From the Navy Admiral to the Gotei 13

Hancock was confused. What was going on?

Welcome me to what? To Hell?

So, the corner of her mouth twitched slightly, and she said somewhat unhappily, "Nice to meet you, Major General Smoker." Doberman then asked, "Why did you leave the New World and come here?"

Smoker sighed and said, "I've been working with Windless for so long, but I haven't come to see you, so I came to observe." "On your way?" Doberman smiled and said, "What mission has the general assigned you?"

Smoker said unhappily: "Of course, he wants me to go to the Seven Waters City, recruit some shipbuilders, and set up a shipyard in the New World. On the surface, I will produce and sell some ships to ordinary people, but in fact, I will secretly build warships..." Of course, this is only part of the plan. The other part of the reason comes from this guy Spandine.

He secretly informed Diarmait that CP-9 had already uncovered a lot of information about Master Tom, and that this guy very likely had the design drawings of Pluto.

However, since he was the main person in charge of the research and development of sea train technology, the World Government also attached great importance to this technology, so they did not take action against him and gave him a suspended sentence.

Diarmait's mission for Smoker was to see if he could invest in sea train technology in the Seven Waters City. After Master Tom finished this, Smoker would be able to get this mature technology as soon as possible.

Then it was secretly handed over to the Navy, which planned to use this technology in the doldrums to further develop the doldrums.

Honestly, once this technology is developed, the World Government will definitely be able to control it, but it's difficult for the Navy to apply for its use, after all, there's no good reason. ...So it's up to Smoker.

As for Pluto, the god of the underworld, Diarmuid had no interest in him at all.

This thing, just like nuclear weapons, is best not to be mastered by anyone. Otherwise, once this Pandora's box is opened, no matter who has it now, it will cause extremely great harm to the world in the future.

In addition, General Sengoku, Marshal Steel Bone and others also felt that the navy should not interfere in these matters.

As for the World Government, Diarmait knew very well that if nothing unexpected happened, they would not be able to get the blueprints, and then they would just have to let Spandine keep an eye on it.

Listening to Smoker's answer, Doberman nodded and said, "This is very important. In fact, one of the constraints of our navy in the New World is the number of warships. As you know, the current navy's warships are mostly manufactured in Water Seven City, and the rest are completed here at headquarters. However, no relevant shipyards have been established in the New World. Our navy usually enters the New World to carry out missions through Marijoa. People can go through, but ships cannot. If we transport ships from Fishman Island by coating, the risk is very high. Therefore, the New World has always been in a state of warship shortage. If you can secretly fill this gap in the New World, it will definitely be a great achievement!"

Smoker nodded and said, "The Admiral also instructed me to do so. Although the current global situation is somewhat unstable, it is much better than it was a few years ago. Our navy has regained the initiative. The future strategic focus has shifted to the New World again. The Admiral and others are preparing to eliminate the pirates in the New World in the future, so we must make preparations in advance..."

"Anyway, thank you for your help, Smoker." Doberman said with a smile.

"Hahahaha, actually it's not such a difficult thing. The situation in Water City is not good right now. A large number of shipbuilding companies have closed down, and many experienced shipbuilders are unemployed. It shouldn't be a problem for me to recruit these people." Smoker laughed and nodded.

With the arrival of the Great Pirate Age, Water Seven City was also greatly impacted. First of all, the island's originally popular tourism industry gradually declined.

Because this island is too attractive to pirates, and pirates also need ships. When they arrive at the Seven Water City, why don’t they quickly build a good ship and continue to explore the world?

As time went by, a large number of pirates mixed in with the Water Seven City. The arrival of pirates naturally brought chaos, so the tourism industry of the Water Seven City declined rapidly.

Next, the shipbuilding industry was greatly affected. In the eyes of those pirates, asking you to help build a ship was a big favor to you, and you still dare to ask me for money?

Do you think I'm easy to talk to? Is the knife in your hand not sharp anymore?

In short, most pirates get things for free. Who can stand that?

Therefore, in recent years, a large number of shipbuilding companies have gone bankrupt, triggering the economic collapse of the entire Seven Water City, and now it has entered a period of great depression.

It wasn't until Master Tom developed the sea train technology and with the hard work of his disciple Acebagu, the Seven Water City finally recovered.

But the sea train of Water Seven City has not been developed yet, so it shouldn't be a big problem for Smoker to go there and poach people.

After that, Smoker told Hancock about the Seven Warlords of the Sea, and as a senior, he began to impart his experience to Hancock.

Meanwhile, at the Admiralty Headquarters, Marineford.

Diarmait was processing some documents in his office.

Just then, the door of his office was pushed open by Tina.

In the whole of Marineford, only Tina and Garp would barge in without knocking. Tina had Diarmait's authorization, while Garp was a complete loser. There was nothing you could do about him.

Tina's footsteps were very light, but as for Garp, he started yelling as soon as he entered the door.

So Diarmait knew it was Tina without even looking up, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"General, take a look for yourself." Tina said angrily.

Then he handed a document to Diarmait.

Diarmuid first signed the document in his hand, then picked up the document handed to him by Tina and opened it to take a look.

"Oh my..." Diarmait murmured, then looked at Tina with a smile and said, "Why are you so angry? Wasn't this something I expected?"

"But even if we had expected this, we would still be angry! What are the people above us thinking? Admiral, you guys captured Kaido with great difficulty, and now you let him go just like that..." Tina said angrily.

That's right, this document is about Kaido who has been handed over to CP-0. According to the information in the document, Kaido broke free from his shackles while being escorted to the prison ship of Impeldown, sank the prison ship, and escaped.

But in fact, this is just a cover. Kaido has been imprisoned for more than two years. He didn't run away earlier or later, so why did he run away at this time?

The World Government must have reached some agreement with Kaido, or some other situation must have led to Kaido being released.

As far as Diarmait knew, the World Government did have some cooperation with Kaido. On the one hand, it was about arms, but this was unlikely. On the other hand, he was not very clear.

Seeing Tina furious and cursing at the World Government, Diarmuid couldn't help but laugh and said, "Okay, okay, stop talking nonsense here. What if it gets out?" "What are you afraid of? Admiral, you often speak ill of them together with Vice Admiral Garp, and no one comes to punish you!" Tina said angrily.

"Why aren't there any sanctions?" Diarmait rolled his eyes at Tina, then said, "Have you ever seen a general who has been in office for so long without formally paying a visit to the Five Elders? Only me. Why? Because they don't want to see me at all, hahahaha..."

That’s right, even though Diarmait is now firmly in the position of general, in fact, he has never received any recognition from the higher-ups from the beginning to the end, and the Five Elders have no intention of paying attention to him at all.

And from a certain perspective, this is also a kind of invisible suppression, because as an admiral, you can make decisions on your own within the navy, but what if you are a marshal?

The World Government would then have the legitimate right to intervene...

Once an admiral is no longer trusted and is disliked by the World Government, he will basically lose the possibility of becoming a marshal.

For example, in the future, even with the strong recommendation of Marshal Cyborg and Marshal Sengoku, the World Government still defeated him in the end and forced Sakaski to take the position. Sakaski was also very determined and beat Kuzan directly and took the position of marshal.

So even though Diarmait is now at the peak of his career and is the most powerful person in the navy, in fact, from the outside, there are many people who don’t know the inside story and think that Diarmait has reached the end of his position and will only be a navy admiral in his lifetime. If he wants to become a marshal, the World Government will most likely not agree.

But among the insiders in the navy and the bigwigs like Stussy who are involved in many things, Diarmuid is still very popular.

Because in their view, by the time Diarmait was promoted to marshal or something, the navy would have already resolved all external constraints.

Your world government no longer has the ability to interfere in the affairs of the navy.

They even thought that perhaps Diarmait would become the most powerful and autonomous admiral in the history of the navy, thus ushering in the era of the great navy.

Seeing that Diarmait didn't care at all about Kaido's "escape", Tina glared at Diarmait in anger.

The reason why I am so angry is because Kaido was captured by you. Now you are not in a hurry, so why should I be in a hurry?

“Alright, alright.” Diarmait first comforted Tina, then said: “Compared to Kaido, I care more about this Crocodile…”

"What happened to Crocodile?" Tina asked.

"According to the information given by Stussy, the World Government is in secret contact with Crocodile. Perhaps this guy will become one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. This doesn't quite fit in with our plan..." Diarmait said.

"Then let's capture Crocodile and kill him now, just like we did with that...blood plague, Craster!" Tina said after a moment of hesitation.

"The problem is, our navy can't find Crocodile right now, and Stussy hasn't been able to find any information about him either." Diarmait shook his head.

Crocodile is a very cunning guy. Perhaps he will not reveal his whereabouts at all before the 2.9 matter of the Seven Warlords of the Sea is finalized.

According to Diarmait's plan, there is no place for Crocodile among the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

Currently, Bartholomew Kuma, Mihawk, and Smoker have taken up three spots.

Among the remaining four, Hancock must be one of them. In the past two years, the navy has had a lot of interactions with Princess Otohime of Fishman Island. Diarmait deliberately reserved a place for Jinbe.

Therefore, in the end there are only two left, and Doflamingo will take one of these two. This is also what Diarmait is planning, because Doflamingo is an object that can be won.

Then there is only the last one left. Diarmait intends to look for a suitable candidate for this position and is not going to leave it to an outsider.

As a result, Crocodile, who has been silent for a few years, has popped up again, which is very annoying.

But this is the case with many things. You plan for a long time, but there will always be unexpected things that disrupt your plans.

At this moment, Tina said, "If it really doesn't work, let him take over first. We don't have a suitable candidate right now anyway. When we find one, we can find a way to kill him, right?" Diarmuid???

You are so cruel!

However, this is indeed the navy's strategy from the beginning. If there is no suitable candidate, just let it go. When a suitable one is found, they will kill the Seven Warlords of the Sea who are not their own and replace them with their own people!

Therefore, the feasibility is still quite high.

Right

Chapter 218 Ace: I want to be a navy admiral!

Diarmuid thought about Crocodile's matter for a while, then accepted Tina's advice and stopped bothering him.

Let him wander around for now, and when the navy finds a suitable candidate, we can free up our hands to deal with this guy.

Honestly, if Rocinante hadn't been so incompetent and his strength hadn't improved much, Diarmait would have been ready to recruit him from the Don Quixote family and arrange for him to become one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea...

"Oh, by the way, General, the Marshal wants you to go to the conference room," Tina said quickly, as if remembering something. Diarmuid looked at Tina with a confused look on his face and said, "Such an important matter, and you only mentioned it last?" "Hehehe, I forgot," Tina said a little embarrassedly.

Diarmuid immediately collected the documents, placed them on the table, stood up, picked up his general's cloak from the hanger beside him, and asked, "What's the matter?" "It's about Teacher Zefa. The marshal said you know about it." Tina replied quickly.

"Ah... this." Diarmait nodded, then said, "Let's go to the meeting." Tina asked happily, "Can I go too?"

"When you get there, pay more attention and do more work like serving tea and water." Diarmuid said with a look at Tina.

As a naval captain, Tina is certainly not qualified to participate in such an important meeting. I'm afraid even a major general is not qualified to participate.

But as Diarmait's personal secretary, she certainly had some privileges. Diarmait also took good care of her, taking her with him whenever he had something to do, and letting her broaden her horizons.

For this meeting, there would be no problem in using a backdoor to let Tina in to serve tea and water and sit in on the conversation.

Anyway, all the big guys like Tina very much.

Soon, Diarmait went to the conference room with Tina. When they were about to reach the corridor of the conference room, Diarmait saw two guys, Garp and Kuzan.

"Hey, Kuzan... no, candidate for admiral. Lieutenant General Kuzan, aren't you going to the meeting?" Diarmuid greeted with a smile.

That's right, Kuzan has been tortured to death by Admiral Sengoku in the past two years. He has carried out many missions, captured many pirates, and made his mark in the New World, re-establishing his reputation as one of the "Monsters of the Navy".

As a result, he became an excellent candidate for the rank of naval admiral.

After hearing Diarmait's voice, Kuzan turned to look at Diarmait and said helplessly, "I'm on my way to a meeting, right?"

"Ah?" Diarmuid was stunned for a moment, then looked at the little kid following Kuzan, and then looked at the little girl riding on Garp's shoulders. His face twitched slightly and he said, "You are going to the meeting like this? With these two little guys?" It was obvious that the little kid following Kuzan was Ace, a very cute guy. He was almost six years old and could run around. He was also full of energy and was very smart since he was a child.

The little girl riding on Garp's neck is undoubtedly Noki, who is taller than Ace and a few months older than Ace. She is the eldest sister of Ace, Luffy and Nami.

Listening to Diarmait's words, Ace raised his head and said, "Uncle Diarmait, I want to be an admiral in the future. Is there anything wrong with me attending this meeting now?" Garp laughed beside him and said, "That's right, Ace wants to be an excellent admiral, so why not?"

"I think Vice Admiral Garp, you deserve a beating. Aren't you afraid that the Marshal will beat you out?" Diarmait complained.

I was being secretive when I took Tina to the meeting. You, Cap, just took your granddaughter and grandson to the meeting without any hesitation. Aren't you asking for a beating?

The Navy's rolling knife meat is worthy of its reputation, it gets more and more unruly as it gets older!

Garp hesitated for a moment and said, "No way? I think Cyborg likes them both too."

"That's right, Uncle Diarmait, the Marshal likes me very much!" Nojigo said while riding on Garp's head.