It started from eating the Houkai Fruit in the Pirate World

"But he was caught, and Morgans had it in his hands. Now many parts of the world are angry about this. This is very detrimental to both the Navy and the World Government."

"That's right."

From Venus to Saturn, the five elders spoke one by one, which made Zhan Guo want to apologize, but He raised his hand to comfort Zhan Guo.

It is true that Zhan Guo is a wise general, but He understands that the loss of the lieutenant general and the pressure he faces have made his mind confused.

Almost everything Zhan Guo says now is wrong. If we continue to let Zhan Guo speak, he will only be scolded and will not solve any problems at all.

"Your Excellency the Five Elders, please allow me to recount the entire story first. It's like this..."

He calmly combined what Zhan Guo had said to him with the information held by the navy, restored the story of Kiana, and talked about it with the Five Elders. The Five Elders did not speak again until he finished speaking.

"We all know what happened, but what do you want to say?"

"Your Excellency the Five Elders, don't you think there's something wrong here?"

"What's wrong?"

"At the beginning, Kiana Besmog was taken away from the island. At that time, the strongest person on that island was a pirate with a bounty of 117 million."

"Therefore, from Smoker's perspective, Kiana's strength is over 100 million, but her initial bounty is only 25 million berries."

"This is indeed a coincidence, a coincidence that made us underestimate Kiana's strength. This is nothing, but this kind of coincidence is a bit too much."

"After Tina was defeated, Spal received information that Kiana's strength was approximately 125 million berries."

"That's why Sparlu had no defenses against Kiana. He believed that his strength was enough to crush Kiana, so Kiana easily obtained the video."

"As you saw, Sparu was killed by Kiana. It wasn't until just before Kiana's counterattack that we learned of Kiana's true strength. But by the time we wanted to inform Sparu, it was already too late."

"At this time, our team still underestimated Kiana. Despite the lesson of Sparrow, Sengoku only sent one headquarters lieutenant general, Onigumo, and several major generals and brigadier generals."

"The final result was still that the navy underestimated Kiana and suffered heavy losses. Afterwards, Fuzifu died at Kiana's hands, and the leader Qingjiao also died at Kiana's hands. Only then did the Warring States take Kiana seriously."

"The five lieutenant generals at our headquarters are the strongest force we can mobilize at this moment, but the facts prove that we have underestimated Kiana once again."

"Tina's first time was an accident, Sparrow's was also an accident, and then Spider-Man's was also an accident. But there were three accidents with Tina, Sparrow, and Spider-Man."

"Zhan Guo sent out five lieutenant generals from his headquarters at once. Do you think this fourth time was really an accident?"

Vice Admiral Tsuru looked at the Den Den Mushi of the Five Elders with an extremely serious look in his eyes.

"He, you mean..."

"That's right. Kiana's devil fruit ability might make everyone underestimate her strength. That's why Sengoku and Sparu relaxed."

"That's why the Navy suffered consecutive defeats against Kiana, leading to the current situation."

Zhan Guo looked at He with a serious face and remained silent.

This is an ability that has always been underestimated. What kind of ability is this? Do you think the Five Elders have Alzheimer's?

I’m afraid that people who don’t have Alzheimer’s disease would not believe this statement.

When Zhan Guo was thinking about this, he saw the Den Den Mushi on the opposite side nodding repeatedly.

Five Elders Venus: "That makes sense. As expected of a senior advisor to the Navy Headquarters, you spotted the key to the matter right away."

Jupiter of the Five Elders: "Indeed, we were not thoughtful enough in this matter and overlooked the abilities that Kiana might possess."

Mercury of the Five Elders: "Devil Fruit power? Very likely."

Firestar of the Five Elders: "This fruit's ability is indeed difficult to deal with. We can't blame it all on Sengoku."

Saturn, one of the Five Elders: "That makes sense."

Warring States: "..."

You five are suffering from Alzheimer's disease if you can believe such things?

119 Navy gives in

Listening to the Five Elders agreeing with He's statement one after another, Zhan Guo was completely confused.

Because of the characteristics of the devil fruit, people will underestimate her strength. What kind of reason is this?

According to this understanding, there is a person who is preparing to overthrow the World Government. He has gathered everything that can overthrow the World Government, such as the D clan.

And just because you ate a devil fruit that prevents you from being caught, you guys just do nothing?

Even though you've long seen that his bounty is very low, his strength is very weak, and he's someone who can be dealt with by a CP0 or a lieutenant general, are you just going to watch him do nothing?

Just because he can't be caught? So you're not planning on doing anything anymore? What a ridiculous excuse!

At first, Zhan Guo thought that this was one of the Five Elders and did not want to punish him too much and cause the navy to lose a high-end combat force.

But looking at the look on Den Den Mushi's face and its affirmative tone, it was clear that the Five Elders really believed what Crane said.

This made Zhan Guo, who was already confused recently, even more confused. He really had no idea what was going on.

"Okay, this matter is indeed not Sengoku's fault. After all, Kiana's ability is there. Regarding Sengoku's handling of the matter, just give him a verbal criticism."

After a brief discussion, the Five Elders immediately decided on the punishment measures for Zhan Guo. This punishment measure, which was neither loud nor drastic, made Zhan Guo feel like a fool.

How could Sengoku know that Crane's statement was exactly what the Five Elders needed to say to Im the most?

With the precedent of the Warring States Period, when the person with the Nika Fruit goes out to sea, even if he shouts that he wants to become the Pirate King, find the great treasure, or is even a member of the Earth Clan, or even says that he wants to overthrow the World Government.

The Five Elders can all tell Im that they have tried their best, but the user of the Nika-fruit has a characteristic that makes it impossible for the World Government to catch him.

The fact that the Nika Fruit was not caught, or even not caught at all, was not War's fault. It was simply that the Nika Fruit could not be caught at all.

If you don't believe it, you can ask Lord Im to investigate how Sengoku dealt with Kiana. That ability, which is always underestimated, has a similar setting to the Nika Fruit.

It’s not that the five of them had no solution, it’s just that even the wise general Zhan Guo had no way to deal with it.

In this way, Lord Yim can make sense.

"Is this...just like that?"

As a naval marshal, Zhan Guo has experienced many ups and downs over the past decades. He has seen all kinds of scenes, but this is something he has never seen before.

Not only had he never seen it, but He, who had originally just wanted to reduce the guilt of Zhan Guo, had also never seen it.

What He meant was that Kiana might have this ability. After all, this thing was too illusory, and Kiana's ability itself did not seem to be something that would be underestimated.

It turned out that the Five Elders believed in his analysis even more than he did. This was something that Lieutenant General Tsuru had not expected. Lieutenant General Tsuru had thought that this debate would take a long time, but it turned out to be surprisingly smooth.

"That's all. It's not your fault for underestimating Kiana. It's just that there are some things you really need to pay attention to. Don't let anyone catch you next time."

With the words of Venus, who ranked first among the Five Elder Stars, the matter of the Warring States Period was completely settled.

Although Zhan Guo's problems were not small, the Five Elders had different thinking patterns, so Zhan Guo was not punished too severely.

"But what should we do about Kiana? The sea has been too chaotic these past two years. Red Hair has only been a Four Emperor for two years, and there are endless challengers."

"After eating the Flame-Flame Fruit, Ace joins the Whitebeard Pirates and fights for them everywhere. Kaido often goes on expeditions, Big Mom is also ready to make a move, and CP's people have to fight against the Revolutionary Army."

"A being of Kiana's strength is not one we can easily eliminate."

"The general should be able to deal with Kiana, who hasn't grown up yet. But it's simply unrealistic for a general to search the world for someone, especially in the past two years."

"The Marine Headquarters is the Admiral's last line of defense. If we retreat further, it will be very dangerous if the Four Emperors attack."

"This one……"

When the Five Elders were speaking, Zhan Guo was also very conflicted. As a naval marshal, he knew the strength of the five lieutenant admirals. Being able to kill five lieutenant admirals alone, even if it was because of special abilities, ability was also a kind of strength.

If you want to capture or kill Kiana, the combat power of a general is necessary. Even the death of five lieutenant generals made Zhan Guo feel that even a general might not be safe.

This is also the most uncomfortable point of the Warring States Period so far.

"Why must it be eliminated?"

While Sengoku and the Five Elders were entangled, Vice Admiral Tsuru spoke.

"Kiana is neither a pirate nor a member of the Revolutionary Army. She has no mortal hatred towards the Navy or the World Government, and she has never actively attacked the Navy or the World Government."

"If it was initially because of a certain naval scum and the navy's reputation, that naval scum is dead now, and the navy's reputation has also been lost under Morgans's guidance this time."

"Things have come to this point. Compared to continuing to attack Kiana, apologizing publicly can at least give people a good impression that you admit your mistakes and are willing to correct them."

"As long as we remove the bounty on Kiana and stop pursuing her, as long as Kiana doesn't care about what happened before, we will at least have one less powerful enemy."

"What is the current predicament of the navy, Zhan Guo, you should know better than me."

He looked at Zhan Guo, who was also thinking about the feasibility of this matter.

"Are you admitting your mistake..."

The matter has been exposed. Continuing to pursue Kiana may be able to assassinate Kiana, a possible enemy, in the cradle, but the navy no longer has the energy to pursue Kiana.

Although the navy is powerful, there are too many enemies after all. It is impossible to focus all the energy on Kiana alone. The already stretched combat power is indeed not suitable for making too many enemies.

Moreover, admitting mistakes at this time can indeed restore the navy's reputation to some extent, although that reputation may be only a little.

It just tells the world that when the navy is strong enough, it will never wrongly accuse anyone. Even if it is wronged, it can still clear your name. But it is better to have it than not.

"I see. In that case, let's call a press conference and send a lieutenant general to apologize on my behalf."

"Okay, I'll make arrangements."

…………

An island on the Grand Line.

Mosca, who defected from the navy, finally arrived at his destination.

"I heard that Saint Rozwald likes powerful captains to serve as his slaves, so I would like to ask to meet Saint Rozwald."

120 Rozward: I can't wait to see Kiana

Mosca handed the few remaining money in his hand to the servant of the Celestial Dragons. He looked at the money in his hand and thought that no one would dare to cheat the Celestial Dragons. The servant of the Celestial Dragons then reported to Mosca.

"A powerful captain slave?"

The Celestial Dragon Rozward rode on a fishman and listened to the report from his CP members.

"Yes, Saint Rozward, according to Mosca, that was a very powerful captain slave."

"Oh? Looks like I'm going to have another item in my collection."

Rozward, who was wearing sunglasses, laughed and then kicked the shark man in the head.

"Hurry up and take me to see the captain slave!"

The shark-man ridden by Rozward had hatred in his eyes. Kana and his strength were too weak compared to CP and others. After being tortured, he became Rozward's favorite slave.

Feeling hungry, in pain and exhausted, he struggled to bear Rozward's weight, the heavy shackles and the sofa, and crawled towards Mosca.

"Hurry! Where's my slave? Where's my captain slave? Bring him here! This devil guy is such a loser! I don't even want him anymore!"

After seeing Rozward, Mosca immediately knelt down and gave the Celestial Dragon the most servile smile.

"My humble servant greets Saint Rozward. The slave I chose for Saint Rozward is a pirate with a bounty of 600 million."

"Six hundred million! A slave like the Shichibukai? This should be the strongest slave, right? Pull him out quickly and let me see him. I don't want to ride on this kind of trash for even a second!"

Rozward stomped on the head of the murloc under his feet frantically. Originally, he was quite comfortable riding this murloc, and he was quite satisfied with its speed and strength.

But if there is a slave worth 600 million, Rozward doesn't want to ride this fishman anymore.

He has pirates worth 600 million under his control. Even in Marinjoa, he is the most prestigious person among the Celestial Dragons.

Countless Celestial Dragons would want to rent slaves from him, which would not only give them face but also allow them to make money. Although as a Celestial Dragon he was not short of money, the thought of making money made him very happy.

"It's like this, Saint Rozward. The slave's situation is a bit special. I really can't catch her, so I want to borrow the CP0 in Saint Rozward's hand."

"What did you say! Haven't caught him yet? Are you kidding me?!"

Rozward was about to shoot Mosca as he spoke, but fortunately Mosca knew the character of the Celestial Dragons and was prepared for this situation.

"I wouldn't dare, Saint Rozward! I have his life card here! It will definitely allow Saint Rozward to find her quickly! Even if I had ten thousand guts, I wouldn't dare to deceive the great Celestial Dragon!"

"People on earth who deceive the gods in heaven will be punished by heaven! How dare I do such a thing!"

Mosca knocked his head to the ground and took out Sanji's life card with both hands.

That was a life card made from Sanji's hair that he had obtained during the battle with Sanji and the others.

He really couldn't get involved in the battle on Kiana's side, nor did he dare to intervene, but it was quite easy for him to sneak attack Sanji and the others and mess up some of Sanji's hair in the chaos.

Although this is somewhat deceiving to the Celestial Dragons, it is the lowest-risk method Mosca can think of. It is simply unrealistic to want to surrender to the Four Emperors and rely on them to deal with Kiana.