Chapter 27 Shiki's outrageous demands? One slash cuts through the Navy's lifeline!
Chapter 27 Shiki's outrageous demands? One slash cuts through the Navy's lifeline!
Naval Headquarters, Marin is numerous.
As early as the day the Battle of Fiore ended, Sengoku had already reported back all the war intelligence.
The current Fleet Admiral, Steelbone Kong, subsequently received orders from the Five Elders.
Through the Den Den Mushi, I deeply felt the anger of the Five Elders, especially Saint Satan.
Unbeknownst to anyone, Steel Bone Kong's seniority instantly dropped by two levels.
He's in his fifties or sixties, and he was insulted like a grandson.
That night, the Navy Headquarters announced that it had entered a state of high alert, or combat readiness.
Under the conditions of war preparedness, a large number of mandatory levies were issued to naval branches around the world.
A large number of naval elites, ranging from lieutenant generals to colonels, rushed to headquarters in the shortest possible time.
This is precisely why naval forces are often understrength in different parts of the world.
This gives a large number of pirates an opportunity to take advantage of the situation, and the world naturally becomes more and more turbulent.
But Steelbone Sky had no time to worry about these issues at this point.
The Navy needs to make a statement to show the world governments.
Especially since it concerns the Celestial Dragons, who have always looked down upon the human world from their high positions, they also cast their concerned gaze upon it.
Steelbone Sky dares not gamble, nor can it gamble.
For his own official position, and for the navy's military spending for many years to come.
He had to do it, even for the sake of the future of the entire navy.
The large conference room at Naval Headquarters was filled with smoke.
All naval officers of vice admiral rank and above are present and a large meeting is underway.
Steelbone Kong sat in the first seat, his face grave.
The second row from the bottom features the current three admirals of the Navy.
They were all old men, serving as naval mascots.
The navy's configuration has been somewhat chaotic in recent years, and coupled with its dependence on the World Government, it has been preserved.
This also means that Sengoku, Garp, and Zephyr, who are sitting in the third row, have yet to be able to move up to the next level.
Thanks to the navy's advanced medical technology, Sengoku had recovered considerably from the post-battle despondency he had experienced two days prior.
He coughs occasionally; it's nothing to him.
The half of his hair that was already gray has remained gray; this is an irreversible loss.
The fourth row below them consists of a series of naval vice admirals, including Tsuru.
The young crane was truly young and quite beautiful.
It can only be said that the creator of this world is too harsh on women. No matter how beautiful they are when they are young, their beauty will be ruined when they get old.
That's Oda's twisted sense of humor.
It is worth noting that there are five other figures that are particularly eye-catching on the edge of Steel Bones.
They were all dressed in white suits and each wore an animal mask, giving them a mysterious look.
The five of them are extremely secretive CP0 members of the World Government, who came to Marine Headquarters on the orders of the Five Elders.
dong dong dong~
dong dong dong~
"Now that everyone is here, let's begin the meeting."
Seeing that the atmosphere was right, Steel Bone, sitting in the main seat, tapped the table and began to get down to business.
"I believe everyone knows what has happened that I've called us here for today's meeting."
"Enough with the small talk, there are two topics for today's meeting."
"The first issue is rescuing the Celestial Dragons."
"The second topic is to launch an offensive on the Grand Line and restore the prestige of our navy."
"Now let's begin with the first topic: the Warring States period."
Kong looked directly at Sengoku and said.
"Yes, Marshal Kong."
Sengoku stood up, took out a small, golden Den Den Mushi from his person, and placed it on the table in front of Sora.
This Den Den Mushi immediately attracted the attention of all the generals present.
"Let's contact them and see what kind of conditions those lunatics from the Rocks Pirates are going to offer."
He sighed helplessly.
This Den Den Mushi was naturally the one that Shiki had given to Sengoku after the Battle of Fiore.
Sengoku had already contacted the Rocks Pirates once before, and the reply he received was that the ransom terms had not yet been discussed.
The Warring States period was completely bewildered.
No, bro, are you really going to ask for the moon?
It's been two days, and nothing's been decided yet.
Unfortunately, he was under the same roof as the emperor, while the emperor held the reins of power.
At this point, the Rocks Pirates truly held the lifeline of the Navy firmly in their grasp.
Sengoku had no choice but to follow Shiki's lead and confirm the outcome again, finally settling on this time.
This is also the main reason why the conference was held at this time.
"Bru bru bru~"
"Bru bru bru~"
"Kachcha~"
Under everyone's watchful eyes, the Den Den Mushi was finally connected.
A familiar voice came from inside.
"Hehehe~"
"The Warring States period, here comes Lao Tzu."
The arrogant voice of the golden lion came from the other end, and the expression was perfectly portrayed by the Den Den Mushi.
That face of his was so infuriating.
"Enough with the nonsense, has your Rocks Pirates finalized the terms for the ransom?"
"It's all set, hehe."
"If you meet our conditions, we will return the Celestial Dragons to you."
At the same time, far away in the New World, on Beehive Island.
Inside the central hall, all the officers of the Rocks Pirates were present.
Following the same procedure as the Navy, everyone turned to look at the Den Den Mushi that was speaking.
The only difference was that the navy looked helpless, while they were overjoyed.
Sengoku gritted his teeth: "Then speak quickly!"
"Hahaha, so impatient, so boring."
"Then, Captain, shall I tell you?"
"Hahaha, it's up to you now."
Lockes agreed, his face beaming with undisguised joy.
His joy hadn't stopped since Golden Lion and Brian brought the Celestial Dragons back two days ago.
This huge surprise left Lox somewhat bewildered.
I never imagined that I could be in such a situation, holding a Celestial Dragon with a powerful background in my hands, and indirectly holding the lifeline of the Navy.
Rocks said more than once in front of all his officers that Brian was his lucky star.
It brought him a huge surprise as soon as he joined.
Such praise made the other cadres feel extremely nauseous, especially Silver Axe.
Silver Axe wanted to say that you had never mentioned such praise to me before.
Brian deserves to die, you Rocks deserve to die, everyone deserves to die!
"You old man from the Warring States period, listen up."
"The first condition is to prepare 50 billion pegories."
"The second condition is thirty Devil Fruits."
"Among Devil Fruits, there should be at least five Logia-type, five Mythical Zoan-type, and ten Ancient Zoan-type."
"The third condition is that each of the five precious materials—Kendama, Seastone, Iron Essence, Gold Crystal, and Jadeite—must be one ton."
"Just these three conditions, isn't it simple?"
"Hehehe~"
The Navy and others were prepared for the Rocks Pirates to make exorbitant demands, but they never expected it to be this outrageous.
This isn't just asking for the moon; this is trying to empty their entire navy.
No, even if you sold the entire navy, you wouldn't have this much stuff.
This move directly slashed at the navy's lifeline.
The surrounding navy personnel were getting restless and all looked up at the air marshal.
And sure enough, upon closer inspection, it was true.
Kong has gone berserk!
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