Chapter 210 Portgas D. Ace (Two in One)
After Shimotsuki Koshiro's wedding, his transfer order was also issued. Regarding Tsugakuni Yoriichi's arrangement, Shimotsuki Koshiro didn't say much, but just agreed with a smile.
"Koshiro, Lieutenant General Tsugukuni said that if you are not satisfied with this job change, you can talk to him at any time."
"You know Lieutenant General Jiguo's character. If it's something you don't want to do, he will never force you."
Cyrus, who delivered the transfer order to Koshiro, couldn't help but say something more when he saw Koshiro accept it.
In fact, he thought about a lot of things last night. If one day he really found the person he wanted to protect, but that person didn't want him to continue working as a seaman, then his choice might not be to be with that person.
Young Cyrus has been sailing for several years and has become accustomed to this kind of life. In Cyrus's own opinion, he has found what he really wants to do and will never give up his pursuit for the reason of "maintaining a marital relationship."
Therefore, after he conveyed Tsugakuni Yoshiichi's intention, Cyrus also looked up at Koshiro. He hoped that Koshiro would not accept Tsugakuni Yoshiichi's opinion. He regarded Koshiro as a partner and felt that the other party should be the same kind of person as him.
"Yeah?"
"Lieutenant General Tsugukuni is truly a gentle person!"
"I accept his transfer order. He has entrusted me with such an important task, and I will definitely complete it well."
"Navy Kendo Academy?"
"Cyrus, do you know what Lieutenant General Jiguo said to me when he first met me?"
Hearing this, Cyrus concentrated slightly, as if recalling the scene when he first met Shimotsuki Koshiro.
"From that time on, he had the idea of establishing a Naval Kendo Academy."
"I will do my best to help him."
Without waiting for Cyrus to reply, Koshiro smiled and said that it had been some time since he joined the navy, and that Koshiro had also heard some time ago that Tsugikuni Yoshiichi had refused the position of admiral.
Following a lieutenant general like Tsugekuni Yoshiichi, Shimotsuki Koshiro felt very at ease. In fact, he didn't need to think about too many things. He just needed to follow Tsugekuni Yoshiichi's footsteps and complete the tasks assigned by the other party.
There is no need to worry at all whether what Yuichiro Tsugikuni wants him to do is in line with his values.
Hearing this, Cyrus said nothing more.
It seems that Tsugikuni Yoshiichi understands Koshiro better than he does. After all, Koshiro is the same as him, a determined person!
The transfer of Tsugakuni Yoshiichi's confidant, Shimotsuki Koshiro, did not cause any stir in the naval branch.
After the Navy planned to establish a so-called Kendo Academy in this country to recruit students, this matter caused quite a stir in Dressrosa.
In this world, it is not right for the poor to cross the class line. It is rather difficult for the weak to cross the class line and become strong.
There is no other way to ascend except by eating devil fruits and relying on mutation.
For an ordinary person to rely on his own training to grow up is simply a foolish dream. Even if he is determined to go out to sea as a pirate and hope to become a strong man, in most cases he will die in the sea in some unknown sea area.
The marine environment in the new world is not like the four seas. Extreme weather such as hail and hurricanes can come at any time.
Even if you want to become a navy, you need to put your head on your belt, and most ordinary people will no longer work hard on physical training after they come into contact with guns.
Therefore, the Naval Kendo Academy, which recruits young people, attracted many people as soon as it started recruiting.
The branch's territory is very large, and there are many idle training grounds. It is not a problem to accommodate 1,800 people for training. There is no need to consider things like venues.
On the contrary, the personnel aspect stumped Yuichiro and his friends.
Yoshikazu Tsugakuni had somewhat underestimated the influence of his navy in Dressrosa, expecting more than a thousand young people to come and study.
There are simply not enough instructors for Yoriichi and his team.
"What do we do now? One instructor is doing his best, and 40 students is already the limit."
“If there are more, the quality of teaching cannot be guaranteed.”
"There are currently 1,123 students registered. Considering that more students may come to us in the future, we need at least 50 instructors."
"But, among us marines, there are those who are qualified to teach kendo."
Koshiro, who is in charge of enrollment and school management, finds Yoriichi Tsugakuni and reports on the difficulties he is currently facing.
"Well, we can have as many kendo instructors as we can. For the remaining missing parts, we can have some physical soldiers with some body training experience join in and serve as physical instructors."
"The foundation of kendo is the body."
"Koshiro, you have teaching experience. Inform everyone that when teaching, don't just foolishly copy our navy's own training courses."
"Teenagers have different tolerance levels than adults, and the vast majority of teenagers don't have relevant experience. Training must be gradual."
"Our teaching for ordinary teenagers focuses on teaching, but ultimately, practice depends on them themselves."
Tsugikuni Yuichi's solution was also very simple. Since there were not enough kendo instructors, he could just use other people instead.
Although there are more than a thousand students, only a small number of them are of the right age and can receive high-intensity training or formal kendo training.
In the future, only a small number of people will be able to persevere. The vast majority of people, like the interest classes that modern people signed up for when they were young, will soon be unable to persist and will forget about kendo.
Upon hearing Yoshiichiro's arrangements, Koshiro immediately turned around and left to make the arrangements.
"Lieutenant General Tsugikoku—"
"Is this arrangement really okay?"
"Our navy hasn't launched any sorties in a while."
"Are these things we've done somewhat deviating from the mission objectives of our branch?"
"If I don't go hunting pirates, is there really any point in doing these things?"
On the sofa, Borsalino held the teacup in both hands, leaned out his head, and asked in a long tone.
He was a little confused about Tsugakuni Yoshiichi. A young man like Tsugakuni Yoshiichi, who had such powerful strength in his hands, could easily improve his prestige by going out to sea to hunt pirates. There was no point in doing such thankless tasks.
"Yes, I have!"
“No matter when, the future belongs to the young.”
"If we don't start to change from the grassroots level, it won't matter how many pirates we kill."
"A harsh environment will only breed new waves of pirates. How long will it take to kill them all?"
"Life is only a few decades long, and the ocean is so vast, how many pirates can we find?"
Jiguo Yuanyi walked to the sofa in front of Borsalino and sat down, poured himself a cup of tea, then lay on the backrest and looked up at the ceiling.
The more he understood this world, the more insignificant he felt.
You may not believe it, but ever since Yoshiichi Tsugakuni captured Roger and killed the great pirate Barrett who attacked the branch, Dressrosa has become more peaceful than ever before.
Not only Dressrosa, but even the islands pointed to by several recording pointers near Dressrosa were unprecedentedly peaceful.
It seemed as if the pirates disappeared from Tsugakuni Yoriichi's sight overnight, and no trace of them could be found again.
Without any intelligence about pirates, was Tsugikuni Yoriichi supposed to blindly lead the fleet out to sea? You know, every time a fleet sets sail, it's a huge expense, and Yoriichi doesn't intend to do such a "losing" business.
In order to search for pirates, Yuichiro adopted a method of breaking up the whole into parts and only sent out a dozen modified "speedboats" with three people in a group to patrol and search.
However, the speedboat’s patrol range is not large, and it has to make a round trip within a day, so it can only serve as a warning at most.
In general, Yoriichi Tsugikuni was like being trapped in Dressrosa. He had a lot of powerful martial arts but nowhere to use them.
"Well~"
"That being said, killing some big pirates can still help a lot of people."
"I know that pirates are all wandering around and looting, but there are some pirates who are different."
"Here, this is something I asked a friend to make for me. Take a look."
As he spoke, Borsalino rummaged in his pocket, took out a document bag, and placed it on the coffee table in front of Yunyi.
Yuichi Tsugikuni looked at Borsalino with some surprise, opened the information bag, and poured it out casually. An eternal record pointer fell into Yuichi Tsugikuni's hand.
At the same time, the information in the bag also slid out.
"This is?"
Yuanyi glanced at the eternal record pointer in his hand, raised his head, looked at Borsalino, and asked in confusion.
"Big Mom Pirates, have you ever heard of them?"
"The captain is Charlotte Linlin, a pirate with a bounty of 3.58 billion berries."
"Unlike other pirates who roam and plunder, this Charlotte Linlin uses Cake Island as the core and encircles 34 islands as her territory, calling it the Ten Thousand Kingdoms."
"While sheltering pirates being hunted by the navy, they are also exploiting the innocent people on the island."
"We can't deal with the pirates on the loose, but we should be able to deal with these guys who are enclosing and exploiting the land."
Borsalino said with a smile, lying on the backrest.
While Borsalino was speaking, Tsugikuni Yoshiichi was looking at the stack of information given to him by the other party. This was detailed information about the Big Mom Pirates, including the territory of Banko, the combat power composition of the Big Mom Pirates, and cadre information.
A very detailed intelligence.
"oh?"
"I didn't expect you to start working on your own initiative. Not bad, Borsalino."
Jiguo Yuanyi picked up the information and glanced at it briefly. A glint flashed in his eyes. Then he raised his head calmly, looked at Borsalino and said with a smile.
Such a detailed source of information is about Wan Guo. It seems that Borsalino's "friend" is in a high position!
As far as Gu Jiguoyuan knows, the territory of the Big Mom Pirates should be full of sea slugs, which can detect invaders.
It is not an easy task to get information about Big Mom's pirate group.
"If you praise me like this, I can't stand it."
"This information was given to me by Sakaski."
“Well—”
"I think this should be the headquarters' intention. Of course, it's up to you to decide whether to take action or not."
As he spoke, Borsalino placed the teacup on the table, leaned back on the sofa, rested his head on his hands, and spoke casually.
"Oh? Really?" Tsugumi Yoshikazu smiled and began to carefully review the information in his hands. Regardless of whether it was the headquarters' intention or not, Tsugumi Yoshikazu would never change his mind.
After looking at it for a long time, Yunyi lost interest and threw the information on the table.
All nations.
To destroy Wan Guo, with the current combat strength of his branch, he should be able to do it, but it is hard to say how much loss will be incurred.
And destruction is not the most critical issue. The most critical issue is what happens after the Big Mom Pirates are destroyed.
The Wan Kingdom consists of 34 islands with a total population of millions.
Without the protection of the Big Mom Pirates, what will happen to ordinary people? Will the World Government take over? This is the New World, will the World Government take over?
Moreover, in the eyes of the World Government, people from non-member countries are equivalent to slaves!
“It’s a huge pit!”
"Borsalino."
Jiguo Yuanyi stood up with a smile, walked to the window sill and looked outside. Hearing Jiguo Yuanyi's words, Borsalino also smiled and nodded in agreement.
"Good thing, how could I possibly think of you."
Borsalino seemed to have seen the sinister intention behind this information, and was quite satisfied that Yoriichi was able to discover such a thing.
Although Yoriichi Tsugakuni was his apparent leader, he looked too young, which made Borsalino worry that Yoriichi Tsugakuni would be used as a tool, so he couldn't help but test him.
Fortunately, although Tsugikuni Yoshiichi was young, he was very politically astute and saw the problem at a glance.
"Borsalino, just reply to the headquarters like this, and we will start making preparations."
As Yunyi said this, he walked to the knife rack beside him, picked up a wooden sword from it, and then left the office.
"Just preparing, haha."
"It's still very smooth."
Borsalino said with a smile, put away the information, and then placed it on Yuichiro's desk along with the Eternal Record Pointer, and left the office.
May 1501 of the Haiyuan calendar.
Lu Jiu is about to give birth.
After ten months of pregnancy, Roger's child was finally born safely. Outside the delivery room, a plainclothes man named Yuichi Tsugikoku fled after hearing the loud cries of the baby inside.
The baby took Luju's last name and was named Ace.
His full name is Portgas D. Ace.
Just one week after Ace was born, Lu Jiu saw a package in her room after waking up early one day.
Confused, Lu Jiu opened the package carefully and found a long sword inside.
The moment she saw the long sword, Lu Jiu subconsciously covered her mouth. After looking around and seeing that there was no one else around, she reached out and stroked the long sword with a sad look on her face.
"Ace." What Lu Jiu called out was not only the name of her child, but also the name of the long sword in her hand.
"Um?"
Suddenly, Lu Jiu noticed a corner of an envelope sticking out from under the long sword. After a slight exclamation, Lu Jiu pulled out the envelope.
"Lu Jiu, I'm writing to you. By the time you read this letter, I should be dead."
This letter was the last letter Roger sent to his wife and unborn child before he died.
In the letter, Roger expressed his love for Lu Jiu, his debt to her, his expectations for his unborn child, and so on.
Tens of thousands of words are all what Roger most wants to say to Lu Jiu and the children.
"My child, you will definitely become a reputable man in the future, a famous figure known throughout the world."
"But... I don't want him to go down my path if I can help it."
"Lujiu, I'm leaving the child in your care. If you have any difficulties, go find Tsugikoku Yoriichi. If you and the child are successfully rescued, he will repay the 'merit' I gave him. But that guy made me take the blame before, and he can never repay this favor!"
"Of course, I can't repay his kindness to me because I'm going to die, haha!"
"Let my child pay it back for me."
“.”
At the end, Lu Jiu's tears wet the letter paper. She had always been very strong, but she collapsed on the floor, clutching Roger's letter with both hands and holding it tightly against her chest. Lu Jiu's face was covered with tears, her mouth slightly open, but no crying sound came from the house.
(End of this chapter)
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