Chapter 444: Invite Zhang Jie to be a Warlord?

"Sengoku, Garp."

Vice Admiral Tsuru nodded slightly to indicate a greeting.

"Sengoku, there is a document here that you need to look at."

Vice Admiral Tsuru placed a document on Sengoku's desk.

Sengoku felt a bit familiar looking at this scene; he seemed to have done the same thing to Garp earlier.

Knowing that Tsuru, who supported the Marines with them with rich experience and outstanding wisdom,

wouldn't shoot without a target, Sengoku picked up the document and read it carefully.

After reading a few lines, his expression became serious: "Tsuru, is this intelligence true?"

Vice Admiral Tsuru nodded: "This was transmitted by a member of the SWORD unit lurking in the Big Mom Pirates, it is confirmed to be correct."

SWORD is a secret special unit under the Marine Headquarters,

mainly responsible for infiltrating the enemy's interior to collect intelligence and disintegrate the other side's strength.

X Drake, who was once a Marine Rear Admiral and later ordered to infiltrate the pirates,

becoming one of the "Flying Six" of the Four Emperor Kaido's Beast Pirates, is one of them.

He has long been lurking in the Beast Pirates to collect intelligence and secretly transmit it to Marine Headquarters.

In the Big Mom Pirates, which is mentioned in the same breath as the Beast Pirates and has even greater power, there are naturally members lurking as well.

The docking work of this secret unit is done by Marine Great Staff Officer Vice Admiral Tsuru.

"Each generation of the country has talented people."

Looking at the most conspicuous ruins of the desolate island in the intelligence, which were torn apart and almost completely submerged in the sea,

Sengoku stroked his braided beard and sighed endlessly.

What was he doing at that time?

He was still training in the Marine training camp with Garp, Zephyr, and Tsuru.

'What a distant memory.'

Looking at his old friend with graying hair and himself, Sengoku sighed endlessly in his heart.

They were already old guys of the old era; the new era no longer had a ship that could carry them.

"I'd like to see what intelligence made you like this, Sengoku."

The ancestral thick-nerved nature of the Monkey family made Garp quickly return to his usual careless appearance.

He reached out and grabbed, intending to snatch the intelligence from Sengoku's hand.

"Garp, you really should look at this intelligence."

Sengoku handed the intelligence in his hand to Garp.

"Hmm, an incredible junior has really appeared on the sea."

Garp scanned the intelligence in his hand and sighed.

The intelligence brought by Vice Admiral Tsuru was clearly the intelligence of Zhang Jie fighting Big Mom, and even destroying an island.

Compared to the intelligence obtained by the Beast Pirates and Whitebeard Pirates,

the Marine's version was undoubtedly more detailed, even including photos of Zhang Jie attending the banquet held by Big Mom.

Clearly, the Marines not only had moles like Drake in the Big Mom Pirates, but this mole's status was also very high,

high enough to board the flagship of the Big Mom Pirates, the Queen Mama Chanter, and high enough to attend the banquet held by Big Mom.

The Marines are worthy of being the great power that suppresses the sea with its own strength

and confronts the Four Emperor pirate crews. Its strength and foundation are evident.

The intelligence clearly wrote in bold, black font—Traitor of the Big Mom Pirates, Zhang Jie!

Garp was very interested in Zhang Jie, who could fight Big Mom to a draw:

"Sengoku, this kid is very talented and has fallen out with the Big Mom Pirates. In my opinion,

why not recruit him into the Marines? I believe that under the training of me and Zephyr, he will soon be a powerful Marine."

"Not appropriate."

Before Sengoku could speak, Vice Admiral Tsuru spoke first:

"This Zhang Jie is a true monster. Once he joins the Marines, what position should be given to him?"

Sengoku nodded gently: for a monster like Zhang Jie who could maneuver with a pirate emperor,

the only positions in the Marines matching his strength were the three Admirals and he, the Marshal.

But once Zhang Jie joins the Marines as an Admiral,

how can those officers and soldiers who have contributed for decades in the Marines be convinced?

And Vice Admiral, Rear Admiral, etc., are afraid they cannot satisfy such a monster who has achieved success at a young age.

Besides, the three Admirals currently in the Marine establishment are full. You can't let him, the Marshal, abdicate to the virtuous, right?

He himself is full of fatigue for this position, but he is not at ease handing it over to others.

And Zhang Jie's data shows that he has been growing up in the territory of the Big Mom Pirates.

Would such a person identify with the Marine's philosophy?

Even if he joins temporarily, will he betray later?

Can the Marines, who are currently struggling to support the situation in the Four Seas and the Grand Line, afford the defection of a Vice Admiral, or even an Admiral?

Furthermore, as Marine Marshal, although he himself felt that the possibility of Zhang Jie being a pirate mole was minimal,

after all, such a monster is a top combat force in any force.

If the Big Mom Pirates could absorb Zhang Jie, then becoming the first among the Four Emperor pirate crews,

that is, the world's number one pirate crew, is not impossible. But he cannot rule out such a possibility.

In this world, the number of madmen and ambitious people is not small.

Rather than recruiting him in, only to have him turn against them because of various suspicions and reasons,

it is better to prevent this possibility from the beginning.

"Hmph!"

Garp snorted coldly: "Then just let him wander outside the Marines?

Wait until the fifth pirate emperor rises, and you will regret it!"

Garp was somewhat dissatisfied with Sengoku and Tsuru's excessive caution.

Although he knew that Sengoku and Tsuru were doing this for the Marines,

this would undoubtedly shut out some people with lofty ideals who wanted to join the Marines.

Sengoku explained with a bitter smile: "Garp, this traitor of the Big Mom Pirates is not a monster with only talent."

If it were just talent, then after joining the Marines, he could hand Zhang Jie over to Zephyr.

He believed that under Zephyr's teaching, it would soon be known whether Zhang Jie was a human or a ghost.

But Zhang Jie is a monster who has already realized his talent, can fight a pirate emperor to a draw,

and whom not a single pirate of the Big Mom Pirates can do anything about.

Such a monster, placed in the Marines, is added to him, Garp, Kuzan,

Borsalino, and the others. Who has a hundred percent certainty of suppressing him?

Once he has ulterior motives, joining will be a disaster from within!

As Marine Marshal, he cannot take this risk.

"Then the only choice is."

Garp took out the document he had stuffed into his coat earlier:

"Invite him to join the Seven Warlords."

Seeing Garp, who used to be a blockhead, suddenly open his mind,

Vice Admiral Tsuru nodded with relief: "That is what I meant.

Although the Seven Warlords is a wrong policy, we can use it to settle and

recruit those powerhouses who have no blood debts on their hands, and use it well."

The Marines are constrained by the World Government and cannot oppose this policy, but for the matter of "there is a policy above,

there is a countermeasure below," the Marine high-level has long had an unspoken tacit understanding.

Among all the Seven Warlords, except for the world's number one swordsman Hawk-Eye Mihawk, personally designated by the Five Elders,

and the former Celestial Dragon "Heavenly Yaksha" Doflamingo, the others—"Tyrant" Kuma, "Empress" Boa Hancock,

and Gecko Moria—are all pirates without ambition who stay in one corner.

Hmm, Crocodile (Sand Crocodile) hadn't exposed his ambition at this time,

and was still hitting other pirates in Alabasta, acting as his protector hero. ===== CHAPTER 445 =====