The pirates sat and forgot, and they really believed the nine truths and one lie.

The Sword Secret Team temporarily completed its stage mission and returned to the Navy Headquarters Marinford to report on its work with an exorcist and a greatsword.

There are still three days left before the public execution. Even if the navy’s own people enter the headquarters, they must undergo strict identity verification to prevent pirates from sneaking in.

The team led by Drake also brought a few outsiders with them, including the greatsword Claire, the exorcist Lucy, and her servant Rocky.

When strangers enter the Navy Headquarters, even if they are helpers coming from afar, the Navy will send capable female sailors to conduct a thorough body search.

The navy mainly collects communication equipment, and most scenes in Marinford are set as signal shielding areas to prevent insiders from leaking navy intelligence to the outside world.

Erza was assigned by Vice Admiral Tsuru to monitor the two strangers' every move. On the surface, she could act as a tour guide and introduce the navy's construction area to Claire and Lucy.

"This is the vice admiral's dormitory specially vacated by the navy. The housing resources at the navy headquarters are tight right now, so you have to squeeze into one room. My deputy and I live next door. Feel free to call us if you have anything." Erza spoke neither humbly nor arrogantly, and her aura was very much like a queen.

As Erza's deputy, Tashigi stood behind her superior, greeted the two guests, and expressed her goodwill with a smile.

Because of the inconvenience of accommodation, Lucy asked the servant Rocky to return to his own world temporarily. If there is anything, she will call him back alone. The navy has sent female orderly to help the guests take care of their lives.

"The environment is better than I expected. If Marshal Zhan Guo doesn't want to talk for the time being, Claire and I plan to rest for a while," Lucy said while ordering them to leave.

Erza and Tashigi expressed their understanding and left the room, closing the door behind them, leaving Lucy and Claire alone in the same space.

The Exorcist and the Great Sword had a lot to talk about, and Lucy regretted taking on this mission. Marshal Makima really liked it and caused a lot of trouble for his subordinates.

"Marinford is a powder keg right now. It will ignite completely as soon as a spark falls. We are being dragged into a war that does not belong to us." Lucy took off her exorcist uniform and quickly changed into looser pajamas.

"Humans outside the Blackbeard Pirates have nothing to do with the Black Order. They are not our enemies. The pirates and the navy should resolve their grievances on their own." Claire could feel the tense atmosphere within the navy since she landed in Marineford.

The navy took this war more seriously than imagined, and concentrated almost all the elite naval forces from the four seas in Marinford to fight a strategic decisive battle with the pirates.

Such a large-scale battle has never happened in the hundreds of years since the establishment of the navy. The current navy marshal is a crazy gambler.

He put all the chips of the navy at stake, betting that the navy would win, without considering how the losers would cope after being defeated by the pirates. Even death would not be enough to atone for the defeat.

"Whether the navy or the pirates are defeated, it won't cause much loss to the cult. Maybe we can gather some remnants and use them for the cult," Lucy said to Erza, who hosted them throughout the whole process, and was interested in this rising star of the navy.

If one day Erza is desperate, Lucy can introduce her to Marshal Makima. With the strength of a navy supernova, she should be more than qualified to be an exorcist.

Lucy knew that this room was under the surveillance of the navy, so she deliberately said something suggestive. Claire couldn't help but roll her eyes.

Erza and Tashigi were indeed eavesdropping on the conversation next door. Both parties actually knew that the relationship between the eavesdropper and the monitored was just work and everyone was following the same process.

Sengoku met with Drake and Prince Grus, and the two young men repeated the intelligence they had to the Admiral, but unfortunately, Naraku had limited information.

"The war is coming soon, I will give you a day off. Bellemere returned yesterday and he is also looking for you. Remember not to drink." The most taboo thing for Marshal Zhan Guo now is drinking before the war. Alcohol anesthetizes the human brain and leads to mistakes.

Drake and Prince Grus exchanged a standard military salute, and the two couldn't wait to leave the Marshal's office and tell Peacock and Skylark the good news of their leave. The four of them were going to find the bald recruit together.

"It is unrealistic and impossible for Sengoku to recruit Naraku. It is fortunate for the navy that the limited reconnaissance resources were recovered without any loss." As the chief of the navy's staff, Vice Admiral Tsuru gave up the idea of ​​recruiting Admiral Youtun.

"Of course I know that. I just want to recreate the grandeur of the Sky Dome. It's really not easy to recruit all the twelve admirals in the navy." The Admiral sighed and had a deeper understanding of Artoria's ability to rule the navy.

The navy now has only six admirals, and there are still six vacancies for admirals. It is impossible for Zhan Guo to restore the grand occasion of twelve navy admirals in his lifetime, and he can only place his hopes on future generations.

The Navy Intelligence Department has given up searching for these five future admirals: Thunder Rat, Blue Snake, Furnace Sheep, Sky Dragon, and Demon Pig. The matter is done and there is no going back to the past.

One third of the Thunder Rats are serving as cadres under Shiki, the Blue Snake's Rain Rain Fruit has been auctioned off, and no trace of the Luyang and Tianlong has been found for the time being. The Demon Pig is completely standing on the opposite side of the Navy.

As for whether Smoker will become the future White Horse General, it seems that he is not strong enough now, and the attack power of the Smoke Fruit has not been fully developed.

Zhan Guo thought about recruiting six masters at sea to fill the vacancies of the remaining six navy admirals and temporarily form a team of twelve navy admirals. Even if their strengths were uneven, it would be a great deterrent to pirates.

He proposed this idea and put it to a vote at a naval meeting, but it was ultimately rejected due to the majority of votes against it. The naval top brass still preferred quality over quantity.

The reputation of the admiral cannot be destroyed. If the admiral is killed head-on during the term of the Warring States Marshal, it will undoubtedly be the most serious morale blow to the navy.

The reason why Rocks has always been hated by the navy is because this madman achieved the feat of killing the navy admiral, but few people remember this incident.

After Rocks' death, all information about him was erased. After decades of information blockade, only the old people from the old times still remembered him. This madman once accomplished the achievement of single-handedly killing a general, but his achievement disappeared with his death.

The killing of the Navy Admiral was one of the main reasons why Kong Gang stepped down as the Navy Admiral. Such a serious mistake occurred during his tenure, and the dead cannot be brought back to life, so the only option was to use the Navy Admiral to take the blame and calm the anger of the Navy.

If the death of the Navy Admiral had not occurred, Zhan Guo would have taken over Kong Gu's position much later, and at the same time would have received more internal pressure. It is not easy to be a paperhanger.

There is no such thing as a civilian admiral in the navy. Admirals have always been military officers responsible for external battles.

The general was killed by the pirate without any damage, and he couldn't do a one-for-one exchange. It can only be said that he was not as skilled as the pirate.