From the Navy Admiral to the Gotei 13

"What? You little girl also want to be a navy?" Diarmait asked with a smile.

Nojigao raised her hands and said, "I don't want it. I want to inherit Bellemeier's tavern and become the proprietress. I came here to see if Ace is qualified enough to be a navy officer. If not, I will let him be my doorman in the future!"

"I don't want to be a security guard, I want to be an admiral of the navy!" Ace said angrily.

For some reason, seeing Roger, the son of the Pirate King, standing here and shouting "I want to be an admiral of the navy", Diarmuid felt inexplicably funny, but also very relieved.

That’s right, it’s so nice to be a navy, why would you want to be a pirate?

"Yes, yes, Ace is going to be the admiral of the navy!" Garp said even more excitedly.

He is extremely happy now. Ever since his main account, Dorag, was ruined, he has focused all his attention on these small accounts.

Luffy is only three years old now and is still a fool, so there is no need to think too much about it.

Although Ace is Roger's blood relative, Garp treats him as his own grandson. Now this guy keeps shouting that he wants to be an admiral of the navy, and Garp is extremely happy!

There is someone to take over, Roger. You can rest in peace in heaven...

Diarmuid didn't know whether Roger could rest in peace or not, but he knew that if Garp dared to bring these two brats to the meeting, he would definitely be beaten to death by the marshal.

So Diarmait quickly waved to Tina and said, "Go, Tina, take these two little brats downstairs and send them to play with the flying squirrel. Then come back and get some water."

"Yes, General." Tina responded quickly.

Just as Garp was about to say something, Diarmuid glared at him and said, "Today's matter is about Mr. Zephyr. Keep your public and private affairs separate. Don't get involved in these extravagant things. You don't want the Marshal and the others to have a bad impression of Ace, do you?"

Garp was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "It is I who am being ridiculous."

After saying this, he took Nojigo off his neck and handed him to Tina.

Tina held Nojigo in her arms, ready to grab Ace and leave quickly, while Ace circled around Kuzan, shouting nonsense like "As the future admiral of the navy, why can't I go to the meeting?"

Tina was not one to tolerate such a naughty child. After all, she had watched Ace and the others grow up. She went up and kicked Ace, knocking him to the ground. She threatened him, "Just because I didn't hit you for three days, you think you're capable? Come with me now! Don't delay my business!"

Garp didn't care. He just beat up the naughty kid.

Although Ace now aspires to be a marine, Garp still beats him for other things.

Ace had a deep fear of Tina because Tina had a very good relationship with his mother Bellmère. They were basically close sisters. In addition, he had to call Tina "little aunt", and Tina had beaten him many times.

So after being kicked by Tina, Ace, who had just been shouting about becoming a navy admiral, completely gave up, his business collapsed before it was even halfway done. … He was taken away by the great demon Tina.

"Why don't you try to persuade him?" Diarmuid said to Kuzan beside him.

Kuzan rolled his eyes and said, "You can only persuade Mr. Garp. How can I have such ability?"

After saying that, the three of them continued on their way, and after walking for a while, they entered the meeting room.

As soon as I entered, I saw Vice Admiral Azuru sitting at a round table, making tea. Teacher Zefa was holding a cigar in his mouth, which seemed to have just been lit. Admiral Sengoku and Marshal Steel Bone had not arrived yet. Instead, Borsalino, a guy I hadn't seen for a long time, was sitting in the corner, trimming his nails with a clipper.

Without a second thought, Diarmuid went up to Zefa and snatched the cigar away from him. He said, "Teacher, you're smoking even though you have asthma?"

"It's been a long time since you last smoked, right? Aren't you officially retiring today? I thought, as an admiral, I'd like to have one last cigarette..." Teacher Zefa was not angry at all when his cigar was snatched away. Instead, he said it in a very happy mood.

He has been struggling with the idea of ​​retirement for so many years. More than two years ago, Sakaski vowed that he would definitely retire that time, but in the end he didn't. Today, it seems that it is really time for him to retire.

Diarmuid hesitated for a moment after hearing what Zefa said, but then he returned the cigar to Zefa and said, "Just this once."

"Don't worry, I know my body." Teacher Zefa nodded.

Diarmait didn't bother with this anymore. Instead, he looked at Borsalino and asked, "Hey, long time no see, busy man. Why are you back?"

Borsalino put away his nail clippers and said in a slightly obscene tone, "Oh, General Diarmait, it's been a long time since I last saw you."

"Hahahaha, you are still so weird." Diarmait laughed.

Seeing this, Borsalino stopped teasing and said with a smile, "Some things need to be handled back at headquarters by you bigwigs."

"What's the matter?" Diarmait asked curiously.

"One of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. Bartholomew Kuma, this guy wants to stay in Punk Hazard permanently. Although the marshal told me not to pay too much attention to him before, I think this matter still needs to be discussed." Borsalino said.

Diarmait nodded, then asked, "What high-tech stuff are you doing in your scientific unit lately?"

"Hmm?" Borsalino paused for a moment, then said, "There is a plan to research a war weapon, but it's just a draft at the moment, and there haven't been any major developments."

"Really?" Diarmait murmured. It must be the War Weapon - PX - Pacifist.

It's reasonable to research something like this for more than ten years before putting it into practical use. Considering the time, it's normal to start working on it at this point.

"What about the artificial devil fruit? Is there any progress?" Diarmuid asked again.

"Kaido was released two days ago, did you know?" Borsalino suddenly said.

"Well, what's wrong?" Diarmait frowned.

"It's related to Dr. Vegapunk. It seems to be about this artificial devil fruit technology (Lino's)... I don't quite understand the details, but the CP-0 people have been back and forth to Punk Hazard several times, and they have mentioned Kaido and so on." Borsalino said.

Diarmait was slightly surprised and asked, "As the Supreme Commander of Punk Hazard and the head of the scientific forces, how could there be something you don't know?"

"There's a lot I don't know. I don't understand scientific research, okay? Also, CP-0 came with the will from above, so it's not my place to meddle." Borsalino said.

After a brief pause, Borsalino continued, "In scientific research, the most taboo is an amateur leading the experts. I don't know anything, so I don't care about that. As long as I can get the results on time, that's all that matters. As for the rest, I'll mainly be responsible for security issues."

"You have it easy. Punk Hazard has no magnetic field, and ordinary people can't find it. As long as you don't run around, there's no danger at all. In other words, when you're there, you usually clock in for work, drink tea, take a nap, and then clock out again when you get off work. The day just passes by, right?" Diarmait complained.

Borsalino glared at Diarmait and said, "What truth are you talking about?" "Hahahahaha..." Diarmait laughed.

At this moment, Tina also rushed back. Without bothering to say anything more to Diarmuid, she quickly took the teapot from Lieutenant General Ahe and served tea and water to the bosses.

A short while later, General Zhan Guo and Marshal Gang Gu walked in, documents in hand, talking to each other, seemingly very busy.

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Chapter 219: Admiral Zephyr retires, Sakaski is promoted to Admiral! (Five updates, extra updates with flowers!)

All those present were real big shots. Apart from Tina, the little girl who got in through the backdoor, not even ordinary lieutenant generals came to participate in this meeting.

You can imagine how valuable it is.

Therefore, Marshal Cyborg did not go through any procedures. After sitting down, he looked at Zefa with a smile and said, "Congratulations, Zefa, you are finally going to get what you wished for?" Teacher Zefa laughed and said, "Brother Cyborg, it's been so many years, are you finally going to let me go?" "Alas, the situation did not allow it before, but now you can retire well." Marshal Cyborg said.

General Zhan Guo took the tea from Tina, smiled and thanked her, then looked at Zefa and said, "I really envy you for retiring so soon." "Envious? I envy you for retiring too, hahahaha." Teacher Zefa laughed.

The others also laughed.

Unlike Mr. Zefa, Admiral Sengoku has made it clear that he will take over the position of Marshal, and everyone knows it, so it is impossible for him to retire.

As for Mr. Zefa, he was exhausted both physically and mentally when his family got into trouble. Later, he unfortunately suffered from asthma. Although he was well maintained in the navy system and rarely had the disease, his physical fitness did decline a bit.

In the past few years, he has devoted all his energy to cultivating young naval personnel, so naturally he is unable to take care of the duties of an admiral.

Although he has never officially retired before, he is in a semi-retired state.

This time, the position of general is really going to be vacated.

There was no sense of formality. Admiral Cyborg chatted with everyone for a while before knocking on the table and saying, "While it's true that we have to go through the formalities, do you have any objections to Zephyr stepping down as Admiral?"

Diarmait, also a senior admiral, smiled and said, "Of course I have no objection. Although I'm very sad to see you retire, this has been your long-cherished wish, and we can't stop you." Vice Admiral Ahe smiled and said, "Let him go quickly and make room for the younger ones. I think Diarmait has done a great job in recent years."

General Zhan Guo nodded and said, "That's right. Although Diarmait doesn't go out on field missions very often, thanks to him, the internal funds of our navy are doubling every year, and the speed is getting faster and faster... He has made an indelible contribution." "Hahaha, you have to give me the opportunity to go out on field missions. Speaking of which, as an admiral, if I go out every day, wouldn't it prove that our navy is incompetent?" Diarmait said with a smile.

That's true. If anything happens, someone of Diarmait's level will have to take action personally. The navy is too useless.

Everyone talked one after another for a long time, and then Teacher Zefa accepted everyone's congratulations with a smile, which officially settled the matter.

Then, Mr. Zefa took off his award-winning epaulettes from his cloak and walked in front of the marshal.

Just as Mr. Zefa was about to hand over the epaulettes, he suddenly said with some emotion: "Alas, I have been thinking about this matter for the past few years, but now that the time has come and it is time to hand over these epaulettes, I feel a little reluctant..."

Yes, this general’s epaulettes accompanied him for the first half of his life and represented his countless honors.

He had put in half his life's hard work, and when it was time to retire, he couldn't help but feel a little nostalgic and reluctant.

At this moment, Marshal Cyborg laughed and said, "No need to return it. Keep it for yourself. You won't need this shoulder badge anyway."

"Really?" Teacher Zefa murmured, then smiled and said, "Thank you very much, Marshal."

At this point, Navy Admiral Black Arm Zephyr officially retired, shedding the title and burden of the World Government's supreme military force. He was completely freed from the shackles and became a simple Naval Academy principal.

"Okay, that's all for Zefa. Although he has retired, the position of general cannot remain vacant. Do you have any opinions? Who is suitable to take the position?" Marshal Steel looked at the others and asked.

Diarmait and Borsalino were huddled in a corner. Hearing this question, Diarmait nudged Borsalino with his elbow and said, "Hey, General Candidate, don't you have any ideas?"

Borsalino looked at Diarmuid with some surprise and said, "Don't you support Sakaski?"

"When did I support Sakaski? To be honest, that guy was planning to compete with me for the position of marshal after he came to power." Diarmuid rolled his eyes at Borsalino.

"Really? I saw you helping him capture Kaido two years ago, and when you were promoted to admiral, he supported you. I thought you two had been in cahoots for a long time." Borsalino said with a smile.

"How can this be the same thing? That guy and I are in healthy competition, not mortal enemies. As colleagues in the navy, he has asked for my help, so how can I not help him? As for my promotion to admiral, we both had the same interests. Otherwise, how could he have taken the position of admiral candidate so quickly?" Diarmait explained with a smile.

"So, you support me?" Borsalino asked with another smile.

"Come on, I'm just curious. I don't support anyone, and I don't object to anyone either. If possible, I think it's normal for Kuzan to be the general." Diarmait waved his hand.

"What do you mean by 'if it's possible'? Why? Can't I do it? After all, I am a candidate for admiral, right?" Kuzan heard the chat between Diarmuid and Borsalino and complained dissatisfiedly.

"Hahahaha, you really can't do it. Sakaski has been working in G-1 for two years, and Borsalino has been in Punk Hazard. They are both experienced candidates for generals. As for you, if you want to be a general, you have to be sent out for a while. There is no chance for you this time." Diarmait laughed.

Kuzan glared at Diarmait unhappily, but then he laughed and said, "That's true."

Indeed, it has nothing to do with him!

Changing the subject, Diarmuid asked, "Tell me now, are you planning to compete with Sakaski? If you're interested, I'll recommend you!"

Borsalino rolled his eyes at Diarmuid and said, "Forget it. Punk Hazard is fine. Compared to me, Sakaski is more suitable to be a general..."

Having said that, Borsalino paused and added, "At least that's the case now."

"At least now?" Diarmait murmured, but didn't say anything else.

The Warring States general watched the three of them chatter for a long time without saying anything, and he understood a lot. He said, "In that case, I recommend Sakaski. What do you think?"

"How about Gion?" Diarmait suddenly said.

The others were all stunned for a moment. Diarmuid chuckled and said, "Everyone knows Gion's strength. She's also a user of the Thunder Fruit, so she's incredibly strong. She's also been working at G-7 for several years. She just needs a candidate for general. This time, I plan to transfer her back to headquarters and assign her to a candidate for general..."

Of course, it is impossible for Gion to become the general now.

But Diarmait said this to help everyone have a deeper impression. After all, Gion had been away from the core of power of the headquarters for several years, so Diarmait must speak well for her before she came back.

Let everyone understand that Gion is qualified to be a navy admiral!

General Zhan Guo reacted and nodded, saying, "Gion is indeed capable. Whether it's seniority, strength, or experience, she's no worse than Sakaski. But as you said, she hasn't yet become a candidate for general..."

At this point, the Warring States General smiled and said, "When I retire, perhaps Gion can compete for the position of general."