Now in a high position, Ji Guoyuanyi's mentality and thinking have changed significantly compared to the past. If it were him in the past, he would never say such words, nor would he adopt such policies.
Although the Navy Headquarters currently does not have the strength to take care of the West Sea and the North Sea, where the environment is more severe, there are ways to control the situation in the two sea areas if it continues to deteriorate.
All Tsugikuni Yuichiro needed to do was dispatch two ships and two trustworthy and powerful generals to lead the patrol of the sea area.
Dispatching two strong men to two sea areas respectively can also have the effect of deterring pirates. They don't need to wipe out all the wanted pirates. They only need to destroy the most famous pirate groups in the West Sea and the North Sea to deter other pirates to the greatest extent.
Although this approach may not necessarily improve the current situation, it can effectively curb the speed at which the situation continues to deteriorate.
But Tsuchikuni Yoriichi did not do so. There was a more important thing waiting for Tsuchikuni Yoriichi.
That is to completely blockade the Holy Land and the Sabaody Archipelago to prevent the power of the Celestial Dragons from continuing to influence the world.
In the Admiral's office, after watching Zefa and the others leave Marinford, Tsugikoku Yoshiichi returned to the chair behind his desk, then personally wrote a warrant and placed it on the table:
"Yixiao, I need to trouble you to go to Judicial Island."
"That's one of the world's power centers, where the World Government tries criminals."
"Please take the trouble to invite everyone from the Inquisition to the Marine Headquarters."
"Mihawk will accompany you there. You will be asked to stay on Judicial Island and command all the navy and CP on the island."
"If the CP has any objections, they can be executed on the spot without reporting."
If you want to completely control power in your hands, it is impossible without seeing bloodshed.
Naturally, Yoshikazu Tsugakuni would not be so naive as to think that after becoming the Admiral of the Navy, he would be able to naturally hold all the power in his hands.
He is different from Zhan Guo. Even if he becomes the new naval marshal, it is not easy for his decrees to be implemented.
Marshal Sengoku has a profound background. During the time when he served as marshal, his old leader Kong helped him face the Celestial Dragons. At the same time, he had old comrades such as Garp and Zephyr in the army to protect him. The three admirals of the navy, Kuzan, Kizaru and Akainu, were all promoted by him.
The rest of the lieutenant generals and major generals are either comrades-in-arms of Sengoku or disciples of his old friend Zefa. It is precisely because of this that the law enforcement orders can be carried out smoothly in the headquarters of the navy.
If you want to get involved in this, you need to have a background. What's the point of being able to fight?!
However, Tsugikuni Yoriichi and Sengoku are completely two different routes.
Although he also came from the Marine Headquarters, Tsugakuni Yoriichi did not have the same foundation there. Although he once held the rank of Admiral, that was due to his outstanding military achievements and the support of people like Sengoku Garp. Tsugakuni Yoriichi did not have a deep relationship with his peers.
Moreover, his classmate Hai Yuanyuan did not have the age or strength to take charge and be independent.
If Yoriichi Tsugikuni, who has a shallow foundation, wants his orders to be implemented in the Marine Headquarters, he must use strong means to intimidate everyone.
Yuichiro doesn't want to take action against the people in the Marine Headquarters. At this stage, winning them over is the most appropriate method.
Yoriichirō plans to use the blood of CP to defend his own dignity. Only when he has won over enough generals and trained enough reserve forces will he be able to take action against those generals who are loyal to the World Government.
The network of relationships in the Navy Headquarters is complex, and even Tsugikuni Yoriichi needs some time to sort out the relationships. There is no way to achieve a peaceful transfer of power by simply relying on force and killing.
"Okay, when do I leave?"
After hearing what Tsugakugo Yoshiichi was planning, Yixiao could easily understand his idea. With both military and judicial power in his hands, it would be much easier for Tsugakugo Yoshiichi to do anything he wanted to do next.
"You decide the time yourself. Leave when you're ready. The earlier you go, the sooner you'll be back."
"When you come back, you will be in charge of the Sabaody Archipelago."
"That is the most important island connecting the front and back halves of the Grand Route."
"Your mission is extremely important. Not only do you need to monitor the Celestial Dragons in the Holy Land, but you must also completely control this island and eliminate any pirates attempting to reach Fishman Island."
"Shabaodi, Fishman Island, Thunder God Island, and Redchiled Island."
"Once we control these islands, we will naturally be able to cut off the so-called Grand Route."
"The pirates of the four seas cannot enter the New World, which will greatly reduce the burden on the New World's new navy."
"After Kuzan goes to the East China Sea, he will strengthen his control over Rogue Town."
"When all the plans are successfully completed, I think the world will be able to usher in peace!"
Yoriichi Tsugikuni had high hopes for his plan. He hoped to completely end the chaos in this world so that he would have time to concentrate on dealing with the Celestial Dragons in the holy land.
"Um!"
Yixiao listened quietly to Jiguo Yuanyi's outlook on the future, a gentle smile appeared on his face, and he nodded in agreement.
Brannew, who was standing by, opened his mouth as he listened to Tsugikoku Yoshiichi's plan, but ultimately swallowed back what he was about to say.
What Yoriichi wants to do with the platform of the Marine Headquarters, wasn't it possible for Sengoku to do it when he was in power?
That is of course impossible. With the power of the navy, it is not difficult to completely strangle the Chabao Archipelago, a major transportation route.
It only takes a general to lead thousands of navy to completely block the route.
But why didn't the Navy Headquarters do that?
This actually requires exploring the relationship between the navy and pirates.
Pirates can be killed, but pirates must not exist, or in other words, the Celestial Dragons cannot allow pirates to be completely eliminated by the Marine Headquarters.
Otherwise, how can the Tianlong people obtain the rare treasures and slaves they need?
If there were no pirates in this world, the member states of the World Government could completely govern themselves without fear of maritime threats. Why would they need the Celestial Dragons? And what reason could they have to collect Celestial Gold?
All countries can be like the people of Wano Country, and appreciate the kindness of the Kozuki family from generation to generation.
Having served as Sengoku's aide-de-camp for so long, Branny naturally understood this. He also knew that it was useless to persuade Tsugakuni Yoriichi, and Tsugakuni Yoriichi also knew this.
So why?
Why was Tsugokuni Yoriichi able to attack pirates without restraint? Wasn't he afraid that his own justice and power would be undermined?
Yes, Yoriichi Tsugakuni was really not afraid that the headquarters of the navy would completely collapse because of the demise of the pirates.
The reason is very simple, because there are things like devil fruits in this world.
The devil fruit can allow an ordinary person to suddenly gain enormous power. Most of these people who suddenly gain power will be corrupted by desire and power in a short period of time.
The reason why the devil fruit is called this name is probably not because eating the devil fruit will make you a landlubber.
Instead, the person who eats the devil fruit will evolve into a real "devil".
The existence of supernatural powers directly means that the Marine Headquarters will never completely disappear. Perhaps after the pirates are gone, the Marine Headquarters will downsize and take an elitist route, but it will never completely disappear.
and
In addition to the influencing factor of the devil fruit, Vegapunk, an intelligent and outstanding scientist, is also one of the country's reliance.
If the countries on the sea want to obtain more advanced technological products, make their people richer and their lives more convenient, they also need to spend money to support the development of science and technology.
Science and technology are the primary productive forces.
This sentence was firmly engraved in Tsugumi Yuichiro's mind.
On the other hand, just as Yoriichi Tsugakuni was making every effort to integrate the naval forces, the warships led by Kuzan also approached the waters of the Kingdom of Alabasta.
The raised sails were quickly folded by the sailors on the ship, and the sailing warship also slowed down and stopped on the sea.
On the deck, Kuzan was holding a telescope in his hand and looking towards the distant island.
The island of the Kingdom of Arabas appeared in Kuzan's sight. From a distance, the island was yellow and was a summer island.
The Kingdom of Alabasta is a relatively large country in the first half of the Grand Line. However, although the country has large land resources, its resources are relatively poor. Most of the country's land is desert, and the country's towns are built around the few oases in the desert.
The living habits of the people are actually somewhat similar to those in the present-day Arab region.
The people of the country are also accustomed to wearing a piece of cloth on their heads, but unfortunately, there are no abundant resources that can be converted into cash in the Kingdom of Alabaster.
"Brother Kuzan, why did we stop? Aren't we going to the island?"
Beside Kuzan, Ace nudged his thigh with his hand and asked in confusion. He had also heard about Kuzan's purpose in coming to the Kingdom of Alabasta. He heard that it was to eliminate the pirates on the island and rescue the royal family and citizens.
Since the purpose is so clear, just go to the island and eliminate all the pirates you see.
Ace was puzzled as to why Kuzan, the admiral of the navy, was so cautious about such a "simple" mission.
"Go to the island—"
"If we act rashly, I'm afraid something unexpected might happen during this mission!"
"There is a report regarding the Kingdom of Alabasta from the G-69 branch."
"According to the information in the military report, the Kingdom of Alabasta has already fallen."
"But strangely, King Nefert Cobra didn't pass any message to the Marine Headquarters or the World Government."
“This shouldn’t be the case.”
"It's highly likely that the royal family has been controlled by the pirates."
When Kuzan mentioned King Cobra, he deliberately concealed the "D" in his name and concluded that the royal family was being held hostage from the limited information he obtained.
"Have you taken the royal family hostage?"
"General Kuzan, if it were you, even if the pirates kidnapped the royal family, you would be able to rescue them."
"Are our enemies strong?"
Sabo's way of addressing Kuzan was a little different from that of the outgoing Ace. After all, he was of noble birth, and the education he received was different from that of "commoner" children like Ace.
"Well, Crocodile, the sand crocodile with a bounty of 67 million."
"The great pirate who retreated from the New World to the first half of the Grand Line."
"Although the bounty hasn't even exceeded 100 million, you must not underestimate him."
"He's a natural-type devil fruit, the user of the Sand-Sand Fruit. When he ventured into the New World, he even challenged the Whitebeard Pirates and successfully survived."
"Although the bounty is not high, he is not a small character."
Kuzan also had some information about the Kingdom of Alabasta, so he was not completely in the dark and didn't even know who his enemies were.
"Natural system?!"
Speaking of natural-type Devil Fruit users, they are really rare in the first half of the Grand Line.
If someone who doesn't have Haki goes against someone with the ability of a natural devil fruit, there is no possibility of victory.
Moreover, Crocodile was the one who challenged the Whitebeard Pirates and survived from Whitebeard's hands. This record was quite scary.
Whitebeard was the guy who was known as the strongest man in the world before Yoriichi Tsugumi.
Its strength is unquestionable.
The value of this is probably no less than "challenged Yoriichi Tsugakuni and survived successfully."
To be honest, with the knowledge of Ace, Sabo and others, they have never seen a pirate who challenged Yoriichi Tsugakuni and still survived.
"My opponent is Crocodile, so I have to be careful."
"Even if we can defeat him, if the royal family members are killed by him, this mission will be considered a failure."
Now he can more or less understand why Tsugikuni Yoriichi sent him here to deal with this matter. Akainu's methods are too explosive, Kizaru is not in the headquarters, Ichisho's ability is not suitable for dealing with such an opponent, and as Yoriichi's confidant, Ichisho will definitely be assigned more important tasks.
After all the calculations, it is not surprising that Kuzan would be conscripted.
Ace and Sabo stood quietly beside Kuzan, also looking into the distance at the island. They both showed great patience, but... the little tail of these two brothers - Luffy.
That’s not so mature!
“Hey!”
"Kuzan, you won't see anything if you stay here, let's go to the island."
Luffy picked his nose and said nonchalantly. He, Sabo, and Ace all addressed Kuzan differently. They all called him by his name. Luffy was very direct and didn't have any other concerns.
But such naive and brainless words are actually the most direct solution at present.
yes!
What can you observe by staying on the boat and using a telescope?
Kuzan put down the telescope, glanced at Luffy beside him, a smile suddenly appeared on his face, and then he quickly walked towards the cabin.
Under the confused gazes of Ace and others, Kuzan, who had just entered the ship, returned to the deck again, but when he returned to the deck, he had a bicycle in his hand.
"Then let's go to the island and take a look."
He raised his hand and pointed at the sea surface. An icicle fell directly into the sea, forming a piece of ice on the sea surface. Kuzan jumped down with the bicycle in his hand. When he sat on the bicycle and was about to pedal, he suddenly felt a tightness in his lower back.
Luffy on the deck suddenly stretched out his arms, grabbed the waist of his pants, and then bounced down, sticking close to Kuzan's back.
“I’m going too!!!”
After all, time is the best medicine to erase pain. Luffy is now much more cheerful than when he first went to sea. He is now sitting on the back seat of the bicycle and cheering.
"Hey, I'm going to work, not to travel"
However, before Kuzan could finish his words, he felt a weight on the back seat of the bicycle. Ace and Sabo linked arms, each stepped on the corner of the empty seat behind Luffy's buttocks, and stood on the back seat of the bicycle.
"Let's go too!"
A two-seater bicycle was carrying four people. If they appeared on the street like this, they would probably be mistaken for an acrobatic performance.
“.”
Kuzan looked at the three little ones behind him, sighed heavily, and pedaled the bicycle with difficulty.
As the tires rolled, an ice road appeared on the sea, extending straight towards the island.
(End of this chapter)
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