Pirate: Role-Playing System

Chapter 33: Marine Supernova Saitama! (Second update, please collect fresh flower tickets)

The battle quickly came to an end.

Even with Crane personally taking action, he couldn't change the fact that Marine was defeated.

After Uchiha Madara's clone broke through Vice Admiral's warship, instead of dealing with other warships or helping other clones, he directly broke through the encirclement and disappeared.

Obviously, even the Chief of Staff Crane couldn't figure out where Uchiha Madara was.

The Admirals were completely defeated on the battlefield. The five Admirals couldn't even break through the clones. Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Uchiha Madara himself left directly.

Fortunately, he left, otherwise some Admirals might have been left behind...

If it weren't for Vice Admiral and Crane's intervention, along with Uchiha Madara's departure, the clones on the Admiral's battlefield would have continued the fight for a long time.

There is no doubt that Marine has lost face this time!

The World Government will probably condemn Marine, but it's unlikely they will say anything too extreme, because the CP0 of the World Government also got involved and gained nothing.

A great defeat!

A complete defeat!

Uchiha Madara became famous in one battle!

His reputation spread far and wide, inspiring fear in others.

However, Marine did not come away empty-handed.

"Saitama..." Zephyr, although injured, was not sad but rather happy.

He looked excitedly at Saitama and said, "You are really strong."

Zephyr knew that Saitama was strong and had a strong sense of justice.

But he never expected him to be this strong!

The unexpected surprise made him happy, and he didn't even care about Uchiha Madara's escape.

Although Uchiha Madara made a big move, he didn't actually do anything bad. He just killed a Celestial Dragon.

On the other hand...

"Saitama..." A gleam flashed in Zephyr's eyes.

"Hmm?" Saitama calmly peeled a banana. Marine's supplies were quite good, with fresh fruits. Zephyr, being injured, had received many fruit baskets from friends and family, which happened to provide him with some food.

"You might become the supernova of our Marine."

"Oh." Saitama earnestly ate his banana.

"The three Admirals are not blind. With such great achievements, you will definitely be rewarded by higher-ups."

"... " Eating bananas, eating bananas, eating bananas...

"This time, you saved many Vice Admirals. Your strength is also sufficient. Unfortunately, at that time, I didn't know much about your abilities. If I had sent you to join us in attacking Uchiha Madara, perhaps the situation would have been different!"

"... " Delicious, delicious, delicious.

"When we return, I will recommend you to Admiral Sengoku. If everything goes well, you might even be able to request a fleet from Sengoku."

Saitama finally paused his eating speed, slowly raised his head, and glanced at Zephyr.

"What's wrong? Are you so surprised that you can't believe such good things can happen?"

"No... I just wanted to ask, do you eat the apples in the fruit basket? If you don't eat them, can I have them?"

"..."

Suddenly, Zephyr felt that relying on someone like Saitama, who had become a Marine supernova, might not be so reliable...

...

As Zephyr had anticipated, after Zephyr submitted a report on Saitama's achievements to Sengoku, Sengoku unsurprisingly decided to commend Saitama!

In fact, this was also his best choice.

At this moment, when many Admirals were defeated, Vice Admirals were injured, and the prestige of the Marines greatly diminished, what would happen to the morale of the Marines if they didn't have a new aspiration and longing?

How would they deter pirates?

Therefore, Saitama, who held the greatest advantage, was promoted to "Rear Admiral"!

The promotion was significant. Rear Admiral was already a rank second only to Vice Admiral, and even in the Grand Line, it was enough to suppress a region.

But neither the Vice Admirals nor the Admirals had any complaints.

With his strength, if it weren't for joining the Marines for too short a time, it was estimated that becoming an Admiral was possible!

Even considering the accumulated achievements, reputation, and so on, it couldn't be given too low.

Moreover, Saitama had made great contributions this time!

The only trouble was that Saitama, unlike ordinary Marines, didn't accept the hierarchical relationship between superiors and subordinates.

So Sengoku could only helplessly assign Saitama's superior to Zephyr. After all, Zephyr was very trustworthy and valued talent. He wouldn't let Saitama suffer.

The superior relationship was thus settled, but what about the subordinate relationship...

"The recruits under my command are all elite. How about you pick some to join you?" Zephyr generously said.

Zephyr was in charge of the Marine recruit training camp and was the overall instructor of the Marine Academy. The recruits under his direct command were the cream of the crop.

Of course, Saitama also had to be equipped with elite Marines.

Because Zephyr planned to let Saitama independently lead a warship to search and hunt pirates in the Grand Line!

Just like the pirate guerrilla team that Zephyr would form in the future...

"Choosing soldiers... I don't want to deal with that." Saitama sighed with dead fish eyes. "Heroes don't have superiors or subordinates..."

"You are a Marine now..." Zephyr frowned.

"I am a hero driven by interest," Saitama lazily said.

Zephyr frowned. Although he highly regarded Saitama, this was too unlike a soldier. How could a soldier not have superiors or subordinates? Then who would they listen to on the battlefield?

Superiors could handle themselves, but subordinates...

Absolutely cannot be without!

"Zephyr-sensei, um..."

At this moment, a recruit next to them bit their lip and gathered their courage. "What if Naval Headquarters sends a deputy to handle ship navigation and other issues?"

"Hmm?" Zephyr was taken aback. This was a solution.

A normal captain needed to possess a lot of specialized knowledge: wind direction, navigation, reading compasses, artillery attacks, soldiers' daily training...

But Saitama obviously didn't know these things.

"That works too." Zephyr nodded and said, "Recruit, what's your name again?"

"Tashigi, Zephyr-sensei, I'm Tashigi!" Tashigi immediately straightened up and saluted.

"I remember now. You're the girl who was given a sword by Saitama."

"Yes! Thank you, Rear Admiral Saitama, for valuing me!"

"Very well, then you will join Saitama's team."

"Yes, Zephyr-sensei!"

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