After Ortolan returned to the New World, there were meetings and other things that took a long time to resolve.
In August of 1504 in the Chinese Marine Era, following the Hoshigaki, Kaisa, Strawberry, and Stainless were finally all together.
It's still this small two-story building. Now, this island, which Ortolan chose as the Admiral's residence, is starting to get lively. A large number of military units have moved in. Afterwards, they will build a Marines base here that is truly worthy of Admiral's status and gradually transform the entire island.
As soon as he closed the window, the noise outside immediately subsided, and Ortolan turned around and sat down at his office desk with satisfaction.
Meanwhile, in his simple office, Hoshigaki, Strawberry, Kaisa, Stainless stood proudly in front of his desk.
"I've been waiting for you guys for ages, finally you're all here." Ortolan lit a cigarette and sat down in his chair, chuckling as he spoke.
Hearing Ortolan's words, the four of them, as if they had rehearsed, said in unison in deep voices, "Sorry to keep you waiting, Admiral!"
However, after the four of them finished speaking, smiles unconsciously appeared on their serious faces.
Ortolan was also taken aback for a moment, then laughed and scolded, "Alright, alright, you're playing this game with me, aren't you?"
They were all students under the same Teacher Zephyr, Zephyr, and were one of the closest groups. Later, they went their separate ways in the second division, especially Kaisa, who hadn't seen Ortolan for several years.
Actually, they didn't really lose contact. During holidays and festivals, they would communicate via Den Den Mushi) and chat for a while.
"I had a lot of things to hand over, plus the weather in the sea wasn't very good for a while, which is why it took so long. You don't know, I've actually been thinking about coming here for a while now..." Kaisa said with a smile.
Stainless stroked his chin and said, "When you knocked me out with one punch on the training field, I knew you would be more successful than us. Now I see, I was right. We've only just been promoted to Vice Admiral, and you're already sitting in the Admiral's seat. It's really enviable."
"I've been here for a long time, you've forgotten that I treated you to dinner last night?" Hoshigaki laughed and teased Yu.
It had been a long time since everyone had gathered together like this. They chatted and laughed, talking about recent interesting things and exchanging some private information. The atmosphere, which had been slightly distant due to not being together for so long, quickly warmed up again.
After chatting for a while, Ortolan stubbed out his cigarette and then his expression turned serious. "Alright, let's not talk about these trivial matters anymore. You guys must have seen my transfer order before you came here. I'm transferring you to New World to reopen three more Marine Base. I need you to take up the post of base commanders and support my work."
Strawberry looked around at Yu: "There are four of us, and you're running three bases. In other words, you need someone to come with you, right?"
"Of course not." Ortolan shook his head. "G-1 also needs someone to oversee things."
"G-1?" Kaisa exclaimed in surprise, "Isn't that Admiral Sakazuki over there..."
"You said it yourself, he's Admiral now, so of course he should relinquish his position at G-1. Now that I'm the governor of the New World, it wouldn't be appropriate for him to try and take over G-1, would it? Before, it was because I hadn't arranged for someone to take over that Sakazuki was temporarily acting as the base commander of G-1. But I've already spoken with him, and once someone is arranged, he will hand over the reins immediately," Ortolan said immediately.
Hoshigaki nodded and said, "I see. I heard Momonga mention this before... If you had come a few days earlier, you might have seen him, but now he has already taken up his post at G-12."
Momonga left a few days ago. Sakazuki vacated the G-12 position, and Momonga also helped Ortolan complete the final handover work. At that time, he also became Paramecia Gluttony Fruit Devil Fruit User. After settling all his affairs, he left this small, broken island in style and took up his post as the commander of the G-12 Marine Base.
To put it simply, the Momonga Vice Admiral, and G-12's blue sky will be here.
"Now that we're all in the New World and working under our boss Bane, it's not so inconvenient anymore. There will be plenty of opportunities to meet in the future," Kaisa said with a smile.
"Enough of that. Given our relationship, I won't force anyone to assign roles. You guys come up with a plan: who will go to G-1? As for the rest, I'll say it first. They may have the title of base commander, but they'll have to build the base from scratch themselves. However, based on my experience with G-5, it should be quite simple," Ortolan said.
Upon hearing this, Hoshigaki and the others exchanged glances. After a moment, Stainless spoke up, "We're all on the same side, so I don't feel embarrassed or ashamed. I'll just be frank. Among us, I'm the weakest. From that perspective, it's most reasonable for me to go to G-1. However, I don't have any relevant experience. But didn't Stolobey serve as the base commander on Sabaody Archipelago before? He's actually suitable to oversee G-1. So, how about one of us chooses to take charge of this base? As for Kaisa and Hoshigaki, you two are stronger, so take on the responsibility!"
Hoshigaki and Kaisa exchanged glances and nodded, saying, "Then leave the construction of two of the bases to us."
Stolobey hesitated for a moment, because Stainless said made a lot of sense. Among them, only he had served as Rear Admiral at the Marine Base in the Sabaody Archipelago, and therefore had grassroots experience.
The rest of the officers were newly promoted Vice Admiral and did not have relevant experience. G-1 was a politically significant place, and since Stainless had little experience there, it might be difficult for him to manage the situation.
Ortolan stroked his chin, pondering Stainless' suggestion. Initially, he had considered sending Stainless directly, but Stainless' words made sense; Stolobey was experienced.
As Ortolan was thinking about these things, Stolobey scratched his long beard, gritted his teeth and said, "I'll take G-1. Just like Stainless said, I have the experience. Besides, G-1 is close to Mary Geoise and headquarters, just like Sabaody Archipelago. People often come to visit and inspect it. I happen to have experience with this kind of situation, and I'm familiar with those officials, so it will be easy to deal with them."
After seeing that Stolobey had taken on the responsibility, Stainless then said, "Alright, I'll take charge of the third base."
"Alright, let's settle it then." Ortolan stopped hesitating and finalized the matter. He then took out the appointment and dismissal documents, wrote their names on them, and signed them.
Soon after handing over the appointment and dismissal documents of the base commander to them, Ortolan spread out a nautical chart on the table.
Stolobey and the others didn't bother to check the appointment and dismissal documents; they simply stuffed them into their pockets and then gathered around to look at the nautical charts on the table.
"Here, here, and here, we'll build the G-14 base that was destroyed by pirates, the G-7 Marine Base that was destroyed by pirates, and the G-3 Marine Base. Which of these three do you want to go?" Ortolan pointed out the areas circled in red on the nautical chart to them.
Apart from G-14 base, which was originally established by the Marines New World has been abandoned in recent years and whose location has not changed, the other two bases were selected according to the current G-5 area and strategic deployment.
This wasn't a big problem. Since we were going to start from scratch anyway, there wasn't much difference except for the location. So Hoshigaki and the others didn't dwell on it and quickly settled the matter after a brief discussion.
At this point, Hoshigaki became the base commander of G-14, Kaisa became the base commander of G-7, Stainless became the base commander of G-3, and Stolobey became the base commander of G-1.
"Very good, these are the relevant documents..." Ortolan took out a large stack of documents from under his desk and threw them on the table, saying, "They are all about the standards, specifications, and procedures for building these bases. There are also some Momonga from when we built G-5, which I hope will be helpful to you. I have already recruited nine thousand-man teams from headquarters. G-1 has sufficient manpower and is not needed, so you will each lead three of these nine thousand-man teams as your initial resources. After that, if you need anything, submit a report and I will forward it to headquarters so they can allocate the resources."
After everyone had collected their documents, Ortolan stood up and said with a hint of reluctance, "Although I really wanted to have a good get-together with you all, or even take a break and have some fun together for a couple of days, the situation in the New World is different from other seas, and unexpected events could happen at any time. We are all soldiers, and we should be even more strict with ourselves, so there's no time to lose. I'm entrusting you all with this matter!"
As soon as Ortolan finished speaking, the expressions of Stainless and the others also turned serious, and then they saluted and said, "Yes, all for justice!"