Comic series: Starting from Pirates to Cultivate the True Self

Marshal Zhan Guo, who was sitting in the first seat, saw Mo Xingchen had arrived and tapped the table heavily with his fingers. As for Luo with panda eyes, he automatically ignored him.

As young people, you have to experience more hardships.

"With the disintegration of the Whitebeard Pirates and the increasing perfection of the Sea Train project, the living space of pirates other than the second half of the Grand Line has been greatly compressed.

I am deeply gratified by the efforts made by my colleagues for justice.”

After saying this, Marshal Zhan Guo stood up from his seat and bowed to everyone present. Everyone stood up and saluted in return.

Zhan Guo stood up, pressed his hands down, and took the first seat. With a gratified smile on his face, he said kindly:

"I am 77 years old this year, and it is time for me to retire. Fortunately, during the more than ten years since I took office, the navy has been developing in a vigorous direction, and I can give you a satisfactory answer.

But when you get old, you have to give way to the young, otherwise you don’t know what you think of me!”

Hearing Marshal Zhan Guo's last self-deprecating remark, all the naval commanders chuckled out of respect.

"Since I have decided to retire, there must be a new leader to lead the Navy to continue to develop.

Our navy has never been a one-man show. Everyone present here is an indispensable pillar of the navy. Now it is up to you to recommend your choice for the next marshal."

As Marshal Zhan Guo finished speaking, the vice admirals sitting at the conference table began to discuss in whispers.

Although it was a voluntary recommendation, they were not naive enough to think that they, the lieutenant generals, would be able to compete. Naturally, no one would recommend themselves. Such a stupid thing would happen.

The next Admiral of the Navy will definitely be selected from among the four admirals.

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Of course, what Zhan Guo said was not wrong. The navy is not a one-man show. The selection of marshals needs to be recommended and approved by everyone.

As for the reign of Grand Admiral Kong, there was no other way. Admiral Zefa was not interested in the position because of the tragedy in his family. He did not even want to take up the position of Grand Admiral.

It was only thanks to the patient persuasion of Marshal Kong, Sengoku, Garp, and Vice Admiral Tsuru that he was able to continue to stay in the navy, but he chose to become an instructor and train new recruits.

Of course, there was another candidate who was eligible to run for the marshal position at that time, and that was the widely reported "navy hero" Garp. However, he refused to be promoted to admiral, let alone the admiral of the navy.

Therefore, the Warring States period succeeded in taking power with its absolute advantage without any competitors.

The reason why Marshal Zhan Guo announced his retirement in advance was that he was actually afraid of an embarrassing situation like that of Marshal Gang Gu Kong.

After Roger was executed, Marshal Sora was ready to retire with honor for capturing the Pirate King and give way to Sengoku. Unexpectedly, Roger opened the Great Pirate Era before his death.

The original good honor suddenly turned into a mess. Kong Ganggu was a person who cared a lot about his reputation. He was unwilling to abdicate with a stain on his reputation.

After finally suppressing the evil trend of the Great Pirate Era, he was about to retire with honor, but then he encountered the Red Earl who single-handedly caused trouble at the Navy Headquarters.

Although the Red Earl was eventually arrested and imprisoned, the duel between the two ended in his defeat, so the battle was delayed again and again until Fisher Tiger climbed up the holy land of Marijoa and freed the slaves.

At this point, no matter how unwilling Marshal Ganggu Kong was, he had no choice but to retire.

Sengoku learned from the experience and lessons of his predecessors and decisively chose to retreat from the current situation. He executed Whitebeard, destroyed the honor of his pirate group, and happily abdicated to avoid any more trouble.

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Because the world now is not like the original work, because of Ace's death, Garp was disheartened, and the Battle of Marineford was only stopped under the coercion of the pirates.

And the words "One Piece" that Whitebeard shouted before his death did exist, which brought the great pirate era back to life. All these things were hitting the morale and spirit of the navy.

The situation is very good now. The navy is strong, the military morale is high, and the pirates are oppressed and have difficulty surviving.

So at this time, it is not about who has a better relationship with whom, but the real factional division.

Who doesn’t want their boss to be the boss? Who doesn’t want to go further?

But in fact, no matter whether they are hawks, doves, or even centrist generals, they all have a name in their hearts, that is Mo Xingchen, but they cannot mention it.

The reason is simple. You are not a member of his faction. You can vote in favor when the general trend is strong, but you cannot take the initiative to raise the issue. Otherwise, you will be a traitor.

As a hawk, you don't mention your own boss, but mention another person. What do you want to do?

As for why people from all factions all think of Mo Xingchen's name in their hearts?

It's also very simple. Since Admiral Tianshu came to power, the system of the Seven Warlords of the Sea has caused a sharp decline in the number of pirates and increased military spending by the navy.

The development of the Sea Train Project not only further squeezed the pirates' living space, but also the Navy had a share of its profits, which was a huge sum of money.

These two sums of money have greatly improved their welfare benefits.

Moreover, everyone here knows the status of General Tianshu in the eyes of the Five Elders. Even the members of the CP department who used to be arrogant in front of them, when they meet again, although they are not completely respectful, their attitude is polite and they have basic respect!

Even these people could clearly feel it, not to mention the people in the Seven Warlords of the Sea Management Office, who were directly under Admiral Tianshu.

The benefits are simply enviable. They stand tall when they go out, and the CP department has to bow and nod when they see them. The subordinates of the Seven Warlords of the Sea are all respectful when they see them.

To put it bluntly, this department is the most popular department within the Navy in recent years.

In short, it is true as the old saying goes, the world is bustling with people because of profit, and the world is bustling with people because of profit.

If Admiral Tianshu becomes the naval marshal, I can't say that he will be able to treat everyone equally, but now they are all soldiers under your command, so at least you can treat them equally, right?

Lieutenant General Dauberman, a hawkish general, was the first to speak:

"I recommend Admiral Akainu!"

Seeing someone start, Lieutenant General Stockabery, who belonged to the centrist faction, also spoke up:

"I recommend Admiral Kizaru!"

"That's right! I withdraw from the election!"

After hearing the recommendation from his subordinate, Borsalino, who was sitting on the chair and didn't care about it, directly refused with a lewd look on his face.

Just kidding, he's not stupid!

Who in the navy now can compete with Lao Mo?

Instead of sticking your face out for him to hit, it is better to withdraw on your own initiative and be more generous.

Considering that I am so sensible, Mr. Mo should give me a raise after he takes office, right?

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