I Stand Irreconcilably Opposed to Evil-How Could You Slander Me?
Admiral Sengoku smiled casually at Ortolan's praise before continuing, "Before I returned from Mary Geoise, those five told me that the CP Agency performed terribly this time. The Revolutionary Army might seize this opportunity to rise again. Previously, our Marines's main responsibility was dealing with pirates; the Revolutionary Army's situation didn't concern us much. But now, the CP Agency headquarters has suffered heavy losses, a large number of classified documents are suspected of being leaked, the Fleet Admiral has died in the line of duty, and Chief of Staff Falkenodel will also be dismissed. It's foreseeable that within two or three years, the CP Agency will be severely ineffective in dealing with the Revolutionary Army..."
Upon hearing this, Ortolan raised an eyebrow and asked, "So, what those five people mean is that our Marines should also shoulder this heavy responsibility?"
"Times have changed. Back when the Great Pirate Era first began, our Marines was in a panic. We had to go all out to deal with the waves of this chaotic era. But now, although the number of pirates still hasn't decreased, the situation has indeed stabilized, and no one can deny that." Admiral Sengoku said with a slightly wistful tone.
Hearing this, Ortolan nodded in agreement. Indeed, the Great Pirate Era began in 1498 of the Marine Era, and six years have passed since then. Although the number of pirates at sea is still large, the situation is no longer as turbulent as it was during the great pirate era.
The situation across the seas is stable and progressing steadily, which goes without saying. Although pirates are rampant in the First Half of Grand Line, the major Marine Base are able to suppress them, and no particularly horrific incidents have occurred.
As for the New World, the current situation is relatively stable. The Whitebeard Pirates, the Beasts Pirates, and the Big Mom Pirates are all in a competitive relationship, but none of them have mentioned starting a large-scale war.
If there are any further changes, Ortolan estimates that it will be waiting for a new force that can rival these three to rise up.
Judging from the current situation, it might be the Red Hair Pirates.
However, with the Marines's capabilities, it can still firmly contain this chaos within the New World. Not to mention the entire Marines, even with just G-5, Ortolan has enough confidence.
Up to the end, the Red Hair Pirates have been coming and going in the New World, but have they never once dared to set foot in the G-5 area?
When Ortolan becomes the Marine Admiral and Governor of the New World, Shanks will probably have to keep a low profile even more.
So overall, the Marines has gradually regained control of the seas.
"That's why the higher-ups probably think we have the capacity to spare, so we should also pay more attention to the Revolutionary Army's situation from now on," Admiral Sengoku Guo said.
"Understood." Ortolan nodded.
I don't know if the Marines had such a phase in the original story, but now, after the Revolutionary Army burned Mary Geoise, the CP was severely damaged, and it is reasonable for the higher-ups to ask the Marines to take on certain related tasks.
"So I was thinking, if you have the same idea as before, why don't you go to Mary Geoise later and mention it to those five in person? Tell them that you've been racking your brains these past few days to come up with this plan. Once you become Admiral and governor of the New World, you can use your position as Marine Admiral to connect with these royal families, explain the implications to them, and encourage them to spontaneously form a similar organization to counter the Revolutionary Army's infiltration. I think those five wouldn't refuse. If they know this, you can be more open and aboveboard when you take action in this area in the future," Admiral Sengoku suggested.
After hearing this, Ortolan thought about it seriously for a moment and nodded, "I understand. If these things are brought up again later, I will talk to those five about it briefly."
But soon, the Admiral Sengoku said again, "However, every good thing has its advantages and disadvantages. If you do things on your own without informing anyone, there will be some risks for Mary Geoise. The advantage is that you can do whatever you want without giving any explanation. But since you're going to talk to those five people, you need to produce results in this area. Otherwise, after a while, they're not stupid and will definitely suspect that there's something wrong with you!"
"That's true..." Ortolan clicked his tongue.
However, he was quick-witted and soon figured out how to explain things to the Five Elders.
For anyone else, it might not be so easy to achieve results with the Revolutionary Army, but who is he? Ortolan is Dragon's good brother!
If we coordinate these efforts, and conduct field training exercises every now and then, that would be a good idea!
As for the result, it's nothing more than the number of bandits eliminated. Dragon would definitely not agree to betray his brothers, but Ortolan doesn't need him to actually betray them either; just achieving the nominal target is enough.
He has plenty of corpses to fill the ranks!
Those pirate slaves, once they die, they have to be brought back to work, right? But such wear and tear is inevitable; it's impossible for corpses to become perpetual motion machines. Taking some of these worn-out corpses each year, giving them a makeover, firing a couple of shots, and chopping a couple of bones, and reporting them to Mary Geoise as 'victories of suppressing the Revolutionary Army's would be perfect.
When the time comes, if Marine Admiral Ortolan can effectively eliminate a certain number of the Revolutionary Army members each year by leading the formation of this Revolutionary Army in the New World, that will be considered an achievement!
"It's good that you know what's going on, so I won't go into any more details." Seeing that Ortolan seemed to have an answer, the Admiral Sengoku stopped mentioning the Revolutionary Army's situation and changed the subject, asking, "Fish-Man Island was also involved in the Mary Geoise incident, right?"
"It's not that Fish-Man Island was involved, but rather that the criminal elements on Fish-Man Island were involved. According to my intelligence investigation, that guy Dragon colluded with the Fish-Man Island gang boss, the self-proclaimed Supreme Leader of the 100,000 Fish-Man of Fish-Man District, Fisher Tiger, to launch a terrorist attack on Mary Geoise." Ortolan didn't hide anything from Sengoku and said it directly.
Sengoku didn't dwell on the details, but continued, "This situation has caused some concern in Mary Geoise. I don't know if you've received any relevant intelligence, but recently, Fish-Man Island..."
"Poseidon, right? I heard some news from a friend." Ortolan immediately responded.
"That's right, a new generation of Poseidon may be about to be born. Mary Geoise has some concerns about this. For the past two weeks, whenever Poseidon has been born, it has been a time when the relationship between Mary Geoise and Fish-Man Island is relatively friendly. This time will be no different. Therefore, the five of them hope to establish a certain stable relationship with Fish-Man Island on an unofficial level, so as to avoid any conflicts that could get out of control..." said the Admiral Sengoku.
"I don't quite understand what you mean," Ortolan said after thinking for a moment.
"To put it simply, Mary Geoise doesn't intend to hold Fish-Man Island accountable for this terrorist attack. Instead, they need to quickly establish an unofficial communication channel afterward. The Five Elders have tentatively decided on the 'Shichibukai' organization for this. The formation of the Shichibukai is closely related to our Marines, so this task has been assigned to our Marines. However, among our Marines, the one with the closest relationship to the Shichibukai is you, Ortolan. I see that you currently have a good relationship with Fish-Man Island, so I plan to entrust this task to you. You will select a suitable person from Fish-Man Island to become one of the Shichibukai!" Admiral Sengoku instructed.
"Admiral, what? You're saying I'm close to the Shichibukai? You can't just slander me like that! Everyone knows I, Ortolan, am honest, upright, and incorruptible. I hate evil. Even those five praised me for my loyalty and bravery! How could I possibly be involved with those bastards on the sea? I'm innocent!" Ortolan retorted instinctively.
"You say you have nothing to do with them, right?" Admiral Sengoku said bluntly, "Here's what we'll do: apart from Crocodile, as far as I know, you've received guarantee fees from the other four Shichibukai, 300 million Belly each. Send those 1,200 million Belly to headquarters, and I'll arrange for someone else to handle that."
"What three hundred million? I clearly only received two hundred million!" Ortolan exclaimed immediately.
"Huh? You still say you have nothing to do with the Shichibukai!?" The Admiral Sengoku suddenly seized on a weakness and said viciously.
"You tricked me!?" Ortolan looked at Sengoku with astonishment.
But seeing Sengoku's attitude of either paying or taking the job, after a moment, Ortolan's face twitched. "Isn't it just finding Fish-Man to be Shichibukai? A small favor, I'll take it!"
"Don't you dare take any of those damn guarantee fees from people behind my back this time. This is a political mission!" The Admiral Sengoku warned upon seeing this.