Chapter 252

Most importantly,

that guy Tesoro didn't have much strength, yet he possessed so much money.

It would be a waste not to take it.

The reason he had Vergo do this in the name of G-5

was so that it wouldn't attract the attention of the World Government and would also add another merit to Vergo's record.

After all, to become a Navy Admiral,

besides one's own strength being the primary factor, merits were also very important.

Fujitora and Green Bull were both marines who had just joined through the World Military Draft.

Their seniority and merits were far inferior to Vergo's.

As long as Vergo demonstrated strength sufficient to contend with them,

then undoubtedly, the Navy's top brass, including Akainu and the retired Sengoku, would support Vergo, this meritorious "old marine," to be Admiral.

Vergo understood Luo Xing's meaning and solemnly accepted the order.

Luo Xing nodded slightly, then opened the Anywhere Door and left the place.

Eliminating the Golden Emperor, such a small matter, could be easily accomplished with Vergo's current Admiral-level strength.

There was no need for Luo Xing to be present in person.

Vergo returned to the G-5 fleet.

Smoker, who had been observing him closely, suddenly shuddered and blurted out:

"How did your aura suddenly become stronger?"

"Impossible, what did you just go do?!"

Vergo glanced coldly at him and said expressionlessly:

"That's none of your business, Smoker! As a subordinate, you have no right to question your superior's affairs!"

This look from Vergo contained a more powerful aura than ever before.

Smoker was terrified, and cold sweat ran down his back.

His face turned pale, and he didn't dare to say anything more.

Vergo snorted coldly, then gave an unquestionable order to the G-5 fleet:

"Turn the entire fleet around and head to the City of Gold, Gran Tesoro!"

223. The three fires of the new Fleet Admiral Akainu, the conflict with Garp, and moving the Navy Headquarters!

Vergo led G-5 to attack the City of Gold, Gran Tesoro.

He reported this to the new Navy Fleet Admiral, Sakazuki Akainu.

Akainu was very pleased with this.

As the Navy Fleet Admiral who had just taken office not long ago, Akainu's prestige had not yet been fully established.

He could not yet command the entire Navy as easily as moving his own arm.

There were various complex reasons for this.

One was that Akainu's ascension had directly forced out the former Admiral Aokiji.

Navy officers who were originally on good terms with Aokiji naturally were not very willing to buy into Akainu's leadership.

Another was that Akainu's philosophy of Absolute Justice conflicted with the retired Sengoku and the Navy Hero Garp.

Especially the conflict between Akainu and Garp.

During the Summit War, Akainu killed Fire Fist Ace, and Garp actually said he would kill Akainu, leaving no room for reconciliation.

The two were almost like fire and water.

Ever since Akainu ascended to Fleet Admiral, Garp, who used to love staying in the Fleet Admiral's office, had never come again.

Garp didn't even attend Akainu's inauguration ceremony.

Garp deeply hated Akainu for killing Ace and deeply hated Akainu's extreme style of doing things.

Akainu also looked down on Garp.

This old guy, titled the Navy Hero, was not a qualified marine at all.

Garp allowed his son to become the leader of the Revolutionary Army and allowed his grandson to become a pirate.

In the end,

he, Sakazuki, wiped out the Pirate King's son, Fire Fist Ace, and Garp actually developed killing intent toward him.

It was truly intolerable!

If it weren't for the protection of Sengoku, Kong, and even the Five Elders, Akainu would have wanted to take Garp down as his first act after becoming Fleet Admiral!

Even if he couldn't do anything to Garp, Garp wouldn't be able to do as he pleased under his new Navy like before!

A new official takes three fires.

In order to bring the Navy completely under his control, Akainu made several major decisions.

The most important decision was to move the Navy Headquarters from Marineford to the G-1 branch facing the New World.

Marineford had already been mostly destroyed by Whitebeard.

Moving to the G-1 branch meant they didn't have to spend great effort rebuilding Marineford, and they could also face the pirates of the New World directly, showing Akainu's determination to eliminate all pirates!

However, because the Sabaody Archipelago was occupied by the Beasts Pirates.

The only obstacle between Sabaody and the Holy Land of Mary Geoise on the Red Line was Marineford.

Therefore,

Akainu did not abandon Marineford, and the Five Elders would not allow him to do so.

Akainu deployed heavy troops at Marineford to constantly guard against the Beasts Pirates' forces in Sabaody.

After moving the Navy Headquarters,

Akainu's second urgent priority was to fill the positions of the three Navy Admirals.

As the Navy's highest combat power, the position of Admiral was too critical to be left vacant.

Aokiji's departure and Akainu's ascension meant that during this time, only Kizaru remained as a Navy Admiral.

It would have been very difficult to fill two Admiral positions.

After all, Admiral-level combat power was rare, so how could it be so easy to find?

At least among the elite Vice Admirals within the Navy, Akainu had not found any candidates suitable to be Admirals.

These Vice Admirals still had a significant gap in strength compared to Admirals.

Fortunately.

This time, the World Military Draft had recruited two monster-level new recruits, Fujitora and Green Bull!

Akainu was overjoyed, thinking that heaven was helping him.

Akainu personally went to see Fujitora and Green Bull's strength and acknowledged that both possessed Admiral-level combat power.

Fujitora went without saying, a Paramecia-type Gravity-Gravity Fruit user who could even pull down meteorites from space.

Although he was blind, his Observation Haki had been trained to a terrifying level.

He could not only perceive changes in human emotions like joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, but also sense movements from thousands of miles away.

His Observation Haki's perception range was truly exaggerated; no wonder he could accurately pull down meteorites from space.

Akainu was very satisfied with Fujitora's strength.

The only dissatisfaction was that Fujitora's philosophy regarding justice was not quite the same as his.

Fujitora cared more about the life and death of civilians and the rationality of justice.

If Akainu was still somewhat dissatisfied with Fujitora,

then he was satisfied to the extreme with Green Bull.

Because Green Bull also upheld the same Absolute Justice as him.

In addition,

Green Bull also admired Akainu very much, viewing Akainu as his idol; he was undoubtedly part of Akainu's faction.

Actually, Akainu had many firm supporters within the Navy.

The newly joined Green Bull was one, and there were also elite Vice Admirals like Onigumo, Doberman, and others who showed no mercy to pirates.

These people allowed Akainu to quickly stand firm in the position of Fleet Admiral, even if he couldn't command the Navy as easily as moving his own arm yet.

And Vergo's phone report

indicated that this veteran marine, who held two important positions as Navy Vice Admiral and G-5 branch base commander, intended to lean toward Akainu.

Akainu was, of course, overjoyed.