Office Worker

Vidal discovered that the "few days" mentioned by Sengoku actually lasted for nearly a month.

Aside from spending his mornings and afternoons on the warship, he spent the rest of his time at home with his family, making up for the entire year they had been apart.

At the same time, he inquired about the current situation of the other trainees in the Special Training Camp.

Sakazuki went to the G-6 Branch, the base where Vice Admiral Vice Admiral Rupert was killed in the battle against the John Pirates, along with five other trainees including Comil.

Benson, Momonga, and the others followed Borsalino to the G-2 Branch. It could be said that, apart from him and Dragon, everyone else was assigned to one of the four major G-system branches in the first half of the Grand Line.

As for Dragon, well... I don't know what happened, but the World Government actually ordered him to guard the Holy Land Mary Geoise.

Therefore, Vidal strongly suspects that this is not aimed at Dragon himself, but at his father, Vice Admiral Garp.

Since you, Garp, are so powerful and difficult to control, then keep your son close at hand. Besides, your value has already increased in Mary Geoise, hasn't it?

This is Holy Land!

Sigh, I wonder how many years Dragon can hold out there. He can almost see the despair on that kid's face after his worldview is completely shattered.

But Vidal could only watch all of this, or rather, he could only watch; there was nothing he could do. Some things were simply meant to happen.

Moreover, in the long run, it will also benefit his future plans.

On this day, the busy Sengoku finally appeared on the warship, with a small lamb standing on his broad shoulders.

Four Majors, each carrying two black leather suitcases, followed behind him.

"Let's go, we're going to Ovendo Island in the North Blue." Sengoku instructed his adjutant, Rear Admiral Xibasi, then turned to look at Vidal.

"Come with me."

Vidal naturally had no objections and obediently followed him into the ship's cabin, arriving at Sengoku's office.

Then, the four Majors opened the black briefcases one by one and gently placed stacks of documents on the desk.

In the blink of an eye, the mountain of documents that Vidal had seen in the Sengoku office a month ago was perfectly replicated.

"So they're planning to continue working on the warship?" Vidal thought to himself, suddenly feeling a sense of admiration for the Sengoku.

This responsible work attitude is commendable and also gives me a better understanding of the position of Admiral.

It turns out that to Admiral not only needs to be strong, but also needs to be busy handling political affairs, and often has to go on business trips, or rather, go to sea when something happens.

Vidal believes that, besides other unknown factors, Garp's reluctance to be promoted to Admiral is also due to his dislike of the troublesome nature of Admirals.

After the four of them packed their suitcases and left the office, the last one closed the door behind him. Sengoku first put the lamb on the ground, then sat down in his office chair and pointed to the chair opposite him, where Vidal was standing at the desk.

"Sit down, let's sit and talk."

Vidal wasn't nervous at all. He naturally pulled out a chair and sat down. Sengoku smiled gently at him and said...

"If all goes smoothly, it will take about forty-five days to get from here to North Blue. During this time, your main task is to look after them."

"Look at them?" Vidal asked, puzzled, following Sengoku's gaze to the mountain of documents on the right.

"Yes, these are all documents I've already processed. I want you to read them carefully and think about them thoroughly. Occasionally, I'll ask you questions about some of the content, and I hope you can provide your thoughts after reflection."

"Uh, I understand." Vidal was actually quite surprised.

I originally thought that after graduating and becoming a captain in the headquarters, the first thing I would do would be to have a fierce battle with some pirate crew or something.

I never expected I'd be here as an office worker!

He discovered that life is truly full of surprises; it never unfolds according to your expectations.

But since your boss said that to your face, refusing is definitely not an option, so you casually picked up the top document from the stack of files and started looking at it.

Seeing that Vidal was so obedient, Sengoku's smile deepened, but he didn't say anything more and lowered his head to start processing the documents.

For a moment, the only sounds in the office were the scribbling of pens on paper and the crashing waves against the ship outside the window.

Until the warship beneath their feet began to move and slowly sailed away from Marineford's harbor, neither of them spoke to disturb the other.

The hands of the clock on the wall spun round and round, and time seemed to pass more quickly in the room.

When Vidal put the thirteenth document he had finished reading to his left, he realized that more than three hours had passed.

However, he found that he didn't dislike reading these documents; on the contrary, he found them quite interesting.

These documents cover a wide range of topics; he saw reports about Affiliated Nation, pirates, the navy, and even some minority groups.

Moreover, the reports came from all sorts of sources, including a naval branch in the West Blue, a kingdom in the Grand Line, and even the G-1 Branch in the New World.

The reports were increasingly interesting, including stories of naval commanders defecting, Affiliated Nation being attacked by pirates but unable to withstand the attacks from surrounding Marine Bases, and requesting reinforcements.

Of course, there's also plenty of information about the great pirates in the New World, such as which Flying Pirates have absorbed, and which island the Whitebeard Pirates have occupied.

In any case, Vidal found reading these documents very informative, and each document also had annotations from the Sengoku period.

These annotations gradually helped him understand how the navy, this behemoth, operated.

On the other hand, Sengoku was also observing Vidal, intentionally or unintentionally. When he discovered that Vidal showed no impatience whatsoever, but instead looked at one picture after another with great interest, his admiration for him grew stronger.

In particular, he discovered that Vidal did not look at things blindly, but would ponder them for several minutes, or even more than ten minutes, after looking at a single image.

He's a really good prospect, but I wonder what his shortcomings are?

From the Sengoku up to now, all we've seen are Vidal's strengths, but in his experience, the more outstanding a person is, the more prominent their problems will be.

If no problems can be found, that in itself is the biggest problem, so he needs to observe further.

Sengoku gently put down his pen and smiled, "Vidal, hold on for a moment. Let me tell you about this mission in the North Blue."

"Please speak," Vidal said, indicating that he was all ears.

"This mission comes from the World Government." Sengoku's expression turned serious as he slowly began to recount the general outline of the matter.

"Cipher Pol has discovered an illegal scientific research team in North Blue that has developed a biotechnology capable of combining humans and animals at will to create monsters."

"Our objective is to eliminate the armed forces on the island, capture the researchers led by Vegapunk, take all the equipment we can carry, destroy everything we can't, and ideally capture some test subjects."

So that's what it was about. Upon hearing this, Vidal immediately understood, while calmly considering what he could gain from this operation.

"But I don't understand, why does this matter require the deployment of an Admiral like yourself?" He feigned a puzzled expression.

"Because the research team may be funded by the Vinsmoke Family and the Germa Kingdom," Sengoku stated bluntly.

"The Germa Kingdom is one of the Affiliated Nation, and even holds a seat at the Reverie, so this operation needs to be handled with caution."

But Vidal felt the main reason was that the Lineage Factor was too important.

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