Sakazuki: Is This the New World or Marine Headquarters!?
The World Conference was held in Mary Geoise as scheduled without any unexpected incidents.
At the G-3 Marine Base in the New World, nobody was paying attention to any World Conference. A large group of elite New World Marines commanders had gathered there to discuss how to defeat the Whitebeard Pirates.
You know what, Sakazuki arrived really fast. Ortolan was clearly closer to G-3, but Sakazuki arrived only two days later Ortolan.
It is said that he traveled at breakneck speed, without even resting at night, and ordered his soldiers to force the boat to sail. He never lowered the sails along the way, as if he was afraid that Ortolan would not play with him.
At this moment, Sakazuki's warship had slowly docked in the port of G-3. As soon as the gangway was lowered, Sakazuki strode down from it.
And Ortolan was waiting for him at the port.
After all, he's a fierce general who charges into battle even with his own rations, so Ortolan has to give Sakazuki face and can't really treat him like a fool.
Upon seeing Ortolan, Sakazuki forced a slightly stiff smile and said, "I'm not late, am I?"
"Your speed is beyond my expectations..." Ortolan couldn't help but exclaim, "Wow, you're really proactive!"
"Isn't this because I was afraid of delaying your plans and affecting the operation against the Whitebeard?" Sakazuki said with an air of nonchalance, waving his hand and saying, "When does the meeting start? Let's start preparing now and not waste any more time."
To be honest, Ortolan's motivation is indeed very strong, but he is not as 'energetic' as Sakazuki. He rushed all the way here and didn't even take a break before getting straight to the point.
However, since Sakazuki has already rested for two days in Ortolan and doesn't have any need for this, let's start the meeting directly.
Soon, led by Ortolan, Sakazuki also entered G-3 base. All the generals were notified and came to the conference room of G-3 Marine Base one by one.
G-3 Marine Base is a newly built Marine Base by Stainless. Its structure is not grand and it was built according to the scale of a normal Marine Base. The conference room is not as high-end as the G2 and G-5, and it can only accommodate a small number of people. In the past, it was the place where Stainless held meetings with some of his officers.
When Stainless built the base here, he probably never imagined that it would one day host a planning meeting for a major event like the Marines's extermination of the Whitebeard.
Two Marine Admiral were present, Vice Admiral and Rear Admiral from all over the New World gathered together.
Sakazuki sat to Ortolan's left and watched as the Marines officers gradually arrived at the conference room.
Among the Vice Admiral generals are Issho, who just hid the Golden Country of Shandora in the Calm Belt and then rushed here for a meeting; Tokikake and Gion, who came from the command center in Ortolan; as well as G-1 base commander Strawberry, G-12 base commander Momonga, G-14 base commander Hoshigaki, and G-7 base commander Kaisa.
The Rear Admiral was seated with a large group of people. Apart from Smoker and Tesoro, two of Ortolan's direct subordinates, there were also Rear Admiral under various Vice Admiral. There were more than ten people sitting in the room.
Among them, the most familiar ones are Rear Admiral Bastille Ortolan, the Shark Slayer under the command of the Momonga, and Rear Admiral Maynard, the Pursuer under the command of Strawberry.
The remaining Rear Admiral were all people that Ortolan did not have in his original team, but he recognized them all. They were mostly his direct adjutants when he came from G-5, as well as a few Vice Admiral who were transferred to the New World.
Besides Rear Admiral Lieutenant General Lieutenant General Rob Lucci, there was another person who held the rank of Colonel but was also granted special permission to participate in the meeting.
Sakazuki sat next to Ortolan, occasionally glancing at the Marines elites in the conference room, feeling slightly shocked.
Looking at the group of Marines elites sitting in this conference room, each one of them looked full of energy and spirit, their eyes filled with confidence and fighting spirit. Even the Rear Admiral whom Sakazuki didn't recognize exuded a fierce aura.
This fierce aura doesn't necessarily mean they are powerful or strong.
But all of this proves that they are elites who fought their way out from the front lines through countless life-and-death battles!
"As expected, these Marines who came out of the G-5 front are more elite than the generals who were promoted from various places in the Ministry..." Sakazuki thought to himself.
Sakazuki wasn't saying that the Rear Admiral at headquarters were weak, but rather that he felt the Major Generals on the New World side were stronger!
Putting aside the Rear Admiral and others, Sakazuki turned his attention to Momonga and the others. He was quite familiar with Momonga and the others, after all, his subordinates such as Onigumo Doberman came out at the same time as Momonga, and their progress was about the same.
Sakazuki and Ortolan both became Admiral, and they also promoted their own followers. This group of Vice Admiral can be said to have developed at a relatively consistent pace.
Sakazuki didn't have a clear sense of Strawberry, Kaisa, Stainless, but he could clearly feel Sakazuki Momonga and Hoshigaki were sitting there; it was a strong person's intuition.
Especially the Momonga; Sakazuki could vaguely sense that the Momonga might soon catch up with Gion, Tokikake, Issho, and the others ahead.
This greatly surprised Sakazuki. While Onigumo once considered himself a step above Momonga, Sakazuki now felt that Onigumo was probably no match for Momonga.
Is its growth potential really that strong?
This group of Vice Admiral, if placed at headquarters, would definitely be the elite of the elite, the backbone of the force!
Then look at Zheng drinking tea and smiling, and talking to Ortolan about things Tokikake, and there's also Gion, who seems to be dozing Gion.
These three all hold the title of Admiral Candidate. Among them, the one known as "Fujitora" Issho, Sakazuki can feel the pressure from him. Unsurprisingly, this guy has already stepped into the threshold of Admiral, and not just stepped in, but has gone a long way forward. Within the world of martial arts, he is a true top-level expert. If there is a vacancy for Admiral in the Marines now, Issho can completely shoulder this heavy responsibility and become a true Marine Admiral.
Gion is slightly weaker than Issho, but this slight weakness is at the level of top-tier combat power. No matter how weak she is, she is still a member of the top-tier experts, much stronger than a regular elite lieutenant Elite Vice Admiral like Hoshigaki.
The same applies to Tokikake.
According to Sakazuki, these three may not be entirely comparable to the Three Admirals of the headquarters, namely himself, Ortolan, and Kuzan, but they are not far off!
Because of this feeling, and looking at Ortolan sitting next to him, talking about some political matters with Tokikake, Sakazuki even felt for a moment as if he were in a meeting at headquarters.
The person sitting next to me is Fleet Admiral Marines Ortolan, not Admiral Ortolan!
In fact, Sakazuki was well aware of this matter. As Kuzan said, as Admiral, there was nothing in the Marines that could be hidden from their eyes. Sakazuki was certainly aware of many things as well, but he had always been very hesitant.
He knew that Ortolan had done many illegal things and made many underhanded moves, which should not have happened. However, Sakazuki could clearly feel that under Ortolan's actions, the overall strength and other factors of both the Marines and the New World Marines had increased.
This shows that what Ortolan did was beneficial to improving the Marines's strength.
Therefore, Sakazuki, a man who is usually very decisive, has been unable to make a judgment on matters concerning Ortolan.
On one hand, he felt this was wrong and might sow the seeds of disaster, but on the other hand, he watched helplessly as the Marines gained more and more real benefits, its strength increased, and the New World was constantly suppressed by Ortolan. The once rampant pirate forces could no longer hold their heads high in front of Ortolan.
I'm feeling very conflicted, hesitant, and conflicted!
At this moment, after directly sensing the imposing aura of the Marines commanders under Ortolan's command, he found it even more difficult to make a decision.
In fact, the scales in his heart had already begun to tip slightly in favor of Ortolan.
After the last Marines admiral entered the meeting room and took his seat, Ortolan tapped the table and said, "Everyone's here, so let's get down to business. Today we'll discuss the matter of how to launch an operation to annihilate the Whitebeard Pirates, the scourge of the New World..."
Ortolan's words also pulled Sakazuki out of his thoughts.
"In any case, the most urgent task is to resolve the Whitebeard problem first. As for Ortolan... sigh... we'll consider that later." Sakazuki sighed inwardly, sat up straight, and prepared to listen to the information and intelligence from Ortolan's side.