In a sea area of the New World, two warships were sailing at night.
Generally speaking, even ships sailing at night will anchor and wait to rest.
Because the sea is extremely dark at night, it's a little better if there's a moon, but in the absence of a moon, the best thing to do is rest, since no one knows if they might encounter a reef.
But at that moment, the two warships were sailing forward in the darkness with their searchlights on.
Inside the fortress of one of the warships, in an office, two men were smoking.
"Cass, what do we do?"
A resolute-looking man was smoking a cigar when he looked at a bearded man sitting there, puffing on a cigarette, his ashtray overflowing with cigarette butts, deep in thought with a furrowed brow.
These two men were Wilbur and Cass.
David received the news that Kuro was going to become a general, and so did they. So when they received Kuro's call, they rushed to headquarters without stopping, wanting to get there as soon as possible to attend the banquet.
But now there's a problem.
They didn't have a presentable gift.
“David went to the North Sea. I heard he was going to offer the entire Vinsmoke to Mr. Kuro as a gift. You didn’t know about Vinsmoke then, but I did.”
Cass exhaled a smoke ring, plucked the remaining cigarette butt into the ashtray, and slowly said, "Our core soldiers now are the soldiers produced using the technology from the Vinsmoke. Although we are happy that David tried to obtain the Vinsmoke technology, compared to that, it was just his congratulatory gift, not ours."
“That’s right.” Wilbur nodded. “If Mr. Kuro is to become an admiral, it’s really unacceptable not to have a presentable gift. Damn it! As marines, our movements are too inconvenient. Otherwise, we could go with David to fight the Wensmoke!”
David is offering up the 'treasure' of an entire nation, while they, upon receiving orders, are rushing back without any preparation whatsoever.
Although Mr. Kuro may not care about this, since they are Navy personnel, David is the same in terms of being Mr. Kuro's subordinate!
We can't let David be the only one celebrating Mr. Kuro!
If they could accept this before they came across Mr. Kuro's theories, but now that they have accepted Mr. Kuro's ideas, they feel that everything Mr. Kuro does is meaningful.
Otherwise, why would David go after Vinsmoke at this time? Isn't it because he understood Mr. Kuro's deeper meaning?
They've been meeting about this until midnight, but they still can't come up with a good solution.
Fighting pirates for fun? That's what they should do. Even if Mr. Kuro hadn't become an admiral, they would have done it anyway; it's within their duty.
But the key point is that there is very little they can do outside of their official duties.
Unlike David, who could openly conquer a country, they could conquer a country and then be expelled from the navy the very next day.
Mr. Kuro still needs them in the Navy, and they love this cause, which is the closest thing to justice.
But what the navy could offer as a congratulatory gift is a matter for further investigation.
They can neither rob nor conquer; fighting pirates is their basic principle. So what else can they offer as a congratulatory gift?
"ah..."
Wilbur stubbed out his cigar, lit another one, and stared at the ceiling in silence.
"How about we ask Crow?" Wilbur said after a moment of silence.
"Kro?"
Cass thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "It's not appropriate to look for him again. We are both lieutenant generals. Although Kuro has always been by Mr. Kuro's side, Mr. Kuro would never say it. You know, Mr. Kuro never speaks anything directly. We have to figure out many things ourselves. Those who cannot understand the deeper meaning behind Mr. Kuro's words and actions are not worthy of following Mr. Kuro's command!"
As he spoke, he stood up, his voice rising, "Ah! Mr. Kuro, you're finally going to become a general! I've believed for a long time that Mr. Kuro would become a general, and now my wish has come true! It's truly, truly..."
He couldn't help but shed tears and shouted, "This is so exciting!"
"Yes, Cass!"
Wilbur also stood up, his face flushed with excitement. "Although I haven't been with Mr. Kuro for long, we are all honored to have witnessed this!"
Wilbur only started following Mr. Clow after Sabaody, which is a little over a year at most, certainly not as long as these people have been with him.
But they also have the desire to contribute.
"Sigh, let me think about it some more. I can't go to see Mr. Kuro empty-handed; this gift isn't just a simple present..."
Wilbur sat back down, pondering, "This gift must be of the same nature as David's. We've been exposed to Mr. Clow's ideas and know that he doesn't just want simple gifts. Those gold and silver treasures are just the surface. What he really wants are those things. We can't just say, 'Let's go to a country to spread our ideas.' That's not something we're suited to do. Someone else is doing it."
The newly recruited "Dragon and Tiger" duo in Dressrosa are doing just that, and with considerable success. They've built a large pirate crew and influenced many other pirates, who in turn are impacting neighboring countries and islands. These are things that they can't interfere with.
Before things got on track in Dressrosa, they were still somewhat useful, including assigning people to spread the faith there and helping David do things he couldn't do himself.
Now that things are on track, there's not much left for them to do. The specific tasks have been taken care of by people trained in Dressrosa. They're just like any other stationed naval force, one in Greenbit and the other in Kolf. Their daily tasks are patrolling to keep an eye on pirates and training naval soldiers. There's really not much else for them to do.
They are not Mr. Kuro; they cannot make a place prosperous simply by going there. In fact, they cannot do that, because Dressrosa has received Kuro's policies, including the territories he conquered, which have all developed very well.
Previously, the weakness was the lack of high-end combat power, making it impossible to deal with the invading pirates in time. The trained soldiers and guards could hold off the pirates and wait for reinforcements. However, as Dressrosa has become stronger and the 'Dragon Tiger' team has joined, this problem has gradually decreased. Although it still exists, as time goes on, they may not even be able to go out and fight pirates anymore.
If the pirates don't come, what can they fight?
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