From Pirates to the Strongest Death God in Soul Society

Chapter 178: Zhan Guo: Don’t look at me like this, but I used to be a father to the Celestial Dragons!
Marine Headquarters, Malinfando.

The resignation ceremony of Marshal Warring States was very low-key. Only some naval generals who happened to be in the headquarters participated. As for the outside world, the news was only published in the newspaper. The navy did not make any excessive response to this matter.

The News of the World also seemed to have received some instructions and handled this incident, which should have caused a huge sensation on the sea, in a low-key manner, with almost no excessive description or speculation.

However, even so, the farewell of a legendary naval figure still caused quite a stir on the sea.

The garden behind the auditorium at the junction of the Marinford living area and the military area.

Bane squatted on the grass with a cigarette butt that was almost burned out in his mouth, looking at a small wild flower growing towards the sun.

"You knew that I would be inaugurated as the Grand Inspector after I stepped down, but you sneaked out without even watching the end of the ceremony? Aren't you too disrespectful to me?" Marshal Zhan Guo... No, it should be said that the Grand Inspector walked behind Bane and said with a smile.

"Hahaha, if you ask me, the auditorium should be built bigger. It's too stuffy and I feel a little breathless. Let's come out and get some fresh air." Bane laughed and stood up.

After a brief pause, he congratulated, "Congratulations, Chief Inspector. Now you can finally relax."

It can be seen that Zhan Guo is really a lot more relaxed, and his whole spirit is different, especially his hair. During the last meeting, he still had thick black hair, but this time, the roots of his hair have turned white, but he has no intention of dyeing it. It is obvious that he wants to let his white hair grow.

Without the serious temperament he had before, Zhan Guo smiled and waved his hand, then looked at the small wild flower growing towards the sun and asked, "So, what do you want to discuss by inviting me here? If you want to talk about the new marshal, don't say anything. I have decided not to get involved in these matters anymore."

"Of course not. I don't care about the marshal or anything like that. Anyway, the result will be out soon." Bane shook his head, then looked at Sengoku and said, "I just want to tell you that I am going to Dressrosa to kill Donquixote Doflamingo."

The moment he heard this, Zhan Guo's originally relaxed expression suddenly became stiff, with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

After a brief silence, Zhan Guo's expression darkened and he said, "Do you know what you are talking about?"

"Doesn't the Marshal want to see him die?" Bane whispered.

"If you must address me by my title, call me the Chief Inspector. I am no longer a marshal." Zhan Guo corrected.

"Ah, sorry, Inspector." Bane smiled awkwardly and said, "It just comes to your mind."

Zhan Guo didn't bother with the question of what to address him. He took a deep breath, then walked to a bench nearby and sat down.

Before he could say anything, Bane casually threw a bag of senbei into Sengoku's arms and said, "I stole it from Mr. Garp."

Zhan Guo glanced at Bane with a bit of amusement, then tore open the package, took a bite, and said happily: "You know what, although it's the same thing, the one stolen from Garp tastes better."

"Hahahaha." Bane also laughed when he heard this, but didn't say anything else.

He stood aside, biting the cigarette butt that was about to burn out, as if waiting for something.

After a moment, Zhan Guo swallowed the senbei in his mouth, and then his expression darkened, looking a little gloomy, and his tone became much more sinister, saying: "Of course I dream of seeing Doflamingo die."

Even though there was no change in his emotions when the Seven Warlords of the Sea came to Marinford for a meeting on the eve of the Battle of Marineford, Sengoku did not show much emotional change when facing Doflamingo.

But in fact, Sengoku hated Doflamingo very much. The reason was very simple. Doflamingo killed his adopted son, making him send his son to his grave. This was of course an irreconcilable hatred.

After the Mignon Island incident, Sengoku, who was the admiral at the time, had wanted to kill Doflamingo many times, but Doflamingo was too cunning. As the only admiral of the navy at the time, Sengoku also had many things to do. Not long after, Doflamingo successfully ascended to the throne and became one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, so that Sengoku could no longer attack him openly.

This hatred has continued to this day.

"It seems that Zephyr also told you about some things that happened in the past. The hatred between me and Doflamingo is very deep. However, he is now one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. Even I can't do anything about it," said Sengoku in a helpless tone.

As a navy, even if he is the admiral of the navy, as a "running dog" of the world government, there are still many things that Zhan Guo cannot do.

Before Bann could speak, Zhan Guo continued, "And it's not just this reason. Doflamingo's identity is very special. I don't know if you know that he was originally a celestial dragon living on Marijoa. He has a deep connection with the Don Quixote family of the twenty royal families today. He seems to have mastered some of the secrets there, so the World Government also takes good care of him. If they want to take action against him, too many things will be involved."

Are you still concerned about Doflamingo's original identity as a Celestial Dragon?
Ben didn't believe it.

If you were concerned about this, why did you adopt Rocinante? Doflamingo is a Celestial Dragon, but he is not?
As the most famous adoptive father on the sea, Whitebeard just found some pirates to play house games. But you, you directly became the father of the Celestial Dragons. It’s hard to imagine your mental state at that time, Marshal Sengoku. No, Inspector!

When Rosinante called you dad, your face was filled with joy, right?
I was timid and submissive in Marijoa, standing like a minion, but I was the father of the Celestial Dragons in the Marine Headquarters, right! ?

Even Bane began to wonder, every time Zhan Guo got bullied in Marijoa, he would come back and find an excuse to pull out the Seven Wolves Belt from Rosinante?

Of course, Bane couldn't say these words in front of Zhan Guo. He rubbed his nose, threw the cigarette butt into the trash can, then sat next to Zhan Guo and said, "Because the report had to be submitted to Mary Geoise, I didn't mention an important piece of news in it."

"What important news?" Zhan Guo looked at Bane with some confusion.

Also, can you stop being so shy about telling me about your hypocrisy towards Mary Joa?
Is this the point in our relationship?

"Trafalgar Law, one of the so-called supernovas last year, chose to secretly defect to our navy on the Sabaody Archipelago and provided me with a lot of intelligence about Shiki. It was also with him as bait that I was able to lock on to Shiki's position and seize the opportunity to kill him," Bane said softly.

When he heard the name, Zhan Guo's expression suddenly became complicated.

After a long while, he spoke again: "I have never seen that child."

His eyes seemed to be filled with reminiscence, and the expression on his face became much gentler. Bane did not disturb him and listened quietly to Zhan Guo's story.

"But I have heard the name of this child from Rosinante more than once. At the beginning, he said that the child looked a lot like Doflamingo when he was a child. There was no life in his eyes, and his whole body was filled with a murderous aura that wanted to drag the entire world into the abyss." Zhan Guo told these stories softly.

"I said that even our navy cannot cure platinum-lead disease, it is an incurable disease, but he didn't believe it. He insisted on taking the child to visit famous doctors all over the world. He even neglected his original undercover mission to investigate the Don Quixote family. At first I was very angry at his behavior, but then I felt comforted by his innocent kindness. Perhaps in the eyes of many of us, his behavior seems so stupid, but as a father, seeing my child so kind and stubborn, I am actually quite happy." When Zhan Guo said this, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"After the Mignon Island incident, I was in so much pain that I couldn't extricate myself, and ultimately I failed to find the child. When I heard the name again, he had already hoisted the pirate flag in the North Sea. At that time, I was very disappointed. I felt that the child that Rosinante risked his life to save, ultimately did not become what he expected to see. He became a pirate." Sengoku's expression calmed down again.

"So, I am still quite concerned about the intelligence of that child, and I have even considered many times whether I should find a way to get rid of him. But then I found out that he is not like those vicious pirates who act recklessly on the sea. Although he flies the flag of pirates, he has conducted free clinics on poor islands more than once, spending time and energy to treat ordinary people with serious illnesses. It was also from then on that I understood that Rosinante's sacrifice was not in vain. He did it. He pulled a child who should have fallen into the abyss back from the darkness. I believe in Rosinante, so since then, I no longer paid attention to this child. I didn't expect to hear about him from you today." Zhan Guo smacked his lips and said with some emotion.

(End of this chapter)