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Marine Headquarters, Fleet Admiral Office.
A Marine officer reported loudly.
"Fleet Admiral Sakazuki, there's a major incident!"
"Speak."
Sakazuki looked a bit tired.
Ever since he took office, major incidents would occur every three to five days, and just handling official duties had left him exhausted.
The recent new continent in North Blue had shocked the entire world and caused an unsuppressable impact on the Marines.
Let alone the Marines—even he felt an impulse to defect to the Hoenn Government after seeing the detailed situation of the new continent.
"Fleet Admiral Sakazuki, please look."
The officer took out a Den Den Mushi and projected the image onto the screen.
Several figures held batons, constantly waving them at the sky. Judging by the background, it should be Reverse Mountain, or rather, the All Blue Canal.
Under pressure, the World Government did not station troops at Reverse Mountain, but similarly, it did not allow Hoenn to station troops there.
Previously, Hoenn had built supply points on both banks of the All Blue Canal. Since there was no overstepping, the World Government did not interfere.
But what was the situation now?
Sakazuki frowned, unable to understand what the people in the image were doing, but his confusion was quickly resolved.
The clouds in the sky dispersed, and a massive military fortress descended from the sky. On a gun turret in front of the fortress stood a blind old man.
"Boom!"
The ground trembled, and smoke rose everywhere.
On the Grand Line side of All Blue, a huge military fortress appeared, its scale no less than that of Marine Headquarters.
"Issho?!"
Sakazuki stood up in shock.
Seeing this, how could he not understand? Hoenn had built the fortress elsewhere and then had Fujitora move it to Reverse Mountain. By the time the Marines reacted, the fortress was already completed.
How could they stop this?
Furthermore, there were many media reporters on site, filming and reporting on the fortress, clearly having planned it out long ago.
"It has finally come to this step."
Sakazuki sat down wearily.
Hoenn moving its headquarters to Reverse Mountain meant it had the confidence to contend with them. What followed would no longer be ordinary friction, but a clash between two superpowers.
The problem was, what could the Marines, whose morale was shaken, use to contend with the other side, and how should the World Government choose?
A collapsing building cannot be supported by a single pillar.
Sakazuki went outside and faced the sea.
A feeling of powerlessness welled up in his heart.
"I've truly encountered a great era!"
Reverse Mountain, All Blue.
Hoenn Government and Marine Headquarters.
Daichi and Kuzan stood in the corridor, facing the sea.
"The scenery here is good."
"Arara, it's refreshing."
As his dream drew closer, Kuzan's emotions grew more intense. He felt as if he could sense Sakazuki gazing at him from the other side of the distant world.
Soon.
Kuzan's gaze was like a knife, sharp and incisive.
From striving to falling, and then regaining his youthful vigor, he had now proven that his choice was correct. His life had only one last goal left.
To beat Sakazuki up!
Only this matter—others could not do it for him.
As for overthrowing the World Government, that was not his personal matter, but their shared ideal.
Kuzan clenched his fist. "Daichi, I have a crazy idea in my mind right now, but doing so might cause some trouble."
"Do whatever you want to do. I'm just your boss. I will only supervise your work, not interfere with your private matters."
Daichi shrugged.
"Just don't die."
"Arara, don't worry."
Kuzan turned and left, waving his hand freely.
"We will win!"
Daichi's face was covered in black lines.
After a while, a man wearing a chef's hat found Daichi.
Chef Sanji.
Sanji lit a cigarette and took a deep puff.
"Supreme Commander."
"Sanji, is it?"
Daichi glanced at Sanji.
After two years in Hoenn, Sanji seemed to have matured a lot. The high-intensity work had greatly improved his physical strength, and he had also received guidance from powerful individuals.
His strength was a hundred times greater than before.
"Are you leaving?"
"Mm."
Sanji nodded.
The agreed-upon time was approaching, and he had to go to Sabaody Archipelago to reunite with his companions. Their adventure had not yet ended.
Daichi waved his hand.
"Go apply for a leave of absence before you go."
Sanji's breathing hitched.
He understood Daichi's meaning—if he applied for a leave of absence, he could still return if he had nowhere else to go in the future.
Furthermore, the position of chef of Hoenn Headquarters was quite high. If his companions knew, they would definitely be very shocked.
He was a big shot now too.
Sanji bowed in thanks.
"Thank you for your care these past two years."
"You're welcome. This is the result of your hard work."
Daichi smiled slightly.
"How have you considered the Germa matter?"
"Once my adventure ends, I will come back to resolve this matter!"
Sanji's eyes turned cold.
For the past two years, his biggest enemy had been Germa 66. They had fought many times, from being unilaterally beaten at first to now having a chance of winning even against three of them.
Besides personal reasons, there were also some external reasons. In short, he had already decided to make Germa 66 completely disappear from history.
Such a country should not exist.
"Mm."
Daichi nodded. "When you leave, go meet Dragon. Nico Robin is with him. You can travel with her."
"Robin-chan?"
Sanji was stunned for a few seconds, overjoyed.
Robin-chan was also in Hoenn?
He had no idea about this!
"Thank you, Supreme Commander! I will definitely remember this kindness!"
Sanji thanked him with great joy, then remembered something and asked nervously. "Supreme Commander, I have a question I'd like to ask."
"Speak."
Daichi raised his hand, gesturing.
Sanji took a deep drag on his cigarette. "I remember you also have the identity of a pirate. If Robin and I leave, what if we become enemies in the future...?"
"So what?"
Daichi chuckled and shook his head.
"You should still pray that your captain, Straw Hat Luffy, doesn't provoke me. You should be clear that I won't show mercy."
Sanji's forehead beaded with sweat.
Having stayed in Hoenn for two years, he was well aware of Daichi's style. Unless it was useful to him, the consequences of provoking him were very serious.
As the Supreme Commander of Hoenn, he was still reasonable and wouldn't make things difficult for people. Sometimes he would even actively recruit them.
But from a pirate's standpoint, the other party was the nightmare of all pirates. Given Luffy's reckless nature, as a companion, he really had to pray that Luffy wouldn't provoke Daichi.
"I will keep an eye on Luffy!"
After finishing a cigarette, Sanji bowed to Daichi again in thanks, then vanished in a flash down the corridor.
"Robin-chan!"
Daichi retracted his gaze.
"It's been two years, hasn't it?"
Unbeknownst to him, two years had passed since the Summit War, and the Straw Hat crew was about to set off again.
Next, the New World was about to undergo a new round of reshuffling, and the rookies of the Worst Generation were getting restless.
The competition for Pirate King was about to begin.
"I'll go join the fun too."