Judicial Island
Judicial Island is located in the first half of the Grand Line. The island is built on a sea cavity. Due to its sudden and special sea environment, Long recognized this island at a glance after getting the nautical chart.
Judicial Island is very famous throughout the world. Its existence not only symbolizes the highest power of the world government, but also the underwater prison that holds the world's most vicious criminals is located behind the Gate of Justice on Judicial Island.
Judicial Island symbolizes the absolute authority of the World Government, and its importance is even comparable to that of Marine Headquarters Marine Ford.
"How do you intend for our revolutionary army to prove their ability and worth?!"
At this time, Long actually had a bad guess in his mind, but before getting confirmation from Tsugikuni Yoriichi himself, he still patiently asked this question and did not make a conclusion on his own.
At such a formal negotiation table, Tsugakuni Yoshiichi was still wrapped in a black robe, and the hood on his head was not taken off. Although the commanders of the Revolutionary Army sitting face to face could see Tsugakuni Yoshiichi's appearance clearly, they had no way to confirm Tsugakuni Yoshiichi's identity.
Although they were curious, the New Navy did not formally introduce the identity of Tsugakuni Yoshiichi, and Long did not ask about it either, as if they tacitly acknowledged the identity of the black-robed man and his qualifications to speak, so the army captains did not say much.
When Long asked this question, everyone in the Revolutionary Army focused their attention on Yoriichi Tsugikuni, waiting for his answer.
"The method of proof is simple. You, the Revolutionary Army, will take action and destroy Judicial Island!"
Tsugikoku Yoshiichi slowly raised his head and his eyes fell on Long.
As his premonition came true, Long couldn't help but frown and think about the pros and cons.
Destroy Judicial Island. Whether it is for their Revolutionary Army or for Tsugakuni Yoriichi and their new navy, it is actually hard to say whether destroying a place like Judicial Island can bring any practical benefits to their forces.
The navy's garrison on Judicial Island is very strong, and behind the Gate of Justice is the Undersea Prison. If the Judicial Island is attacked, the garrison of the Undersea Prison can provide support immediately.
Although there are no top-level experts from the Naval Headquarters on the Judicial Island, it will still cost a huge price for the Revolutionary Army to destroy the Judicial Island.
But administrative islands like Judicial Island have nothing of value. Supplies? People? Minerals? There is nothing here. There is no point in capturing or destroying them.
Perhaps this method could undermine the prestige of the World Government and the Navy Headquarters. In this respect, the political significance outweighs the practical significance.
However, at the current stage of development of their revolutionary army, such "political goals" are actually useless.
Because the foundation of their revolutionary army is ordinary people who have been oppressed by the domestic nobles. These people are against the nobles who oppress them. After completing the domestic changes, only a small number of people will join the ranks of those who resist the world government.
He opposed the nobles but did not resist the rule of the Celestial Dragons and the World Government.
These seem to be two very contradictory things, but in fact, such situations are extremely common.
The Celestial Dragons have ruled the world for eight hundred years, and many things have already been engraved in people's minds.
The new navy can expand rapidly because their foundation is actually "navy", the driving force is something called "justice", and they are in a new world where the world government has very little influence.
The Revolutionary Army is rooted in the Four Seas and the first half of the Grand Line, which happen to be the areas most influenced by the World Government. It is very difficult for them to expand their team.
Dragon's vision for the future development of his Revolutionary Army is merely to liberate some of the oppressed people. He himself still very much approves of the administrative system of the World Government. He believes that as long as the cancer of the Celestial Dragons is eradicated, the world will be able to move towards harmony.
It was with this idea in mind that Long was so angry when he learned that Sabo had killed King Cobra in the Holy Land, because in his mind Cobra was a "wise king" and was not among those to be conquered by their revolutionary army.
In contrast, upon hearing that the king of a member state of the World Government had been killed, the lower-class people instead labeled Sabo the "Flame Emperor." For ordinary people, whether Cobra was a wise ruler or not was irrelevant; the fact that it was a king who died was what mattered.
Because they were deeply oppressed by the "kings".
As the revolutionary army develops, the thoughts of the leader Long will inevitably become separated from the collective thoughts of his troops.
If Long doesn't make changes by then, the team will collapse.
But these are all things of the future. Now, it is unknown whether a "Flame Emperor" will appear in the ranks of the revolutionary army.
Yoshiichi Tsugikuni asked Ryu and his men to attack Judicial Island just to push the Revolutionary Army to the front line and attract the attention of the World Government.
It is true that the revolutionary army has developed rapidly in recent years. With their help, many member countries have launched a wave of resistance.
But in Tsugikuni Yoshiichi's opinion, Ryu's efforts may not really catch the attention of the World Government.
Because it is the interests of the member states that have been damaged, the interests of the Celestial Dragons and the World Government have not been substantially damaged.
For the Celestial Dragons, having one more or one less member state is nothing more than the difference between having one more or one less option when choosing a location for the "slave hunting" activity.
In the past, one more country paying Tianshangjin or one less country paying Tianshangjin would not affect the lives of the Tianlong people at all.
In the eyes of the Celestial Dragons, the new navy led by Yoshiichi Tsugukuni was much more terrifying, because they were really attacking the Celestial Dragons and would kill them in the Holy Land!
When the New Navy really had the ability to threaten the Holy Land, both the World Government and the Navy Headquarters became extremely cautious when dealing with matters related to the New Navy.
Yoriichi needs a revolutionary army that can truly attract the attention of the World Government. Letting the Revolutionary Army attack Judicial Island is actually a disguised way of tying Ryu and the others to his chariot.
Long could naturally understand what Jigoku Yoshiichi was thinking about in this regard.
His ideas are somewhat similar to those of Yuichiro Tsugakuni, but he also has many ideas that are more to the left. In his opinion, Yuichiro Tsugakuni sometimes acts more decisively than him.
Just like now, Long doesn't want to oppose the World Government so openly.
Although everyone knows what the Revolutionary Army does, and although Dragon has long been a major criminal on the Navy's wanted list, even so, Dragon still has hope for the World Government.
"We can't do this kind of thing."
After thinking for a long time, Long shook his head, let out a sigh, and decisively rejected Tsugaru Yoshiichi's request.
Their revolutionary army has its own path to follow and will not act according to the will of Yoriichi Tsugikuni.
After the words fell, the other army commanders in the conference room looked at each other in surprise, but after a little thought, they could immediately understand Long's decision.
"Can't do it, or don't want to do it?"
Tsugikoku Yoshiichi obviously didn't want to give up and asked.
“I don’t want to do it, but I can’t do it either.”
"If we attack Judicial Island, we will suffer heavy losses regardless of success or failure."
"We still have many more important things to do. There are still many people who are still living in dire straits and need our help."
"I can't waste precious time and manpower on something like this."
When Long gave the answer, he had obviously thought about how to respond. The other army captains nodded in agreement when they heard it.
As for the New Navy, Mihawk and the others did not show any surprise on their faces. Tsugikuni Yoriichi also nodded, then lowered his head slightly and stopped talking.
As they expected, the revolutionary army would not fight to the death.
Of course, the New Navy will not stop cooperation negotiations with the other party just because the Revolutionary Army does not attack Judicial Island. Cooperation will still continue, but the New Navy’s support for the Revolutionary Army and the binding relationship will not be that deep.
However, in the subsequent negotiations, Tsugikuni Yoshiichi stopped talking, and Mason was the person in charge of leading the negotiations on the new navy side.
In fact, Long also understood that when he rejected Tsugikuni Yoshiichi's request and Yoshiichi no longer participated in the negotiations, their cooperation with the New Navy would not be able to go too deep.
The results of subsequent negotiations also confirmed Long's conjecture.
The New Navy only agreed to sell them food and arms, but even so, it was a good thing for the revolutionary army that was under a complete blockade.
Moreover, the price the New Navy gave them was very good, much cheaper than purchasing in bulk privately on the black market.
This is also one of the unique abilities of the new navy. Xiong is now stationed at the International Headquarters. Some military supplies transportation work does not actually require ships. Xiong only needs to use his meat ball fruit to easily transport things to the destination.
Without the naval costs, the price will naturally come down.
And this doesn't take Xiong much effort. Every day after breakfast, he just exercises like crazy, and it won't take long for him to deliver all the goods at the dock.
The speed at which manual workers pack and load goods cannot match the speed at which bears deliver goods out of the port. Often, hundreds of people take two or three days to pack, only enough time for bears to do a few minutes of "morning exercise".
The bear's meatball fruit is also one of the important supports for the rapid development of the new navy and its actual control over the subordinate islands.
At night.
The revolutionary army arranged accommodation for the new navy at its headquarters.
After dinner, Jigoku Yuichiro returned to his residence early to rest.
However, a knock on the door broke the quiet night.
Yuanyi stood up and opened the door. Standing outside was Long, holding a teapot in one hand and some snacks in the other.
"Haven't you rested yet? We haven't seen each other for a long time. Want to chat?"
Long raised his hand, showing what he had in his hand, and asked.
Yunyi didn't know what the other party was up to, so he moved aside and made way.
"It seems that you, the commander-in-chief of the revolutionary army, are not very busy."
"You still have time for tea?"
Jiguo Yuanyi led Long into the room and sat him down at the table.
The room prepared for them by the revolutionary army was very large. In addition to the bed and desk, there was also a small wooden table in the room, which served as a place to eat and drink tea.
"Today is actually the old man's birthday."
"I can't go back to see him, so I usually just drink tea by myself and celebrate his birthday in this way."
"I used to think that on the day when the revolutionary army was completely victorious, I would be able to reunite with the old man, celebrate his birthday, and let him experience the life of an old age surrounded by his children and grandchildren."
“However, this is completely impossible nowadays.”
Long placed the snacks he brought on the table and made tea for himself and Tsugakuin. It was only then that Tsugakuin noticed that the snacks Long brought were senbei specially supplied to the Marine Headquarters, which was one of Garp's favorite snacks when he was alive.
“.”
Long's words also made Ji Guoyuan's expression freeze. He looked at the teacup that was moved in front of him, stared at the tea in the cup, pursed his lips, and actually behaved a little unnaturally.
"I'm not here today to blame you or anything."
"I also inquired about what happened on the Island of Origin."
"Things like that happen, and there's no right or wrong."
"I can understand that."
Garp died tragically at the hands of Yoshiichi Tsugakuin. As Garp's son, it is impossible for Ryu to have no opinion about Yoshiichi Tsugakuin.
But Dragon and Garp's personalities are extremely similar in some ways, that is, people like them can often remain rational when facing big things.
After Ace's death, Garp was able to suppress himself when facing Akainu, and after Garp's death, Ryu was able to control his emotions when facing Yoriichi Tsugakuni and the New Marines.
Even as their descendant, Wang Luffy can say "he has his adventures" when facing certain things.
The people of the Monk family have always been extremely free in heart and will not be bound by hatred.
"I came to see you just to have tea and chat."
"No other meaning."
When Long said these words, Jigoku Yoshiichi had already adjusted his mentality. Facing Long, he did feel sorry, but he had a clear conscience after all, and his expression quickly returned to normal.
"I'm sorry about what happened to Mr. Karp."
"Even if you want to avenge him, I wouldn't be surprised."
"He and I both made our choices. I have no regrets, and Mr. Karp has no regrets either."
Yunyi picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea. The slightly bitter taste made him feel refreshed.
"Yeah, I know."
“I know.”
"I know he never shows any regrets."
Long raised his head and looked at the bright moon outside the window, muttering absentmindedly.
He came to see Yuichiro Tsuchikuni not because he really had something to say to him, but simply because on a day like this, he wanted to have someone who could understand his longing to be by his side so that he wouldn't feel so lonely.
Long couldn't show his vulnerable side in front of his subordinates, but in front of Tsugumi Yoshiichi, he could take off the mask.
The two of them didn't say much, they just stayed in the room, looking at the bright moon outside the window, drinking tea and eating Cap's favorite snacks.
It was not until the bright moon gradually set in the west and the tea cooled down that Long said goodbye and got up to leave Tsugumi Yoshiichi's room.
Inside the house, the lights went out.
Yoshikazu Tsugikuni sat on the edge of the bed, a little dazed. He hadn't felt such sadness for a long time. Long's arrival also made Yoshikazu experience this emotion again.
(End of this chapter)
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