Chapter 924: Fire on the Mountain: Is this the navy or a workplace palace intrigue?
This was a battle between 20,000 people and a few dozen people. The difference in strength between the two sides was huge, but no pirate dared to underestimate the group of wizards led by Irene! !
"Resurrection from the dead?! What nonsense are you talking about? How could such a thing be possible in this world?!"
"It's true! I was there and saw it with my own eyes!"
"Impossible, who are you?"
"I am the sail~"
“…”
Even though the two bosses have already formed an alliance and have been getting along for several days, the pirates of the Beasts Pirates still can't adapt to this group of Homies who are always lively and energetic.
A few days ago, when Kaido and Big Mom joined forces, they set up a base for the counterattack on Cake Island on an island in the Torant Sea. The two leaders and their main cadres were here, and the rest were assigned to garrison on various islands to prevent naval sneak attacks.
On the first day, Big Mom gave souls to all visible things on the island and turned them into Homies. Kaido had no objection to this, so the pirates of the Beasts Pirates spent several days in this environment.
However, these days are extremely painful.
Every day I thought I was chatting with my friends, but when I turned around, I found that the people I was talking to were the plank under my feet, the side of the ship beside me, the sail above my head, the tables and chairs in the room, and the doors and windows behind me. The feeling that someone was staring at me every moment was really weird!
During the shift change, a fat pirate complained to his companions: "Let's finish the fight and go back... If we continue like this, I'm going to be pissed off to death by those Homies!!"
The companion asked curiously: "Your mental quality is too poor, isn't it? Aren't they just a group of Homies? Is it necessary to be like this?"
"That's not true... Today when I was using the bathroom, a toilet laughed at me!"
The companion was silent. He could only pat the man on the shoulder and whispered to comfort him: "It's okay, brother! The small one is also very cute..."
The fat man was stunned for a moment, then he reacted and angrily slapped his companion's hand away: "What nonsense are you talking about?! It's mocking my strength! And it said that our Beasts Pirates are not as strong as the Big Mom Pirates!"
"What did you say?!"
The companions immediately looked annoyed, "The Big Mom Pirates were beaten, and Kaido brought us here from afar to help them get revenge, but those guys actually dared to laugh at us??!"
Obviously Kaido did a good job of saving face and acting well. It was obvious that they came here to take advantage of the situation and seize territory, but some of his subordinates still naively thought they were there to help.
Therefore, the pirates of the Beasts Pirates are all brainless reckless men, and their IQ is not even as good as a group of Homies - it is precisely because they know Kaido's true purpose that those Homies don't have a good face for these guys who come to "help".
"Humph! Once we defeat those guys, they will know who is stronger!"
Not every pirate alliance is as stable as the 'Lu Luo Alliance', not to mention that Big Mom and Kaido are both 'Four Emperors'!
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the intentions of the Beasts Pirates are definitely not as good as they appear, so it is certain that there will be friction between the two sides.
Small frictions accumulated rapidly in just a few days, and had already had an irreversible negative impact on the already shaky alliance between the two sides.
Just waiting for an opportunity, the two mountains will collapse.
…
As the sea breeze
Fortunately, these warships have dropped their anchors, and no matter how the sea water rushes, it cannot shake them at all. Just like the name of "justice" behind the navy's cloak, it is so stable and immovable.
With the permission of the Five Elders and Sengoku, Akainu led less than one-third of the original navy soldiers and kept a close eye on the changes on Cake Island.
Even though the navy is now organizing its military forces to deal with Whitebeard and does not have much energy to take care of things here, the war that is about to break out on Cake Island involves two of the "Four Emperors" and a new force called "Wizards" that is no less powerful than the Four Emperors. Therefore, Sengoku and the Five Elders cannot turn a blind eye to the situation here.
"Any news on the tapped Den Den Mushi?"
“Not yet!”
In the office, Akainu smoked a cigar and asked Huoshaoshan who walked into the room. However, the report he got from him was not ideal: "It seems that those people were well prepared and used Den Den Mushi to prevent eavesdropping!"
Huoshaoshan is also a smoker. His attire is similar to that of an ordinary lieutenant general, with a hat, cloak, samurai sword, and cigar. The only thing that makes people remember him is his constant smile and his strong physique, which makes him look gentle and powerful.
Akainu stayed here not only to bring the pirates from the Big Mom and Beasts pirate groups to justice, but also to catch all the restless elements who attempted to disrupt order.
In addition to the wizards, there are also restless elements hiding in the dark, including people from several forces such as Whitebeard, Red Hair, and the Revolutionary Army. This is also the reason why Akainu is allowed to lead his troops here - it is no small matter for all the people from those forces to gather together!
The only people who might be spared by Akainu are the reporters from Keizai Shimbun.
Faced with this organization that controls the lifeline of almost the entire world's news, even someone like Akainu, who is known for his ruthlessness, is unwilling to offend it too much.
Fortunately, those reporters were also very sensible and basically did not appear in front of people from all forces, so Akainu simply turned a blind eye to them.
"General Sakaski, there is one thing I can't figure out..."
"What's wrong?"
"What attitude do the higher-ups take towards those guys who call themselves 'mages'?"
Huoshaoshan still had his usual smile on his face, but his brows were filled with confusion, as if he had been thinking for a long time but still couldn't figure it out. After hesitating for a long time, he asked, "They didn't act as pirates, and they don't seem to have done anything to provoke the Navy or the World Government..."
Akainu pondered for a while, then pulled out a newspaper from the documents on the table and handed it to him: "This is yesterday's newspaper, you probably haven't read it yet?"
Yesterday's newspaper?
Huoshaoshan reached out to take the newspaper, and was immediately stunned, because it was the news about "Baki beating up the Celestial Dragons, the Wizard helped him escape, and finally Kizaru captured Ace". As for the confrontation between the Straw Hat Pirates and Blackbeard, he simply ignored it.
"Admiral Borsalino has captured 'Fire Fist' Ace, Whitebeard will definitely not let it go, so...is the Navy going to go to war with the Whitebeard Pirates?"
"Yes! It won't take more than half a month at most!"
Akainu pressed down his hat and said in a deep voice: "So we don't have much time to stay here! If the war here is not over within a week, we will have to return empty-handed. After all, it will take time to reorganize these soldiers..."
"No wonder the headquarters suddenly announced the withdrawal of troops yesterday. It turns out it was because of this..."
Huoshaoshan murmured in a low voice, and then the topic fell on the word "magician" mentioned above: "Since there are two magicians involved, the World Government should regard this group of people as unstable elements that need to be eliminated, right?"
"That's right!"
After a pause, Akainu asked again: "What do you think about this matter?"
Huoshaoshan was stunned. He didn't expect the other party to ask such questions. He couldn't help but complain in his heart : "Strange, Sakaski is not the kind of person who would ask such questions..."
But he soon figured out the meaning behind this: on the surface, this question was asking about his attitude towards the wizards , but in fact it was testing his position in the navy.
In recent years, Akainu and Aokiji have had many disagreements with each other's style of doing things. The former pursues "absolute justice" and the latter pursues "lazy justice", which also leads to the formation of tough hawks and soft doves among the navy under them.
Everyone can see that these two are candidates for future naval marshals.
So, for the election of the future naval marshal, the opinions of elite vice admirals like him are very important!
Back to the present, from this newspaper we can see that the next crime the World Government is going to bring against the wizards is "helping the criminals who attacked the Celestial Dragons to escape". It is estimated that in the near future, they will receive an order to "arrest all the wizards indiscriminately".
Although both hawks and doves in the navy have no good feelings towards the Celestial Dragons, they will applaud the behavior of the wizards in their hearts and even drink to cheer them up when no one is around, but if they really meet, the styles of the two sides will still be different. The hawks will still obey orders to arrest them, while the doves will most likely let them go or directly ignore orders.
So now when Akainu asks Huoshaoshan about his attitude towards the wizards, it is equivalent to asking him whether he supports himself or Aokiji.
"It's not easy to be a lieutenant general. Every question from the leader is a trap..."
Huoshaoshan thought to himself, took a deep puff of his cigar, and kept smiling: "This question is really difficult for me..."
As soon as these words came out, Akainu knew Huoshaoshan's attitude - this guy was on Borsalino's side!
"You go out first..."
Just then, a soldier rushed in hurriedly.
"Report!! Big Mom Pirates and Beasts Pirates are taking action!!!"
