From the Navy Admiral to the Gotei 13

“Hahahahaha… Only a child would get angry and embarrassed about this.” Diarmait laughed.

"Come to think of it, I thought you liked that thorny bastard Smoker, but you're secretly in love with me? Hahaha..." Diarmait suddenly spoke before Tina could say anything. Tina was stunned for a moment, then instinctively said, "Smoker? I just consider him a good friend, and now he's become a murky pirate..." But before she could finish her words, she suddenly realized what was happening and cursed in shame, "Shame on you! Who has a crush on you!?"

Diarmuid paid no attention to Tina's anger and instead pointed to a stall in the distance and said, "Oh, apple candies, do you want some?" "Eat!" Tina said immediately.

"It's really a little devil." Diarmait said teasingly again.

Just like that, amidst Tina's cursing and Diarmait's leisurely stroll, grand fireworks exploded in the night sky of the island...

Chapter 169: The Secret Hidden by the Celestial Dragons. (th update, plus extra updates with flowers)

At the beginning of the year 1504 of the Sea Circle Calendar, the Navy Headquarters, Marineford.

In Marshal Cyborg's office, Diarmuid was sitting carefree on the sofa, eating an apple with relish.

"Bartholomew Kuma? Is that guy from the Revolutionary Army? That's really surprising..." Marshal Cyborg said with a smile as he looked at the document.

As he finished speaking, he raised his hand and stamped his seal on the document, then picked up the next one.

Diarmuid bit off a piece of apple with a crunching sound. He then continued chewing while mumbling, "Back in Solbe, I met that fellow Dorag. It seems they have a somewhat ambiguous relationship—not surprising..."

"That's true." Marshal Cyborg nodded.

After a brief pause, he turned his gaze from the document and looked at Diarmait and asked, "What do you think of his proposal?"

"Me?" Diarmait thought for a moment while eating his apple, then shook his head. "That guy isn't as simple as he says. He probably has other plans, so I won't comment. Marshal, whatever you think is okay is fine."

"You are becoming more and more cunning." Marshal Cyborg complained, but did not ask any further questions.

Diarmait did not bring up the subject again. Instead, he asked, "Where is General Zhan Guo? Why didn't I see him when I came back?"

"We're going to Marijoa. The World Conference is coming up soon, and there are some things we need the Navy to arrange there," Marshal Cyborg said casually. "Really?" Diarmait didn't pay much attention, then asked, "Speaking of which, does our Navy have any requests for this World Conference?"

"No, it's useless to mention it. The relationship with the higher-ups has been tense recently. As long as the military expenditure is not deducted next year, I think it will be a great fortune." Marshal Steel Bone said with a smile.

“The relationship is tense…” Diarmait murmured and said nothing more.

"Here, take a look." Marshal Cyborg seemed to have thought of something, picked up a document from the table, and threw it to Diarmait.

Diarmait stuffed the remaining half of the apple, including the core, into his mouth, raised his hand to catch the document, opened it and began to read.

After a while, Diarmait swallowed the apple in his mouth and looked at Marshal Cyborg. "Isn't this normal? I remember that in 1500, they also refused to participate in the World Conference. As far as I can remember... I haven't seen the royal family of Fishman Island come to Marijoa for a meeting, right?"

The document mentioned nothing else but that the Neptune royal family of Fishman Island refused to participate in this world conference.

This is nothing strange, although Fishman Island joined the World Government two or three hundred years ago and has been a stable member of the Union since then.

However, due to racial issues and related issues such as slavery, there are great differences and conflicts between Fishman Island and the World Government, as well as between Fishman Island and the humans on the sea.

Therefore, they basically never participate in the World Conference and are just a member state in name only.

Of course, we have to say that Fishman Island is very wealthy and can pay the Heavenly Gold on time every year... I really don't know what to say about them.

Nowadays, in the Great Pirate Era, some drastic changes have taken place. For example, the flag now hanging on Fishman Island is the flag of the Whitebeard Pirates, and they have been incorporated into Whitebeard's territory.

In this situation, it's normal for people not to come to the meeting, right?

Marshal Cyborg nodded, then shook his head. "That's normal, yes, but normal doesn't necessarily mean right. Fishman Island is extremely important. If possible, I hope to gain their support..."

"That's probably difficult. As far as I know, the King of Fish-Man Island, the Great Knight of the Sea, Neptune, is very hostile to humans, and he is a good friend of Whitebeard. Moreover, although the slave trade is prohibited by law, you can't be unaware of what Marijoa is like in private. The slave trade between the mermaids and the fish-men has been rampant, and even has the support of the Celestial Dragons behind the scenes. In this case, it's good enough that they don't turn against you. You still want to gain their support?" Diarmait rolled his eyes at the Marshal.

That’s right, Neptune’s attitude towards humans was not as good as it was twenty years later.

At this stage, Neptune is very hostile to humans. It was not until Princess Otohime died that he repented, inherited Princess Otohime's will, and began to work hard to allow Fish-Man Island to communicate with the society on the sea.

But unfortunately, in the end it didn't have much effect.

"Slave trade..." Marshal Cyborg said with a flash of disgust in his eyes.

He also knew very well that the main reason for the separation between Fishman Island and the sea was the issue of slaves.

"Do you have any good solution to the problem of slave trade?" Marshal Cyborg asked again.

Diarmait was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yes, if you give me the nod, Marshal, I will go to Mary Geoise and kill all the Celestial Dragons right now. Without trade, there will naturally be no harm."

"What nonsense are you talking about, kid!?" Marshal Cyborg glared at Diarmuid.

"Hahahaha, Marshal, you know it's nonsense. What can I do about this kind of thing?" Diarmait laughed.

Marshal Cyborg glanced at Diarmait, then said with a hint of emotion, "Although the World Government is rotten, the Five Elders are actually quite thoughtful and proactive. I'm not afraid to tell you that they also intend to rebuild their relationship with Fish-Man Island, but they just don't know where to start."

"With the power of the Five Elders, there shouldn't be any problem in teaching those lawless Celestial Dragons a lesson, right? As long as we can stop the slave culture, there will be hope." Diarmait said softly.

“It’s not that simple. Although the Five Elders are the highest-ranking Celestial Dragons, they can’t just arrange the affairs of the other Celestial Dragons at will. … I’m not quite sure about the specific situation, but…” Marshal Cyborg paused for a moment and frowned when he said this.

“But what?” Diarmait asked curiously.

Marshal Cyborg thought for a moment, and finally said, "Those Celestial Dragons on Mary Geoise who seem to be useless now seem to have a crucial role to play for the World Government."

"Effect," Diarmait muttered, then asked, "Does it have anything to do with the legal orthodoxy of the World Government?"

The twenty kings are the founders of the world government, so their descendants enjoy extremely high power and are called descendants of God.

This is the origin of the Celestial Dragons. From a political perspective, the reason why the World Government worships the Celestial Dragons is because the existence of the Celestial Dragons represents the legal orthodoxy of the World Government.

Marshal Cyborg shook his head and said, "It's not a political matter. It's probably related to some secret of Mary Geoise. I'm just speculating, so I don't know the details."

“I see…” Diarmait nodded, but didn’t ask any more questions.

After all, the marshal said he didn't know, so why ask?

"Forget it, these are not things we should consider." Marshal Cyborg shook his head and was no longer prepared to talk about the dragon people.

After a pause, he looked at Diarmait and said, "Is there really no good solution?"

Diarmait smiled helplessly and said, "It's nothing more than strengthening ties or something. If you really want to put it into perspective, Marshal, have you ever considered forming a special unit similar to the Giants, staffed by murlocs? Perhaps that would improve our relationship."

Marshal Cyborg glanced at Diarmait and said, "You may not know this, but our navy has done something similar before."

…ask for flowers.

Diarmait's eyes lit up and he asked, "And then?"

"And then, we failed." Marshal Cyborg said with a slightly helpless tone.

Before Diarmait could ask, he explained, "Well, there's no need to consider the merpeople. Regardless of gender, they are all relatively peaceful by nature and unsuitable for becoming members of the battle formation. That's why we only accepted the murlocs..."

"Well, with a basic strength ten times that of humans and the ability to breathe freely in the sea, I think this race is more adapted to this world than humans, to be honest." Diarmait nodded.

"That's right, we also took a fancy to these at that time, but there is always a trade-off. While the murlocs possess great power, they are also naturally extremely violent and rude, with extremely poor discipline and are quite xenophobic..." Marshal Steel Bone said softly.

Diarmait's eyes flashed with understanding, and then he asked, "Is this the reason for the final failure?"

"That's right. In the end, the special force formed by fishmen rebelled and was disbanded. Since then, there has been no related proposals. Maybe they are good at being pirates, but being a navy... is really not suitable for them." Marshal Cyborg said helplessly.

"That's a pity." Diarmait said with some emotion. He really didn't know that the navy had made such efforts.

"But then again, not all merfolk are rude and violent, right?" Diarmait asked again.

"Of course not, there are always exceptions. Some murlocs don't have that kind of violent gene in their blood. They are able to tame their wildness..." said Marshal Steel.

Similar to Jinbei, similar to Fisher. Tiger, they should all be this kind of people, even Xiaoba is probably the same.

But it's just an individual case, it's useless and can't change the general trend.

“Then there’s nothing I can do.” Diarmait shrugged.

Marshal Cyborg had nothing to say when he saw this. This matter was just so difficult to handle.

But at this moment, Diarmait suddenly spoke up: "Does Princess Otohime of Fishman Island have great kindness towards humans?"

Marshal Cyborg frowned and said hesitantly, "I don't really understand."

"Marshal, you're going too far. You want to appease Fishman Island, but you don't understand the current situation at all. Isn't that just empty talk?" Diarmait complained.

"Hahahahahaha, I was wrong. I'll send someone to investigate the situation." Marshal Cyborg said.

"Well, if Princess Otohime really has a benevolent attitude towards humans, then our navy may be able to start from this aspect and support her. Given her status, it may be able to have a miraculous effect." Diarmait said with a smile.

"Let me give it a try." Marshal Cyborg nodded in response.

Taking a sip from the teacup on the table, Diarmait asked again, "It always seems like the generals of the Warring States period are incredibly busy all day long, but why don't I feel busy at all? Marshal, is there something wrong with my performance as a general?"

"No problem." Marshal Ganggu smiled and then explained, "Zhan Guo is special. He is not just a general, he also bears a large part of the responsibilities of a marshal..."

Without hiding anything, Marshal Steel said openly, "When I retire, or when I'm promoted to Commander-in-Chief, Zhan Guo will definitely take over the position of Marshal. Therefore, arranging these tasks for him now is so that he can quickly assume all the power of the Navy in the future."

"Is that so? Then I can relax and do my fishing in peace, hahaha." Diarmait joked.

At this moment, the Den Den Mushi in Diarmait's pocket rang. He took it out and said, "It's Gion, Marshal. If there's nothing else, I'll be leaving now."

Marshal Cyborg smiled and nodded, saying, "Go ahead."

Chapter 170 Gion: You may not believe it, but I captured the three Hancock sisters!

As soon as he left the Marshal's office, Diarmait picked up the Den Den Mushi and asked, "Gion? What's going on?"

"When you came back to the headquarters from the New World, you didn't even call me with Den Den Mushi." Gion said with a somewhat resentful tone.

Diarmait smiled with a hint of resignation and said, "Things are different now. I'm now an admiral in the navy, and I'm very busy. You don't even know that I didn't even listen to the admiral's words in order to answer your Den Den Mushi. I just left his office..."

"Come on, you've been back to the headquarters for three days, and you've been sleeping at home for the past two days!" Gion bluntly exposed Diarmait's lie.

Diarmait was silent for a moment, then laughed awkwardly, "Hahahaha... Mainly because the previous mission was too tiring."

"Your fleet encountered a big storm before and rested for almost two weeks. You also went to Vikela Island to take a hot spring bath." Gion said softly again.

Diarmuid was silent again, then cursed, "Tina, that traitor, I'm going to teach her a lesson!"

"Tina?" Gion was stunned for a moment, then asked: "What's wrong with Tina?"

"Hmm?" Diarmait was also a little surprised, and then said: "Didn't Tina betray me?"

"How is that possible? Isn't she your secretary?" Gion said in surprise.

"Then how did you know about my situation?" Diarmuid scratched his head.

"Ah, did you think Tina told me these things? Hehehe... If it was Tina who said it, I should have contacted you three days ago, but I only found out today that you were at the headquarters. The news was told to me by Kake. There was nothing confidential about your mission this time. Three days of rest at the headquarters is enough time for others to find out the news." Gion said happily.

“Kaji… That bastard 12 always uses these little tricks to cause trouble for me.” Diarmait muttered, and then asked: “Honestly, do you hate him?”

"I wouldn't say I hate him, I just find him a little annoying." Gion said calmly.

Don't think that Kake is like a bootlicker. He will seize the opportunity to confess his love to Gion.