From the Navy Admiral to the Gotei 13

Of course, this is just a beauty pageant organized by the News of the World.

The World Government does have this kind of official beauty pageant. Later, the most beautiful woman in the world officially recognized by the World Government was actually Princess Shirahoshi of Fishman Island, who was born not long ago.

But that kind of beauty pageant has a stronger political flavor, and generally speaking, people don't care much about it. On the contrary, grassroots elections like the News of the World are more recognized and popular.

If Diarmuid remembered correctly, Hancock had been crowned the "most beautiful woman in the world" since she was eighteen years old... that is, in the year 1511 of the Haiyuan calendar. From that year on, Hancock had maintained the title for more than ten years, and her position in the world of beauty had never wavered. Every year, she outshone all the other beauties with her absolute advantage.

In the North Sea, on a huge standard warship of the Navy Headquarters, Diarmait was sitting on a stool on the deck fishing. The sea breeze blew, lifting the cloak of justice that was dragging on the ground behind him, making a whirring sound.

On the other side, Tina was sitting cross-legged on the deck next to Diarmait, holding a newspaper in her hand. She didn't look like a beautiful woman at all. She was wearing sunglasses and had a half-burned cigarette in her mouth.

Her long pink hair swayed in the wind, and her delicate face was slightly frowned in displeasure.

"General!" Tina suddenly called out.

Diarmait stared at his fishing rod motionlessly, and asked without turning his head: "What is it?"

"If I send my photo to the News of the World and participate in this beauty pageant, can I beat Hancock?" Tina looked at Diarmait's profile and asked very seriously, while putting out her cigarette.

Diarmait finally withdrew his gaze from the fishing rod and looked at Tina. He couldn't help but smile and said, "How can you look like a lady? I've never sat cross-legged on the deck like you. Fortunately, you are not wearing a skirt, otherwise, if I lowered my head, I would have seen you naked..."

"What does it matter if I'm a lady or not? I'm a beauty, isn't that enough?" Tina said nonchalantly. She then took off her sunglasses, poked her cheek with her hand, and asked, "General, look at my face. How is it any worse than Hancock's?"

Diarmait rolled his eyes and said, "Do you care about this?"

Tina nodded seriously and said, "The most beautiful woman in the world! I think this title is more attractive than the strongest in the world..." "Maybe..." Diarmait said perfunctorily with helplessness.

"Who is more beautiful?" Tina asked relentlessly.

"You are beautiful, you are beautiful, Miss Tina, you are the most beautiful in the world, okay?" Diarmuid said perfunctorily without any sincerity.

Tina looked at Diarmait with some annoyance, then snorted coldly and said, "Men are unreliable."

"Yes, yes, yes." Diarmuid was still perfunctory, and had no intention of arguing with this little girl.

Although Tina is now in her early twenties, Diarmuid still treats her as a little girl.

Perhaps it was because Tina had been with him since she was a teenager? In any case, in Diarmait's eyes, Tina seemed to be a forever beautiful girl, never growing up.

After reading the newspaper for a while angrily, Tina pretended to be nonchalant and said, "Alas, when Hancock first joined the navy, I was already by your side..."

Diarmuid slowly lit a cigar, bit it in his mouth, and didn't respond at all, ignoring Tina's mischief.

Seeing Diarmait puff out a puff of smoke and no intention of speaking, Tina raised her voice a little and said, "In the blink of an eye, Hancock has become a rear admiral. Time flies so fast..."

After she finished speaking, Tina glanced at Diarmait. Seeing that Diarmait remained indifferent, like a statue, she was furious. She feigned surprise and grabbed the epaulettes on her cloak of justice. She asked in a puzzled tone, "Huh? General, look at my epaulettes. What's wrong with them?"

Diarmuid couldn't stand this drama anymore, so he turned around and said, "What's wrong? Isn't it fine? It's not broken, it's not rotten..."

"Look, how many bars are there? How can he be a rear admiral?" Tina said in an exaggerated and incredible tone.

Diarmuid rolled his eyes and said, "What on earth are you trying to say, little girl? What happened to the Brigadier General? The Brigadier General is fine, okay?"

Upon hearing this, Tina propped herself up on the deck with one hand and jumped up. Using a restraining technique, she wrapped her whole body around Diarmait. From behind, she grabbed Diarmait's neck with the crook of her arm and pushed him back, saying, "You heartless bastard! I've been with you for seven years, almost eight. I was the head of the military academy back then. 620th Sebastiou, who graduated a year later than me and was in the same class as me, was promoted to major general years ago. Seven years! I've wasted my entire youth on a heartless bastard like you. Don't you feel ashamed? Promote me to major general!"

Tina hugged Diarmait from behind, locking his neck. Diarmait naturally felt her good figure, but he didn't have the mind to appreciate it. Instead, he slapped Tina's arm and cursed, "Don't use such misleading words, what youth or not, let go, let go, you bastard, my fish has taken the bait!"

"If you don't give me an explanation today, I will fight you to the death!!!" Tina roared, but whether intentionally or unintentionally, her face moved from Diarmait's shoulder to Diarmait's profile.

At this moment, it looked like a couple playing around.

Not far away, Virgo, who was sitting under the mast and reading a book, glanced at the two of them and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, as if he was very comfortable.

In the past few years, Doflamingo had no intention of going against the Navy, and the Navy had not caused him much trouble. The two sides even had some business disputes. In short, they basically kept to themselves, so Vergo naturally had no tasks to perform.

Over the past few years, he sometimes wondered whether he was a navy or a pirate.

Although he is a pirate, he has done a lot of justice and has a good reputation in the navy.

He is a navy, and he is also an undercover agent from the Don Quixote family, but he does nothing, which is so embarrassing.

At this moment, a big fish suddenly jumped out of the sea under Diarmait's fishing rod, rolled and jumped in the air, and finally fell into the sea.

During this process, Diarmait's eyes instinctively followed the movements of the fish, looking from left to right.

This action naturally required him to turn his head, so his head was slightly tilted.

Then there was a "snap" sound, and something soft came on the lips, and a fragrance came from the nose... Tina and Diarmait were stunned.

The next moment, Tina's face flushed red. She abruptly let go of Diarmuid. With an expression of embarrassment and yet a hint of excitement, she drew her sword from her waist and said, "This is my first kiss! I'll fight you, you old pervert!"

"Damn it, is this my fault?" Diarmuid cursed.

Chapter 261: Crocodile and Dragon are also having an affair?

Just when Tina was about to pick up the knife and chop Diarmuid, the "old pervert".

The Den Den Mushi placed on the deck next to Diarmait suddenly rang.

Tina and Diarmait both turned around and looked over. The Den Den Mushi imitated Gion's appearance, which made them both quiet down.

Diarmuid glanced back at Vergo who was reading. Vergo was stunned for a moment and quickly said, "General, I didn't betray you..."

As he spoke, he stood up and looked back. The other navy officers also had an expression that said "I don't have it".

"Get out of here! You just stand here and make fun of me!" Diarmuid cursed.

Vergo nodded with a smile, then quickly ran away with his fellow comrades on the deck.

"Is there some surveillance Den Den Mushi hiding on my ship?" Diarmait looked around and said to himself.

As he spoke, he looked at Tina again, only to see that the blush on Tina's face, who had been so aggressive just now, had faded a lot. Her eyes seemed a little guilty, and she glanced around, as if she was also looking for something to monitor the Den Den Mushi.

How come Gion-san's Den Den Mushi appeared instantly after I just kissed the admiral?

It doesn't make sense, right?

Diarmait glanced at it casually, thinking it was impossible, and without giving it any further thought, he picked up the Den Den Mushi and asked, "Hello? Gion?"

"Hmm? Why do you sound so guilty?" Gion asked on the Den Den Mushi side.

Diarmait was stunned for a moment. You could tell, but he quickly covered it up, saying, "What do you mean by guilty conscience? I was fishing, and your Den Den Mushi made me miss a fish."

"Really?" Gion didn't think much about it, but said in a serious tone: "Something troublesome happened."

"What trouble is it?" Diarmait asked calmly.

Tina on the side also came over curiously, wanting to hear what was going on, but as soon as she came over, Diarmait glared at her and pointed at his mouth.

Tina angrily raised her leg and kicked Diarmait's calf, with a ferocious expression of gritting her teeth.

Diarmait rolled his eyes and ignored her.

Gion naturally didn't notice the problem here. After all, she couldn't see it either. She just said, "Robin ran away."

“???” Diarmuid was confused. That can’t be the case, right?

Why was she running away? She ate and drank well in the navy. Gion and I took good care of her, and even allowed her to visit her mother in Impelton. She was also a captain in the navy headquarters. I heard that Gion was planning to promote her to commodore not long ago. She was one step closer to her goal. Why was she running away at this time?

"No way? Why did she run away? Did she defect?" Diarmait asked in surprise.

"That's not the case. You may not know it yet. I just found out about it too. During the time when we went to the New World to capture Shanks, Robin applied to join the special forces of the Intelligence Department. The Chief of Staff wasn't paying attention, and she managed to fool him. Then yesterday she took a mission from the Intelligence Department and secretly left the headquarters. I couldn't find her today, so I discovered all this." Gion said softly.

"Ah..." Diarmait finally breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't defect, but went on a mission. It was understandable.

The more dangerous the mission, the greater the merit will be after success. Robin has been dawdling in the Intelligence Department for so long, he must be eager to go out and make merit, right?

"What mission?" Diarmait asked again.

"As an undercover agent, she chose Crocodile..." Gion said helplessly.

Diarmait was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Why? Is there anything going on with Crocodile recently?"

"On the one hand, among the current Seven Warlords of the Sea, our navy is the most dissatisfied with Crocodile, and Robin happens to know all these things, and she also knows about our Seven Warlords' lurking plan. She knows that our navy will take action against Crocodile sooner or later. If she can lurk in in advance, wait for the right time, and cooperate with the inside and outside to help us eliminate Crocodile in one fell swoop, it will definitely be a great achievement. With our care for her, plus her own merits and accumulated experience over the years, perhaps she can jump to the position of major general in one go..." Gion analyzed.

“That’s true.” Diarmait nodded.

There are currently five Shichibukai. There is no need to say much about Hancock. Robin had a good relationship with her when she was in G-7, so she naturally knew that she was from the navy. Moreover, Hancock had just become one of the Shichibukai not long ago, so there was nothing much to say.

As for Smoker, he is a veteran of the Seven Warlords of the Sea and also a member of the navy, so there is no need to say much.

Bartholomew Kuma, the secret line between the Marine Headquarters and the Revolutionary Army is under the responsibility of the Marshal and General Sengoku. Diarmuid has never paid attention to these issues, but this guy is now in the same boat with the Navy, so there is no need to worry about it.

Mihawk, Diarmuid was there to fill in the gaps, because he was very suitable to take the position of Shichibukai when the navy was short of manpower. After all, he wasn't a true pirate. After taking the title of the greatest swordsman, his threat level dropped sharply, and now he won't just go out and chop people down on the street...

He's a playboy who's not worth worrying about, just let him make some small waves.

Therefore, there is only Crocodile. The navy has always been very dissatisfied with him and originally did not intend to let him become the King of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, but he still made it.

After becoming one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, this guy has never contacted the navy or made any statement. He just stayed in Alabasta and didn't move.

According to Robin's own analysis, once the navy wants to take action against the Seven Warlords of the Sea, the first one to go should be Crocodile. So after thinking about it, she made up her mind when Hancock officially became one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

"Of course, this is just one aspect. There are two other reasons," Gion said again.

“What’s the reason?” Diarmait asked again.

"The situation in Alabasta has been very unstable recently, with many internal conflicts. It is said that the reputation of the Nefertari clan has been affected. So we at our headquarters also suspect that something has gone wrong in Alabasta..." Gion said softly.

"Do you suspect that Crocodile is causing trouble?" Diarmuid asked.

Gion was stunned for a moment, then said, "Ah? No, do you suspect it's Crocodile?"

"Huh? Shouldn't I suspect Crocodile? He's hiding in Alabasta. Alabasta was fine before, but now something bad has happened..." Diarmait said in surprise.

So the Intelligence Department doesn't suspect Crocodile?

After a brief hesitation, Gion said softly, "Could it be Crocodile? He's a pirate, there's no need for him to do such a boring thing, right? Could he be planning to usurp the throne? Hehehe."

In fact, before Doflamingo used trickery to seize Dressrosa as one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, no one thought that pirates could usurp the country.

After all, the reputation of pirates is too bad.

After Doflamingo seized the throne of Dressrosa, everyone actually regarded this as an isolated case.

After all, Doflamingo has a special identity. His ancestors were indeed the royal family of Dressrosa. This cannot be regarded as a common phenomenon, so he still did not take it seriously.

It was not until Alabasta was nearly destroyed by Crocodile that countries around the world truly realized the dangers of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

Now, something happened in Alabasta, but the intelligence department of the Marine Headquarters did not particularly suspect Crocodile.

In Diarmait's opinion, it seems incredible and stupid, but if you look at it from the inside of this world, it seems reasonable unless he is cheating?

Diarmait didn't say much, but asked, "What are the suspicions of the Intelligence Department?"

In fact, when he asked this question, he already had the answer in his mind.