Chapter 262 Who has the right to define justice?! (Two in one)
"I'll be there soon!"
Hearing these words coming out of Tsugakuin Yoriichi's mouth, Mihawk turned his head slightly and looked at Tsugakuin Yoriichi who slowly put down the receiver and hung up the phone, and couldn't help but remind him:
"If you attack the slaves of the Celestial Dragons, you will not be able to bear the consequences even if you are a general."
"By then, I'm afraid you'll be expelled from the navy."
"If you leave the navy, will you still be able to achieve your goals?"
Mihawk has been with Yuichiro Tsugakuni for a long time, and to some extent, his understanding of Yuichiro Tsugakuni even exceeds that of Yuichiro Tsugakuni himself.
Tsugakuni Yoriichi is different from him. Strictly speaking, Tsugakuni Yoriichi is not a pure swordsman, and his goal is not to achieve any great achievements in kendo.
What Jigoku Yuichi was thinking about was truly implementing the so-called "justice".
Although Mihawk has always scoffed at Yoriichi's goal, or ideal, and felt that it was impossible for him to achieve his wish, when he saw that Yoriichi's decision deviated from his goal, he couldn't help but remind him.
In Mihawk's opinion, implementing true "justice" is an extremely difficult thing. If the navy is lost as a platform, the difficulty will increase exponentially.
Deep down, Mihawk hoped that Yoriichi Tsugakuni could succeed, even though the chance of that success was extremely slim.
"Target?"
"Yeah, is it really possible for me to achieve my goals if I leave the Navy?"
"This is what I've been worrying about."
Tsugikuni Yoichi put the Den Den Mushi into his military uniform, raised his head and looked at the sea. At this moment, the afterglow of the sunset had disappeared, and the vast sea seemed a little dark and deep.
"But if I don't do it, who will?"
"Gather strength and wait for the wind to come?"
"Then I might as well become the wind myself!"
"I hope my actions can wake up some people."
"If I can survive this conflict with the World Government, those who yearn for justice will gather around me."
As he spoke, Ji Guoyuan held the bamboo sword in one hand, put his military uniform on his shoulder with the other, turned around and walked towards the branch cafeteria.
"Mihawk, let's go and eat first."
"We're about to set sail."
"You can't leave me! I need your help now."
After walking for a while, Ji Guoyuan stopped when he saw that Mihawk had not caught up with him, turned around and shouted at Mihawk with a smile on his face.
"ah!"
Hearing what Yoshikazu Tsugakuni said, a smile appeared on Mihawk's face, and he stepped forward to follow Yoshikazu Tsugakuni.
Mihawk knew very well what kind of behemoth they would face after this operation.
But so what?
Mihawk is a man who is going to become the world's greatest swordsman. Would he be afraid?
That night.
A loud alarm sounded throughout the entire Mysteria Island in an instant. The branch navy members who had just finished dinner and rested for a while heard the alarm, were startled, and then immediately began to gather urgently.
Yoriichi Tsugakuni did not pass the relevant orders to anyone else, neither to Cyrus stationed in Dressrosa nor to Tiger stationed on Redhilled Island.
Yunyi knew the difficulties of opposing the World Government and did not want to implicate too many people. The navy who would act with him would naturally have someone to protect them.
It is relatively easy for these people to shirk responsibility, since they were all following the general's orders anyway!
In just a few minutes, the navy of Mysteria Island completed the assembly. The supplies on the Dawn warship were always in stock, so that they could attack at any time.
Therefore, after the navy completed the assembly, the warships quickly left the port.
Just after Jiguo Yuanyi took action.
In the first half of the Grand Line, the slaves who had just been "rescued" felt that God was playing a joke on them.
Just when someone was about to rescue them, the next second, the fishmen who invaded the slave ship left one after another, leaving the slaves behind.
Jinbe's attack did not eliminate all the CPs escorting the ship. Only the group led by Jinbe himself was faster. The other groups had not eliminated their opponents when they received the order to retreat.
Therefore, when Jinbe and the others left, the slaves were back under the control of CP9.
After experiencing great ups and downs, the slaves, who had originally had a "little" hope, suddenly fell into despair.
The CP9s who had regained control of the fleet were also frightened and began frantically contacting the navy, while blaming the navy for its poor escort.
This incident caused a big stir. Not only did Admiral Kizaru, the highest leader who protected the Astronauts, get the news, but the headquarters' Navy Marshal Sengoku was also blamed by a commander of CP9 for his poor performance.
The slave fleet was only a day's journey away from the Sabaody Archipelago and was not far from the naval headquarters. After receiving the news, Zhan Guo immediately sent Vice Admiral Huo Shaoshan, leading three warships and nearly a thousand marines to provide support.
Kizaru, who was almost halfway there, sent out Major General Stoberg and two warships to return for support after learning that the Endeavour fleet behind him had been attacked.
The two support forces successively joined the slave fleet.
The specific circumstances of the attack were also reported to Sengoku and Kizaru through Lieutenant General Huoshaoshan and Major General Stobery respectively.
The moon and stars are sparse.
On the calm sea, the World Government's fleet slowed down at night after sailing for a day.
On the frigate, Admiral Kizaru stood at the bow, his white cloak fluttering in the sea breeze.
"Are the people who attacked murlocs? All of them are murlocs."
“Clear and well-organized”
"Ah! I see."
"Major General Stobery, once you understand what's going on, please return to your unit. Protecting the slaves is CP9's job, and our job is to protect the Celestial Dragons."
On the deck, Kizaru looked at the sea reflecting the bright moonlight. After listening to his subordinates' reports, he gave orders through the Den Den Mushi on his wrist.
On the other end of the phone, Major General Stoberg asked in confusion after hearing Kizaru's instructions:
"Admiral, are we going to just ignore it? These fishmen are clearly organized. Shouldn't our navy continue to track them down?"
Hearing Major General Stobery's words, Kizaru pondered for a moment, the wrinkles on his face gathered together, and then he replied with a long tone:
"Major General Stoberg—"
"This is an order—"
Although there was no anger in Kizaru's tone, when Major General Stoberg heard Kizaru's words, his face immediately turned serious, his body straightened, and he immediately replied:
"yes!"
"General Kizaru!"
As the admiral of the Marine Headquarters, Kizaru knows much more information than others.
Organized Murlocs
How could he not know where these people came from and whose subordinates they were?
Not to mention him, even Stoberi, who just asked this question, could probably guess it.
Yellow Monkey's idea was simple. There was no need for him to get involved in such matters. If he meddled, he wouldn't get any more salary, right? And his mission was to protect the Celestial Dragons, wasn't it?
Let those who should worry about this kind of thing worry about it!
After knowing the details, Kizaru had no intention of reporting to the headquarters. After looking at the night view on the sea for a while, he walked back to the cabin.
Just as night fell, Zhan Guo had just received news about the attack on the Celestial Dragon slave ship, and right after that, he received a piece of intelligence from the New World.
Intelligence shows that the navy of Mysteria Island has assembled urgently and left Mysteria Island.
After learning the news, Zhan Guo felt something vaguely and felt a little uneasy.
And it was around midnight.
Lieutenant General Huoshaoshan reunited with the slave ship fleet and reported the situation to Zhan Guo. Only now did Zhan Guo finally learn the detailed information of the "front line".
Upon learning that the people who attacked the slave ship were a well-organized group of fishmen, Zhan Guo was immediately in a trance and his eyes went dark.
After taking a break in his seat, Zhan Guo immediately reacted and gave the order to Huoshaoshan:
"Keep your mouth shut about what happened tonight. No one is allowed to talk about it!"
"You will escort the slave ships and keep up with the World Government's fleet. If you encounter 'enemies', your priority is to drive them away!"
After hanging up the phone, Zhan Guo breathed a sigh of relief, but his eyes couldn't help but glance at a faxed information on the table.
It was the intelligence from Mysteria Island.
The moment he saw this information, Zhan Guo's pupils shrank, his scalp went numb, he jumped up from his seat, grabbed the receiver on the table, and started making calls frantically.
That night, the phones at the homes of several high-ranking officials at the Navy Headquarters kept ringing.
Red Strait.
The Red Earth Continent intercepted the Grand Route, dividing the entire Grand Route into the first and second halves.
There are only two ways to travel smoothly between the front and back halves of the Red Continent.
One is to cross the "thousand-foot" high red soil continent, and the other is to cross the red soil continent from the deep-sea Fishman Island.
The Red Canyon is a strait that runs through the entire Red Earth Continent. It was "discovered" by the World Government and is the only secret route connecting the front and back halves of the Weihang route.
The Red Strait was not very wide, and warships of the Dawn's size could only sail three abreast. Furthermore, while crossing, ships had to be constantly vigilant against rocks falling from the cliffs on either side.
At dawn.
The golden sunlight spread over the sea. The warship Dawn, which had been sailing for nearly three days, slowly sailed through the strait, facing the sunlight and heading towards the exit.
On the bow of the deck, Ji Guoyuanyi, who had gotten up early, had a long sword slung across his waist. His right hand was resting on the hilt of the sword. He looked at the exit right in front of him and narrowed his eyes slightly.
As if he sensed something, he couldn't help but said in a deep voice:
"Did you notice?"
Behind Tsugikuni Yoriichi, Mihawk had his hands behind his back. Upon hearing this, he adjusted the brim of his hat and said nothing.
A few minutes later, the warship Dawn slowly sailed out of the strait, and everyone's vision suddenly became wider.
At the same time, the warships that had just sailed out of the strait began to slow down.
"Are you here?"
At the exit of the Red Strait, more than 30 warships were docked on full alert, with their bows all pointing towards the exit of the strait.
That's the naval fleet from the Navy Headquarters!
At the front of the fleet is the warship No. 0, which was once the vehicle that Zhan Guo used to ride on when he was a general. It was the most technologically advanced warship in the navy at that time.
On the battleship, Admiral Sengoku, who was supposed to be in charge of the naval headquarters, stood at the bow with a serious face, looking at the Dawn warship that had just sailed out of the strait.
The moment he saw the warship coming out, Zhan Guo's brows were tightly furrowed, and his arms behind his back trembled slightly.
Behind Sengoku, Garp, who was wearing a white suit and a navy cloak, was no longer as eccentric as usual. The moment he saw the Dawn warship, his face became serious.
On the other side behind Zhan Guo, Zefa looked at the red-haired young man at the bow of the Dawn warship from afar, pushed his glasses, and lowered his brows slightly.
On both sides of warship No. 0.
There were massive warships docked, clearly larger than the others. Standing at the bows of the two warships were two admirals from the Navy Headquarters: Sakaski, codenamed Akainu, and Kuzan, codenamed Aokiji.
The naval fleet, which assembled the strongest forces of the Navy Headquarters, was waiting at the exit of the Red Strait.
And the one they are waiting for is Yoriichi Tsugikuni who has left the New World!
The warship Dawn slowly sailed towards the warship No. 0 where Zhan Guo and others were, and then stopped at a wrong position.
Jiguo Yuanyi walked to the left side of the ship and looked at the Sengoku, Garp, Zephyr and others on the opposite deck. Instead, a smile appeared on his face and he was the first to greet them:
"Long time no see! Marshal Zhan Guo."
"Vice Admiral Garp and Mr. Zephyr are here too! Did something big happen at the Marine Headquarters? They mobilized such a large force."
"Even General Sakaski and Kuzan are here!"
Ji Guoyuan seemed unaware and asked with a smile.
Hearing what Tsugakuni Yoshiichi said, Garp couldn't help but grin. Zephyr raised his head slightly and said nothing, but the look in his eyes when he looked at Tsugakuni Yoshiichi was full of smiles.
No matter how things develop, Zefa is still very happy to see that his disciple, whom he has not seen for a long time, has grown into such a tall young man.
However, compared to the two of them, Zhan Guo's face was not so good.
Facing Ji Guoyuan's question, which seemed to be a joke, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly and he said:
"Don't talk about us first"
"You are the first General of Jiguoyuan. Why are you not staying in the New World and returning to the first half of the Grand Line?"
"I don't remember you reporting to me that you were going back to the Marine Headquarters!"
"You know, your mission is the most important in our navy. You can't leave the New World easily! If you leave, you must report it!"
Zhan Guo controlled his emotions well and asked Jigoku Yoshiichi.
"No report?"
"Maybe I forgot."
Tsugikoku Yoshiichi answered casually with a hint of a smile on his face.
After hearing Tsugikuni Yoriichi's answer, Sengoku didn't show any other emotions, but asked:
"What are you going to do in the first half of the Grand Line?"
"If you're going back to headquarters, then it's perfect. We're going back too, so you can come with us!"
Zhan Guo walked to the side of the ship, held the railing with both hands, and said in a deep voice.
"Returning to headquarters?"
"My apologies, Marshal Sengoku, I have something to do in the first half of the Grand Line."
"As you know, the Sword of Dawn has already established a naval branch on Fishman Island."
"Some time ago, Jinbei reported that a marine from Fishman Island went missing while on a mission."
"I thought, let's go and investigate."
Ji Guoyuan replied with a smile.
Hearing this, Zhan Guo frowned and asked with some concern: "Are there any navy missing?"
"Hmm! This is truly a big problem! Admiral Tsugikoku Yoshiichi, give me the information and leave the search for the missing marines to headquarters."
"I'll let Kuzan handle it. If it's him, he'll definitely get it done!"
"Don't worry!"
Hearing this, Jiguo Yuanyi shook his head and refused: "Don't bother, I will go find my subordinates myself."
"Otherwise, others will think that I am incapable of recovering my subordinates and that I need our help."
"I don't want to lose face."
Jiguo Yuanyi replied with a smile, still looking calm.
However, after hearing this, Zhan Guo no longer had the patience to continue talking to Ji Guo Yuan Yi. He slammed his hands on the railing, glared at him, and roared:
"Tsugikoku Yoriichi!"
"Do you think I don't know what you're going to do?!"
"Don't you know why we are here?!"
"I will never let you go!"
"If you do this, can you still be called a navy? Don't you feel the weight of justice on your shoulders?"
Zhan Guo was a little out of control. No one knew Tsugakuni Yoriichi's purpose better than him, but precisely because he knew it, he would never allow Tsugakuni Yoriichi to do so.
The young man in front of him was the young generation of navy that he valued the most.
"justice?"
"Who on earth has the right to define justice?"
"It's really heavy to bear such justice!"
"Because there is so much filth clinging to justice!"
“So I decided to wash it!”
"That's light!"
Ji Guoyuan kept looking at Zhan Guo and said in a deep voice.
Hearing Tsugakuin's words, Sengoku couldn't help but shrink his pupils, and the railing he was holding suddenly deformed. Behind him, Garp looked at Tsugakuin deeply, lowered his head, and a smile curled at the corner of his mouth.
Zefa stared at Ji Guoyuan for a long time, sighed softly, and didn't interrupt, just watching quietly.
The other sailors on the deck also heard the metaphor of Yoriichi Tsugakuni, and there was shock and longing in their eyes.
A young sailor couldn't help but growl in this oppressive atmosphere. Just as he was about to say something, his quick-eyed and quick-handed companion beside him quickly covered his mouth.
(End of this chapter)
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