Pirates: The Fourth Scourge

Chapter 149 Actions of both sides

Naval Headquarters, Marin Vando.

It was lunch time at this time, so most of the navy of the headquarters came to the cafeteria.

Among them, the Cherry Blossom Restaurant is only open to admirals at the school level and above.

Of course, it is said that a school-level admiral can enter, but few school-level navy dare to come here to eat.

Because the people who usually dine here are at least those who started as major generals.

At this time, there were already about [-] people sitting at the round dining table that occupied half of the entire restaurant.

However, the atmosphere in the restaurant today is the same as the previous few days, a bit dull.

The old man of the "atmosphere group" who usually likes to tell some past deeds while eating, has changed his normal routine. Over the past few days, he has been eating and eating with his head down, without saying a word.

What made a naval hero who always had a smile on his face look sad recently, and few people in the entire Navy headquarters knew.

Those who know don't tell, and those who want to know dare not ask.

Suddenly, the sound of rushing footsteps gradually approached from a distance.

"Lieutenant General Karp, Lieutenant General Jiaji, Lieutenant General Zhi (qi, second tone) Yuan, Marshal Warring States summoned you all to the meeting room!" A sailor appeared at the door of the restaurant and reported loudly.

"Huh? Is there anything we can't talk about after we finish lunch?" Jiaji glanced at him.

"Ke Ke, Marshal Warring States said that the situation is very urgent." Cold sweat broke out on the forehead under the brim of the sailor's hat.

"Then let's go, I don't have much appetite anyway." Karp stood up and said.

Seeing this, the other two had no choice but to put down the bowls and chopsticks in their hands, and then stood up.

"Did the Marshal not call the rest of us?"

A vice admiral with a fierce face asked.

"Report to Lieutenant General Ghost Spider! Marshal Warring States only asked me to inform Lieutenant General Garp and the three of them." Sailor quickly replied.

"I see." Ghost Spider nodded in disappointment.

The sea soldier showed a stiff smile, and after paying a military salute to the group of people at the dinner table, he turned and left the restaurant.

Karp and the three lieutenant generals whose names were called also left the restaurant together.

After Karp and others left for a few minutes, the rest of the lieutenant generals and major generals in the restaurant began to talk.

"Although they are lieutenant generals at the same level as us, they are still candidates for generals. They basically participate in many meetings that we are not qualified to participate in." A lieutenant general sighed.

"I'm afraid it has something to do with the Four Emperors"

"Didn't the red-haired guy meet Whitebeard some time ago? Did something happen again?"

"Who knows? Maybe it's related to BigMom and Kaido. BigMom's tea party should be ready to start, right? A few days ago, there was information that a ship from the Beast Pirates left Wano Country for Totland. But Kaido himself didn’t go there.”

"These guys... can't be at peace for a moment!"

"By the way, what happened to Mr. Karp? I saw that he was in a bad mood." A young major general asked the senior lieutenant generals at the table with a puzzled face.

"Hush! Don't ask too much about this!!" A vice admiral hurriedly glared at him.

Several other senior lieutenant generals also looked at him warningly.

"I, I know." The major general replied with a pale face.

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On the way to the conference hall, Garp was walking unhurriedly, and Kake and Gion were one body away from him, following behind him.

Kake, code-named "Tea Pork", and Gion, code-named "Peach Rabbit", both of them are Vice Admirals of the Navy Headquarters, but other than that, they are "General Candidates".

General candidate and general candidate, although the two do not sound very different.

But actually, the two don't mean the same thing at all.

Candidates still have to go through a series of selection tests, and they may not be selected in the end.

Any lieutenant general, or even any marine, can be a candidate.

As for the alternate admirals, as long as there is a vacancy for the admiral position, they can directly take over. There are only these two in the entire huge naval headquarters.

The reason why they didn't become admirals was just because there could only be three "admirals", not because they didn't have the qualifications.

Of course, the main reason for not becoming a general is because their strength is still a little bit worse than the current three generals.

"Mr. Karp. I'm back this time, and I seem to have heard something extraordinary."

Seeing that there was no one on the road, Jia Ji couldn't help but speak.

"Kage!" Gion cast a reproachful glance at Kake.

"Hahaha, did you already know it when you came back? It seems that this matter is almost impossible to hide." Garp shook his head and smiled wryly.

Once this matter is known by the majority, then the world government and the navy will have to make the final decision!

Should he be imprisoned in the city for the rest of his life or be executed publicly?

Cap didn't dare to think.

After all, neither of these is what he wants to see.

But... it can only be these two!
"Oh," Garp couldn't help but sighed.

"I heard from Doras that you still have a grandson. It seems that you are also a pirate?" Jiaji said again.

"." Gion helplessly covered his forehead.

Her old partner really doesn't have any vision. Could it be that he can't see how bad Karp is in his mood?
The smile on Garp's face became even more bitter, it was completely a mask of pain.

If he hadn't pulled down his old face and went to the rescue some time ago, I'm afraid Luffy would already be in the city.

What he is worried about now is how desperate Luffy will be if he finds out that Ace is imprisoned in Advance City, and there is even a possibility of public execution.

"You bastard, shut up now." Gion twisted Kake's ear.

However, her movements are completely redundant.

Because the conference hall is right in front of you.

The three of Garp pushed the door open and entered.

There are already five people sitting in the conference room.

Marshal Sengoku, General "Red Dog" Sakaski, "Yellow Monkey" Polusalino, "Aokiji" Kuzan, and Lieutenant General and Chief Staff Officer Crane.

When Warring States saw Garp and the others, he glared and said, "Asshole, didn't I say that the situation is urgent? Can't you come over quickly!? It took 5 minutes from the restaurant to the meeting room?"

Kake showed a slightly embarrassed smile, while Gion lowered his head slightly.

They also want to be fast, but Garp is slow, what can they do?
As for Karp, he picked his nostrils, sat next to Ah He, and said, "How urgent is it? Is the golden lion coming to Marin Vanduo again?"

"Hmph." Warring States glared at Garp, but did not continue to argue with him.

He knew that Karp was in a bad mood recently, and as his old friend for many years, although he knew that the other party was very uncomfortable, there was nothing he could do about it.

After all, that was the blood of their former navy's greatest enemy, the man who messed up the world.

Zhan Guo glanced at everyone present, his expression gradually became dignified, and said: "Following the contact between Red Hair and White Beard some time ago, the other two, Big Mom and Kaido are also ready to contact! Quinn and Kaido who were under Kaido's hands before We eavesdropped on the conversation between many people."

"what?"

Kake and Gion looked at each other, realizing the seriousness of the situation.

Cap also showed a dignified look on his face.

Although he is now troubled by Ace's affairs, he is not only a grandfather, but also a navy.

The "contact" between the four emperors is not just a simple meeting.

What if they are rushing to "join forces"?
Neither the navy nor the world government wants to see this happen.

They are not afraid of a single "Four Emperors", but if they want to annihilate one of the "Four Emperors", the price will be very high.

It's like the "war on top" in the original book.

Although the strength of a single Four Emperors is not as good as that of the Navy and Qiwuhai, it is extremely difficult to destroy one of them. In the Battle of the Top, all the naval elites and the obedient Qibukai were gathered, fighting at home, setting up traps, and pre-empting the war. After subduing the pacifists, in the end it was just the elimination of the old Whitebeard and Ace who was ridiculed. The captain of the Whitebeard Pirates and most of their forces are still there.

If the two Four Emperors joined forces before, they might still be able to deal with it, but the price is absolutely unimaginable.

However, their dealing with it does not mean that the other two Four Emperors can deal with it!

What if they team up and try to wipe out the Whitebeard Pirates, or the Red Hair Pirates?
The current world is in balance. Although the so-called balance of the three major powers of the Great Route is the balance between the navy, the Shichibukai, and the Four Emperors, it is actually the navy + the Qibukai against the four Four Emperors, and the Four Emperors are hostile to each other. Equivalent to the balance between the five forces.

Balance is what the superior rulers most want to see.

Although there is a world government above the Navy Headquarters, as a navy, it doesn't want to be out of balance.

Even if Kaido is not looking for bigmom to "join forces", but to start a war.

When the two emperors fight each other, the balance will also be broken, and the world will inevitably fall into chaos.

Once an "emperor" falls, the biggest beneficiary is definitely not their navy.

It's like in the original book, after Whitebeard died, the world became more chaotic.

The other pirates will start a new round of "land grabs".

In the end, it is the people who are miserable!In addition, the revolutionary army is ready to move again in recent years, and has incited the people of many countries to rebel. If there is another round of "territory grabbing", then this will definitely bring more unstable factors to the world governed by the world government.

Of course, unlike the rulers of the world government, the original intention of the few people present to "maintain balance" was not for the convenience of ruling.

Their purpose is, but to completely end the "Great Pirate Era".

Although it is easier to end the "Great Pirate Era" by eradicating those four emperors one by one, it is unrealistic after all.

The Four Emperors are very strong, but their abilities are limited, there is no way to wipe out all the Four Emperors in one go.

What they can do is to guard the entrance to the new world, isolate the new world as much as possible, and eliminate pirates who have not grown up in other seas, so as to prevent the pirates in the new world from being replenished, so that the era of pirates will gradually die out. Weakening [one piece] has an impact.

Over the years, the influence of [one piece] has been weakened a lot. It is better to draw fire from the bottom of the pot to stop the boiling water. Let [one piece] become a "legend" is the ultimate power to solve this "Era of Great Pirates".

Therefore, the navies want to maintain this "balance"!
There is no need to pay a huge price to fight the Four Emperors to the death, and it can guarantee the demise of the pirate era.

They must maintain this "balance"!
"Kaido and bigmom must never be allowed to come into contact!" Garp said in a deep voice, "Those two guys are different from red hair and white beard, maybe they will really join forces."

He knows Kaido and bigmom very well.

After all, these two were crew members on Rocks back then, and unlike Whitebeard, their relationship was very close.

"The question is, can he really be stopped?" Sengoku had a headache, "Although this guy managed to get out of Wano Country's ghostly place where even warships can't enter, this guy is not so easy to stop."

"It's really troublesome now." Suddenly, a face even more wretched than Jiaji lifted up, and it was Huang Yuan, "Why don't I go there, Marshal of the Warring States Period."

"." Zhan Guo looked at Huang Yuan in a little surprise, as if he never expected him to say such a thing.

The others were also a little confused, even the casual Akainu turned his head to look at his colleague.

Unexpectedly, the one who is usually the laziest, unexpectedly volunteered today.

"Don't look at me like that, I just don't think there should be anyone here who is more suitable than me?"

"No. It's too dangerous for you to go alone!" Warring States shook his head.

"Huh? Is it possible that you still want to dispatch the two generals directly?" Huang Yuan's half-closed eyes slightly opened.

"No, I mean, you don't go either." Sengoku thought for a while, "Garp, you go with Kake and Gion!"

"Old man?"

Karp frowned slightly.

Although it would be fine for him to take Kake and Gion with him, this is definitely not the best choice.

With their air-to-air abilities, it's actually not very easy to deal with Kaido, who can fly high into the sky.

Warring States was silent for a while, before saying: "The instructions from the highest level have come down to Kaido. If you can stop it, stop it. If you can't stop it, forget it. After all, with Kaido's flying ability, there is no place in the world that he can't go to." , and then you can stop the pirates who want to come here in the new world by the way. This is also very good."

"Is that so?" Garp lowered his head and said silently.

He already understood the intention of the Warring States Period.

"When?" Garp's voice trembled.

"In eight days. Announcements and news. Tomorrow."

"I understand." Karp nodded and stood up from his seat.

"Kage, Gion!"

"exist!"

"Prepare the ship! Target, Wan Guo!"

"Yes!"

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A certain area of ​​the New World.

A ship with three scars on the pirate flag is docked on the shore.

However, there was no one on board, and they all ran to the island to camp.

"Boss! Boss!"

A young pirate jumped off the ship and ran wildly to find their captain.

"Likie, what's the matter?" Shanks yawned, looking a little sleepy.

"Just got the news! Kaido, you've come out of Wano Country!" The young pirate said excitedly.

"What? Did he finally come out?" Shanks woke up immediately, "Where did he go!?"

"I don't know yet, but the direction of their ship should be Totland, the territory of Big Mom. Didn't their cadres Quinn and Jack also arrive first? Kaido is probably going there too." The young pirate analyzed.

"Is that so we are closer to Totland?"

"Of course!"

"Let's go then, stop him!"

(End of this chapter)