Ortolan: Has Ochoku Grown a Bear's Heart and Leopard's Guts, Daring to Provoke Me!?
Two weeks later, in the New World, at the Admiral's residence in Ortolan.
Meanwhile, in Ortolan's office, Gion was showing off something to him.
"Admiral Candidate, understand? In other words, if any of you, Sakazuki, or Kuzan have a problem, I can become Admiral immediately!" Gion said to Ortolan, swaying the tassels on her shoulders with a slightly provocative tone.
She just returned from headquarters today and has been granted the status of Admiral Candidate.
Ortolan looked at Gion with amusement, then said, "Amazing! You're so awesome!"
"What kind of attitude is that!?" Gion glared at Ortolan, but instead of continuing to flaunt her new identity, she said, "There's one more thing, I've become an Ability User."
"Huh?!" Ortolan looked at Gion in genuine surprise this time, then asked, "Why didn't you tell me?"
"I was just thinking of giving you a surprise when I got back," Gion said with a smile.
"You ate that Mythical Zoan?" Ortolan immediately asked.
Gion shook her head and smiled, saying, "If I wanted to become Zoan type Fruit user, I would have eaten one long ago. Why wait until now? Didn't I tell you before? I want a Devil Fruit that can complement my sword. The reason I've been staying at headquarters for so long is because Sister Tsuru found a suitable ability for me, and it takes time to transport it to headquarters..."
As she spoke, Gion took out a Devil Fruit from her small bag. It was the Mythical Zoan Pink Dragon that Ortolan had given her... which was Dr. Vegapunk's Artificial Devil Fruit.
"Here you go. Give it to someone who needs it more. You're Admiral now. I heard that Hoshigaki and the others have already come to join you. Use it as a reward for them in the future." Gion placed the Devil Fruit on the table.
Actually, she was still a little reluctant, after all, it was a gift from Ortolan. However, she touched the Konpira hanging at her waist, with a single flower hanging from the hilt... As for gifts, one is enough. It's more cost-effective to use this kind of Devil Fruit to improve overall strength. Anyway, it's just gathering dust for her.
Ortolan didn't stand on ceremony and simply put the fruit away. Then, he asked Yu with great curiosity, "So what power did you absorb?"
Gion grinned, revealing a confident smile. Then, she raised her hand and flicked it in the air, unleashing a gust of wind pressure from her fingertips. It was invisible and intangible, yet extremely sharp. With a light stroke, she chopped off the corner of Ortolan's table.
"Paramecia type Scythe-Wind Fruit!" Gion raised an eyebrow.
Ortolan stared at the ripped corner of the table, his face twitching slightly. "Hey, hey, this is a table I just got, genuine Dragon Pool Wood! Do you know how much it cost? Ten million Belly!!!"
"Huh!?" Gion was also taken aback, a sheepish expression appearing on her face. "I didn't mean to..."
However, Ortolan wasn't really angry. Seeing Gion's embarrassed look, he shook his head and said, "Oh well, it was stolen from Mary Geoise anyway..."
That's right, this table was stolen goods from Dragon. After passing through Ortolan's hands, he felt that the office was too rudimentary, so he brought back all the useful and good items for his own use.
It's not just this desk; some of the seemingly understated decorations in the office, as well as the bookshelves behind it, are actually treasures—the private collections of the great aristocrats of Mary Geoise!
It is indeed corruption! But then again, can the actions of Admiral be called corruption?
A good and comfortable working environment is essential for our Admiral to dedicate their energy, handle more important matters, and contribute to justice.
Putting the table aside for now, Ortolan still had some understanding of Gion's ability. It seemed that in the original story, this ability was used by a nobody from the East Blue, but somehow it ended up in Gion's hands ahead of time.
That little punk's development of this ability is rather superficial, and he hasn't shown any real prowess. But Gion, being a Great Swordsman, should be incredibly powerful with this ability.
"This ability is very rare, you could say it's a special Paramecia type ability. Although it can't be elementalized, it can indeed be considered half Logia type... I can now summon gales and turn them into sharp slashes. In short, I haven't fully developed it yet, but it has already made some progress in my strength!" Gion said happily.
Although the summoned gale isn't very powerful right now, and doesn't have that Logia type, world-destroying feeling, it only lingers around the body, it hasn't been properly developed yet.
Gion thinks that if this ability can be developed to the point of Awakening in the future, it would be quite terrifying!
As the two were chatting, there was a knock on the office door. After Ortolan responded, a pretty female Marine Admiral with long pink hair and a slightly immature appearance walked in.
This girl is none other than Hina, the current secretary of Ortolan and Marine Admiral!
When Hina entered the Gion, her expression lit up with joy, as if she had met her idol. However, just as she was about to chat with Gion, she realized that she had something important to report.
"Admiral!" Hina quickly saluted, then said, "Lord Ikkyo has sent a briefing from G-5. Please take a look."
Ortolan nodded, took the briefing, and asked, "What is it now...?"
After glancing at the briefing, Ortolan frowned slightly. "Penn... Smoker's subordinate? I hadn't really noticed him before..."
Within two weeks, G-5 had already conducted a certain amount of investigation and made some judgments based on the instructions on the Vivre Card.
To be honest, the disappearance of a Marine Admiral commander is such a trivial matter that it doesn't need to be brought to Ortolan's attention. After all, he is Marine Admiral. If he had to deal with such petty matters every day, he would never have a moment of rest.
But this time the situation is really special. After some investigation, Yi Xiao's side found that Lieutenant Commander Penn is currently being held on Hachinosu Island.
Originally, things had come to this point without needing to alarm Ortolan, but Yi Xiao was not Smoker. He knew very well what Ortolan's next plans were, and that Ortolan was already preparing to take action against Hachinosu Island.
Now a perfect reason was right there on the table, so after investigating the matter, Yixiao reported it directly to Ortolan.
"Heh..." After reading the briefing, Ortolan sneered, "I was originally planning to launch an attack on Hachinosu Island after you returned. Now, before I could even come up with a reason, that bastard Wang Ochoku delivered himself right to my doorstep. He's got some nerve, daring to touch my subordinates and even imprison them on Hachinosu Island. Is he trying to provoke me?"
After scolding Ochoku, Ortolan looked at Hina and said, "Make arrangements. Order Jiaji to come back and take Tokikake here. Also, prepare a ship. I'm going to G-5!"
Among the many Vice Admiral under Ortolan, Tokikake was the only one who wasn't assigned the duties of a base commander. Firstly, he himself wasn't interested in it, after all, he had learned bad habits from Garp and was now just a scoundrel.
Secondly, Ortolan himself does need someone who can keep things under control and stay behind after he goes out to prevent any major problems from arising.
Now, with this Tokikake, he is essentially directly under the command of Ortolan's adjutant, replacing the previous position of Momonga.
Previously, after Ortolan left, the Momonga took over Ortolan's duties.
Upon hearing Hina immediately saluted. "Yes, for justice!"
She didn't even have time to say a few words to her idol Gion; she immediately turned and left the office to issue orders.
Ortolan gathered the documents on the table, tossed the briefing into the shredder, and stood up. Gion, quite naturally, took Ortolan 'Ortolan Admiral's cloak from the hanger and expertly draped it over his shoulders. "Didn't we agree to work together with Kaido? Shouldn't we have informed them?"
"The past is the past. Plans can't keep up with changes. Back then, I was just the commander of G-5 base. Now, I'm the governor and Admiral of the New World. I don't need to fight alongside Kaido anymore, otherwise it will be harder to handle the aftermath... But I still need to give them a heads-up and tell them to be prepared and seal off the sea area behind Hachinosu Island for me, so that Ochoku won't get the news and run away as soon as I make a move!" Ortolan said without hesitation.
He used to be a mad dog in G-5, without any scruples. Moreover, G-5 members were not bound by regulations and were considered an extremely special type of Marines. There was no problem with him cooperating with Kaido to hunt Ochoku.
But now that he's Marine Admiral, his first task after taking office is to deal with a Great Pirate, and he has to team up with Kaido. That would be a bit embarrassing, and there would be many other things to deal with later. So there's no need to drag Kaido into it anymore.
Besides, Ochoku and Silver Axe are just two losers trapped on Hachinosu Island. Ortolan didn't consider them any formidable opponents at all!
Perhaps he is very strong, but as Marine Admiral, Ortolan has a lot of talented people under his command, right?
Gion and Issho are both formidable young masters, and with me, their Admiral, here to help, how could I possibly fail to defeat these two losers?!