Rosinante: "Fleet Admiral, Ortolan Is Building Up His Own Forces and Intends to Split the Marines!"
Marine Headquarters, Marineford.
In Sakazuki's Admiral's office, Sakazuki was currently handling some current affairs.
Just then, there was a knock on his office door. Sakazuki responded, and Onigumo walked in from outside.
"What is it?" Sakazuki asked without looking up.
"Admiral Bane has sent a report to headquarters, which I think you might find interesting," Onigumo said with a smile, holding a document in his hand.
Sakazuki then looked up with some curiosity and asked, "Ortolan? What did he do?"
As he said this, Sakazuki took the document from Onigumo's hand, glanced at it, and exclaimed in surprise, "That was fast! They actually managed to kill Ochoku and Silver Axe?"
After a brief moment of surprise, Sakazuki smiled and said, "I knew it! He's definitely more capable than Kuzan! Sengoku- sensei was right to send him to the New World..."
"Besides that, he also launched a massive manhunt for the Red Hair Pirates in the New World..." Onigumo then gave Sakazuki a brief account of the matter.
After listening, Sakazuki immediately said, "Let our people cooperate as well. We're all colleagues, and these damned pirates deserve to be killed by everyone..."
"Understood," Onigumo nodded.
Meanwhile, in the office of the Fleet Admiral Sengoku, Sengoku was also giving instructions.
"Your Propaganda Department should release the announcements according to this pace, and also inform Morgans..." Fleet Admiral Sengoku said, handing the document in his hand to a Marines officer in the Propaganda Department.
After the general left, Fleet Admiral Sengoku did not continue to focus his attention on this matter, but quickly dealt with his own affairs.
A short while later, the Den Den Mushi on his desk suddenly rang.
The Fleet Admiral Sengoku glanced up, then his expression brightened slightly Den Den Mushi, saying, "Little Mandarin?"
"Fleet Admiral, it's me." Rosinante's voice came from the Den Den Mushi, and before Admiral Sengoku could speak, Rosinante quickly said, "Something terrible has happened, Fleet Admiral..."
Upon hearing this, the Fleet Admiral Sengoku's face twitched. Here we go again!
However, he still maintained a calm demeanor and asked, "What is it?"
"After returning to Dressrosa, Doflamingo invited the royal families of several neighboring countries for a private meeting, saying he wanted to establish a Sea Police Force. They want to build a deeper armed force. Not only that, I also discovered a huge piece of intelligence: Admiral Ortolan sent one of his Marine Admiral, Rear Admiral Vergo, to help Doflamingo establish this Sea Police Force. According to my investigation, this Rear Admiral Vergo is actually one of the criminal members of the Donquixote Family, and he even holds a high position, being one of the highest-ranking officers of the Heart Pirates. I suspect that Admiral Ortolan was misled by him, which is why he trusts Doflamingo so much..." Rosinante said with great concern.
Upon hearing this report, Sengoku was at a loss for words.
After a moment, Sengoku said, "Ortolan has already reported to me about this Sea Police Force, and it has also received the support of Mary Geoise. As for this Vergo, we don't know his identity either... but it's not convenient for me to explain the specifics to you."
"Huh?" Rosinante asked in surprise, as if he couldn't believe it.
After a brief moment of surprise and silence, Rosinante seemed to have thought of something even more terrifying, and said in a deep voice, "Fleet Admiral, then the problem is probably more serious than we imagined!"
Sengoku?
What makes the problem even more serious?
"Do you remember that I once reported to you that Ortolan might have been corrupted?" Rosinante asked.
Sengoku Guo recalled for a moment, then said, "Yes, there was such a thing..."
"You rejected my opinion back then, but now, based on the information I've gathered recently, I'm afraid Ortolan really does have a problem!" Rosinante said in a low voice.
Before Fleet Admiral Sengoku could speak, he quickly continued, "I recently investigated and found that he had established reserve Marines recruit training camps in many kingdoms of the New World under the name of the G-5 Marines. At first, I didn't notice anything amiss, but not long ago, I went to one of the kingdoms to look for a doctor for some reason, and then I discovered that it was not a recruit training camp at all. That training camp had four thousand elite Marines soldiers and four standard warships of our Marine Headquarters. And this is just the tip of the Iceburg. I later looked for two other training camps and found that they were the same. Roughly estimating, this so-called recruit training camp has a total of about fifty thousand elite Marines and at least fifty standard warships of our headquarters. These are probably not on the headquarters' roster. They are private armies that Ortolan secretly established!"
At this moment, Sengoku felt extremely helpless and didn't know how to explain it.
Why does Rosinante always inexplicably investigate information he shouldn't be aware of?
While Sengoku remained silent, Rosinante continued, "Now, considering Doflamingo's actions, the Sea Police Force is probably not as simple as it seems. I suspect that Ortolan has much bigger ambitions. Perhaps he wants to build up his own power in the New World, or even possibly intend to split our Marines, Fleet Admiral!"
"I strongly suggest that you summon Ortolan to headquarters now, place him under house arrest, and investigate these matters thoroughly!" Rosinante said urgently.
"Ahem..." Fleet Admiral Sengoku cleared his throat slightly awkwardly and said, "Little Mandarin, we acknowledge your intelligence gathering abilities; they are excellent. However, I've already emphasized to you before that you should no longer investigate anything about Ortolan. Moreover, he is now Admiral in our Marines. Investigating him like this not only violates regulations, but your words just now also constitute defamation of your superiors. Isn't that obvious?"
"But Fleet Admiral ..." Rosinante seemed somewhat confused. Why wasn't his godfather on his side? From both a personal standpoint and from the Fleet Admiral's perspective, Ortolan's actions were excessive!
There's no reason for it?
"As for what you just mentioned, we already know about it. This is a plan for the New World decided by our high Marines, a deployment to confuse the Great Pirate of the New World. As I said before, your rank is not high enough to tell you the specifics. In short, we know about these things. You don't doubt Ortolan's loyalty and stance, and you shouldn't investigate these matters anymore. This is fate, understand?" Sengoku said to the Den Den Mushi with a very complicated expression.
Rosinante was completely dumbfounded on the other end of the Den Den Mushi, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.
Sengoku continued, "You've been on field missions for quite a while now, and your intelligence gathering on the Donquixote Family has been quite good. I think you should join headquarters; it's time to end this mission..."
"No!" Rosinante immediately refused upon hearing this. "Doflamingo's criminal family hasn't been wiped out yet. How can I give up halfway? Fleet Admiral, you're not worried about my safety. I'm not in any danger right now. Besides... besides, I have some things that I need to do through the Donquixote Family's channels..."
Sengoku thought to himself, "They're supposed to be eradicating criminal families, but I heard that Ortolan has already created a secret Marines file for Doflamingo. Who knows when Doflamingo might suddenly become a righteous Marines, even higher in rank than you? What are you investigating?"
In Sengoku's view, before 1498, Doflamingo's Donquixote Family could indeed be called a 'criminal family', but after 1498, although the Donquixote Family outwardly transformed into pirates, in reality, they were frantically moving closer to the Marines!
Especially after Doflamingo became Shichibukai, he not only established a deep cooperative relationship with Ortolan and helped G-5 countless times, but he also cooperated with the Marine Headquarters on many occasions in other areas, especially in intelligence communication.
What's this? These are our own people!
It was also because of these historical reasons that Sengoku did not stop Ortolan from creating a secret Marines file for Doflamingo; on the contrary, he tacitly approved of it.
Seeing Rosinante's firm refusal to come, Sengoku pondered for a moment and then stopped pressing him. The reason was the same: Rosinante was too righteous and probably couldn't stay idle. Even if he came, he would definitely take on other investigative work. From this perspective, it would be extremely dangerous for him to infiltrate anywhere, while being with Doflamingo would be perfectly safe.
Since that's the case, we might as well let him stay by Doflamingo's side.
In the future, once Doflamingo has set things right and joined the Marines family, as Fleet Admiral, he could use subtle tactics to add some merit to Rosinante, such as... secretly assisting Ortolan in turning against and recruiting Doflamingo.