Ortolan: Doffy, Handle This Well and I'll Make You a Marine Vice Admiral!
New World, G-5 jurisdictional waters.
A small warship flying the 'Sun' flag is sailing here.
"Is this the way ahead, Fisher Tiger, boss?" Jinbe asked while gripping the helm.
Meanwhile, at the very forward of the deck of this small warship, Fisher Tiger, holding a pair of binoculars, observed the situation ahead. After a moment, he put down the binoculars and said, "That should be it. The place where Ortolan invited me to participate in the meeting..."
At this moment, at the end of the sea ahead, there was a small island. However, Fisher Tiger had some doubts in his heart. Through the telescope he had just observed, he saw that the island was rather desolate, with only a lonely office building and nothing or buildings around it, but there were three huge masts, as if the entire island had been turned into a warship.
"Is Marine Admiral really this unassuming? I never noticed it before," Fisher Tiger thought to himself.
Indeed, he saw a sail hanging on the mast with the word 'Justice' written on it, which was similar to what Ortolan had described to him. This should be the location of his Admiral's camp.
What surprised Fisher Tiger was that Ortolan was so simple-minded. He had just observed the place through the binoculars, and it was as ordinary as could be. Apart from the mast, which was a bit surprising, there was nothing else remarkable about it.
Soon, Fisher Tiger's ship approached, and as they neared the port of that strange island, Fisher Tiger saw all sorts of ships moored on the dock.
There was one ship that he found outrageous; it was shaped like a donut. He really didn't know how a ship of that shape could sail at sea.
Besides this strange donut-shaped ship, there was another ship that looked like a pink Doflamingo, as well as several other ships flying the flags of the World Government, and several large warships.
Beside that warship, there was a ship that Fisher Tiger was quite familiar with, after all, he had cooperated with the people on this ship not long ago, that was the Revolutionary Army leader Dragon's Dragon Ship Winter Granma.
"The World Government, the Marines, pirates, the Revolutionary Army, the Shichibukai... plus me, a gangster boss, this gathering is really something else," Fisher Tiger thought to himself with some emotion.
After the ship docked in the harbor, Fisher Tiger lowered the ladder and stepped off the ship. The other Fish-Man did not follow, only Jinbe got off the ship.
On the dock, someone was already waiting; it was none other than Ortolan's henchman, now Marine Admiral named Vergo.
Upon seeing Fisher Tiger, he greeted him with a broad smile, saying, "Welcome, Fisher Tiger. Admiral, you have been waiting for you for a long time. Please follow me."
Fisher Tiger nodded and said softly, "Thank you for your trouble."
Just as Fisher Tiger had observed before, the island was desolate and basically empty except for a small building, which he guessed was Ortolan's office building.
Led by Vergo, Fisher Tiger quickly arrived at the door of the small building. Before they could even get close, the door opened, and then Dragon came out, accompanied by a guy in a suit who was clearly trying to curry favor with Dragon.
"With Bane vouching for me, I'm relieved. I hope you'll take good care of me in the future, Mr. Dragon," the man in the black suit said in a fawning voice.
Dragon seemed to dislike this guy, but still nodded with a smile and said, "Let's get along well from now on, Commander Spandine."
That's right, the man in the black suit is Spandine. When Dragon learned that the relationship between Ortolan and Spandine was closer than he had imagined, he did just as Ortolan had thought and decided to give Spandine a good beating.
However, Ortolan said he had a great offer to discuss with him, hoping that Ortorun would give him face and not make things too difficult for Spandine. Considering that Ortolan called this a "great offer" for cooperation, Dragon had no choice but to give up his own ideas and no longer intend to use such harsh threats to coerce Spandine coercing their Revolutionary Army. For the time being, he would treat this guy as a partner.
While thinking about these things, Dragon saw Fisher Tiger. His smile immediately became genuine, and he laughed heartily. He walked a few steps to Fisher Tiger, reached out and gently covered Fisher Tiger's broad palm, saying, "Boss Fisher Tiger, I've finally been waiting for you."
"Haha, Dragon- senpai, it seems you've finished your business there. I didn't expect to see you again so soon... Let me introduce you, this is my younger brother, Jinbe," Fisher Tiger said.
Jinbe was also very friendly and exchanged a few polite words with Dragon. After they chatted for a while, Dragon said, "Young man from the Marines, I'll take care of Fisher Tiger first. You can go and do your work."
Seeing this, Vergo made no attempt to stop him, nodded, and left.
After Vergo finished speaking, Dragon asked, "What kind of medicine is that guy Ortolan selling this time?"
"I'm not too sure either. Ortolan said he had something to discuss with me, including something about the Shichibukai... As for the rest, I don't know." Fisher Tiger shook his head and said.
Dragon nodded upon hearing this, and didn't ask any more questions. He then changed his tone and asked, "Brother, what about the matter I mentioned to you last time? What have you thought about it?"
"I've thought about it for a long time, but to be honest, I can't possibly bring all the brothers from Fish-Man District with me. At most, I can bring some people to join you..." Fisher Tiger expressed his willingness to join the Revolutionary Army.
Dragon's eyes lit up, and he said with delight, "That's wonderful... By the way, let me introduce you. This is Spandine, a good friend of Ortolan, and the commander of CP-9, the secret intelligence agency of the World Government. He has many connections and influence on Mary Geoise. If any of your fellow Fish-Man Island are unfortunately captured in the future, you can ask him to pull some strings and see if you can get them out through some gentle means..."
Spandine hearing this; this situation was indeed very difficult to handle!
However, having heard that Fisher Tiger, this Fish-Man bigwig, was also a guest of Admiral Ortolan, Spandine immediately said, "Yes, I have some connections over there. If there's anything I can do for you, just ask."
Fisher Tiger was completely bewildered. Why would the leader of a Revolutionary Army introduce someone from the CP Agency to me as a friend?
Shouldn't you be mortal enemies?
Although he had doubts, Fisher Tiger didn't think too much about it. Ever since the plot to burn Mary Geoise in the Sabaody Archipelago, Fisher Tiger's previous outlook on life, values, and worldview had undergone significant changes.
Firstly, after venting his anger and getting to know Rayleigh, Dragon, and the Revolutionary Army, his hatred for humanity was no longer so irreconcilable.
As for Ortolan, he wasn't human. In Fisher Tiger's eyes, Ortolan was a noble Tanned Tribe, how could he be considered a filthy human?
Secondly, there's Fisher Tiger's profound understanding of the saying "more friends, more paths." In the past, he went it alone, even as an adventurer, without making any useful connections. But now, he sees Ortolan orchestrating the pirates, the Revolutionary Army, and even him, Fish-Man, to burn Mary Geoise to the ground, and then using that to become Marine Admiral!
He realized that he was still too shallow. If he wanted to do well on this ocean and change the isolated situation of Fish-Man Island, he would need to cultivate more connections and make more friends.
He even thought that if Ortolan wasn't Tanned Tribe, but one of their Fish-Man Race, a member of Fish-Man Island, with Ortolan's abilities, Fish-Man Island would probably be able to play at sea by now, and would be participating in the World Conference. He might even be a Marines admiral himself!
So in the past, he wouldn't have given Spandine, a lackey of the World Government, a friendly look. But now, after Dragon finished his introduction, Fisher Tiger actually had a friendly smile on his face and said, "So you're a big shot from the CP Agency. It's an honor to meet you, Commander Spandine!"
While Fisher Tiger was expanding his network, Doflamingo and Ortolan were sitting side by side on the second floor, looking at a plan together. In front of them was a Gold-Gold Fruit, but it was obvious that Ortolan and Doflamingo's attention was not on the fruit.
"Look, that's roughly it. Originally, I was thinking of finding a few kings from the New World to take the lead, but then I thought, you happen to be the King of Dressrosa, and we're like brothers. I can only truly feel at ease if you take the lead in this matter..." said Ortolan.
Doflamingo stared at the document in his hand, his head spinning. Had the Five Elders lost their minds? How could they allow Ortolan to do such a thing?
Sea Police Force? Is it because Admiral Ortolan doesn't have enough troops, or that they're not strong enough?
Do you still feel that Mary Geoise didn't burn as badly this time?
Oh, Mary Geoise was burned down by the Revolutionary Army, and this Sea Police Force is nominally there to suppress Revolutionary Army, right? Well, never mind...
"In other words, you mean you want me to become the Chief of the New World Sea Police Chief?" Doflamingo looked up at Ortolan beside him and asked.
"That's roughly the idea, but I'm not saying you have to contribute money or effort; I'll still take care of that. The main thing is to coordinate things for you..." After a slight pause, Ortolan continued, "Before, I joked that you were a reserve rear Rear Admiral in our Marines, but that was mostly a joke. Now I'm Admiral. Doflamingo, if you handle this well, whenever you're interested in changing your ways and don't want to be a pirate anymore, I'll personally award you the rank of Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral!!!"
Doflamingo rolled his eyes upon hearing this and retorted, "I really thank you for your guidance, Admiral!"