From the Navy Admiral to the Gotei 13

If it weren't for Diarmuid, Doberman would also be a member of Sakaski's team.

Keisha and Stolobelli, on the other hand, tend to favor Borsalino.

Borsalino has not yet truly become a so-called neutral party, so the two of them do not have a particularly clear position.

Speaking of Stolobelli, this guy is really miserable now. He is still wrapped in bandages, and his left arm is hung on his chest with a triangular bandage and in plaster...

That’s right, his injuries haven’t healed yet, and can even be said to be very serious.

As for Burning Mountain, Flying Squirrel, and Doberman, they are Diarmait's diehard supporters. Although Diarmait is not as impatient as Sakaski to form his own faction, he already has a certain degree of tolerance.

"I haven't congratulated you yet, Ghost Spider and Fire Mountain. Congratulations to you two on your promotion to lieutenant generals. It's so enviable." Doberman said with a smile.

Ghost Spider, like Sakaski, habitually maintained a stiff expression, but upon hearing this, he still gave a stiff smile and said, "Thank you very much."

Huoshaoshan, with a gloomy expression, waved his hands and said, "Don't congratulate me, I might be fired in a couple of days."

Dauberman was stunned for a moment, then looked at the flying squirrel beside him and asked, "What do you mean?"

Flying Squirrel said somewhat helplessly, "Anyone with a discerning eye knows the main responsibility for this debacle lies with the Intelligence Department. Don't forget, Huoshaoshan was transferred to the Chief of Staff... no, Lieutenant General Ahe... never mind, let's just call him Chief of Staff. We've been calling him that for so many years, we're used to it. Anyway, Huoshaoshan is working in the Intelligence Department. In three days, he'll also go to Judicial Island to be sentenced."

Dauberman was silent for a moment, then drank a glass of wine and said, "It's hard to congratulate you, but you've only been in the Intelligence Department for a short time, so... there shouldn't be any mistakes, right?"

Huoshaoshan slowly lit a cigar, bit it in his mouth and exhaled a puff of smoke, then said with a hint of helplessness: "This has nothing to do with the time. This is clearly a major mistake made by the entire intelligence department, even..."

At this point, Huoshaoshan lowered his voice slightly before continuing, "You could even say our Intelligence Department is derelict in its duty! Even if I wasn't involved in this matter, and it had nothing to do with me, I'd still be in trouble. Every single person in the Intelligence Department would be spared. The lucky ones would just get scolded, while the unlucky ones would face execution after the trial. ... Think about it, even the Chief of Staff has been stripped of his rank. How serious is this matter?"

The rest of the people fell silent after hearing what Huoshaoshan said, because what Huoshaoshan said was correct.

"I don't know if the Chief of Staff will..." Stiers suddenly said.

But before he could finish his words, Kaisha shook her head and said, "Impossible. The Chief of Staff will definitely suffer, but as for going to the execution ground, that is impossible. I even think that after two years, when the punishment is over, the Chief of Staff will still have to be restored. "Lord Diarmait said that this is inevitable. Both the World Government and our headquarters know that the Chief of Staff should bear the main responsibility this time, but they also know how important and powerful the Chief of Staff is. We cannot erase her past contributions to the Navy because of her mistake this time. Currently, no one in the Navy can do better than her in terms of intelligence staff, so after her self-reflection and punishment are over, she will definitely be restored." Doberman also spoke.

"By the way, how is Diarmait?" Ghost Spider suddenly asked.

He was now a lieutenant general, and since he wasn't part of Diarmait's faction, the others didn't think anything was wrong with calling him by his first name. Doberman smiled and said, "It's fine. It's nothing."

"We're lucky that Diarmuid and Lord Sakaski weren't involved in such a big disturbance," Ghost Spider said softly.

Upon hearing this, Stolobelli said, "What's the connection? The Demon Slaying Order was issued by the Admiral, Lieutenant General Sakaski was merely carrying out the order, and Lieutenant General Diarmuid was only temporarily involved. He even personally covered the rearguard and fought a fierce battle with Whitebeard. They did nothing wrong in the first place, so why should they be involved? I, on the other hand, deserve to die."

Stolobelli was originally in charge of the reconstruction work on the Island of the Queen of Spring, but he was hit hard at the first moment. It can be said that he was one of the causes of this incident... He said that he deserved to die, and it was not unreasonable.

After all, he collapsed too quickly.

But when I think about it again, there's nothing I can do. I really can't blame him.

Upon hearing this, Keisha waved her hands and said, "We are the navy. How can we treat each one of us as an individual like this? Don't say such things in the future. We are soldiers."

Upon hearing this, the flying squirrel nodded and said, "Although I don't want to admit it, it really can't be calculated like this. At that time in the war zone, Diarmait was the person with the highest military rank, and he was in charge of the overall situation as a candidate for admiral. As for Sakaski, although the Demon Slayer Order was authorized by General Warring States, he was the actual executor and the person in charge of the fleet at the time. Although they both performed at a considerable level, judging from the consequences, under Diarmait's command, our navy did suffer a major defeat, and Sakaski's Demon Slayer Order fleet collapsed as well..." 557 What the flying squirrel said made a lot of sense. The navy has always fought as a whole, and it is impossible to count them individually.

The others all looked helpless when they heard this.

However, after taking a drink, Doberman smiled and said, "What's the point? In the end, the General and the Chief of Staff didn't blame Diarmuid and Sakaski, nor did they hold them responsible. Why are we sighing here?"

"That's true." Stirles also smiled.

After a few small talk, Ghost Spider looked at Huoshaoshan and said, "Speaking of which, this matter will ultimately fall on the shoulders of your intelligence department. Do you have any inside information? What exactly is going on? The Whitebeard Pirates escaped from the New World, and you have no information at all?"

Huoshaoshan hesitated for a moment, but soon spoke again, "The reasons are very complicated. It's not just a problem at a certain level that led to this incident. On the one hand, it can be said that some bastards are derelict in their duties, and these people should all be executed. On the other hand, some changes have taken place in the intelligence community in the New World, causing a certain degree of confusion. Our intelligence department hasn't had time to adapt. Finally, information about the Whitebeard Pirates is extremely difficult to obtain. As you know, they are different from ordinary pirates. They don't have a fixed base. Instead, they divide the sea into territories and roam around in a few sea areas almost all year round. Unless there is something serious, they won't even leave their ships... That's all I know for now. There must be other factors. In short, with these factors mixed together, this incident happened completely by chance..."

"What's going on in the intelligence community?" Keisha asked curiously.

"I know a little about this." The flying squirrel smiled and then said, "I heard that the intelligence community has also started a new round of reshuffle. It's in chaos. Currently, including our Navy Headquarters' Intelligence Department, there are also the Don Quixote Family, the newly emerged Happy Street Organization, the Big Mom Pirates' intelligence team, the CP Agency's spies, and many other intelligence organizations, large and small. They are all fighting, dividing up new interests and hindering each other..."

Hearing Flying Squirrel's words, the others looked at Huoshaoshan, who nodded helplessly and said, "Indeed, chaos has been brewing in the intelligence community for about three months. Now it's not just our Navy's intelligence department that's having problems; the intelligence departments of all major forces around the world are probably in disarray. That's why I said this is a major problem caused by a combination of various factors."

Chapter 146: Warring States: Who doesn’t have a bad temper? (Part )

Holy Land. Marijoa.

Marshal Cyborg and General Sengoku were walking in the headquarters building of the World Government.

The expressions of both of them were obviously gloomy, because this trip to Mary Geoise was not a good thing. The Five Elders came personally to hold them accountable.

Just as Kai'Sa and Flying Squirrel said, the navy has always been tied together as a whole, even though this time Marshal Cyborg did not participate in any arrangements at all and left it entirely to the navy admiral Sengoku to handle.

But if something goes wrong, he has to stand up and take the blame.

After entering the elevator of the building, it soon rose to the top floor.

The office of the Five Elders is on the top floor of the World Government Headquarters building.

As soon as I got out of the elevator, I saw a slightly thin but very tall man, as strong as a bamboo pole, walking out of the Five Elders' office in the distance.

The man had gray hair and looked to be over sixty years old. He had a very cold temperament and did not look like a good person.

He was wearing a black suit and had rare green eyes, looking like a ghost.

Judging from his expression, he seemed to be in a very bad mood, and it was obvious that he had been scolded in the office of the Five Elders.

Upon seeing this man, General Zhan Guo and Marshal Gang Gu were both unhappy. They didn't bother to pay any attention to him and walked past him. At this moment, the man suddenly said, "You navy guys really have no manners. You don't even know how to greet your superiors when you see them?"

"If you keep talking nonsense, I will personally send you downstairs. Of course, through the window." Marshal Cyborg said harshly, as if he didn't care about this guy at all.

"Cyborg, you bastard, do you want me to deduct all your navy's military expenditures for next year?" the man asked angrily again.

"Pask, if you dare to do it, just go ahead and try it. I'm really looking forward to it. Don't give my navy military funds next year!" Marshal Steel said without giving in.

Pask, former commander-in-chief of the CP agency, is currently the commander-in-chief of the entire army.

Because of his identity as a CP agency, the navy has been at odds with him ever since he became the commander-in-chief of the entire army.

What can I say about this person? He does have the ability, otherwise he would not have been able to sit in the position of the commander-in-chief of the CP agency, and it would have been even more impossible for him to be promoted to the commander-in-chief of the entire army.

However, he also has great flaws. Perhaps because he was a spy, he was extremely extreme in his actions, and had a very narrow mind, and did things to any means necessary. Therefore, in the past few years, his actions have further intensified the conflict between the Navy and the CP agency.

From this perspective, he is undoubtedly unqualified as the commander-in-chief of the entire army.

All I can say is that he didn't put his butt in the right place.

As the commander-in-chief of the entire army, he should be in charge of the overall situation and take both sides into consideration. Competition is acceptable, but it cannot be vicious competition.

In the future, Cyborg did a very good job in this position, but Pask at this time was obviously not as good as Cyborg.

"You are so sharp-tongued, you losers." Pask said sarcastically.

However, just as he finished speaking, the Warring States general suddenly grabbed his collar and lifted him up with an angry look on his face.

After all, although Pask is tall and thin, the generals of the Warring States Period were also very tall.

"Zhan Guo." Marshal Steel Bone called softly.

General Zhan Guo snorted coldly, then let go of Pask's collar and said, "Pask... No, General, please be more careful when you speak next time."

After saying that, neither General Zhan Guo nor Marshal Gang Gu paid any more attention to this guy and turned around and left.

Pask seemed a little unresponsive. How dare a mere admiral of the navy be so rude to me?

I'm the commander-in-chief of the entire army! How dare you lay hands on me?

But he wanted to do something, but he didn't know what he could do.

After all, Zhan Guo's action was very measured. It was true that he humiliated him, but he had no handle to prove it. He couldn't go to the Five Elders to complain and say that Zhan Guo pulled his collar, right?

That's too cheap. I guess the first one the Five Elders will deal with is him.

But punishing the navy for this... Well, the two sides had already been at odds for a long time, so this one from Zhan Guo wouldn't hurt. He also knew that his targeting of the navy had reached a limit. If he went any further, the Five Elders wouldn't even need Steel Bone to intervene; they would teach him a lesson. ...

After all, he may seem like the commander-in-chief of the entire army, but because of his background, he can't rely on anything like the navy, and can't be more tough. To put it bluntly, he is just a guard dog raised by the Five Elders...

So after standing there hesitantly for a long time with a gloomy face, Pask snorted coldly, turned around, walked into the elevator and left.

On the other side, Marshal Steel Bone glanced at Zhan Guo and said, "Are you very angry today?"

The Warring States general had always behaved calmly and wisely in his external performance, but today he was indeed a little irritable and out of control.

The Warring States general didn't hide anything and responded directly: "It's not just today, I've been very angry recently."

"This is not like you." Marshal Cyborg smiled.

The Warring States general said meaningfully, "I'm not a machine that can always remain calm and rational..."

"Maybe, at this point in time, being a little aggressive might be more beneficial to our navy." Marshal Steel Bone also said softly.

"Do we really not need to worry about that Pask guy?" asked the Warring States general again.

"He's just a waste. He has lost the basic principles of being a commander-in-chief. That is why the Five Elders are protecting him now. Just wait and see. Once the situation changes and the reliance shifts, the first one to suffer will be guys like him. He's just a dead bone in the family. Don't pay any attention to him. I just want to see how long he can be so arrogant." Marshal Steel Bone waved his hand.

"That's true." The Warring States general also smiled at this time.

After a brief pause, General Zhan Guo asked again, "Brother Ganggu, do you not need to worry about those things that happened before?"

Marshal Cyborg paused briefly, then chuckled. "Originally, I was planning to temper their tempers. Suffering this humiliation would unite our navy against a common enemy and make things easier for you in the future. But Diarmuid is so cheerful, even winning over Sakaski. ... Didn't he go to the East China Sea with Garp not long ago? I'm sure he has his own ideas. Let's just let him handle it. We shouldn't worry about it. Let them have their way. If anything goes wrong, we'll just cover for them."

"Hehehe, I roughly understood what you meant before, big brother." The Warring States general smiled.

It is obvious that Admiral Sengoku and Marshal Steel are well aware of the internal issues of the CP agency interfering in the promotion of the Navy Admirals, as well as the World Government's intention to suppress the future of the Navy's elite generals.

However, unlike Stussy's original perspective, he thought that it was the CP agency that was interfering with the navy's internal promotions.

But in fact, Cyborg and the others knew very well that the CP agency did not have the ability to change the so-called "unwritten rules". This time the CP agency was able to influence the World Government's internal interference in the Navy mainly because Pask was the commander-in-chief of the entire army, and he was the medium.

But in the eyes of Marshal Steel Bone, this guy is just a dead bone in a grave, and he won't be able to jump around for long. How could he care about these things?

If Diarmuid hadn't started running around below, Marshal Cyborg's original plan was to accept the loss and admit his mistake.

This is to consolidate the centripetal force of senior naval officers and further weaken the influence of the World Government on the Navy through the resentment of many senior naval officers towards the World Government's interference in this regard.

Then, he can even wait calmly for many years, until the World Government can no longer bear it, or when there is some change in the situation, he, Cyborg, can take advantage of the situation to become the commander-in-chief of the entire army.

By then, when Cyborg becomes the commander-in-chief and Pask falls, the problems currently binding the navy can be completely solved, and the grievances accumulated by the navy for many years can also be vented.

At that juncture, the World Government will definitely not suppress the navy too much, so as to prevent something worse from happening.

It is also for this reason that when Zhan Guo is promoted to marshal, he will be able to let go and do a great job. Marshal Ganggu believes in Zhan Guo's talents and believes that Zhan Guo will definitely lead the navy to new opportunities and changes.

In fact, this is indeed the case. During the period when Admiral Sengoku served as the marshal, the strength of the navy advanced by leaps and bounds. At the same time, the World Government's interference in the navy was also quite less. The reasons are of course complicated. There was the influence of the Great Pirate Era, the planning of Sengoku and Cyborg, and the Revolutionary Army making trouble outside.

There are many factors, but the result is that the Navy had a great deal of autonomy at that stage and was hardly forced to do anything by the World Government until the Battle of Marineford. Although they won, the result was not very good. They destroyed Impeldown and made the sea even more chaotic. As a result, Admiral Sengoku resigned as Marshal and Sakaski took over. The World Government also seized this flaw of the Navy, splitting the internal factions of the Navy, triggering a dispute over the Marshal position, and supporting Sakaski to take over, once again imposing certain shackles and constraints on the Navy.

But even so, during the period when Sakaski served as the admiral, the navy still had a strong resistance force, and even overturned the Seven Warlords of the Sea plan in one go. It can be seen that during that period, Sengoku had accumulated a lot of naval power and made preparations.

Depending on your position, you will have a different perspective on the problem.

As a candidate for admiral, Diarmuid naturally hopes to become a navy admiral as soon as possible, while Marshal Steel and Admiral Sengoku have already stood at the pinnacle of the navy, and what they are planning is of course the navy's longer-term issues and future.