One Piece: The Magician

In the office of the commander-in-chief of Nabalon Fortress.

Jonathan stood in front of the window holding a cup of hot coffee, looking at the night view outside the window without saying a word.His adjutant was waiting quietly aside, standing straight.

a long time.

"Vice Admiral Jonathan, I still don't understand why you said that the ship was a ghost ship. Obviously we are very sure that they are the Straw Hats."

In response to his adjutant's question, Jonathan did not rush to answer. Instead, he took a slow sip of coffee.

"Major, let me ask you, for what purpose do you think they invaded our Balon?"

"this"

The major was speechless for a moment. He thought for a while and whispered tentatively: "Are they here to save Crocodile?"

"Haha, it's hard for you to say this."

Shaking his head helplessly, Jonathan glanced at his adjutant and narrowed his wise eyes slightly: "Have you forgotten what Major Smoker said a few days ago? The truth about the Alabasta incident."

"As the ones who defeated the Sand Crocodile, why should they come to save their enemies?"

"Well, that's right, the Straw Hats would definitely not do this." The major shook his head in embarrassment, but the next moment he seemed to have a flash of inspiration in his mind, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Lieutenant General Jonathan" the major's tone was very excited, as if "I found the correct answer".

"Is it possible that this group of people are pretending to be Straw Hats to confuse us, but they are actually here to rob the prison?"

Rear Admiral Black Crow was simply not here, otherwise he would have been staggered by the astonishing imagination of this naval lieutenant colonel.

""

Jonathan had a strange expression on his face, as if he was getting to know the other person again.He drank the coffee in the cup in one gulp, and then walked to his desk. The desk was very tidy. Apart from some documents, there was only a chess board with neatly arranged chess pieces.

"How do you say this?" Sitting in his chair, Jonathan crossed his fingers and said quietly:

"I admire your imagination, Major. You should really write a novel."

""The navy lieutenant commander's determined face was immediately filled with embarrassment.

"In the kitchen on that small boat, the kitchen utensils are neatly arranged and well maintained. Judging from the knife skills on the processed ingredients, their chefs must be very good."

While explaining to himself, Lieutenant General Jonathan took out a black chess piece from the chessboard and placed it on the table.

"By the way, those kitchen utensils are all printed with a gorgeous fleur-de-lis emblem, which is the logo of the Donghai Shining Gold Chamber of Commerce, indicating that the chef is from the East China Sea."

"There are a large number of books in the cabin. Judging from the order of stacking, there should be a scholar who prefers archeology among them."

Suddenly, another chess piece was placed on the table.

“There are several nautical charts hanging in the room.”

Lieutenant General Jonathan placed the chess pieces while analyzing. After a while, five black chess pieces were neatly placed on the table.

"Including the Straw Hat Boy, the Pirate Hunter and the Magician, there are eight people in total."

As he spoke, Jonathan placed three more black pieces in a row, forming a line.

"Except for the large difference in the food consumption rate, this number of people is basically consistent with the daily utensils on the ship and the information previously disclosed by the White Hunter. There is no doubt that they are the real Straw Hats. I have to say that Smoker left. It couldn’t be more time.”

"That's awesome, Lieutenant General Jonathan."

The major had a look of admiration on his face. He really didn't expect that his commander could deduce so much useful information based on these details.

"Then have you already deduced it?"

"No, I have no idea why these pirates came here."

Jonathan smiled bitterly and shook his head: "So the reason why I insisted that this was a ghost ship at that time was, on the one hand, to prevent the new recruits in the fortress from getting into trouble, and on the other hand, to wait and see what happened."

"After all, fishing is best only when the water is calm."

"That's it." The major nodded in realization.

"Okay, you should go back and rest first." Lieutenant General Jonathan stretched out: "When it gets bright tomorrow, you will lead a group of people to secretly help Major General Alan and Major General Fred. Remember, it's Help secretly.”

"Also, if Major General Black Crow makes any special moves, he must inform me as soon as possible."

"It's Lieutenant General Jonathan." After respectfully saluting a standard military salute, the major turned and left.

Staying alone in this spacious office, the supreme commander of Nabalon Fortress touched his beard, then picked up a white chess piece from the chessboard, put it in his hand and played with it carefully.

"Falconifred the Black Crow, you are a young man who will do whatever it takes to become a general. What are your plans this time?"

"Or, this time it's your family's wishes."

Vice Admiral Jonathan murmured to himself, recalling all the experiences he had when he was serving at the Navy Headquarters. After pondering for a while, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

Pa slapped the white chess piece in his hand on the table and placed it opposite the other 8 black chess pieces.

But no matter what, this fortress is not a place for you to mess around.

Looking at the eight black and one white chess pieces on the table, Lieutenant General Jonathan chuckled, his eyes shining with an inexplicable light.

As time goes by, the night that many people stayed up all night finally ended, the sun rose, and a new day began.

"What are you talking about, Colonel Smoker? He left the G8 Fortress the day before yesterday." The blue-haired natural-looking female marine looked in disbelief.

After all, since she became a glorious navy in the East China Sea, Dasqi has been following the White Hunter from the East China Sea to the Grand Line, and this is the first time that she has been abandoned by her boss.

"Yes, I heard from the bearded man that Lao Smoking accepted a special call-up order from the headquarters."

Major General Alan strode in the middle of the corridor, looking around as if he was looking for something, and said to the female navy behind him:

"It seems that besides him, the guy who thinks about strawberry milk has also been summoned by the headquarters."

"Did Lieutenant General Hisoka even be summoned?" Dasqi exclaimed.Although he didn't know much about the blond man with naturally curly hair, he was quite convinced that the young lieutenant general who was particularly at odds with his commander was absolutely extraordinary in strength.

"Yes, the navy summoned by this recruitment order are all elites from all over the world. I don't know what big things they are going to do."

Sure enough, is it because my strength is too slow?Holding Shigure's sword handle tightly, the female marine's beautiful face was filled with disappointment.

"Okay, okay, look at what you look like now, you know what's good about a guy who smokes cigars." The black and white twin-tailed goth lolita rolled her eyes when she saw this:

"At worst, you can be my adjutant from now on. With me protecting you, you can walk around at the Navy Headquarters."

"No, no, no, no, no, I think it's good to just walk straight, it's good." Dusqi suddenly shook his head like a rattle, and Alan's face was filled with black lines.

"Tch, then it's up to you."

Looking into the distance again, the expired lolita couldn't help but put her hands on her hips angrily when she saw that she didn't find her target, and pouted cutely.

"Damn it, where are those guys from the Straw Hats hiding? I finally had a whim. Why are they so uncooperative?"

"That's Major General Alan."

Pushing up his glasses slightly, Dasqi said nonchalantly: "I don't think the Straw Hats are strutting around in the corridors of the Navy Fortress."

In fact, what this naturally silly naval girl said makes sense, but some people always like to slap someone in the face with their strength at a very subtle moment.

"It's strange that I seem to have been to this intersection before."

As soon as Dasqi finished speaking, a very familiar voice suddenly came from the corner of the intersection in front of the two of them.

Then, a green-haired swordsman with three swords on his waist emerged from the aisle next to him.

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Dasqi and Alan were confused.To be continued.