Chapter 114: Fortress Plan, a nail driven into the new world!
At the door of the cabin, Admiral Sengoku patted Tsugakuni Yoriichi on the shoulder and talked about the arrangements for the meeting. When he mentioned that Tsugakuni Yoriichi would be promoted to brigadier general, Garp couldn't stop smiling.
A 14-year-old rear admiral of the Navy Headquarters, such a promotion speed is unprecedented in the Navy. At this time, Kuzan, who is standing with Yuichiro Tsugakuin, is already a young navy with a rapid rise.
He has strength and merits. He studied under Zephyr, served as an adjutant under Garp, and is now a subordinate of General Sengoku.
Thanks to the accumulated connections, Kuzan was promoted to Brigadier General two years ago. He was around 20 years old.
But now, Yoshikazu Tsugakuni is still a minor, and there is no other person in the entire navy who is promoted to brigadier general at this age.
Garp was happy because he had discovered Tsugikoku Yoriichi, a young man—no, a young talent. The better Tsugikoku Yoriichi's development, the more it would prove Garp's teaching quality and his vision for discovering talent.
By middle age, Garp has been considered "successful" in his career. Although his current position is Vice Admiral of the Navy, and there are two levels above him, Admiral and Marshal, his reputation in the Navy is unmatched, not even Marshal Kong.
What else did Garp pursue in his career? Besides maintaining peace on the sea, Garp had no desire for further advancement in his position.
For him, a middle-aged man with a "successful career", cultivating a young navy who can carry his will is more important than anything else.
Originally, he had always placed this "expectation" on Long.
But when the child grows up, he is no longer under the control of his father!
As Long witnessed more and more "darkness" in the navy, he and the navy gradually drifted apart.
Since the rebellious son was unable to carry Garp's will, he placed this hope on Yoriichi Tsugikuni.
Although Tsugumi Yoshikazu and him are not related, why does a man need any relatives to entrust his dreams to?
Tsugikuni Yoshiichi's talent gave Garp hope of changing the navy!
Although technically speaking, Tsugikoku Yoriichi is Zephyr's disciple, but so what? Is there any difference between Zephyr's disciple and his own disciples? No!
"Brigadier General~"
"That's really amazing, Yunyi. Now, you're on the same level as me?"
"I already disobeyed orders, and now I'm in trouble. I've become the adjutant..."
Kuzan said this with envy, but he didn't say the last sentence out loud, he just muttered it in his heart.
Seeing Kuzan's envious face, Zhan Guo and Garp also showed bright smiles on their faces. Garp walked to Kuzan's side, patted Kuzan's back with his big palm, and said with a smile:
"Kuzan, there's no need to envy Yunyi."
"You have also been promoted like him!"
"You defeated the Golden Lion, cut off its arm, and obtained the famous sword, Mu Ku. This is the result of the joint efforts of the two of you!"
"How could our navy, these guys, ignore your achievements?"
"You're going to be promoted to major general, Kuzan."
Hearing Garp's words, Kuzan scratched his head with a smile, showing no surprise. He had been a brigadier general for quite some time and had accumulated quite a few achievements, but most of the pirates he had eliminated were "small" pirates with a value of less than 200 million.
This time, with the achievement of repelling the Golden Lion, his promotion to major general was a foregone conclusion.
Originally, Kuzan dreamed of becoming a lieutenant general in one leap, but it seems he was overthinking it.
But even so, Kuzan was very satisfied. At least, he was still superior to Ji Guoyuan.
As a Brigadier General, he still had to look after his Major General's mood, even though Ji Guoyuan had always been good to him...
"You're quite lucky, Yunyi. Looks like you'll have to be my adjutant."
Kuzan heard this and winked at Tsugakuin. In front of Sengoku and Garp, Kuzan did not pretend to be deep, showing the character of a young man.
Seeing this, Ji Guoyuan smiled and shook his head. He did not refute Kuzan's words, but said with a hint of emotion: "It's actually quite hard for me to be your adjutant."
"Asshole, Yunyi, you worked so hard for nothing!"
Kuzan put his arm around Yoshikazu Tsugakuni's shoulders and shouted, which immediately attracted a lot of people's attention.
Zhan Guo and Garp saw Kuzan and Yuanyi bickering and playing around, and they smiled at each other.
Looking at the two people in front of them, Garp and Sengoku couldn't help but recall their own youth. At that time, the two of them, along with Kazutsuru and Zephyr, were the four closest people. The relationship between them was as close as that between Tsugakuni Yoriichi and Kuzan today.
As more and more generals gathered on the deck, Sengoku, Garp and others did not stay on the deck for long. They took Tsugikuni Yoshiichi and Kuzan into the hold and went to the conference room.
The configuration of this warship is not as simple as Kuzan's vehicle. On this ship, not only is there a conference room, there is even a gym for marines to exercise.
There are seven or eight rows of chairs neatly arranged in the conference room, which can easily accommodate nearly two hundred people for a meeting at the same time.
After entering the conference room, Garp went to the first row, Sengoku went straight to the podium, while Kuzan and Tsugakuin Eiichiro found a random seat in the last row and sat down.
After all the officers who had arrived at Shuixian Star Island had gathered, Zhan Guo cleared his throat and announced, holding the microphone Den Den Mushi:
"Before the official start of the Mount Zao meeting against the Roger Pirates!"
"We will first have a special investiture ceremony."
"As everyone knows, not long ago, a major event occurred on this sea that attracted worldwide attention!"
"The great pirate, Shiki the Golden Lion, was defeated by Kuzan, then Brigadier General, and Yoriichi Tsugikoku, then Colonel!"
"And, they even managed to cut off one of his arms. This is the first time in all these years that our navy has managed to threaten a pirate of this magnitude!"
"Brigadier General Kuzan and Colonel Tsugikoku Yoshiichi have made an amazing contribution!"
"Therefore, after consideration by myself, Admiral Sora, and others, we have decided to grant Kuzan the rank of Major General."
"Award Tsugikuni Yoriichi the rank of brigadier general."
"Now, please invite our hero to come on stage."
Sengoku's words were relayed through the Den Den Mushi. Upon hearing this, the navy officers looked sideways at Kuzan and Tsugumi Yoshiichi, who had risen and were walking toward the podium.
For a moment, there was thunderous applause. Some officers who were familiar with each other looked at Jigoku Yoshiichi and Kuzan and whispered to each other:
"Tsugikoku Yoriichi, is that the guy? It's the first time I've seen him, he looks so young!"
"Commander Kuzan, is he the natural ability user who ate the Ice Fruit? He's truly amazing, able to defeat the Golden Lion."
"It's really difficult to promote the ranks of officers in this headquarters. Such achievements only earned these two people a promotion of one rank."
Under the gaze of numerous naval officers from around the world, Sengoku replaced the shoulder tassels for Kuzan and Tsugakuni Yoriichi. Tsugakuni Yoriichi's pure yellow shoulder tassels were also replaced with admiral-grade shoulder tassels with a red background, a blue tail, and gold whiskers.
Amidst applause, this simple awarding ceremony was declared over, as Tsugikoku Yuichi and Kuzan walked down from the podium and returned to their seats.
The meeting officially entered the main topic.
"Now, let's begin the war meeting."
"Aiming at the Roger Pirates!"
"Major General Kuzan and Brigadier General Yoshiichi Tsugakuni, who arrived at the Water Star Island first, successfully captured the crew of the Roger Pirates!"
As Sengoku spoke, he used the projector Den Den Mushi to project the photos of Shanks and Buggy directly onto the white wall.
His words immediately caused an uproar in the conference room.
"Based on this situation, I intend to change my combat strategy."
"I named this plan the Fortress Plan!"
(End of this chapter)
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