Pirates' Max Level System

"Ah, General Zhan Guo, no...that's right. These surveillance personnel have confirmed many times that this is the cause of death for the two." The warden did not expect General Zhan Guo to interrupt him suddenly. Could it be that General Zhan Guo was suspecting him? The warden was already very panicked, and this time he was so nervous that he spoke incoherently.

"Go on." The chief guard was overthinking it. Although the chief guard looked guilty and panicked, Zhan Guo would never suspect the chief guard.

The warden was sent by Marshal Kong to be the warden of this prison, so he must be someone Kong deeply trusts. Moreover, in terms of ability, let alone this method of killing, even if he wanted to kill two powerful colonels, Farus and Jock, this warden does not have the ability to do so.

"Yes, both of them died around four o'clock this morning, very close in time. Both were killed silently and instantly, without any signs of resistance or struggle, not even an expression of pain." After reading the report, the warden lowered his head and did not dare to say a word.

"No more? Tell me about what happened when the two of them were first locked up yesterday, and what happened when you found the bodies. Tell me anything that seems amiss, no matter how small it is."

Zhan Guo touched his chin. The information reported by the warden before did not allow him to uncover the doubts behind the matter. Instead, it made the whole thing even more confusing.

"Ah, this, let me think about it, let me think about it." The warden, who had always been calm, felt that he was shocked by this incident today.

"When the two colonels were locked up last night, Colonel Jock had some frostbite and Colonel Farus had minor burns, but they were not serious." The warden was carefully recalling his memories of last night, but he really didn't see much. At that time, he didn't expect such a thing to happen, so naturally he didn't pay much attention to it.

"Oh, they were arguing with each other before they were locked up, and they stopped only after they were locked in their own cells and couldn't see or hear each other."

"Uh." The warden kept noticing General Zhan Guo's expression. It was obvious that what he had just said did not satisfy General Zhan Guo. The general had a stern face and said nothing.

"I remember now. Colonel Farus who was frozen in the ice had his eyes slightly widened. He must have seen the murderer before he died, although his eyes only widened slightly before they were frozen. But I feel that was the look on his face when he saw something shocking." The warden clapped his hands and said with certainty.

"Is that all?" Zhan Guo looked at the warden and asked softly when he saw that he had stopped talking.

"All of it." Seeing that Zhan Guo was still not satisfied, the warden pondered and recalled, but he did not dare to speak carelessly.

"Then go down first. If you remember anything else, tell me immediately." Zhan Guo waved his hand, and the chief guard left quickly as if he had been pardoned.

"What the warden just said is everything. Is there anything missing?" Zhan Guo pointed to a surveillance officer who was collecting information on Farus's body and asked.

"Yes, Warring States General."

After going around in circles, all the information points to Aokiji and Akainu, and this investigation is somewhat impossible to continue.

Chapter 385: Guessing the Suspect

Most of the ice on Farus' body had melted, especially the ice on the upper half of the body. This time, because the facial muscles of the corpse had lost their activity and were in low temperature, Farus' face had become stiff. Not to mention his slightly open eyes, even his expression could not be seen.

Therefore, Zhan Guo confirmed Farus's expression with the forensic personnel who handled Farus's body, and received the answer that was exactly as the warden said.

"Shocked expression. It seems that Farus really saw an acquaintance before he died. Could it really be Aokiji?" Zhan Guo thought silently in his heart. He inexplicably came up with the idea that Aokiji was the murderer, and then he found it funny.

No matter who in the navy killed these two colonels, it couldn't be Aokiji and Akainu. Sengoku and Kyokuro knew this very well.

Soon, the Navy's forensic medical examiners completed their examination of the bodies of Farus and Jock, submitting a report to Zhan Guo. While waiting for the medical examiners to examine the bodies of the two colonels, the warden reported another piece of information: the cells of the two deceased colonels were locked, and he alone had the key. He had not been in the cell the previous night, but had been with a friend on the warship, and he had kept the key with him the entire time.

"So the murderer is either a user of the Nature Fruit ability who entered the cell using fluid, or he has a way to enter the prison without a key?" Zhan Guo stared at the warden and asked. The warden did not dare to answer.

Afterwards, the warden returned to his office, and the forensic staff did not leave, but went to the adjacent cell to take a short rest.

At present, Marshal Gang Gukong has blocked the news of the deaths of Farus and Colonel Jock. Naturally, these forensic workers will not be released, and even the warden is not allowed to leave this floor.

At least until the news of the deaths of Colonel Farus and Colonel Jock is announced or spread to everyone in the navy fleet, or the murderer is investigated, all the relevant people with knowledge of the matter, except Sengoku, Kong Kong, Zephyr and Vice Admiral Tsuru, will stay in the cell temporarily. This was explained when they were summoned.

Zhan Guo read the report he received and found that it was not much different from the report reported by the warden. At most, it was more detailed and contained some other small things, but it was of no help to the investigation.

Clear Aokiji and Akainu of suspicion, and then find the real murderer or the person who planned all this behind the scenes.

First of all, this person must be someone who he, Sengoku, Aokiji, and Akainu don’t usually get along with, and this person possesses considerable power and ability, being able to influence and harass him without making a sound and to kill two naval colonels silently.

Furthermore, this person is well-informed about most of the navy's information. Without any premeditation, he killed Farus and Jock who happened to be causing trouble last night, and he can also freely enter and exit the locked "Navy No. 1" prison without any hindrance.

Last but not least, this person did all this in order to benefit from this series of chaos, so this person must be targeting the subsequent changes in the navy's top leadership.

Therefore, this person must be one of the vice admirals of the navy, because only a handful of people are qualified to participate in the changes in the navy's top leadership. After thinking about it, he must be one of the more than ten familiar faces.

Although Zhan Guo couldn't find any solid evidence from the bodies of the two colonels or the scene, he had some rough guesses. He was right about everything except the last point, but he couldn't imagine the murderer was Liu Yun, who was already believed to be dead.

While Zhan Guo was thinking, the outer door of the prison rang.

"Zhan Guo, are you in there? I'm bringing people here." Zefa's voice came from outside the door.

"Zeff, why are you here? And Aokiji and Akainu." As the chief guard opened the door, Zeeff took the lead, followed by Aokiji and Akainu.

"Haha, Xiaozuru said to let Aokiji and Akainu come over and explain things clearly. She was busy dealing with the assassination case outside the fleet with Garp, and had no time to come, so she asked me to bring Aokiji and Akainu over. By the way, how is the investigation going? Is there any progress?" Zephyr brought Aokiji and Akainu to where Sengoku was now.

Now the prison next to Farus has been temporarily converted into Zhan Guo’s office inside the prison.

"Do you believe me when I say there is no progress? Take a look for yourself." Zhan Guo gave Zefa the forensic report and some other clues and guesses he had recorded.

"You guys take a look too." After a while, Zefa finished looking at it and handed the thing to Aokiji and Akainu.

Aokiji took it without saying a word and began to look at it carefully, but Akainu had no intention of taking it.

"Don't bother looking at it. It must be someone else's frame-up. What's there to see? If I find out who did this, I'll make him pay the price." Akainu clenched his fists fiercely, white smoke coming out from all over his body. It was obvious that he was really angry.

"I know it wasn't you two who did it without you telling me. But you are so arrogant, do you know who is framing you? If you don't know, let me take a good look." Zefa even wanted to pry open Akainu's stone head to see whether it was a brain or magma inside.

Aokiji and Akainu are both among Zephyr's best disciples, but can't Akainu use his brain more and be more obedient like Aokiji? Zephyr is very angry.

Unconsciously, Zephyr's attitude towards several disciples has changed more and more. All of this is actually seen by Akainu, who has other ideas. He feels more and more that Zephyr favors Aokiji, so he finds a seat, lights a cigar and ignores Zephyr.

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"Forget it, if you don't want to look at it, then don't look at it. There is no useful evidence pointing to the real murderer anyway. Most of the evidence points to Aokiji and Akainu. It doesn't matter if they don't look at it." Zhan Guo interrupted Zefa who was about to get angry in time and changed the subject.

"Indeed, after reading these materials and evidence, if I didn't know for sure that I didn't do such a thing, I would doubt myself." Aokiji read all the materials and put them back on Zhan Guo's desk.

"Let me take you to see the bodies of Farus and Jock, and see if you can make any new discoveries from your perspective." After saying that, Sengoku stood up and walked to the next room, with Akainu and Aokiji following at the end. Their eyes met in the air, and then they looked away.

"Whatever you like. This one contains the body of Farus, who died from his freezing ability. This one contains Jock's, who died from a flame piercing his heart." Zhan Guo raised his hands and pointed to the cells of the two dead men.

"If it were my magma ability, this guy's entire chest would have been burned out instead of just a fist-sized hole."

"My ice doesn't melt that easily, and the temperature is much lower. If I were to attack, my opponent would die from the cold instead of suffocation."

Akainu and Aokiji both chose to look at the bodies of their supporters first and expressed their opinions.

Chapter 386 New Suspect

"And then? You should know that I didn't ask you to come and see the body just for these two sentences."

Being stared at by Sengoku's sharp eyes, Aokiji and Akainu looked away feeling a little guilty, because they really couldn't see anything else unusual. Although the ability of the person who caused the death of the two colonels was not as good as theirs, who would reply if they told others?

To outsiders, they are all ice and fire, what's the difference?

"Forget it." Seeing Aokiji and Akainu remaining silent, Zhan Guo knew that there was nothing to ask, so he might as well ask them if they had any alibi.

"Where were you two doing between two and four this morning?" Even if it was just one person, Sengoku hoped to get one of Aokiji and Akainu out of the incident first.

"sleep."

"rest."

However, Sengoku was destined to be disappointed. Aokiji and Akainu's answers were basically similar. It was also at that time, and except for those who were patrolling and on guard, most of them were sleeping.

"Is there anyone who can prove that you were sleeping?"

Aokiji and Akainu shook their heads.

"This is difficult." Zhan Guo felt like he had spent an entire day investigating with no progress at all. "So, are there any Vice Admirals among you who have had grudges or are you not on good terms with?"

Zhan Guo thought about it and felt that perhaps he could start with the vice admiral of the navy who was at odds with Aokiji and Akainu.

As soon as Zhan Guo finished speaking, Aokiji and Akainu looked at each other. Well, Zhan Guo's question was in vain again.

"Then you must know who in the navy has the ability to imitate your abilities, right? This is your ability, so you should always pay attention to it." Zhan Guo was a little emotional when he spoke. If he didn't know this and that, how could he investigate this case?

Aokiji and Akainu were really thinking hard, but there was either no one in the navy with this ability, or Jock's wound did not require any specific ability at all and could be achieved with some props, so Aokiji and Akainu were speechless again.

The two people who were framed, Aokiji and Akainu, looked at the bodies of Jock and Farus, but they did not provide any useful information, and what they said was of no help to the investigation at all, which made Sengoku helpless and angry.

"Think about it for me. If you can't figure it out, don't leave." Zhan Guo threw his clothes and went back to his office.

Akainu would never listen to Zhan Guo's words. He was the only one who was mean to others, and he would not be happy if others wanted to be mean to him. When Zhan Guo passed by Akainu, Akainu stretched out his hand and forcibly stopped Zhan Guo.

"Akainu, what are you doing?" Before Sengoku could say anything, Zephyr was amused by Akainu's brainless and rude behavior. Even at this time, Akainu still didn't control his temper. What was he going to do? He stopped the admiral Sengoku who was in charge of the investigation at this time.

Ever since Akainu felt that Zephyr was too partial to Aokiji and always found fault with him, he had been completely disappointed with Zephyr. Since they were both unhappy with each other, they simply ignored him. Therefore, Akainu chose to completely ignore Zephyr's words at this moment.

"What does General Zhan Guo mean? He wants to force me to stay in prison and not let me out. How is this different from being imprisoned? Does General Zhan Guo suspect that I am the murderer?"

Akainu stared at Sengoku's face and spoke expressionlessly. The muscles on Sengoku's face twitched a little, which was due to anger.

"Aokiji, do you think so too?" Sengoku glanced at Akainu and stopped Zephyr who was about to curse at Akainu.

Although Aokiji didn't say anything, judging from his expression and reaction, it seemed that he didn't want to be locked up in prison.

"This coward doesn't dare to talk like that. Aokiji always pretends to be very obedient in front of Teacher Zefa." Akainu took the opportunity to mock Aokiji mercilessly.

It would be awkward for Aokiji to remain silent after being mocked by Akainu.

"Actually, no matter who was responsible for the deaths of Farus and Jock, it wasn't me and Akainu. Their deaths are of no benefit or significance to either of us. In fact, they're harmful at this critical moment."

"Farooshi and Jock were our supporters. There was absolutely no need for us to kill them."

"Another point. If this was really done by Akainu and I, then Akainu and I would have come to this prison one after the other and used such an obvious and iconic ability to kill the other party's supporters. This possibility is too low. This is obviously a frame-up. Admiral Sengoku and Mr. Zephyr must have seen it."

Aokiji thought for a long time before speaking these words. He thought what he said was right, but when he saw that Zhan Guo's expression did not change at all, he could not help but feel a little guilty...

"Is that all?" Sengoku looked at Aokiji until he nodded and continued, "I know you didn't do it, but what's the point? Tell all the navy and see if they can be convinced. If not, then go find the real culprit."

Then Sengoku slapped Akainu's hand away and returned to the temporary office.

Zefa followed Zhan Guo and saw that Zhan Guo looked unhappy. He consoled him, "Forget it. The two of them were framed and naturally they are very angry. It's normal for them to be a little irrational. Anyone would feel that they are being suspected if they heard that they were not allowed to leave the prison."

Aokiji and Akainu are upset about being framed, but am I not upset about not making any progress in my investigation? They've both been framed, and they can't say anything useful, and they even dare to get angry at him, the investigator. What a talent! Zhan Guo thought to himself, but he didn't say anything out loud because he was their teacher.

"I didn't really intend to keep them out. Now that the news of the two colonels' deaths has been suppressed by Marshal Kong, Aokiji and Akainu can't be imprisoned this time, otherwise people will find it strange. Now we can only let Aokiji and Akainu go out and wait for those with ulterior motives to reveal their true intentions."

Zhan Guo rubbed his temples and told Zefa about his plan, while worrying about how to tell Marshal Kong that the investigation had made no progress.

"But Zhan Guo, do you think the murderer must be from the navy?" After a while, Zefa asked while looking at the information sheet written by Zhan Guo.

"Why do you say that?" Zhan Guo had never thought about this.

"Look, as long as that person has supporters in the navy, or is knowledgeable about the navy, or has a grudge against them, then it's all fine."

Zhan Guo thought about it and realized that it was true, so he motioned for Zefa to continue.

"I was just thinking about who could imitate Aokiji and Akainu's abilities and enter and exit the prison without a key. The first person that came to my mind was Clone Jack, but he was killed by Liuyun in Impel Down. If there is anyone who still has this ability, I can only think of one person."

"You mean..." Zhan Guo said and made a mouth shape.

"Yes, the Red Earl."

Chapter 387: Ominous Song

Zhan Guo kept tapping the table with his fingers. Obviously, Zefa's guess made Zhan Guo a little moved, and he did not deny Zefa's idea. He now wanted to find Marshal Kong to report the situation and take this opportunity to discuss some things with him.

"Take Aokiji and Akainu away first. I will report all this to the Marshal." Zhan Guo thought for a moment and felt that he would not gain anything new if he stayed in this prison any longer, so he did not plan to do anything useless.

"By the way, Aokiji and Akainu, don't tell anyone about what happened here after you get out. Marshal Kong has temporarily blocked the news and is now waiting for the murderer to reveal himself. Don't mess things up."

When Aokiji and Akainu were about to leave with Zephyr, Sengoku was worried and chased after them and said something to the three who were about to leave.

In response to this, although Aokiji and Akainu were very angry, they also knew the importance of what Sengoku said, and expressed their understanding.

"General Zhan Guo, I wonder when we can leave?"

Zhan Guo finished writing the report and planned to leave first. Before leaving, the warden and several forensic staff members found Zhan Guo.

"This news can't be leaked right now, so you might have to stay in jail for a while. It won't be too long, probably four or five days at most, and then you'll be out. Until then, I hope you can cooperate with us."

Zhan Guo was not sure how long it would take, but he didn't mind painting a rosy picture for these people first to avoid making them uneasy.

"Okay, okay, we all understand." The warden and the forensic medical examiners were most worried that they would be silenced for knowing too much. Now, after hearing what General Zhan Guo said, at least their lives were saved, and they didn't ask for anything else. As for house arrest and staying with the corpses, these people said that it was not a problem at all.

By the time Zhan Guo and Marshal Gang Gu Kong finished their reports, it was already five o'clock in the evening. Since the entire naval fleet was shrouded in fog, it looked like four or five o'clock in the morning from the outside world.

On this day, in addition to arranging the summoned underwater creatures, Qin Luo spent the rest of his time paying attention to Zhan Guo, Gang Gu Kong and others.

Qin Luo clapped his hands and laughed wildly at Zefa's imagination when he saw this scene.

"Zeff is so talented. He was able to find a scapegoat and even made it sound so convincing that even Kong and Zhan Guo kind of believed it. It's so funny."

After watching the live broadcast of the report by Zhan Guo and Kong Gang, Qin Luo was somewhat impressed by the imagination of Zefa and Zhan Guo. They even thought of the entire process of the Red Earl's crime. It was so thrilling.

Compared with the casualness when Qin Luo killed Farus and Jock, it is obvious that the Red Earl version described by Zhan Guo as a professional killer is more popular.

At that time, Qin Luo just teleported into the two people's cells and used the Sharingan's copying ability to kill the two colonels. It only took one second for each person to die, and then he teleported away. As for whether Farus saw him before his death, Qin Luo didn't care. After all, he was dead, so how could he jump up and testify against him?