The Pirate Garen

A new world, an island.

The warship of Smoker's Department is docking here.

"Edward Weible takes office as King Shichibukai"

Smoker looked at the eye-catching headline in the newspaper with a gloomy expression on his face.

In recent days, there are always some eye-catching big news appearing in the newspapers one after another:

First, Akainu and Aokiji had a life-and-death duel, then Shichibukai Galen took over Doflamingo's lair, and then Aokiji officially became the admiral of the navy.

And Kuzan had just sat on the throne of marshal, and the first order he gave was to recruit Cavendish and Edward Weibull to serve as the king's Shichibukai.

"How can you do this!"

Da Siqi on the side was full of puzzlement and shock, and said indignantly:

"Marshal Kuzan used to have such a good reputation in the navy, why did he make such a decision when he became a marshal?"

"That Edward Weible is."

"Okay, stop talking!"

Smoker interrupted Tashki's whining.

He is an old navy in his thirties, and he sees things differently from the naive and young girl like Da Siqi:

"Marshal Kuzan."

"Have you bowed your head to Wu Lao Xing so soon?"

Smoker sighed deeply, and put down the newspaper in his hand with great emotion.

In the final analysis, Kuzan, Warring States, Smoker, and many navies with justice in their hearts are all wearing invisible shackles, and they can only try their best to maintain the limited justice under the control of the world government.

Therefore, Smoker can understand the pressure behind Kuzan, and naturally won't be as excited as Da Siqi, who can only see the surface situation.

Smoker was depressed, but Da Siqi still couldn't let go of the grievance in his heart:

"I still don't understand!"

"Let that kind of villain become Qiwuhai, not to mention other influences, where is General Zefa going to be placed?"

Zefa has a high reputation in the navy and is a widely respected veteran:

He has served as the chief instructor of the navy for more than 20 years, and has trained a large number of talents for the navy, including the three generals.

Now the famous generals in the navy are basically his disciples.

If it wasn't for the accident caused by Edward six years ago that changed Zefa's temperament and resigned as an instructor, Da Siqi, who was born in the elite training camp of the headquarters, would probably become one of Zefa's disciples.

"Where is it placed?"

Hearing Da Siqi's angry question, Smoker shook his head helplessly:

"Da Siqi, do you think those upper echelons of the government still take Teacher Zefa seriously?"

He paused, and then revealed the cruel truth behind this world for Da Siqi, who is kind by nature but ignorant of the world:

"Since Mr. Zefa's temperament has changed drastically, he has set up a 'pirate guerrilla team' arbitrarily and arbitrarily, with the mission of eradicating pirates regardless of the opposition from the upper echelons of the government."

"Although this 'Pirate Guerrilla' is still in the naval order in name, it only obeys the orders of Teacher Zefa and is not bound by government orders at all."

"This is a taboo thing!"

Smoker sighed, and finally said in a complicated tone:

"For high-level government"

"A disobedient navy is probably more intrusive than pirates."

"Now it's just crowding out. Maybe in the future, the high-level government will directly tear up their faces and send Teacher Zefa home to retire."

"only"

Smoker hesitated to speak.

He thought of Zefa's extreme psychological state of rejection of his navy colleagues and the world government after his heart changed, and he couldn't help feeling a little bit worried:

With Zefa's current irrational state, no one can guess how he will react after hearing the news of Edward's appointment as Shichibukai.

I am afraid that before the world government drives him home to retire, he himself will take the extreme route

"How can this be?!"

Da Siqi couldn't understand this cold logic, and his tone was still full of anger:

"The 'Pirate Guerrilla' led by Admiral Zefa is a force of justice no matter what, and countless pirates have been eradicated in these years."

"Not to mention, in the recent war between our navy and the Whitebeard Pirates in the New World, Admiral Zefa has made great efforts!"

"."

Hearing Da Siqi's words, Smoker was a little speechless.

He slowed down a bit, and then said to Da Siqi with some sighs:

"Da Siqi, you really don't understand anything!"

"For the high-level government, Mr. Zefa's effort in this war is not only not helpful, but also a big trouble!"

"Why?"

Dashiqi asked with a confused face.

"because."

After pondering for a moment, Smoker explained the cause and effect behind it to Da Siqi:

The Whitebeard Pirates escaped unscathed in the Battle of Advancing City, embarrassing the Navy and the World Government.

In order to save face, the world government made a decision to let the navy take the initiative to do something on Whitebeard's territory in the New World.

However, the navy itself is also clear:

It is definitely not a wise move to launch an all-out war in Whitebeard's home field and a new world surrounded by enemies.

Therefore, this war was not intended to become a big one from the very beginning.

The navy is just to take down the two islands symbolically, and then facilitate the world government to engage in political propaganda, and use some positive news such as "the navy takes the initiative to attack, and the white regiment retreats far away" to reshape the navy's reputation and improve the morale of the whole army.

It is better to say that it is a war than a military exercise or a cruise demonstration.

The Whitebeard Pirates also seemed to understand the navy's strategy, and they cooperated very well without actually fighting, allowing the navy to temporarily gain the upper hand.

Under the tacit understanding of both sides, the war will soon come to an end, and the government's publicity drafts are ready to go.

But, at this moment.

The "Pirate Guerrilla Squad", which seems to have become independent from the navy, has been wandering in the New World with the aim of eradicating all pirates, but happened to wander to this war zone, and encountered a group belonging to Whitebeard Pirates.

Since the big change of mind, Zefa has become the original "don't kill the general" and transformed into an extreme person who will kill pirates when he sees them.

After Zefa saw these pirates, he didn't care who the other party's subordinates were, and started a war without saying a word.

After all, he is a former general, powerful, and merciless in his strikes, and he made the pirates suffer a lot when he made a move.

But the Whitebeard Pirates, who had been "retreating for a long time", saw that the navy was really ruthless, so naturally they refused to swallow their anger, and immediately fought back with all their might.

In this way, fake fights became real fights, and the war escalated instantly.

The Whitebeard Pirates fought hard, and the navy also spent countless manpower and material resources and dispatched a large number of warships to the New World for support.

The two sides have been fighting fiercely in the New World for nearly a month, with each losing troops and reducing their offensive, and finally there is a tendency to calm down.

Although the war has subsided, hidden worries still remain.

In order to prevent the resurgence of such meaningless signs of war, the world government directly issued a truce order to the navy.

But Ke Zefa completely disregarded the government's truce order, and still led his team on the front line of the war in its own way, as if posing a resolute attitude of killing every one encountered.

Zefa's behavior of disregarding the overall situation and paranoid thinking made his colleagues in the navy complain about this. The five old stars who regard the navy as a running dog naturally hate this guy who doesn't obey orders.

"this"

After hearing Smoker's explanation, Da Siqi was even more confused:

Fighting and fake fighting?

Can there still be such a tacit understanding between the navy and the pirates?

Attacking pirates can also be a mistake?

"These political things."

Da Siqi pursed her lips and murmured to herself in confusion:

"It's just too complicated."

"Don't think too much if you think it's complicated!"

Smoker waved his hand impatiently, and warned very seriously:

"As the Navy, you just have to do your job well!"

"yes"

Da Siqi nodded in agreement, but her tone was still somewhat complicated.

But Smoker didn't want to talk about politics with his naive adjutant anymore, so he directly changed the subject:

"Dashiqi."

"Look, where is the island we are going to next?"

After he and Dashiqi received the order to send the abducted children home in Punk Hazard, they have been sailing among the islands of the New World, sending back the hundreds of children kidnapped by the Don Quixote family one by one hometown.

Because there are too many of these children and their hometowns are not in one place, they have not yet fully completed the task.

"that."

Hearing Smoker's question, Da Siqi stopped worrying about those annoying things, and immediately took out his small notebook to study:

"We still have more than 50 children who have not been sent home."

"They come from three islands, two of which are in the waters near here. We just need to sail down the record pointer."

"but."

Da Siqi's tone became tangled again, but the tangled thing was another thing:

"Among them, several children were robbed by the Don Quixote family from a ship, and their hometown is far away from here."

"And, that island is very close to Whitebeard's territory."

"Near Whitebeard's territory?"

Smoker frowned slightly:

The war between the Navy and Whitebeard has just ended, and now is a sensitive time.

If he approached Whitebeard's territory rashly, he might get into some trouble.

"what to do?"

Da Siqi also thought of this, and asked Smoker:

"Shall we wait a few days before going?"

"kindness"

Smoker pondered for a moment, then thought about it secretly:

Although this timing is sensitive, he is not his teacher Zefa who kills pirates and is red-eyed, regardless of who takes the initiative to provoke troubles. If he acts carefully, he probably won't get into any big trouble.

Moreover, the ocean is so big, and the island is only close to Whitebeard's territory, so they may not be able to meet the Whitebeard Pirates.

Besides, he is also a rear admiral after all, if he doesn't even have the guts to get close to the pirate territory, it would be too embarrassing.

After some consideration, Smoker finally made a decision:

"Let's go directly!"

"Those children have been separated from their parents for so many days, it is better to send them back as soon as possible."

"Complete the task quickly, we still have to go to the G5 base to take up the post."