From Pirates to the Strongest Death God in Soul Society

Chapter 168 Meeting of senior generals of the Navy Headquarters!

Tina was still not qualified to participate in this meeting, so after she sent Bane to the elevator, she looked at him with resentful eyes.

"Hey, hey, why are you looking at me like that? It's not like I don't want you to be a major general." Bane complained as he pressed the door closing button.

"Damn it, Tina has to work hard starting today!" Tina said, clenching her fists.

After the elevator door closed, Bane pressed the button for the fifth floor, which was the conference room floor. When it reached the third floor, the elevator opened again, and Kuzan appeared outside the door.

He looked at Ben in surprise and said, "I thought you would miss the meeting and would have to participate via video."

As he spoke, he walked into the elevator.

"Isn't this a coincidence?" Bane responded with a smile.

"How is Mr. Zephyr? Although I have contacted him using Den Den Mushi, I feel that he is in pretty good spirits." Kuzan asked casually, finding an occasional topic.

"It can be said to be very good, but the specific situation will be left as a surprise for you to discover next time you meet." Bane laughed.

Kuzan smiled when he heard this and didn't ask any more questions about Zefa.

At the headquarters of the Navy, most people just knew that Zephyr went on a recuperation vacation, but they didn't know the specific situation.

After a few seconds of silence in the elevator, Kuzan suddenly asked, "You should know the current situation of the headquarters, right?"

Ben sighed and said, "I just heard what Tina said. Tsk, I didn't expect you guys would break up to this extent so soon?"

Kuzan moved his lips as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say it.

After a moment, Kuzan scratched his head and asked, "So, who do you support?"

"Sakaski." Bane gave the answer without hesitation.

Kuzan's expression was not surprised, but he smacked his lips with a little regret and said, "Your behavior has been a little strange recently, I already guessed it. But having said that, I still want to ask, what's the reason?"

"Support him, I can be a general." Bane still did not hide anything and said directly.

This time Kuzan was really stunned for a moment, and his expression became a little surprised. At this moment, the elevator door opened and they arrived at the fifth floor.

However, neither of them had any intention of stepping out of the elevator. They stood in this not-so-spacious space, and the atmosphere was a little depressing for a moment.

After a long time, the elevator door closed again, and Kuzan said at this time: "No matter what, I will not give in this time."

"I know." Bane reached out and pressed the door-opening button, then looked at Kuzan and said, "In my opinion, this is just the beginning."

After saying that, he took the lead and walked out of the elevator. Kuzan looked at Bane's back in confusion and scratched his head. In the end, he didn't understand what he meant, so he simply stopped thinking about it and followed him out.

Bane arrived relatively late, and as soon as he entered the door of the conference room, he saw that quite a few people were already sitting inside.

He also took a special look at the long table in the conference room. It was brand new and seemed to have been replaced with a new one.

The first seat at the long table is currently empty, it seems that Marshal Sengoku has not arrived yet, but the first seat on the left is occupied by Admiral Sakaski, and the first seat on the right is empty, obviously reserved for Kuzan, and Admiral Borsalino consciously sits in the second seat.

Then, Cap, Yixiao and others also sat in the seats with their name tags on them. On Sakaski's side, his second seat was placed with Bane's name tag.

Without rushing to take a seat, Bane glanced around the room, and then in the last seat area, he saw Zoro and Fubuki wearing cloaks of justice, and opposite them were Smoker and others. It was obvious that that was the major generals' area.

After observing for a while, Bane determined that Taotu and Chatun, the two general candidates, had no intention of attending the meeting because they did not have their name tags. Without further delay, Bane walked towards his seat. When he passed by Yixiao, he patted his shoulder and greeted him with a smile. Yixiao also behaved very normally and chatted with Bane for a few words. On the contrary, Karp, who was sitting next to him, glared at Bane in displeasure and snorted coldly, as if he didn't want to pay attention to him.

"What are you doing? Is your grandson mad at you?" Bane said jokingly when he saw this.

"Hmph, you bastard are the one who made me mad!" Cap was also a straightforward guy, and he immediately retorted to Bane.

"No way? Are you so petty?" Bane laughed.

After exchanging a few words with Garp, Bane quickly walked over to Sakaski and sat directly in his seat.

As soon as he sat down, Sakaski looked at him. His expression was a little stiff at this moment, but it was obvious that he wanted to force a kind smile. However, this guy was really not suitable for making such an expression, and his smile was scarier than a ghost.

"I have already heard about the situation from those five people. Anyway, thank you very much for this time." Sakaski thanked them in a somewhat stiff tone.

Ben thought, these five elders had been trying to be low-key and mysterious before, but now they don't need to hide it anymore? It seems that they really think they have won this game.

In that case, he didn't need to pretend he didn't know anything. He nodded politely to Sakaski, smiled and said, "Please take care of me in the future."

"Yeah." Sakaski nodded in response.

It was obvious that he still wanted to talk to Ben, but he couldn't find a suitable topic for the time being, so after a moment of silence, he stopped talking.

In fact, at the beginning, Sakaski did not quite approve of Bane, but during the Battle of Marineford, he changed his views on Bane. After all, as a tough guy, he still admired Bane's brave fighting style, especially the courage to fight Kaido to the death even though he knew he could not win!

Not long ago, Sakaski learned that Bane killed Ski in the New World, so his previous contempt for Bane was completely eliminated. For Sakaski, a navy that can kill pirates is a good navy!
In addition, Sakaski now knows that Bane will clearly support him as the new Navy Admiral, so his favorability towards Bane is even higher.

In Sakaski's opinion, Bane's current "label" in the navy is very light. Although he was recommended by Garp to join the navy and was promoted by Marshal Sengoku, he was not actually labeled because of this. At the same time, his relationship with Garp and others is not that deep.

He would start to establish friendship with Bane from now on. When he became a marshal in the future, it would be very worthwhile to see Bane assist him as a general.

However, he was a tough guy and not good at speaking, so even if he changed his opinion of Bane, he didn't know how to improve their relationship.

Just as Sakaski was thinking about these things, the figure of Huangmu appeared outside the door of the conference room. As soon as he entered the door, he looked at Sakaski, but found that Bane was sitting next to Sakaski, which made him a little unhappy.

He actually admired Sakaski very much. Since he was arranged to join the navy, he has been very respectful to Sakaski and always followed Sakaski's lead. He originally thought that he would be able to sit next to Sakaski in this meeting and completely establish his position as the future marshal's right-hand man. Unexpectedly, Bane, whom he had never met, was sitting there.

Although he felt a little unhappy, he couldn't show it. Besides, he was only a vice admiral in the navy after all, while Bane was a real admiral candidate. There was a gap in their status. He even had less qualifications than Bane, who had also joined the navy not long ago.

So I had to quietly find my seat and sit there without saying a word.

Afterwards, several naval generals came in one after another. After the rest of the people arrived, about five or six minutes later, the naval marshal Zhan Guo walked in from outside the door.

As soon as he came in, the naval generals who were originally communicating with each other in the conference room suddenly became quiet. It can be seen that even at this last moment, Marshal Zhan Guo still has unparalleled prestige.

Without any unnecessary movements, Zhan Guo quickly walked to the first seat, sat down, and knocked on the table with his hand, making the already quiet meeting room even quieter.

"Okay, now that everyone is here, let's start the meeting." Zhan Guo gave the order.

As soon as he finished speaking, the projection behind the long table in the conference room was turned on, and the figures of the vice admirals appeared on the video one by one.

Instead of discussing his resignation as Marshal, Zhan Guo picked up the folder on the table, opened it and said, "The first topic is about the construction of a new naval base in the New World. As of today, there are a total of four applications from various places, which is a certain number of vacancies compared to the number of new bases we planned before. Do you have any good suggestions?"

(End of this chapter)