One Piece: Building the Roxas Empire

At the Marine Headquarters, Marineford.

The former Navy Admiral Sengoku was officially appointed as the new Navy Marshal by the World Government. The former Navy Vice Admirals Slit and Tsuru were appointed as the new Navy Admirals, codenamed Xuanhu and Ziyuan, and they became the new three admirals of the Navy together with Kurobi.

But on the second day after Zhan Guo became the Admiral of the Navy, Admiral Zefa came to his office. When Zhan Guo saw Zefa coming, he was overjoyed and said, "Zef, you are here! I have good news to tell you."

Zefa listened and snorted coldly, "What good news is there for me now! Zhan Guo, I am here to resign. I hope to resign from the position of admiral of the navy and concentrate on being an instructor in the Naval Academy." After that, Zefa directly submitted his resignation letter.

When Sengoku saw Zefa resign right away, he became anxious and said immediately: "No, I can't let you resign, and the World Government won't agree."

"Hmph, my current condition will only tarnish the reputation of the admiral. My strength is no longer worthy of the admiral of the navy." Zefa said with a disappointed look on his face. The empty arm inside his right sleeve explained something.

Seeing this, Zhan Guo comforted him: "Zeff, I know you are in pain, but you are a navy! And this time the World Government also..."

Before Sengoku could finish his words, Zephyr smiled bitterly and said, "I know I'm a marine, but my wife and son were killed by pirates, and now even I've lost my arm."

At this point, Zefa smiled bitterly. There was some helplessness in his smile, but more of it was bitterness: "I am known as 'Black Arm' Zefa, but now I am missing the most important right hand. Now I am no longer worthy of the name of Black Arm, nor the title of Navy Admiral. I will continue to serve as Admiral, but the other Vice Admirals will not obey me."

Sengoku also understood the hardships of his old comrade. Among them, Zephyr was the most miserable one. Not long after he became an admiral of the navy, his wife and son died at the hands of pirates. Now he has lost his most important right hand, and his combat power has been greatly reduced. This is undoubtedly a huge blow to Zephyr. He pulled him to sit on a chair and comforted him: "I know your contribution to the navy, and the World Government also understands your contribution to the navy. Just now, the World Government sent someone to deliver a devil fruit specially for you."

When Zefa heard about the devil fruit, he said with some disdain: "You know, I have no interest in this kind of thing."

Although he knew how powerful the devil fruit was, Zephyr really looked down on it. He had cultivated his two-color domineering and six styles to the highest level. These pure powers were much stronger than those so-called devil fruits.

Zhan Guo listened and continued to comfort him: "Don't worry, this time the World Government sent a very powerful devil fruit."

As he spoke, Zhan Guo took the box on the table and opened it. Inside was a round red fruit that looked like magma. Zhan Guo said seriously, "Zeff, the World Government has invested a lot of money this time. This is the magma fruit that is known to have the strongest destructive power among natural devil fruits. After eating this devil fruit, maybe your strength will be further improved. As for your right arm, the World Government is also helping you build a mechanical prosthesis."

When Zefa saw the scarlet devil fruit, there was some confusion in his eyes. Natural abilities are rare. Among the students in his class, there is a young man named Kuzan, who is the user of the natural ice fruit. Even though his domineering power is still very weak now, he relies on the devil fruit to be the number one in the academy, and leaves the second place far behind.

Seeing Zephyr's hesitation, Zhan Guo also handed the magma fruit to Zephyr and continued, "Don't be so prejudiced against Devil Fruit users. Look, I am also a Devil Fruit user. If it was an ordinary Devil Fruit, it would be fine, but this is a natural Devil Fruit. What are you hesitating about?"

After listening to this, Zefa finally couldn't resist the temptation of the natural devil fruit. He nodded and began to eat the devil fruit.

After seeing Zefa eat the magma fruit, Zhan Guo said seriously: "Okay, Zefa, go and familiarize yourself with your abilities first! We will have a meeting together later. Marshal Kong's death cannot be in vain. If the navy cannot completely arrest the Noxus Pirates, it will undoubtedly be a huge shame for the navy."

A few hours later, inside the Navy Conference Hall.

As the saying goes, a new official has to make three big moves when he takes office, especially Sengoku. He was promoted to the new navy admiral by the World Government hastily because his boss was killed by pirates. If he doesn't make some achievements, not only will the navy lose face, but he himself will also feel ashamed.

At this time, the big screen in the conference hall was filled with bounties for the Noxus Pirates. In the end, Darius' bounty took up the entire screen. The person presiding over this meeting was Vice Admiral Philip. Philip looked at the navy below and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, this is the theme of our meeting this time. The Noxus Pirates, Captain Axe King, Darius, is the man who ambushed and killed Marshal Sora and cut off Admiral Zephyr's right arm. The bounty is 30 billion berries. He is of the Animal type and has the Snake Snake Fruit·Mythical Beast·Yamata no Orochi form."

At this time, there were hundreds of navy officers attending the meeting. They were all officers at the naval officer level. Philip confirmed again: "There is no doubt that Darius has a terrifying strength that is not inferior to the admiral of the navy. He has more than 40 pirate warships under his command. Although our navy severely damaged the Noxus Pirates in the battle of Sabaody Archipelago and arrested many pirates, it did not cause any serious damage to the pirate group. According to rough estimates, the number of Noxus Pirates is still more than 20,000."

Hearing this number, the navy members took a deep breath and said, "This number is indeed quite large!" "It is even larger than the number of the Demon Slayer Order." "The most important thing is that these pirates are not weak."

Philip continued, "According to the pirates we captured, the Noxus Pirates have always used the law of the jungle to eliminate many weak pirates directly. Moreover, once faced with a war, they will have a supervisory team. In other words, this pirate group is different from the pirate groups we have encountered in the past. Even if they suffer large-scale casualties, they will not collapse easily."

At this time, a navy officer immediately suggested: "In this case, can we send the navy to infiltrate the Noxus Pirates? After all, the larger the team, the more problems are likely to arise internally. I've heard that the Noxus Pirates recruit pirates in an unconventional way, and as long as they have the ability, they will be reused."

Philip smiled bitterly and shook his head, "It's useless. There are two people in the Noxus Pirates, the highest-ranking officer Blue Crystal, and the head maid Liuli. They are the users of the Hypnosis Fruit and the Whispering Fruit respectively. With the abilities of these two devil fruits, it is difficult to insert the navy."

Zefa listened and said solemnly: "In other words, it is difficult to break through them from the inside?"

Philip listened and nodded. "In theory, it is like this. According to the confessions of the captured pirates, except for the cadres, the other pirates in the Noxus Pirates are not allowed to possess Den Den Mushi. If they want to make a phone call, they can only use a public Den Den Mushi. Even if the navy is really inserted into the Noxus Pirates, it will be difficult to communicate with the outside world."

Slit snorted coldly and said, "After all, the predecessor of this pirate group was a gang. They are quite experienced in preventing traitors. Even if there are more than 20,000 pirates, they can still manage them easily. This is completely different from the general rookie pirate groups. They have a very clear management system. In addition, Darius is different from other pirates who hold power in their hands. He is very willing to delegate power. Except for the top cadres and his maid group, other pirates basically have no chance to contact Darius."

Zhan Guo also spoke at this time: "However, since the Noxus Pirates have a large number of people, it is easy to find their traces. They can't hide at all. Next, they should go to the New World. After the pirate group of more than 20,000 people enters the New World, they will definitely replenish water and food nearby..."

"Sengoku, are you planning to just sit back and wait for something to happen?" the new admiral He also spoke.

Zhan Guo also nodded and said, "That's right. Now we should discuss how to defeat the Noxus Pirates and how to arrest Darius. Only by arresting him can we wash away the shame of our navy this time."

Admiral Tsuru said solemnly, "However, Darius and the Noxus Pirates are extremely powerful. It would be difficult to arrest him with just one admiral. Moreover, Darius has also formed an alliance with the Silver Axe Pirates. If we want to arrest him, we will need at least two admirals, ten vice admirals, and 20,000 naval soldiers."

"Is that the power of two Demon Slayer Orders?" Zhan Guo nodded secretly in his heart after listening to this. He definitely wanted to deal with Darius. The power of one Demon Slayer Order alone was not enough. At least the power of two Demon Slayer Orders would be needed.

Zefa listened and said immediately: "If you want to arrest Darius, then I will arrest him. I will avenge the broken arm no matter what."

Slit immediately asked, "I want to go too. I know this pirate best. I failed to arrest him in the West Sea. It was my fault. This time, I will arrest him myself."