Pirates: Honest Men in the Navy

"Bartholome? Bear?"

"Well, His Majesty Shichibukai Bartholomew Xiong, this guy wants to stay in Punk Hassad. Although Marshal Kong reminded me before and told me not to pay too much attention to him, I think this matter still needs to be discussed. ." Porusalino said slowly.

Louis nodded clearly, and then asked: "Is your science unit doing any high technology recently?"

"Yes..." Porusalino was stunned for a moment, and did not hide anything: "There is a plan to research war weapons, but it is only a draft at the moment, and there is no other big progress."

This thing is probably the pacifist of the War Machine PX series later in the original work.

But if you don’t study it for more than ten years, you won’t put it into actual combat. Calculating the time, it is normal to start doing this at this point.

"So, is there any progress regarding...artificial devil fruits?" Louis asked again.

Upon hearing this, Porusalino rubbed his brows and said in a rather helpless tone: "I don't know the specifics, but CP-0 often travels to Punk Hassad Island and has contact with Dr. Vega Punk... The most important thing is The thing is, they mentioned Kaido several times..."

"Kaido?" Louis murmured, and then the memory of the artificial Devil Fruit emerged in his mind.

In the original work, Momonosuke, who was destined to die, accidentally ate an artificial devil fruit based on Kaido's blood factor because of excessive hunger or something else.

And after Louis joined the navy, he did hear the news that Kaido had been captured many times by the world's governments and the navy, but there were many times, so he didn't ask specifically about it.

But what surprised Louis even more was: "As the supreme commander of Punk Hassad and the boss of the scientific force, is there anything you don't know about this?"

"There are so many things that I don't know. I don't understand much of those scientific researches, okay? Also, CP-0 comes with the will from above, so I don't mind my own business... ” Porusalino spread his hands and shrugged his shoulders.

After a short pause, Porusalino continued:

"Well, after all, there is one truth that I quite agree with, and that is to engage in scientific research. The most taboo thing is for laymen to lead insiders. I basically don't understand anything, so I don't care much about it. As long as I can hand it in on time. As long as the results are produced, for the rest, I am more responsible for the security of the base."

It sounds quite reasonable...

However, Louis, who came back to his senses, glared at him and complained: "I almost got fooled by you, Mr. Bo. There is no magnetic field in Punk Hassard. Most people can't find it without special methods. As long as you don't mess around." If you run, nothing will happen.

In other words, when you are there, you basically clock in, drink tea and take a nap, and then clock in after get off work. The whole day just goes by, right? "

Porusalino looked like he had seen through you, glared at Louis and said: "Tsk, what nonsense are you talking about?"

"Hahahahaha..." Louis couldn't help laughing.

At this time, Tina, who had arranged the two little carrot heads, also rushed back. She didn't even bother to say hello to her generals. She very consciously took the teapot from the hands of Staff He and went to serve tea and water to the big bosses. .

Make arrangements for yourself clearly.

After a while, the Warring States General and Marshal Kong came in, holding documents in their hands and talking about something. They seemed... quite busy?

Looking around, everyone present was the real high-level boss of the Navy Headquarters. Except for Tina, a little girl who went through the back door, not even ordinary lieutenant generals were qualified to participate in this meeting.

The gold content in it can be imagined.

Therefore, Marshal Kong did not go through any meeting procedures. After sitting down, he looked at Zefa with a smile and said: "Congratulations, Zefa, you finally get what you want?"

Teacher Zefa laughed loudly when he heard this and said: "Hahaha, Brother Kong, how many years have passed, do you think you are going to let me go?"

"Hey... the main thing is that you also know that the previous situation did not allow you to retreat, but now, I can let you have a good rest." Marshal Kong shook his head and sighed.

The Warring States Marshal sitting aside took the tea cup from Tina who passed by. After saying thank you, he looked at Zefa and joked: "Hahaha, I really envy you for retiring so soon."

"Are you envious? If so, you can retreat with me, hahahaha..." Teacher Zefa counterattacked, unwilling to be outdone.

When everyone heard this, they all laughed.

Unlike Mr. Zefa, the Warring States General clearly wanted to take over the position of Marshal Kong. This was the consensus of the navy, so it was impossible for him to retreat at this time.

As for Teacher Zefa, when his family was killed in a tragedy, he was physically and mentally exhausted from the shock. Later, he suffered from asthma for this reason.

Although he was well maintained in the navy's recuperation system and had not had many illnesses, his physical fitness had indeed declined a lot.

In addition, since then, Teacher Zefa has focused all his energy on cultivating the young navy, and naturally he is unable to take on the responsibilities of a general.

Although I was unable to retire before, I was still in a state of semi-retirement.

It seems that this time we really want to free up the general's position.

It didn't feel very formal. Marshal Kong chatted with everyone for a while, and then after seeing that the situation was almost the same, he knocked on the table and said: "Although there is a process to go through, but regarding Zefa's resignation as admiral of the navy, Do you have any other opinions about this matter?"

Louis, who is also a general, smiled and said: "Of course I have no objection. Although I am very reluctant to let the teacher retire like this, at least this is the teacher's long-cherished wish, and we can't stop it."

Staff Officer He was even more direct: "Hurry up and make way for young people. I think Louis has done a good job in the past few years."

The Warring States General also nodded in approval: "That's true. Although Louis doesn't go out in the field very much, thanks to his plan, our navy's internal funds are doubling every year, and the speed is even getting faster... Here, Louis is indispensable!"

"Well, you have to give me a chance to go out in the field. Besides, as a general, if I go out every day, wouldn't it prove the incompetence of our navy?" Louis took a sip of tea and smiled.

It is true that if a naval admiral of Louis's level was on the field every day and had to deal with everything personally, the navy would be too useless.

The others kept talking for a long time. Teacher Zefa accepted the congratulations from everyone present with a smile. Once the process was over, the matter was officially settled.

Then, I watched Teacher Zefa talk about his general epaulette, took it off from the cloak of justice, and walked to Marshal Kong.

Looking at the general epaulette in his hand, Teacher Zefa suddenly shook his head and sighed: "Oh... I have been thinking about this matter for the past few years, but when the time came and it was time to hand over the epaulette, I felt a little uncomfortable. Hehe, hehe, this is really..."

Yes, this general's epaulette accompanied him for the first half of his life and represented his countless honors.

After half a lifetime of hard work, when it comes time to really retire, how can it be possible that there is no trace of reluctance and remembrance in my heart?

Looking at Teacher Zefa's appearance, Marshal Kong smiled and waved his hand and said, "There is no need to hand it back. You can keep it for yourself. Anyway, you are not missing this epaulette."

"Really?" Teacher Zefa murmured, and then thanked: "Then thank you Marshal."

At this point, Navy Admiral Black Wrist Zefa officially retired, relieved of the title and burden of being the world's highest combat power, completely freed from the shackles on his body, and became a simple naval academy principal.

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