Being a marshal is difficult. As a marshal, the World Government certainly won't issue orders for everything, but as long as it's an order, the marshal must carry it out no matter what.
Sengoku did not announce the Impel Down escape incident to the outside world due to orders from the World Government.
When Gran Tesoro recently paid the Heavenly Gold, the World Government also ordered Sakazuki to send ten warships.
The Navy must obey orders issued by the World Government.
Kuro is an exception. He doesn't want to deal with this kind of thing at all. Even though he is an admiral candidate and is now a big shot in the World Government, procedures are procedures. The people who deal with the World Government are the Fleet Admiral and the Admiral, not a Vice Admiral like him.
If there are orders, go to the marshal and general; he, a lieutenant general, knows nothing.
Moreover, he couldn't be bothered to pay attention.
Especially the CP organization; he had no problem with Lucci, but he had a lot of problems with the one in the black and white mask.
“What do you want, Lucilfer Kuro?” Lucci asked, scrutinizing him.
Kuro grinned and said, "Since I'm in charge, you'd better cooperate obediently. Otherwise, you can do your own thing and don't interfere here."
What he hates most about CP is their attitude; they always think they're there on a mission, acting like they're some kind of big shot.
Lucy paused for a moment, then said, "If that's your request, I understand, Lucyru Kuro."
"You better understand, Lida, you quest monster."
Kuro called out, and Lida kicked Kaku, who was lying there, giving him some strength so that he could stand up again.
He glanced at Lida with considerable apprehension, took a few steps back, and fell silent.
The atmosphere suddenly fell silent.
Kuro exhaled a puff of smoke and said, "There's no need to be so tense. We're on the same side after all, so cheer up. I may have been a bit harsh, but it was to avoid any conflicts later, right? You can understand, right, Lucci? Come on, give me a smile."
"If there's nothing else, I'll rest now."
Lucci simply said one thing and led Stussy and Kaku into the fortified group on the ship.
Kuro shrugged, lay back down on the recliner, reached for his drink to take a sip, but found it was almost empty, so he handed it to Kuro, saying, "Go get me another one."
"Yes, Mr. Kuro."
Kro took the cup, glanced in the direction Lucci and the others had left, and said, "Should we keep an eye on them?"
Kuro shook his head. "That's not necessary. Although Lucci is a mission-obsessed guy, he knows what he should and shouldn't do outside of missions. Besides, there's that woman Stussy. As for Kaku, he's quite intelligent himself."
Despite the warnings, he genuinely didn't have any issues with these people.
"That's a bit too much."
At this moment, Kaku, who had entered one of the fortresses, said in a deep voice, "That Golden Lion is too arrogant."
Stussy said in a low voice, "Unlike Momousagi and Chaton, Kinni is a confirmed next admiral with a deep influence in the Navy. With that kind of strength and status, it's normal for him to be arrogant."
The CP organization is on par with the Navy in terms of level. Both are the three major agencies directly under the World Government. Even Lucci himself believes this and never thinks one is stronger than the other. However, if you talk about arrogance, then the Navy is definitely much more arrogant overall. In terms of strength, the Navy is also the strongest.
People like Jin Ni are not uncommon in the navy as a whole, so it's not unusual.
"Say less, our mission is the most important."
Lucci said calmly, "We are tasked with cooperating with Lucilfer Kuro, which is the most important mission and should be completed first. In addition, we need to acquire Kolf's 'Bomb Rock' channel."
Kaku said, "That place should be occupied by pirates. If we want to get the 'Bomb Rock,' we don't necessarily have to go to the king. Those pirates who can make decisions can do it too."
Catching pirates is not CP's duty or mission, and they don't hate pirates that much. As long as they can complete the mission, they don't care about the means.
More than half a month later.
The Kingdom of Korf, Korf Island.
The island is about one-third the size of Dressrosa. It's not big; it's a small island. It's bare and covered by rocks. From a distance, only a few plants grow on it. The sparse vegetation looks like the hair of a bald man—stubborn yet somewhat fragile.
Smoke could be faintly seen rising from the entire island.
In the ocean in front of the island, a huge, golden warship is approaching.
Inside the main building of the warship's largest fortress, Kuro sat in his office, looking out the window at the approaching rocky island. "Is that it?"
Kro stood to the side, glanced down at the sea chart upon hearing this, and said, "This is the place, the Kingdom of Kolf."
“It’s pretty close to Dressrosa,” Kuro said.
He arrived at the island less than three days after passing through Dressrosa.
That's already considered very close.
"Let's dock."
Kuro stood up, reached out and hooked the Shusui sword on the rack, which floated up automatically, flew to his waist and hung there, and walked toward the deck.
By this time, Lucci and his group had gathered on the deck, while Sazir curiously observed them from the side.
As one of Kro's direct subordinates, Sazir naturally followed, just like Kikyo, who was Lida's direct subordinate.
"Oh, everyone's waiting here."
Behind him, Kuro approached with Lida and Kro, and greeted Rob Lucci.
"General Jinni, let's not waste any more time and just land," Lucci said.
“There’s only one port. If you don’t want to waste time, you have to take it slow. You can’t rush things; rushing makes you make mistakes,” Kuro said with a smile.
The Golden Lion sailed forward and stopped at the shallow natural harbor ahead.
"Leave half the navy to hold the line, the rest of you come down with me."
Kuro brought two thousand marines with him this time, which was quite a lot. They occupied two-thirds of the Golden Lion's position, leaving half of them to guard the ship and the other half to number one thousand.
These thousand people landed with Kuro, and their presence made the place seem quite full.
What does a thousand people mean? A few dozen people gathered together already have a sense of a tsunami, but a thousand people together is an army.
"Wait a moment, let me take a look first."
Kuro closed his eyes, and his Observation Haki spread out, instantly covering the entire island.
"That direction has the strongest scent..."
He opened his eyes, looked to the left, but walked to the right.
“General Jinni, since the direction is to the left, what are you trying to do?” Stussy asked.
“I’ve already told you not to rush things. To understand the situation, you have to start from the grassroots. What can you learn if you go directly to the capital? If you’re in a hurry, you can do things yourselves. You don’t need to stand here with me.”
Kuro looked to the right where the smoke was clearly visible, said something, and led his men forward.
Stussy glanced at Lucci, who paused for a moment before following her.
"Keep up."
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