together." Smoker let him leave after he said that.

After Luce left Smoker's office, he was also slightly relieved to know that when Smoker came to him, Luce had already made the worst plan!

That's right, Luz is also a member of the Anbu, and was also the undercover who guided and tested Smoker before...

After Guan Liyuan left, he had already informed him that he could leave, because Guan Liyuan also understood that after revealing his understanding of Smoker, which was a disguised admission that there was an undercover agent of the Revolutionary Army around Smoker, Luz would definitely become Smoker's object of suspicion.

However, Luz took the initiative to stay and refused to give up the mission halfway, and he thought that even if Smoker guessed that he was an undercover, there would be a chance to gamble again!

From the final result, although it was not the best, it was at least not the worst.

Smoker had probably guessed Luz's identity, and was also hinting at him, hoping to use the power of the Revolutionary Army to push him to Carlzi Island. In fact, even if there was no Revolutionary Army, a nasty guy like Smoker was willing to take the initiative to leave the headquarters and work in the branch, and many people would be happy to see it happen.

To a certain extent, Smoker was also reaching a "limited" consensus with the Revolutionary Army in disguise.

It seems that Smoker really listened to Guan Liyuan's words. Although he would not join the Revolutionary Army and go against the World Government, which he considered to be an "unjust" act, he tacitly agreed with what Guan Liyuan said. "Guys like him" could play a greater role and ensure justice to the greatest extent by staying in the local area! Indeed,

just half a month later, Smoker's transfer order was officially approved. Including Luce, Smoker brought several navy officers who were willing to follow him and set off to take up their posts half a month later. In addition ,

he was "promoted" to major general by exception. However, it was only a promotion of one level, or even only half a level. After all, the military rank of the headquarters is theoretically one level higher than that of the branch, and in practice it can often be counted as two levels higher!

"Tsk." Smoker, who saw the transfer order, sneered disdainfully. He was neither excited nor disappointed, but just disdainful.

Although he skipped the rank of Brigadier General and was promoted directly to Major General, because he jumped from the headquarters to the branch, it was almost the price of giving up his future career. Therefore, Smoker felt that someone couldn't wait to leave...

When Smoker was 18 years old, he was the champion of the martial arts performance of the new recruits of the headquarters. Now he is only a major of the headquarters. Although compared with ordinary people, he was promoted very quickly, but you have to know that Smoker was similar to the "top scholar" in the imperial examination. And change two reference objects...

Drake was a supernova among pirates when he was 31 years old, which means that before the age of 30, he was already a major general of the headquarters, two levels higher than Smoker. And you have to know that Drake joined the navy at the age of 19, three years later than Smoker.

And Coby in the original work can make Smoker feel proud. After three years of joining the navy, he has been promoted to colonel of the headquarters, and is on the same level as Smoker who is squatting in Rogue Town... Even Tashigi, who is secretly assisted by the Revolutionary Army, is not so fast!

After all, the Revolutionary Army cannot win over veteran navy like Garp to stand for the "undercover".

In contrast, you can also imagine how unpopular Smoker's style of doing things was in the navy at that time.

In the original work, if it weren't for Luffy's contribution, it would take a long time for him to be promoted to brigadier general. As for the subsequent vice admiral of the G5 division... In fact, it was not a big promotion, and it was also due to the hawkish faction headed by Akainu rising in the navy. Smoker, who also aimed to expand the navy's influence in the Grand Line, also had a slightly better career.

Now, because of some deliberate guidance before and the influence of Guan Liyuan's "instructions", although Smoker did not turn to the Revolutionary Army, he did not start chasing the Straw Hat Pirates around like in the original work...

After listening to Guan Liyuan's view of his "greatest value", although Smoker did not fully agree, he also thought that what Guan Liyuan said was reasonable, and at the same time... He had some ideas of his own, so there was this "flexibility".

The same idea can also produce different fruits. Smoker's fruit began to sprout in his own direction...

In addition, it was a pleasant surprise that Tashigi, who had just held the rank for less than a year, was promoted again because of her heroic performance. She was promoted to lieutenant colonel of the headquarters. After Smoker left, she acted as the naval defense of Rogue Town!

This was not only the result of the efforts of officials bribed and won over by the Anbu of the Revolutionary Army. After all, the Anbu could not be too obvious. A large part of the reason was that many colonels and brigadiers of the naval branches in the surrounding East China Sea strongly recommended Tashigi.

First, Tashigi was relatively "flexible" compared to Smoker, the "annoying ghost". Second, Tashigi was only a lieutenant colonel of the headquarters after her promotion. In theory, she was at the same level as the colonel of the branch, so they would not be overwhelmed.

Out of concern that the headquarters would send another "Smoker II" to Rogue Town, the naval branches and local officials in the East China Sea generally hoped that Tashigi would stay.

It can be seen from this that Guan Liyuan's gear theory has begun to

bear fruit. In many cases, the Anbu does not need to work too hard. They can achieve their goals by taking advantage of the situation! One month after the Straw Hat Pirates entered the Grand Line, Smoker left Rogue Town and entered the Grand Line. Dashiqi, who was seriously injured and not yet recovered, took office with injuries...

As for Guan Liyuan, this month, he completed the investigation of the four seas. Rogue Town itself is close to the intersection of the Inverted Mountain and the four seas, and Guan Liyuan does not need to investigate one island and one island, but directly receives the intelligence from the top Anbu interface, and conducts some spot checks by the way.

Some guidance and correction work has also been carried out. Generally speaking, there is no big problem. The revolutionary army organizations in these four seas have basically made advance preparations!

There may not be many masters, but since the purpose is to overthrow the World Government, the number of ordinary revolutionary army is also very important.

You must know that just as one of the combat forces of the World Government and the "Navy" responsible for controlling the sea, in the original war on the top, 100,000 people were dispatched, all of whom were "generals and colonels"!

Although most of them are branch officers, if you count all the ordinary soldiers of all branches, the navy has nearly 10 million soldiers.

This number is actually not surprising. In the original work, when the Alabasta rebellion reached its peak, the royal army had 600,000 and the rebels had 1 million. Although Alabasta is the leading superpower on the sea, and even its territory is no longer an island, but a small continent, it is not surprising that the navy, which is backed by the World Government and supported by many member countries and jurisdictions, can reach five or six times the total strength of Alabasta.

At the same time, with the population of the pirate world, there are enough sources of soldiers in the Four Seas and the Grand Line, where the World Government controls the area.

Now, among the four seas, the underground revolutionary organizations in the East Sea alone, which are always ready to attack, already have 60,000 to 70,000 people. They have "changed their ways" and have secretly controlled local control by detaining and coercing local officials and the navy. There are nearly 100,000 revolutionary organizations, plus 70,000 to 80,000 naval officers who secretly instigated rebellion or undercover control...

The East Sea, with a total of 250,000 revolutionary troops, is only the smallest one. After all, the situation in the East Sea is relatively the most comfortable, and the most chaotic West Sea has a total of more than 700,000 revolutionary troops, and the total number of the four seas is nearly 2 million.

And once the war breaks out and is fully launched, this number will double in a short time. Now the revolutionary army organizations in the four seas are still just hiding and developing quietly. Once they openly target the world government and seize local control, more people will join, and there will be a wave of explosive growth.

The reason why the revolutionary organizations in the four seas have developed rapidly, in addition to the support of the arms channel and ideological support of the revolutionary army headquarters, is also related to Guan Liyuan's soul ability!

Six years ago, Guan Liyuan discovered a "new use" for his soul ability, which is to "stuff" part of the soul of the "devil fruit" into ordinary fruits, and then there will be a "broken" soul bond between the two, just like the soul connection between the "life card" and the owner.

The so-called soul of the devil fruit is a kind of existence similar to the soul, but without thinking. The devil fruit with part of the soul taken away can still have the fruit ability after eating, and after being killed, the new fruit will stably regenerate on the fruit with part of the soul stuffed in!

On the "hard bones" such as the Goa Kingdom, Guan Liyuan used at least one animal fruit, and even the superhuman fruit was only the most basic ordinary animal fruit, which was only 100 million. It was undoubtedly "small money" for the revolutionary army, and Guan Liyuan also contacted the channel of artificial animal fruit, although the shipment was not much!

In this way, the local revolutionary army organization with devil fruit is equivalent to having the ability to "regenerate". Even if it is wiped out again and again, it can ensure the continuity of the "spark" and can grow more steadily.

Of course, the revolutionary army's rapid increase in power also came at a price...

On the one hand, after "going large", it is inevitable that there will be mud and sand mixed in. There are many tumors that the Anbu has eradicated using the "Anti-Hero Plan". Now we dare not say that the team is pure.

On the other hand, in order to quickly build a team, Guan Liyuan basically mobilized the spontaneous formation of revolutionary organizations in the four seas. Therefore, many revolutionary organizations are only nominally subordinate to the revolutionary army. They will also wait for the opportunity and coordinate with each other as Guan Liyuan said, but in essence, most of them are seeking self-liberation...

Although the Revolutionary Army Headquarters has a certain degree of control over it due to the spread of ideas, support from devil fruits, and support for weapons and equipment, if Guan Liyuan orders the local factions of the Revolutionary Army in the West Sea to support the revolutionary cause in the East Sea, I am afraid that most of them will not work hard!

However, even so, it has already met Guan Liyuan's expected goal of Dragon, which is only to make the countries independent and form new alliances, rather than to complete "unifying the world", which is something that even the world government cannot do.

While the transportation in the pirate world is inconvenient, it has also spawned various different civilizations and cultures, which is completely different from the situation in the Naruto world. It is neither scientific nor realistic to want to unify, and there is no benefit at this stage.

These two million revolutionary troops will surge again after the outbreak of the war, and they will be able to keep all the navies in the four seas in the four seas, which is in line with Guan Liyuan's expectations.

As for the Grand Line, whether it is the first half or the New World, the situation is different from the four seas.

In the four seas, because there are many jurisdictions and few member countries, there is a lack of independent local forces, and the grassroots of the world government in the jurisdiction is bad enough, so this method can be used.

In the first half of the Grand Line, there are many member states and few jurisdictions, and there is even a big country like Alabasta. Therefore, what needs to be done is not to develop potential revolutionary organizations one by one, but to win over the existing forces!

Otherwise, if the Grand Line also uses the same set of four seas, and regards all independent forces and navies as enemies, it is probably impossible to develop an independent country. The speed and efficiency of destroying the domestic revolutionary army in seconds is much higher than that of the World Government.

Therefore, what needs to be done in the first half of the Grand Line is mainly to unite all the forces that can be united and oppose the World Government together. For this purpose, Guan Liyuan has laid a lot of heavy baits, and the "Sea Train Plan" is just one of them...

Just three days before Smoker entered the Grand Line, Guan Liyuan also entered the first half of the Grand Line. This will also be the main battlefield for the revolutionary army and the navy of the World Government to fight!