Chapter 267

"Are you going to continue working overtime here?"

"Don't exhaust yourself; the Navy can't do without you now!"

Saying that,

Kizaru left the Fleet Admiral's office leisurely.

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Akainu looked at Kizaru's leisurely back, feeling even more stifled.

The situation in the Navy is so bad now, Borsalino, can't you have some responsibility as an Admiral?

But Akainu also knew,

even if he educated Kizaru more, it would be useless.

Kizaru, who upheld ambiguous justice, wouldn't care about that much.

Take the position of Fleet Admiral, for example.

Akainu and Aokiji fought for ten days and ten nights.

But Kizaru, whose strength was not a bit weaker than Akainu or Aokiji, and even stronger in some aspects,

had never mentioned a word about wanting to be the Navy Fleet Admiral.

Can you expect any responsibility from such a slacker who has no upward motivation and only thinks about slacking off at work all day?

Kizaru had just left.

An old man with all white hair suddenly poked his head out from outside the door and smiled gloatingly:

"It's not easy being Fleet Admiral, right, Sakazuki?"

It was the former Fleet Admiral, now the Navy Inspector General, Sengoku.

Apparently.

Sengoku had heard everything that happened in the office just now.

Akainu shouted angrily:

"None of your business, you semi-recluse!"

Sengoku retreated with a giggle.

Akainu felt even more stifled.

The reason he fought Aokiji for ten days and ten nights was because the candidate for Fleet Admiral recommended by Sengoku to the Five Elders was not him.

If Sengoku had recommended him, Aokiji would have had no qualification to compete with him for the position of Fleet Admiral.

After all.

During the Summit War.

Akainu's merit in killing Fire Fist Ace and causing fatal damage to Whitebeard was far beyond what Aokiji could compare to.

Akainu actually held quite a bit of resentment toward Sengoku.

Akainu took several deep breaths before suppressing the nameless anger in his heart.

He made another call and summoned Green Bull and Vergo.

He said to both of them:

"The high-level has decided to hold a Reverie in a few months to discuss how to deal with the current world situation."

"The security forces in Mary Geoise need to be strengthened."

"I'll leave this matter to you two."

"Don't you dare embarrass me like Fujitora!"

Green Bull, who viewed Akainu as an idol, although not ranked as an Admiral like in the original work,

but whose status was by no means below an Admiral, immediately replied confidently:

"Don't worry, Mr. Sakazuki, there will absolutely be no problems!"

Vergo maintained his usual cold expression and said indifferently:

"Understood, Fleet Admiral Sakazuki."

And even Akainu and Green Bull didn't notice,

when Vergo heard he was being sent to Mary Geoise for guard duty, a strange flash of excitement appeared in the depths of his pupils.

As the deepest undercover agent planted by Luo Xing within the Navy,

Vergo knew clearly.

His biggest task was to investigate the foundation of the World Government, the secrets hidden by the Celestial Dragons!

Including the National Treasure of Mary Geoise, and that extremely mysterious Im-sama!

Yes.

Luo Xing had already informed Vergo of Im's existence.

When Vergo first learned of this, he was shocked beyond measure.

The Five Elders, known as the world's highest power, actually had a master above them?

What kind of unimaginable figure was that Im-sama?

Vergo was shocked, but also very excited.

Being able to investigate such deep secrets of the world was truly too exciting and challenging!

Vergo had been waiting for an opportunity to investigate Mary Geoise.

Unexpectedly.

Just as he was sleepy, a pillow was delivered.

Akainu had actually taken the initiative to arrange for him to go to Mary Geoise for security work for the Reverie.

God was truly helping him!

Vergo carefully hid his true thoughts.

He went to the Holy Land Mary Geoise with Green Bull, expressionless.

Green Bull was a talkative guy with a relatively jumpy personality, and he had the four characters "Death River Heart" carved on his chest, seemingly having some unknown past.

On the way.

Green Bull stretched and smiled at Vergo:

"Mr. Vergo, for such a small matter, I'm actually enough by myself; there's no need for you to take action."

Vergo's tone was cold:

"This is the Fleet Admiral's order; we just have to obey."

Green Bull laughed:

"Mr. Vergo, you really are an excellent soldier who strictly obeys orders; you truly live up to being a senior Marine!"

Then, he started talking about other things.

"This is my first time going to that place known as the Holy Land; have you been there before, Mr. Vergo?"

"I heard that not only are there the World Nobles, the Celestial Dragons, but also Dr. Vegapunk, who is said to have a super brain and be five hundred years ahead of the world!"

"I'm so curious!"

"But even 560 Dr. Vegapunk admits he is far inferior to that rumored Five Emperors Luo Xing."

"Tsk tsk, I really don't know what kind of man Five Emperors Luo Xing is? Brother Fujitora probably saw him this time, right?"

"Ah no, Brother Fujitora is blind and can't see, hahahaha!"

……

……

At the same time.

An extremely secretive island in the New World.

This island was not within the sphere of influence of any Four Emperors.

This place had been a lawless land for a long time.

Chaos, hunger, sin, orphans, and death were synonymous with this place.

But since when, I don't know.

This country suddenly became wealthy, and a large amount of treasure kept appearing in this country inexplicably.

The people here simply couldn't believe it.

They thought it was a gift from heaven.

And with these treasures, this country finally had the money to pay the Heavenly Tribute, and the people's lives became better and better.

Compared to the chaos of decades ago,

at this moment,

this country, this island, was already lush and very beautiful, prosperous, and peaceful.

Here,

was the hometown of the world's strongest man, Whitebeard.

And those treasures that were thought to be gifts from heaven were actually sent in anonymously by Whitebeard.

Since Whitebeard went to sea and became famous,

whether he was on Rocks' ship or reigning over the sea as one of the Four Emperors,

he had always secretly sent the share of treasure he obtained back to his hometown.

238. Blackbeard, who refuses to change his mind, ambushes Marco and other remnants of the Whitebeard Pirates!

Whitebeard had the tenderness of a tough man.

In his life, what he valued most was his family and his hometown.

Even if the throne of the Pirate King was only an inch away from him,

even if Roger wanted to tell him the final location of Laugh Tale,

even if he became the world's strongest man,

even if he possessed the power to destroy the world,

he still did not change his original intention!

Therefore.

Akainu's comment during the Summit War that Whitebeard was a loser did not hold water.

Whitebeard's ambition just didn't lie in becoming the Pirate King.

Otherwise, he, who could fight evenly with Roger in his prime,

would not necessarily have lost to Roger.

This point,

was reflected in the last conversation between Roger and Whitebeard before Roger voluntarily allowed himself to be captured by the Navy.

It could be said that,

Whitebeard's life had no stains.

Even until his death, there was not a single scar on his back.

The only thing that could be called not so glorious was probably his selfishness in saving Ace, which led his entire Whitebeard Pirates into danger.

Apart from that,

Whitebeard had one more mistake, and that was leaving behind Blackbeard, that heinous and unscrupulous villain.

Whitebeard had actually noticed Blackbeard's unusualness very early on.

As early as when Blackbeard was just a brat,

the moment they met, he immediately knelt down to him and asked to join the Whitebeard Pirates,

Whitebeard had vaguely felt that this little black kid with the name D was not a simple guy.

It was just that Blackbeard had hidden himself too well in the Whitebeard Pirates later on.

It was like he was a good person without any ambition, treating everyone sincerely.

Whitebeard then relaxed his vigilance.

Who could have thought,

Blackbeard's performance over these decades was all an act, all a disguise!

This caused Whitebeard to suffer the biggest loss of his life.

And,

not only during his lifetime, but after his death, his corpse was also targeted by the evil Blackbeard.

Blackbeard had originally intended, during the Summit War,

to seize the power of Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit.

Unfortunately, he was stopped by Moria, who had been arranged by Luo Xing, using the Shadow-Shadow technique.

Coupled with the Empress's interference, Blackbeard ultimately failed.

Blackbeard later suffered several setbacks at Luo Xing's place and almost lost his life on the sea.

But he was worthy of being the most patient and ambitious overlord in the pirate world,

still daring to decisively attack the Revolutionary Army headquarters at the moment he fell to the bottom,

occupying Baltigo as his base for developing his power.

The Blackbeard Pirates began to recruit troops on a large scale, gathering tens of thousands of pirates who had been forced into a dead end in the New World by the Beasts Pirates and the Big Mom Pirates in a short time,

and were recognized by the World Government as the new Four Emperors to replace Whitebeard!

Although his bounty as one of the Four Emperors had just exceeded two billion, not as high as Luo Xing's.

But after all, he already had the title of Four Emperors.

He had finally become a big shot.

Blackbeard was ambitious.

He deeply understood that,

in order to sit firmly in the position of Four Emperors in front of the increasingly aggressive Beasts Pirates,

he had to become stronger.

Strong enough to never have to fear that abominable Five Emperors Luo Xing again!

For this reason,

he had to obtain the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.

This time, there must be no mistakes!

Blackbeard left the expansion of Baltigo to Burgess and the others.

He took the navigator Laffitte and came to Whitebeard's hometown quietly.

Looking at the peaceful and serene hidden island in front of him,

Blackbeard opened his toothless mouth and laughed triumphantly:

"Zehahaha, it really hasn't been discovered by the Beasts Pirates yet."

"Red-Haired, Marco, and that bunch of guys must have buried Whitebeard's corpse here!"

Laffitte, holding an umbrella, looked at the surrounding scenery and said:

"Captain, the world's strongest man, Whitebeard, was actually born here; what an interesting place!"

"Nothing rare, just a lawless land that was ravaged because they couldn't afford the Heavenly Tribute, and it only became like this because of Whitebeard's relief."

Blackbeard said disdainfully,

"I've long been disgusted by this point of Whitebeard; he doesn't use his treasure to develop his power, but instead comes to relieve these useless wastes; what a waste!"

"Alright, Laffitte, let's hurry and find the graves of Whitebeard and Ace!"

"With Whitebeard's corpse, I can get the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit!"

"It's a pity Ace was burned to ashes by Akainu, otherwise I could have let you have the Flame-Flame Fruit too."

Laffitte said indifferently:

"It doesn't matter if there isn't one; after all, there are too many people on this sea who can use fire, and the Flame-Flame Fruit is nothing rare."

"That's true..."

Blackbeard and Laffitte hid their figures,

searching for the grave in Whitebeard's hometown.

It didn't take long for them to find it.

After all.

The graveyard that Red-Haired, Marco, and the others prepared for Whitebeard must be extremely vast.

It was easy to find.

However,

on the grassland in front of Whitebeard's grave,

a bunch of Whitebeard Pirates remnants were also gathered.

Mainly the commanders from the original Whitebeard Pirates' main ship, led by Marco, Jozu, and Vista.