Chapter 171 World Situation Day 3 (Two-in-one, Nutrient Solution 61...
World Situation Day 3:
Sengoku's resignation was actually a well-considered decision - firstly, because he was indeed old enough, he was 77 years old; secondly, it was because of the Dressrosa incident.
Sengoku knew that Dressrosa was a legacy issue, and he also understood that the main reason Wendy went to deal with Dressrosa was because of her feud with Doflamingo, and her feud with Doflamingo was because of Rosinante...
Although, in the end, Rosinante had betrayed the Navy and him, he still considered Rosinante his beloved adopted son. He emotionally understood Wendy's actions.
Even when he learned that Wendy was getting married in Dressrosa, he was a little confused and couldn't help but overthink it - did Wendy feel that only by resolving this incident could she officially say goodbye to the past? Would it be better for him to send a congratulatory gift?
Apart from personal reasons, Wendy did save the people of Dressrosa, and it can be said that she saved them single-handedly. The navy was of no use at all - Aokiji, who was supposed to solve the problem, was imprisoned by Wendy.
Taking these two points into account, Sengoku disagreed with the World Government's attempt to cover up Dressrosa's problems and shift the blame to Wendy. This was unfair to the people of Dressrosa who had suffered for eight years, and it was also a provocation to Wendy, one of the Five Emperors.
Therefore, after thinking for a long time, Sengoku decided to resign in response to this matter. When he asked Aokiji to investigate, he decided to expose Doflamingo's crimes despite the pressure.
Now the matter has just become a bigger issue, and his reasons for resigning are more legitimate.
Of course, there is another very important point, that is, Aokiji is also trapped in the Eternal Continent Pirate Group and cannot get out.
Kizaru volunteered, but Aokiji's behavior is really incomprehensible.
Even though Aokiji explained that he was captured for the second time, Sengoku was not shocked. Could Wendy be that strong? Instead, he questioned whether Aokiji was acting. If Wendy could really defeat Aokiji in an instant for the second time, she should be able to directly attack Mary Geoise now.
Zhan Guo didn't know that Wendy actually had the ability to invade Mary Geoise now. She didn't do it at the moment just because she wanted to put the main storyline aside for the time being and work on it slowly, and everyone rejected her plan to fill Mary Geoise with corpses.
Anyway, with Aokiji's departure, the Navy is now in a precarious position, with only one of the original three admirals remaining... The World Government's Five Elders have also held them accountable—what are they doing?! Wendy Carter is using the Navy as her own talent acquisition center, but how did you actually manage to be lured away?!
Although the Navy was held accountable, Wendy Carter was not held accountable.
Zhan Guo thought about CP0's previous attitude towards Wendy and the possible speculations about Wendy's identity, and felt that there was a lot of water here.
After much deliberation and weighing the pros and cons, the exhausted Sengoku finally decided to find the former Admiral of the Navy, Kugo, and ask him to resign.
Kugo felt that this was not necessary, but Sengoku had made up his mind and there was nothing he could do but agree. However, he did not let Sengoku withdraw from the navy, but kept him in the navy and became the chief officer of the navy headquarters to continue training the next generation of navy.
After all, we are now missing another general...
"Why did you quit?" Karp was also surprised when he heard the news, and he thought seriously, "How about I quit too?"
Garp didn't really want to be bound by shackles. In fact, he had stayed in the position of lieutenant general because he refused to be an admiral.
"You don't have to resign unless you want to join the Eternal Continent Pirates..." Sengoku was joking at first, but after saying this, his expression changed, and the look he gave Garp became strange. "You're not really going to join the Eternal Continent Pirates?"
Garp: "? What am I going there for?"
Seeing the genuine confusion on Garp's face, Zhan Guo breathed a sigh of relief—luckily, fortunately, it wasn't like the entire army was annihilated...
But Garp couldn't retreat. It took a lot of persuasion for Sengoku to convince him to give up the idea.
Garp sighed deeply, revealing an unhappy expression: "When I think about who the new marshal will be, I don't want to continue being a vice admiral..."
That’s right, although the new marshal has not been announced yet, everyone actually knows who it is.
Thinking of this, Zhan Guo also sighed: "If Kuzan were here, I would recommend Aokiji to be the admiral... But now that Kuzan is gone, he is the only one left... He does have the ability and prestige, and the Five Elders of the World Government pay more attention to him. I hope that after becoming the admiral, his way of doing things and his ideas will change."
***
On the other side, on the side of the Eternal Continent Pirate Group, everyone looking at the newspaper was also discussing this matter.
"Since Marshal Sengoku has resigned... then it's clear who the new Marine Admiral will be." Kizaru sighed, "Kuzan, you really can't go back now."
Aokiji: “…” He spoke as if he could go back before.
But he also understood what Kizaru said.
If he is not here, then Akainu is the only one qualified to be promoted to admiral.
If he had thought about returning to the navy before, when his immediate superior became Akainu, he really didn't plan to go back.
Because he may still be confused about his own justice and still thinking about what justice is, but he is very sure that Akainu's behavior is definitely not justice.
The scene of the other party firing at O'Hara's ordinary refugee ship to execute the demon-killing order was still vivid in his mind. He absolutely could not reach a consensus with the other party.
In comparison, although Wendy's side is chaotic, she is tolerant enough, and it can even be said that her methods are very gentle - although Wendy can kill instantly, she doesn't even have a life on her hands... Oh, except for the Five Elders mentioned by Kizaru.
"But is it really necessary for me to stay here?" Although Aokiji decided not to return to the navy, he hadn't thought of a reason to stay. "I know the ambitions of the captains of other pirate groups and what they want to do... What does Wendy want to do?"
Robin, who was passing by, said: "Farming."
Kizaru in conversation: "Attack Mary Geoise."
Wendy, who was playing hide-and-seek with the dwarfs, popped up and asked, "Is Dongdongda hiding on your side?"
Bonnie, who was playing hide-and-seek with me, said, "No, Miss Wendy, that's cheating!"
Wendy said confidently, "When you can't beat the game, you can cheat!"
"..." Aokiji turned his head to look at Kizaru and asked seriously, "Do you really think she can attack Mary Geoise?"
Before Kizaru could answer, he saw Kuma walk in, holding the same newspaper as Aokiji: "Wendy! Bonnie, you're here... Wendy, have you read the newspaper? Sengoku resigned."
"Oh, did Uncle Zhan Guo resign?" Wendy immediately ran to the wooden sign, ready to teleport. "Then I'll go bring Uncle Zhan Guo over..."
Aokiji: "Wait a minute!"
Kizaru: "Don't do that yet!"
Big Bear: "This shouldn't be appropriate!"
Wendy didn't listen to what the three people said, but she couldn't get over either - the wooden sign she had built on the navy side was invalid and was most likely demolished.
In the end, Hawkeye came and persuaded Wendy. Although the reasons for persuasion were confusing, Wendy just listened to him.
After Wendy regretfully gave up the idea of kidnapping Sengoku, Aokiji breathed a sigh of relief, and Hawkeye avoided everyone and made a phone call - generally speaking, because the line was blocked, the phone from the Navy Headquarters could not reach this side, but they had Vegapunk, and Wendy also caught all the Den Den Mushi on the warship, so it was easy to communicate with the Navy Headquarters.
"Wendy said Doflamingo wanted to ask you to convey a message. What is it?"
Zhan Guo was also stunned when he heard Hawkeye's question. After a moment of silence, he replied: [Wendy didn't listen.]
"I know, it's just something I care about personally."
[I see. The exact words he said were…] Zhan Guo paused, then repeated them in a calm tone, [Wendy Carter, no one in this world can fully understand you. You'll realize this once you step outside your own world.]
After Zhan Guo finished speaking, he added: "I don't know why he said that, but Wendy doesn't need to be told this."
Hawkeye responded and said calmly, "I know, and I'm not going to tell."
After hanging up the phone, he fell into a brief silence.
Although there was no evidence, he had a hunch that when he went to pick up Wendy, the questions she asked about the world and the game were related to Doflamingo.
"Do you fully understand..." Hawkeye pondered for a moment and chuckled, "There's no need for her to step out of her own world."
As long as she doesn't step out, she won't realize this. What's more... she believes that her own world is the whole world, and she can't step out anyway.
***
On the other side, Kizaru and Aokiji watched as Wendy captured the princess of the dwarf tribe, and then Bonnie turned into a pink dragon and took the dwarf tribe flying crookedly in the air, while Big Bear took pictures of them and continued chatting.
"I advise you to stay here." Kizaru said earnestly, "You have been regarded as one of Wendy's trophies. If you run away, she will come to catch you back."
Aokiji: "...Were you also unable to escape like this back then?"
Kizaru shook his head: "That's not the case. I told you the reason why I stayed, and the little princess did intend to let me go at that time."
"Then why does it change when it comes to me?" Aokiji couldn't help but ask.
...Perhaps it was because he stayed that Wendy had the wrong experience of success, and thus the wrong cognitive model?
But this cannot be said.
Kizaru's expression remained unchanged: "I don't know, maybe you are special. You see, she sometimes calls you the Cyclops Deer."
"...That's not a nice word at all, is it? And it actually has nothing to do with me." Aokiji was a little speechless and sighed. "You don't have to beat around the bush with me. I can't go back to the Navy right now. If I have to choose between the forces in the New World, I will choose Wendy Carter's side."
However, he now felt that his position and Kizaru's position had been reversed - not in terms of position, but in terms of justice.
Originally, he was the lazy justice, and Kizaru was the ambiguous justice... Now, his position of justice is quite ambiguous, while Kizaru has made a firm choice, that is, he is lazy at work - he can't harvest crops as fast as those diligent dwarfs!
Kizaru didn't care about his former colleague's inner crickets. He watched Wendy coming over and walked over.
Bonnie, tired of flying in the air, collapsed directly on his shoulder and hung. Seeing this, Big Bear apologized to him a little embarrassedly.
"It's okay." Kizaru let Kuma take Bonnie off his shoulder, lowered his head and asked Wendy curiously, "Now that Kuzan has joined, little princess, can you use the freezing skill?"
"I already have the freezing skill, so I don't need Kuzan's." Wendy said, taking out a magic wand inlaid with sapphires, raising her hand and waving it. After a burst of brilliant light, the news bird that had just landed on the side of the ship not far away was frozen.
Both of them were stunned, then looked at the news bird that was completely frozen and fell to the deck, and ran over to take a closer look.
"It's indeed a freezing skill... but is it considered magic? Hey, Kuzan, how does it compare to your skills?"
"Of course it's very different. But it is indeed a method of attack... Ah, it seems that the freezing time is limited."
After a few seconds, the ice disappeared, and the news bird, having regained its freedom, flapped its wings, looking terrified.
Wendy didn't go over. Instead, she took out a wand with a ruby on the top and said arrogantly, "I can also use fire."
Wendy cast her fire wand on the newly thawed Newsbird, and it burst into flames, flapping its wings and howling as it flew around. Fearing it might set the boat on fire, Wendy immediately pulled out her ice wand to put out the flames.
Aokiji and Kizaru watched this scene seriously - although it didn't have much killing power, it looked like it could become a pretty powerful torture method.
The news bird, which had finally put out the fire, looked like it was about to cry. It dropped the newspaper and the reward notice, and flew away with a strange cry, without even asking for the money.
The two of them: "..." They were a little worried that the news bird would not be willing to deliver newspapers to them next time.
Wendy picked up the bounty notice that had fallen at her feet and said in surprise, "It's you, Kuzan!"
"This is too fast..." Aokiji sighed, picked up the newspaper on the deck and started reading.
As expected, the headlines this time were about the resignation of Grand Admiral Sengoku and the appointment of Akainu as his successor... and the launch of a recruitment drive. As for him... it was described as him leaving the Navy after failing in his bid for Grand Admiral.
Although he would quit the navy if he lost the competition with Akainu for the position of Admiral, he didn't even go through the competition process, right?
"This is better than saying that a great admiral was kidnapped and couldn't come back so he was forced to withdraw, right?" Kizaru said on the side, then leaned over to Wendy to see, "Let me see how much Kuzan is worth now."
Aokiji put down the newspaper in his hand and started picking up the bounty notices on the ground: "I think there aren't as many as you, the first former general to be kidnapped."
After the Dressrosa incident, some bounty amounts were adjusted, while some people had bounties directly created from scratch.
Although the Eternal Continent Pirates were not given much attention in the newspapers, the changes in the bounties of the members of the group honestly reflected the fear of the World Government.
[Player] Wendy Carter, bounty 4 billion → 4.2 billion;
[White Devil] Abigail Carter, bounty 1.09 billion → 1.2 billion;
[Hawkeye] Djorakol Mihawk, bounty remains unchanged at 3.59 billion;
[Fire Fist] Portgas D. Ace, bounty 200 million → 550 million;
[Devil's Child] Nico Robin, bounty 250 million → 300 million;
[Tyrant] Bartholomew Kuma, bounty 296 million → 1.06 billion;
[Kizaru] Borsalino, bounty 2 billion;
[Aokiji] Kuzan, the latest bounty is 2.2 billion.
***
These newspaper news and bounty notices were naturally not only sent to the Eternal Continent Pirate Group, but also affected other places.
On the other side, in the Red Hair Pirates, Ace also saw his own bounty order and was a little depressed: "Why is my reward so low?"
"Hahahaha, Ace, you're already very strong at this level at your age! Don't just compare yourself to the other members of your group!" Jesus Bu of the Red Hair Pirates patted his shoulder, "Besides, becoming famous too early at a young age is not a good thing. Just take it slow and steady."
"I know..." Ace's expression was still a little depressed.
Seeing him like this, Beckman asked curiously, "So you want to be famous so you can go back and help Wendy?"
"I've always been helping Wendy," Ace said seriously, "I help with farming and taking care of the crops every year."
Beckman: "..." Why does it sound like Wendy's main task is farming?
Ace used to want to be famous, but that was for the sake of recognition. He thought that being famous and having the whole world see him would be a kind of recognition... But now he doesn't lack this recognition. Besides, he has known Wendy since childhood and has been with her for such a long time. He also knows that Wendy herself has no ambition and loves farming the most.
Although he wanted to fight Mary Joa, it was only to save her uncle... Wendy said he should call Maxwell Im Carter "uncle," but he didn't understand the term at all. Later, she said that this uncle might have merged with Shadow Queen Charlie, and he might still call him "aunt." She confused him and planned to just call him by his name later.
Anyway, Wendy herself often calls him "Old Mac" in private.
In short, Wendy doesn't have that kind of ambition, Hawkeye is even less so, and Ace has also been affected a little. He didn't have much ambition to begin with, and now his adoptive parents are one who is naturally free-spirited and the other who stays at home, so he is now in a state of free growth.
"In terms of their love for farming, Hawkeye and Wendy are indeed very similar." Shanks walked over, took the newspaper and looked at it, laughing. "Aokiji has also gone to Wendy's place... It seems that Wendy's area is not short of people. Did Aokiji decide to follow Wendy in Dressrosa?"
Shanks' last words were directed to Ace.
Although the two groups were practically allied, and Shanks supported Wendy's attack on the Mary Geoise faction, he appeared cheerful and cheerful, but he actually had a strong sense of boundaries. Even when Ace was an apprentice there, he didn't ask about the specifics of Ace's situation after he returned from Dressrosa. He only stopped talking after learning that everyone in the Eternal Continent Pirates was fine.
Therefore, he didn't know what was going on with Aokiji.
But now that the bounty has been issued, he can ask. He also doesn't think the newspaper report about Aokiji joining Wendy's side after failing to win the marshal position is true.
Ace's expression gradually grew serious as he heard this question, a hint of confusion in his eyes. "Uh... he did join Wendy's side in Dressrosa."
It wasn't voluntary at the time...
"Huh? Sounds like a pretty complicated situation."
"It's indeed complicated..." Ace said solemnly, "Mom knocked him out and took him away, but since he didn't run away, he must have joined voluntarily, right?"
Others: "..." Isn't this just a capture?!
However, Aokiji was knocked unconscious and taken away without running away, so he definitely did it voluntarily.
The topic was skipped and everyone thought that this was a spontaneous act by Aokiji.
"Then let's have a party to celebrate Wendy gaining a new general!"
"You just want to hold a party for yourself, right?! Wendy's acquisition of the general has nothing to do with us!"
Despite saying this, the banquet still started.
Ace naturally joined in as well. After taking a sip from the wine glass, he stared at Shanks with a bit of scrutiny - although Wendy and Mihawk were on good terms with him, and Luffy also admired him, and he had acknowledged that the other party was a formidable person during his time here... but Wendy already had Mihawk, and this person couldn't join!
Besides, he doesn't like farming, but Wendy does. Wendy won't like him! — Ace completed the equation in his mind and nodded in confirmation.
Shanks noticed his movements, looked over and asked curiously: "Huh? What's wrong?"
"Nothing." Ace looked away, and naturally couldn't tell the truth, so he decided to change the subject. "Ah, speaking of which... Shanks, how did you get that scar on your face?"
***
At the same time, on the other side, the Whitebeard Pirates——
"Wendy has two admirals now, that's amazing..." Marco was a little surprised when he saw the latest news in the newspaper, and at the same time he felt something was a little weird - no, why does it feel like the navy has become Wendy's training base now?
Someone was still discussing, "Why are they all going to Wendy's place? Is it because her father is Garp..."
"Ah, could it be that Garp specially trained these people for his daughter?!"
"What nonsense! Garp wouldn't do such a thing!" Whitebeard slammed down the wine bowl in his hand. "There must be something special about Wendy Carter that made those two admirals willing to follow her even after she left the navy."
Whitebeard didn't understand what Kizaru said...but he had some guesses about Aokiji's side.
Maybe it was because Wendy was mentioned, but before they could finish their conversation, Wendy appeared and ran towards Whitebeard in front of everyone, shouting, "Newgate Newgate, I want to go to Fishman Island!"
Because Fishman Island is his territory, so he specifically mentioned it? That's quite polite.
Whitebeard nodded: "Go ahead, just don't make too much noise."
Wendy didn't leave. Instead, she ran up to him, grabbed the corner of his coat, and said in a coquettish tone, "Come with me!"
Whitebeard: “…”
Whitebeard Pirates: "..."
--ah?
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Author's words: Whitebeard: I just praised her politeness...
PS: Damn, I just found out that the Mid-Autumn Festival event also includes free nutrient solution... I'm done, I don't dare to brag anymore.jpg [pigeon]
I hope I won't have too much to owe by the time the main story is finished, so I can finish the side story quickly...anything I owe will be stuffed into the side story anyway! As for the illustrations for the next chapter, I'll ask everyone in the comments section, and everyone can just like and vote!
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