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A month has passed since the Adrien Kingdom caused chaos in Marijoa. The World Government and the Navy tried every possible means, but they were unable to restore their lost dignity.

During this month, the World Government increased the navy's funding by one-fifth, allowing the navy to start a new round of large-scale conscription, but the results were dismal.

Not to mention that the West Sea has already belonged to the Kingdom of Adrian, not many people are willing to join the navy in the other three sea areas and the Grand Line. The number of conscriptions has reached an unprecedented low of only 50,000.

The World Government also realized the damage to their reputation caused by the Adrien Kingdom's disturbance in Mary Geoise, and they had to do something to save the World Government's reputation.

Naval Headquarters, Marinevando.

"The rise of the Kingdom of Adrian is unstoppable. The navy's current strength is incapable of stopping the Kingdom of Adrian's development.

There are not many new people willing to join the navy now. A large number of young people are pouring into the West Sea to join the navy of the Kingdom of Adrian.

If this continues to grow, the gap in strength between us and the Kingdom of Adrian will only widen."

Zhan Guo's face was serious as he spoke about the huge crisis the navy was facing.

Originally, these matters were reported to Chief of Staff Tsuru, but in the last war, Tsuru and Gion were captured by the Adrian Kingdom and their whereabouts are unknown, and their life or death is unknown.

Zhan Guo was very annoyed. After all, Crane was one of the few intelligent talents in the navy and was very important to the navy.

He couldn't possibly count on Garp for advice, could he?

Just as Zhan Guo was about to continue speaking, an indignant voice rang out.

"More and more people are joining the navy of the Kingdom of Adrian in the West Sea, and it's all because of that navy traitor!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere in the conference room became solemn. Sakaski did not say it explicitly, but they all knew who the navy traitor was.

Former Navy Admiral Zephyr, current Chief Instructor of the Adrian Kingdom Navy.

Because of Zefa's existence, 90% of the 50,000 captured West Sea navy joined the Kingdom of Adrian. In the past few years, even navies from other sea areas went to the West Sea and joined the Navy of the Kingdom of Adrian.

All of this is inseparable from Zefa's prestige in the navy. After all, 70% of the navy generals are his students.

Sakaski is also Zefa's student, but he still hates Zefa for betraying the navy. After all, he believes in "absolute justice" and cannot tolerate any betrayal.

No matter how close the relationship is.

In the original world line, it was he who ordered the killing of Zefa, but now it just happened a little earlier.

Zhan Guo's face looked ugly, but he did not blame Sakaski. After all, he was the admiral of the navy and could not act on impulse.

Zephyr joined the Kingdom of Adrian. No matter how much he had contributed to the Navy before, no matter how wronged the World Government had been to him, he is now the enemy of the Navy.

"We are discussing how to save the prestige of the navy now. We will talk about Zefa later."

Brannew spoke, breaking the solemn atmosphere.

Zhan Guo gathered his thoughts and said, "To save the navy's reputation, we must do something big, something big enough to shock the world."

After Zhan Guo finished speaking, everyone's ears perked up, curious about what Zhan Guo was planning to do.

"Destroy an emperor-level pirate group!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the hearts of the navy officers present all skipped a beat. Destroying an emperor-class pirate group was a big deal.

It’s not that the Navy cannot destroy an Emperor-class pirate group, but it has never done so. In fact, it wants to let the pirates kill each other and preserve the strength of the Navy.

But now that the navy's prestige has plummeted, they can no longer remain indifferent.

"Which pirate group do you plan to target to destroy an emperor-level pirate group?" Sakaski asked.

The Kingdom of Adrien is ruled out first, leaving only the Whitebeard Pirates, Big Mom Pirates and Beasts Pirates.

Among them, Whitebeard is the strongest and the most famous one. Even the navy is unwilling to offend him. After all, Whitebeard has the power to subvert the world. A tsunami can destroy Marineford, which is more terrifying than a smile.

The strength of the Big Mom Pirates and the Beasts Pirates is relatively weak, but the two pirate groups have a close relationship. Once one of them is attacked, the other one will not stand idly by.

Moreover, the Big Mom Pirates have a marriage relationship with the Adrien Kingdom. Who knows whether the Adrien Kingdom will do its best to protect the Big Mom Pirates.

After analyzing the strength of the three major pirate groups, Sengoku said, "Target, the Whitebeard Pirates!"

As soon as these words came out, a vice admiral immediately said: "The Whitebeard Pirates have been staying in the New World. If we want to go to war with the Whitebeard Pirates, the other two great groups will not turn a blind eye."

Zhan Guo had thought of this a long time ago and said, "It's not us who took the initiative to attack, but the Whitebeard Pirates who took the initiative to come to us."

Everyone focused their attention and wanted to see what solution Zhan Guo had.

"Everyone in the Whitebeard Pirates basically recognizes Whitebeard as their father. Their relationship is closer than that of the Beasts Pirates, or even the Big Mom Pirates, who are based on family ties.

As long as we arrest a captain of the Whitebeard Pirates, the Whitebeard Pirates will not stand by and watch, and will definitely come to Mary Geoise on their own initiative."

It's a despicable approach, but also a very useful method.

The Battle of Marineford in the original timeline proved that there was nothing wrong with Warring States' thinking.

Most people in the navy were silent. The doves, including Garp and Kuzan, did not like this practice of using any means to achieve the goal, but they did not speak out to refute it.

As for hawkish navy officers such as Sakaski, they were very much in favor of Sengoku's plan. In their view, any means would be acceptable in dealing with pirates.

"Kozuki Oden, the captain of the Whitebeard Pirates' second division, was born a samurai from Wano Country. He first joined the Whitebeard Pirates, then left to join the Roger Pirates. After the Roger Pirates disbanded, he returned to the Whitebeard Pirates.

Every November, Oden returns to Wano Country with his retainers, and in December he returns to the Whitebeard Pirates. He is our target."

Oden has a high status in the Whitebeard Pirates, and he leaves the Whitebeard Pirates at a fixed time every year. There is no better choice than him.

The meeting lasted for a long time. In order to complete the mission, the Navy directly sent Sakaski and Karp this time.

Although Oden was not worthy of such a configuration, the previous failure in dealing with the Kingdom of Adrien was still fresh in his mind, so Sengoku had to be cautious.

Oden's strength is obvious to all and cannot be taken lightly.

While the navy was planning how to save the navy's prestige, the Kingdom of Adrian was also planning how to enhance the prestige of the Kingdom of Adrian.