Pirate's Freedom

The atmosphere in the meeting room of the Navy Headquarters was tense.

Without waiting for the nearest naval branch to conduct an investigation, the intelligence from the World Government's spy agency was already placed in front of the current Navy Marshal [Cyborg] Sora. Faced with the stern rebuke from the Five Old Stars and the unprecedented gaffe of the Navy, this battle started by the Navy Marshal... He personally presided over a meeting with the participation of all generals and vice-admirals at the Navy Headquarters and convened an emergency meeting.

Sora is a very strong old man with a broad chest, tawny skin, and "mountain"-shaped hair and beard.He has a stitched scar under his left eye and wears a sleeveless black shirt decorated with medals, exposing his arm muscles, dark green armbands, a light yellow scarf around his neck, and a navy justice cape.

At this time, he was holding his arms with a serious face and reciting in a low voice the incredible information in the hands of the participants——

"...After statistics, out of a total of ten large warships, eight were destroyed and sunk, and two were captured by the enemy. The casualties of the naval soldiers have not yet been calculated, but the Vice Admiral in charge of the on-site command has all lost combat effectiveness. Vice Admiral Huoshaoshan's The injury was extremely serious. He has not regained consciousness until he was rescued from the sea, and it is expected that he will not be able to leave the hospital for half a year."

Having said this, Marshal Kong paused, obviously the next information surprised him.

"In addition, Lieutenant General Kuzan, Lieutenant General Sakaski and Lieutenant General Flying Squirrel were frozen in an iceberg. The iceberg is extremely hard. Except that the lives of the three lieutenant generals are not in danger, it is currently impossible to know the details. Condition."

In the end, it was evidence of the complete failure of the [Demon Slaying Order], and it was also where the top leader of the world government, the Five Old Stars, felt angry and dissatisfied.

"All the archaeologists on O'Hara Island have disappeared. They are expected to have left on a robbed naval warship. Their current whereabouts are unknown."

After Sora's voice disappeared, there was silence in the conference room, and no one wanted to speak for a while.

The first person to raise his head was the commander of this [Demon Slaying Order]—Navy Headquarters Admiral Sengoku. Although he already had an ominous premonition in his heart when he could not contact the fleet executing the [Demon Slaying Order], but looking at He still found it hard to believe that this information was worse than the worst-case scenario he had expected.

However, the only thing he could do at this time was to accept the reality. It was precisely because of the anticipation that he was the first to recover from the impact of the extremely bad situation, and he was keenly aware of a problem.

"Marshal Kong," Warring States frowned, "I would like to ask, who collected this information?"

Sora glanced at Sengoku. Although Sengoku, as the commander of this operation, should bear the greatest responsibility for the failure, from the beginning to now, Sora did not mention this. Instead, he answered Sengoku's questions seriously.

"It was Spangdine, the chief of CP9, the government's intelligence agency. He reported that he encountered a powerful enemy that could not be resisted on O'Hara Island, so he hid it until the enemy left. He began to collect intelligence and immediately A naval rescue was carried out.”

After saying that, Sora stared at the subordinate named [Wise General] and asked: "Is there any problem? Warring States."

"...No," Sengoku hesitated for a moment, then changed the subject, "Attack the battleship at the first opportunity to prevent the Navy Headquarters from receiving requests for help. Now it seems that the enemy's actions were premeditated and the purpose was to rescue them. All the scholars at O’Hara.”

Lieutenant General He also said: "As a user with the ability of the frozen fruit, Lieutenant General Kuzan probably judged that he could no longer defeat the enemy. In order to preserve his strength, he froze himself, Lieutenant General Sakaski and Lieutenant General Flying Squirrel. Together."

"In other words," Garp said for a rare moment of seriousness, "we can count the number of people who can do this!"

"Whitebeard, Charlotte Lingling, Kaido..." Lieutenant General Jonathan counted them one by one, then raised his head and said, "Our surveillance ships have not found any of the big pirates who are entrenched in the new world. Traces of a large-scale movement.”

"If you don't understand, don't think about it yet." Warring States said calmly, "The most important thing now is to figure out their escape route and then pursue them."

"No matter how you think about it, there is only one choice." Garp returned to his old ways and picked his nostrils again, "But it's not necessarily that they are all a bunch of idiots!"

"How can someone who can defeat the [Devil-Slaying Order] be an idiot!" Lieutenant General He glanced at Garp, crossed his arms and said: "If they can defeat Kuzan and Sakaski, if they have such strength, they will definitely do it. Hide in the [windless zone] as quickly as possible."

"Having said that, the search in other directions cannot be relaxed." Lieutenant General Gumir, who had left Batelila Island long ago and happened to be staying at the headquarters, interjected, "Let the nearby naval branch pull out a search line. "

Sengoku looked at Sora, "Polusalino is now in the G-5 branch. Let him rush over as quickly as possible and patrol the junction between the West Sea and the [Windless Zone] near Ohara Island."

"Tell him clearly," Lieutenant General He continued, "Even if you find the enemy, don't take action hastily. Follow them from a distance and send a signal to the headquarters."

"Don't worry," Zefa, a former admiral of the Navy who has not said a word since the beginning of the meeting and still retains the rank of admiral but has been transferred to the position of chief instructor, snorted coldly, "That guy Porusalino will never take the initiative. Take action."

Ignoring Zefa's remarks, Porusalino had a bad relationship with Zefa, who was an instructor, when he was still in the Navy Elite Training Camp. This was something everyone present knew more or less.

Although the remaining lieutenant generals such as Dauberman and Stirres had not spoken, they all expressed their agreement at this time.

Seeing that everyone had unified their opinions, Marshal Kong, who presided over the meeting, made a decision, "Then according to the opinions of Sengoku and Xiaohe, we will order Lieutenant General Porusalino to search the border between the West Sea and the [Windfree Zone]. If we encounter It is forbidden to fight behind the enemy and wait for the next order from the headquarters."

"In addition," Marshal Kong glanced at all the naval generals present, "all the contents of this meeting are confidential matters. They are not allowed to be discussed without authorization after the meeting, let alone leaked at will."

After the meeting, everyone left one after another. Garp saw that Sengoku was still sitting in his seat and was about to greet him loudly. Lieutenant General He, who noticed something was wrong in the atmosphere, grabbed him and removed him from the meeting. He was dragged out of the room.

"Warring States," Marshal Kong looked at him calmly, looking at Warring States who stayed until the end. "If you're blaming yourself, there's no need to say it."

"Spandyne!" Sengoku gritted his teeth and raised his head to look directly at Marshal Kong. "He called me when the fleet executing the [Demon Slaying Order] was attacked and reported the forced search in detail. Due to the situation, I didn’t receive any request for help from the fleet. Isn’t it strange?”

"Is that so?" Marshal Kong frowned, "However, because of his performance in this [Devil-Slaying Order], and with the serious failure of the navy as a comparison, Spangdyne will be promoted soon, and the government They will not accept this statement that has no substantive evidence at all. Instead, they will think that the Navy is shirking its responsibilities and making us appear even more incompetent!"

"But..." Warring States paused, looking a little depressed. He turned to leave, already putting his hand on the door handle, then turned around and asked with some hesitation, "...Brother Kong, the government is really trying to prevent ancient weapons. Was it because he was awakened that he decided to launch the [Devil-Slaying Order] against O'Hara?"

"Warring States!"

[Cyborg] Sora, who had always been very tolerant towards Sengoku even when faced with the unprecedented gaffe of the navy, his eyes became stern.

“Are you doubting the government?!”