Ortolan: Fleet Admiral, I Want to Fight Whitebeard!
Marines Second Division, Marineford.
In the office of the Fleet Admiral Sengoku, Sengoku was currently answering Den Den Mushi).
"It's over, the blockade has been lifted! Just now, our Marines's Momonga Vice Admiral Momonga announced the reason for the blockade of the gateway sea to the New World..."
"Yes, it's all to deal with that San Juan Wolf."
"Our Marines in the Alien New World received intelligence that this bastard intended to attack royalty from various places who were traveling to Mary Geoise to attend a meeting near the New World's gateway. Therefore, in order to protect the safety of these royalty, we had to seal off that area for a period of time. Now, the problem has been resolved."
"No problem, everything is back on track. The royal escort fleets from various countries have resumed their advance and will soon arrive in Mary Geoise."
"The secrecy beforehand is also for the safety of the mission."
After a long explanation, Fleet Admiral Sengoku finally hung up the Den Den Mushi. He wiped the sweat from his brow, picked up his teacup, and took a sip. "That guy, Ortolan, he really knows how to cause me trouble..."
At this moment, Fleet Admiral Chief Staff Officer Tsuru was sitting on the sofa in the Marshal's office.
She leisurely held her teacup, watching as Sengoku smiled and said to Zhanguo, "You should have been mentally prepared for all this when you let that kid go into the New World."
Sengoku shook his head helplessly, but didn't complain anymore.
The two didn't discuss Ortolan much, and soon started talking about the events of the World Conference.
"Has Garp arrived yet?" Sengoku asked.
"He is in charge of the escort Commander-in-Chief for the royal families of the East Blue China Sea. Several groups of royal families have already arrived in the East Blue. Garp said that he will return with the last group when they escort the Kingdom of Goa." -Chief Staff Officer Tsuru.
"Leaving the Kingdom of Goa last... this guy wants to stop by and see his precious grandson, right?" Sengoku said with amusement.
"He looked really grumpy when he left, it seemed like something had happened to his grandson. I asked him what happened, but he stammered and wouldn't say..." Chief Staff Officer Tsuru said after thinking for a moment.
Sengoku paused for a moment, then frowned and asked, "Dragon?"
"Probably..." Chief Staff Officer Tsuru sighed.
Garp's grandson's affair is known to several high-ranking officers in the Marines, but only to a few. Because so few people know, there is no need to hide the affair from them. In the past, if his grandson had any affairs, he would tell Tsuru when asked. Sometimes, he would even ask Tsuru for clarification.
But this time, Chief Staff Officer Tsuru asked, Garp didn't say anything and even looked uncomfortable... After a little thought, Fleet Admiral Sengoku and Chief Staff Officer Tsuru could guess that this unwillingness to talk about the matter most likely involved Dragon, the leader of the Revolutionary Army.
In fact, Sengoku and his Chief Staff Officer Tsuru were right.
Garp was so irritable and worried, mainly because Dragon had interfered in Luffy's love life again!
It was agreed that if Luffy was entrusted to Garp's care, Dragon would no longer interfere, and Dragon had always done so. Seeing this, Garp gradually relaxed his vigilance towards Dragon.
As it turned out, not long ago, Dragon secretly went to Windmill Village. When Garp received the news, good heavens, his precious grandson had become a Devil Fruit user!
This infuriated Garp!
In particular, when Garp learned that Luffy had acquired the so-called Rubber-Rubber Fruit power, he hated Dragon even more.
Regarding the Rubber-Rubber Fruit... Garp had heard about it some time ago. It was a Devil Fruit found in the East Blue by the World Government. Although he didn't know what was special about it, the World Government seemed to value it very much and even arranged for the CP Agency to escort it. However, it was intercepted by the Revolutionary Army halfway there.
Now, the fruit has fallen on his grandson, which is quite awkward.
Garp wanted to bring Luffy into the Marines, but currently, without Red-Hair or Ace's influence, Luffy has no concept or understanding of pirates and is not opposed to joining the Marines.
This made Garp feel relieved, but then Luffy ate the Rubber-Rubber Fruit, which the World Government values highly, and coupled with his identity as a member of the Revolutionary Army... it was like adding insult to injury.
How could Garp not be angry?
Of course, at present, Garp is just a little annoyed. For Garp, the situation is not irreparable. As Marine Hero, his influence and strength are undeniable.
Although the Rubber-Rubber Fruit is a bit disgusting, as long as he works his magic, Luffy the Marines and developing normally should still be fine. The World Government won't make things difficult for him because of this situation.
Even though Luffy ate the Rubber-Rubber Fruit, Garp still wanted to capture him and recruit him into the Marines.
Without going into much detail about Garp's grandson, Chief Staff Officer Tsuru continued, "Speaking of which, Doflamingo will be participating in the World Conference this time as the King of Dressrosa... Just thinking about it makes me quite excited."
Upon hearing this, Sengoku also found it somewhat interesting.
Doflamingo's identity is incredibly complex, like a nested doll. He was a descendant of the True Celestial Dragon of the Yellow Banner of Mary Geoise, who came to the North Blue under the guise of a mafia family. Then, after the Great Pirate Era began, he became a pirate. In one fell swoop, he transformed into one of the Shichibukai the Sea and obtained the throne in the Dark World. Now, he is a Rear Admiral of the Marines registered by Ortolan. And that's not all. He also joined the Supreme Council of the World Government in Mary Geoise as Affiliated Nation family.
Honestly, after thinking about these identities and experiences carefully, Sengoku had to admire Doflamingo. His life story was just too flashy!
Each one more legendary than the last!
After chuckling for a while, Sengoku seemed to remember something and said with a slightly melancholy expression, "Doflamingo is doing very well, while Rosinante is imprisoned in Impel Down. Sometimes I think about it, and I'm really quite derelict in my duty as his father."
"You've never done anything wrong in the matter of the Rosinante, Sengoku," Chief Staff Officer Tsuru words of comfort.
Sengoku sighed, then continued, "That guy Ortolan won't be participating in this World Conference, Garp probably won't be either. It looks like it'll just be the four of us this time..."
Naturally, it was him, the Marines commander, along with Admiral Kuzan and Sakazuki, and the Chief Staff Officer.
The rest of the people are either qualified or don't want to fight, or they want to fight but aren't qualified.
"I thought Ortolan would attend this meeting and use this stage to enhance his political influence, but he didn't seem interested at all... which is a bit unexpected," said Chief Staff Officer Tsuru.
She wasn't wrong about that; the Mary Geoise World Conference was indeed a great stage for increasing political influence.
"I've told him that too, but he doesn't seem to be interested at all..." Sengoku no Usakata sighed.
However, no sooner had he finished speaking than his Den Den Mushi on his desk rang.
After glancing at it, Sengoku chuckled and said, "We were just talking about him when he called through the Den Den Mushi. Could it be that he's had a change of heart and wants to come to the meeting?"
Joking about these things, Sengoku Den Den Mushi and said, "Ortolan? What is it? Do you want to participate in the World Conference?"
On the other end of the Den Den Mushi, Ortolan looked at the Den Den Mushi in his hand with some confusion, and then said, "What do you mean by participating in the World Conference? Didn't I already say I didn't have time?"
"I thought you'd changed your mind..." Sengoku no Ussho teased.
"Oh, no, not at all. Not only have I not changed my mind, but I also have an even more troublesome situation to deal with right now, so I have absolutely no time to participate in any international conferences..." Ortolan laughed.
"Oh?" Sengoku asked with a hint of curiosity, "I'd like to hear what you're really after, something that's more important than participating in the World Conference?"
As he spoke, he picked up the teacup on the table, brought it to his lips, and prepared to take a sip.
The tea had barely left his mouth, not even swallowed, when he heard Ortolan's calm voice from the other end of the Den Den Mushi: "Commander, I'm preparing to go to war with the Whitebeard Pirates!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Sengoku spat out a mouthful of old tea all over the table.
After coughing and choking a few times, Sengoku asked in horror, "What did you say? You want to fight Whitebeard?"
"That's right, I've already started planning and preparations. I'll strive to wipe him out in one battle and sweep across the New World!" Ortolan said confidently.
Upon hearing this, the Sengoku was quite bewildered.
Chief Staff Officer Tsuru also looked completely stunned!