Chapter 659 Are the Five Elders Crazy?

"The Navy was established to strengthen the World Government, Admiral."

"Are you putting the cart before the horse?"

Steel Bone Sora stood expressionlessly by the window, gazing at the town of Marinford and the boundless sea in the distance, his mind echoing with the words spoken by the Five Elders that day...

Putting the cart before the horse?

Perhaps... The original intention of the World Conference to establish a navy was to maintain this alliance of world governments.

However, since the name of "justice" has been given to our navy...

Which is the beginning and which is the end? There was no need to say more eight hundred years ago. But today, the Five Elders want to emphasize it in front of me, the Admiral of the Navy, right? "… Admiral."

Sengoku's voice brought Kong Gu Kong back to his senses.

"Go on," Cyborg said, his expression unchanged, "I'm listening."

In the office, Admiral Sengoku and three of the most elite vice admirals of the headquarters continued to report the details of the secret mission to the marshal...

"I'll take my leave now." Aokiji was still not in the mood. He put his hands in his white suit trouser pockets, pushed his small round sunglasses, and lazily slipped away. "I still have something to take care of."

Steel Bone Sora nodded. For core cadres of this level, as long as they did not make mistakes in principle, the Navy had basically no restrictions on them.

In this ocean, whether it is the navy or the pirate camp, the will of the strong must be respected.

This is especially true for those who are able to pass the assessment within the navy and become candidates for admiral.

Elite lieutenant generals and above, especially the real masters who have reached a certain level of strength, can hardly be said to be in a true superior-subordinate relationship even if there are differences in military rank. It is more like a circle of friends united by the "justice" coat behind them... Therefore, Sengoku and others are not surprised, and Kizaru also took the opportunity to escape. After all, there is General Sengoku to report such matters.

Akainu did not leave. He was determined to reach the top of the navy so that he could realize his lifelong ambitions and was very strict with himself.

The office door was closed, and Kizaru looked at Aokiji who was walking away alone. He thought for a moment and did not follow him. He looked at the sky, which seemed calm and windless, but who knows what will happen next? The young queen of the Nine Snakes did not seem like someone who would give up easily...

…

Aokiji picked up the gilded iron rod, but it was still unexpectedly heavy. It seemed that Joe... Lynch, that kid, was quite skilled in using weapons.

Aokiji was not in a happy mood.

He was not forced to participate in this operation. In fact, at his level, even the marshal could not really force him to follow orders.

He is willing to eliminate any pirate for the sake of justice.

But this did not mean that he felt comfortable... How many real pirate crimes had Lynch, and even Nico Robin, who was brought by him, done over the years? But since they had hoisted the pirate flag, they must have accepted the identity of pirates, so they had no right to complain about the result today.

Even so, Aokiji still couldn't calm down... Lynch, Nico Robin who was willing to disguise herself, hide her identity, and not cause trouble, and the Queen of Nine Snakes who had a close relationship with them, could obviously become powerful allies of the Navy... At least, they shouldn't be forced to become our enemies. But why did the Admiral do this? Just because of losing face, he had to pay such a high price? What exactly is the justice I believe in...

"Lieutenant General Aokiji, would you like me to clean you up?"

A passing marine asked kindly, looking at the golden iron rod covered in dried blood in Aokiji's hand.

"...No need," Aokiji said calmly, "This is a pirate's weapon..."

"It's your trophy." The Marine said with a smile, "Then it should be preserved as it is, haha."

Aokiji said nothing and returned to his office with the blood-stained iron rod.

He sat back in his office chair, holding the bloodstained golden iron rod in his hand, turned around and looked up at the plaque on the wall, "Unhurried Justice".

“…”

Aokiji placed the golden iron rod with dried blood on it in the corner.

…

"What's going on outside?"

In the Marshal's office, after finishing his work report, Akainu frowned and looked out the window, "It's a bit noisy..."

He went out to check and came back soon.

Sengoku and Kong Gukong both looked at him, and Akainu said in a deep voice: "It's Lynch..."

"Him?" Zhan Guo frowned, "Is he awake?"

Cyborg Sora said, "So what if he woke up? He was so badly injured, it's good enough that he's still alive. Are you sure he was a Devil Fruit user when he was defeated? He was handcuffed with seastone handcuffs, right?"

Zhan Guo shook his head, "Of course, he should have the Magnet-Magnet Fruit... It's the ability he used frequently in the Swordsman Competition."

Moreover, it has been developed to the point where the Magnet-Magnetic Fruit can be used to interfere with the magnetic field of the island itself, and even to control the celestial phenomena and climate. Zhan Guo estimates that the ability of this kid's Magnet-Magnetic Fruit, even if it has not been awakened, will not be much different.

Steel Bone Sora looked at Akainu.

"..." Akainu said, "He hasn't woken up yet. It was the marines close to him who fainted one after another, causing a little chaos."

"Heroic Haki?"

"Even when unconscious, he can still release the Domineering Haki unconsciously..."

Both Sengoku and Kong Gukong were a little surprised. Even masters who had awakened Conqueror's Haki for many years might not be able to achieve this level, unless they were the type who were best at Conqueror's Haki.

And Lynch, who had never displayed Conqueror Haki before and should have awakened it in the last one or two years - on the contrary, his captain Nico Robin, who disguised himself as Kujo Jolyne, had a history of suspected Conqueror Haki - was able to master Conqueror Haki to this extent in such a short period of time? It seems that since this kid appeared in front of the world under the name of Giorno, his strength has improved significantly every time... If he hadn't been caught this time and allowed to continue to grow, what level would this kid have reached? "Maybe it is indeed the only chance..." Cyborg Sora said to himself.

Zhan Guo was silent and looked at the marshal, who waved his hand, leaned back in his chair and sighed, "Forget it... Zhan Guo, you should go to the Holy Land in person and send this kid over."

He rubbed his brows, and Zhan Guo nodded slowly, accepting the task.

Akainu hesitated to speak, and Cyborg Sora asked, "Sakaski?"

"I still suggest," Akainu said expressionlessly, "that we execute him directly and secretly. At this point, every day he lives is a hidden danger."

"No need to say more about this." Gang Gu Kong sighed and said to Zhan Guo, "I'll leave it to you."

…

Watching Admiral Sengoku leave and go to the direction where Lynch was temporarily imprisoned, Akainu was silent for a moment at the door of the Marshal's office, then turned his head to look in the direction of the holy land of Marijoa.

The Five Elder Stars...

Suppressing his anger, Akainu left with a cold face.

…

[Holy Land, Marijoa——]

Pangu City

Click, click...the wheels rolled on the carefully selected jade-like hard stone road surface with almost no bumps.

Zhan Guo walked expressionlessly on the broad main road of Pangu City, escorting a prison van wrapped in black cloth.

This is the habitat of the Celestial Dragons in Marijoa. Naturally, there are many wild Celestial Dragons passing by and seeing the rare admiral of the navy.

Many Celestial Dragons were ignorant of the situation. Seeing this scene, they thought that the admiral had also bought a slave. They ran over curiously to ask what kind of rare slave was in the prison car that was so precious. But before they could get close, they suddenly stiffened their limbs and stopped walking fifty meters away from the passing black cloth prison car. If they walked forward, they would immediately feel dizzy and their eyes would roll back...

Plop, plop, plop... one after another, Celestial Dragon men and women fainted on the side of the road with foam at the mouth. The slaves beside them saw this and either remained indifferent, sneered with great pleasure, or rolled their eyes and fainted on the ground in a comfortable position.

"Hey, what happened?"

A family of Celestial Dragons passed by, and the snotty-nosed teenager Charlos said in surprise, "Why did they faint? Was it that admiral who did it? Hey, stop! I'm talking to you!"

He shouted loudly at Zhan Guo's back, and seeing that the other party did not stop, he naturally took out the exquisite pistol in his arms, but was quickly held down by his father Rozward next to him.

"Why stop me?" Charlos was puzzled. Rozward looked at his son steadily. Although the Celestial Dragons were kind-hearted by nature, it was also true that his son was so stupid... He was a navy admiral. He thought he was just like a slave who was playing around with nothing to do? Rozward looked at the back of Sengoku who went deep into Pangu City as if he didn't hear anything. Conqueror's Haki? It must not be Sengoku himself... What was in the prisoner car? Bang, bang, bang... In the perception of the Observation Haki, there were Celestial Dragons who were constantly shocked by the overflowing Conqueror's Haki and fainted on the ground.

Although he couldn't say it out loud, Zhan Guo's expression relaxed a lot. He glanced at the prison car next to him and said, "It's really nice to take you for a stroll on the streets of Pangu City. It makes people feel much happier."

Soon, Zhan Guo brought the prison cart to the outside of the hall where the Five Elders were.

He lifted the black cloth, revealing Lynch in the prison van, covered in dried blood. Half of him was frostbitten, half was burned, and the wounds that were pierced by Kizaru's flash had healed a lot, and the scars had disappeared a lot.

This resilience...

Cold sweat appeared on Zhan Guo's forehead. Even he couldn't help but be moved. Was it really the Magnetic-Magnetic Fruit that this kid used in his final desperate fight, and not some awakened animal-type?

If it wasn't for the moment when he and Big Mom were exhausted after fighting for several days...

Zhan Guo thought about it and knocked on the door of the hall, but did not open it.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

"It's the Warring States period..."

The voices of the Five Elders were heard from inside the palace, "Has Lin Qi been delivered? Got it."

Seeing that the Five Elders didn't seem to have any intention of opening the door to meet him, Zhan Guo's face changed, and finally he turned around and left with a sullen face.

After a while, the door of the hall was slowly pushed open...

A bald man with glasses holding a sword, wearing a wide-sleeved kimono; a bald man with a birthmark on his head, and a scimitar-like beard; a man with short blond hair and short blond beard, who looks the youngest; an old man with a judge's cap, a noticeable scar above his left eye, a big white beard, and a simple and solemn face; and a tall man with long hair draped over his shoulders and a white goatee that hangs down softly on his chest... Except for the bald man with glasses holding a sword and wearing a kimono, the other five people are all in neat black suits.

They, who are at the pinnacle of power in the World Government known to the world, and are known as the Five Elders, came together to the prison van parked in the hall outside and looked at the people inside.

Very good overlord color...

When did he master it?

The Five Elders looked coldly at the young man sitting in the prison van. Even though he was seriously injured and unconscious, they could still sense the terrifying aura of a wild beast from him... However, this was also natural.

Otherwise, how could I be worthy of being named by Lord Yim himself?

…

…

"Where's your stand-in?"

Yim's indifferent voice immediately woke Lynch up.

substitute?

How does this guy know this word?

He stared at the man standing above the Five Elders, the real supreme power behind the world government... Even though he was so close, his figure was blurry and his face was not clear. Only his strange eyes, which were very similar to those of an eagle, looked bright and dark. It was a contradictory description, but it looked very natural in this guy's eyes...

The other person's voice was cold and full of magnetism, and it was hard to tell whether it was a man or a woman...

But the hand that the other person stretched out to pinch his chin was slender and white, especially the contour features of the metacarpal bones. Lynch could tell at a glance that it was clearly a woman's hand.

Yim is a woman? "..." Yim was silent.

Lin Qi suddenly asked: "Are you Kaguya Otsutsuki?"

As if he thought this question was not worth paying attention to, or he was too lazy to pay attention to any of Lin Qi's questions, Yimu repeated coldly: "Where is your substitute?"

Lin Qi ignored her and looked around to see the environment here… a church-like building, with plenty of light inside, flower beds all over the ground, butterflies fluttering among the flowers, and a few fruit trees not far away… It seemed to be the Flower Garden of Mary Joaquina in the comics? And himself…

He looked down at his body. Judging from the recovery of his injuries, it has been two or three days since he fainted after his defeat and woke up. "Do you really want to die?"

Yimu's voice became even colder, and the strength of his fingers pinching Lynch increased little by little, and Lynch's jaw actually creaked...

Domineering?

Lynch glanced down. He had seastone handcuffs on his hands, so he had no strength to resist. But even though his jaw was about to be broken, he didn't react. He looked straight into Im's eyes and moved his lips, "Do I look... like someone who is afraid of death?"

“…”

Im's sharp and indifferent eyes stared at Lynch for a while, then suddenly loosened his hand, gently brushed Lynch's face, and flicked his fingers.

Bang! Lin Qi was bounced away by a finger and hit the wall of the greenhouse, but he failed to create any cracks on the wall.

So hard? Lin Qi was surprised. The feeling of the stone on the wall... Could it be the stone in the history text? Use this to build a house? So arrogant! "..." Yim walked towards the fruit trees in the sunlight of the greenhouse.

Lynch struggled to sit up by rubbing his hands against the wall, and the seastone handcuffs on his hands rattled.

“……”Im walked under the fruit tree, raised his hand and glanced at Lynch.

Lin Qi moved his slightly painful jaw and said jokingly, "I told you... if you want to capture my sister Robin, how can you ask the four great gods of the navy to hide and ambush her in the middle of the road? So that's it... it's you, sister Yi, who's attracted to me!"

Yim picked a palm-sized red fruit, raised his sharp eyes and stared at Lin Qi by the wall, and asked coldly: "Have I ever told you what my name is?"

…

[“I’m not bragging, but I do think that my sister Robin is not strong enough to let the four of you take action together.”]

[Half of his body was frostbitten, half of his body was burned, and his body was covered with blood holes from flash burns. The wounded Lynch held the Den Den Mushi in his right hand, looked around, and smiled, "You sneaked in here to deal with me, right?"]

【“……?!” The golden Buddha Zhan Guo stared at him. 】

[Lin Qi let out a long sigh, "It seems that I was right."]

【Kizaru, Akainu, and Aokiji all said nothing and glanced at Sengoku.】

[Zhan Guo narrowed his eyes, "When did you notice it?"]

[Lin Qi sighed: "You probably don't know? Your hostility and murderous intent are not focused on Robin and the others at all... This is something that I, who am proficient in life return and especially good at hypnosis, can easily sense."]

[He smiled and said to himself, "Back then, there was a birdman hypnotist who took a lot of effort to kill me because of this..."]

[Zhan Guo did not hear his subsequent mumblings... In his lapel pocket, the letter that Marshal Kong Kong had given him lay quietly.]

[The letter contains very few words...]

[The first line reads: "New World Crown Island..."]

[The second line reads: "The general and three reserve generals will set up an ambush together, no other marines are needed..."]

[And the third line reads in black and white: "Capturing Lynch is the top priority! You can give up Nico Robin..."]

[When Zhan Guo opened the letter for the first time and saw the third line, he almost vomited blood due to mental instability.]

[I paid such a huge price and made such a big fuss, not to target the "son of the devil" who studies taboo history...]

[Instead, it is to deal with a powerful pirate who clearly has not shown much hostility towards our navy and the World Government, and is actually our partner at present?! ]

[Marshal——No, are the Five Elders crazy?! ]

(End of this chapter)