Chapter 443: Seven Warlords of the Sea

"Garp, I haven't approved your leave yet!"

Facing his old friend who acted as he pleased, Sengoku felt that the wrinkles on his head were going to increase again.

"I don't care, I'm going back to the East Blue immediately to see my cute grandson!"

Garp didn't care about these things and continued to walk out with big strides as he pleased.

"Garp, aren't you planning how to deal with Ace's matter?"

Sengoku unleashed his ultimate move, roaring with black lines all over his head.

"Ace…"

Hearing Ace's name, Garp's footsteps, which were about to step out of the door, stalled.

"Ah la la, how could I forget Ace's matter?

I'll go back to the East Blue now, catch this brat and bring him home, and educate him properly."

Garp walked over in two or three steps, sat down opposite Sengoku, and said ingratiatingly.

"Too late."

Facing such a shameless old friend who wanted to muddle through, Sengoku rolled his eyes without any dignity:

"Although this bounty says it's a suggestion, it has actually already been issued!

In other words, Ace is now a wanted criminal of the World Government!"

Although as Marine Marshal, he had the right to inquire about all matters within the Marines, the power to issue and

formulate the bounty amounts and bounty orders of pirates naturally also rested in his hands.

But the Marines, as a behemoth with millions of soldiers, had matters as numerous as the hairs on an ox, and there were more pirates than Marines.

With so many things, if he really had to inquire about every detail,

and handle every one, then even if he were a world-class powerhouse,

and a stamina expert capable of fighting for ten days and ten nights with pirate emperors like Whitebeard,

he would end up dying of exhaustion!

"Then what should we do?"

The thick-nerved Garp couldn't help but feel a bit anxious and began to pace around the office.

The bounty order had already been issued, and even if he were a Marine Vice Admiral, he couldn't intervene.

As for Sengoku, although he was his old friend and had the power to do so,

he was the Marine Marshal, a landmark figure of the Marines, and every move he made was watched by people with magnifying glasses.

If he wanted to continue driving this massive Marine chariot, he had to be impartial.

Not to mention absolute justice, he had to at least ensure that those below him didn't have too many complaints.

"Alright, alright, stop pacing, you're making me dizzy."

Watching Garp, who was about to turn into a spinning top, Sengoku waved his hand with a headache.

Garp grabbed Sengoku's hand, his expression filled with both pleading and hope:

"Sengoku, I know you have a way, you must help me, I only have these two grandsons!"

Ace was not only his grandson, but also Luo Jie's only bloodline in this world.

No matter what, he couldn't let Luo Jie's bloodline be cut off in this world.

And after so many years, he had already treated Ace as his own grandson.

"Sigh."

Watching his old friend, who had always been upright and unyielding, like this in front of him, Sengoku couldn't help but feel unbearable.

He rummaged through his drawer, took out a document, and placed it on the table:

"Ace's problem, this is the only solution I can think of."

Garp took the document and looked at it, stunned: "Seven Warlords plan?

You mean to let Ace become one of the Seven Warlords?"

The full name of the Seven Warlords is "Seven Warlords of the Sea," a system set up by the World Government to counter pirates,

aiming to use the strength of these top pirates to intimidate ordinary pirates,

and as "legal plunderers" of the World Government to maintain rule.

The Seven Warlords are composed of seven great pirates recognized by the World Government, possessing disastrous destructive power

and massive combat power rivaling that of a nation.

After becoming a Warlord, the member's bounty order will be stopped, and past crimes will no longer be pursued.

They can legally engage in privateering activities and even possess their own spheres of influence,

such as Boa Hancock, who can forbid Marine ships from approaching her country.

While enjoying privileges, the Warlords must also fulfill corresponding obligations:

The Warlords must accept the mandatory summons of the World Government and must serve it when the government needs them.

Their relationship with the government is one of mutual utilization, not loyal subordinates.

Sengoku nodded: "Yes, I have read the detailed information on Ace's Spade Pirates.

Although they haven't caused too much harm and haven't killed civilians,

they have violated the laws of multiple member states, and the bounty cannot be directly revoked.

Only the Warlord system, which can ignore past crimes upon joining, can reasonably and legally revoke his bounty order.

As for strength, although Ace cannot yet compare with veteran Warlords like Hawk-Eye Mihawk

or 'Sand Crocodile' Crocodile,

he has great potential after eating the Flame-Flame Fruit."

"Seven Warlords…"

Garp's face was full of complexity.

As an old Marine who took maintaining world order as his duty,

he himself was very dissatisfied with the policy of the Seven Warlords, which gave great pirates legal plundering rights

in exchange for their support, a policy that was almost appeasement;

he had even resisted this policy openly and secretly;

but now he had to rely on this system to protect his grandson,

which really made him feel a mix of flavors in his heart, an indescribable bitterness.

"Garp, this is not something we can decide. Don't be too conflicted in your heart."

Looking at Garp's expression, as an old friend and old comrade-in-arms who had spent most of his life together,

how could Sengoku not know what he was thinking, so he patted Garp on the shoulder and comforted him.

To tell the truth, as Marine Marshal, he was equally dissatisfied with the Seven Warlords system,

but who let the World Government be above the Marines?

I don't know if the Five Elders learned imperial power tactics and went brain-dead, firmly believing that triangles have stability,

forcefully wanting to insert the Seven Warlords between the Marines and pirates to form the so-called "Three Great Powers Balance System."

"The World Government, ah."

Garp let out a long sigh.

Although his iron fist could defeat Rocks, could arrest the Pirate King Luo Jie,

and could send Shiki to Impel Down together with Sengoku,

he felt powerless when facing this behemoth that had ruled the world for eight hundred years.

'Luo Jie, did you find out something at Laugh Tale,

so you didn't hesitate to use your life as the price to start the Great Pirate Era?'

After a while, he came back to his senses and cleared his throat: "Sengoku,

let's discuss how to let Ace join the Seven Warlords."

Seven Warlords it is, let it be Seven Warlords. Let people despise it if they want to,

anyway, he couldn't watch Ace go down the path of no return as a pirate.

Knock, knock, knock.

At this moment, the door to Sengoku's office was knocked.

Sengoku and Garp, these two old guys who didn't act their age, sat upright instantly.

Garp even hid the document about the Seven Warlords that Sengoku had taken out into his coat.

"Ahem."

Sengoku coughed twice before saying in a low, majestic voice:

"Come in."

Creak.

After the almost imperceptible sound of the door hinge turning, an old woman with graying hair but high spirits,

wearing a simple ponytail hanging to her shoulders and a kind face, walked in.

"Oh, so it's Tsuru. I was wondering who it was."

After seeing who it was, Garp instantly exposed his true nature and leaned loosely on the back of his chair.

Sengoku had a smile on his face and reached out with a smile:

"Tsuru, please sit down."

This kind-faced old woman was none other than Vice Admiral Tsuru, the Marine Great Staff Officer, who belonged to the same era as Marine Marshal Sengoku and Vice Admiral Garp,

and had supported the Marines together since the beginning of the Great Pirate Era. ===== CHAPTER 444 =====