G-5 Hotheads: Whoever You Are, If You Don't Watch Your Mouth, We Won't Spare Your Feelings Either!
The riot came quickly and ended just as fast. Borsalino arrived and quickly suppressed it.
Following this, a large number of medics arrived and evacuated the wounded. Normally, when a large-scale melee involving thousands of people breaks out, there will definitely be casualties.
But this is the Marines's second division after all, and almost everyone is fighting shirtless without using any lethal weapons. In this situation, it doesn't matter if you don't know Haki; who doesn't know a basic style?
The Tekkai did have some effect, which is why there were many injuries, but surprisingly, no one was killed.
Following this chaotic battle involving thousands of people, the current senior officers of the Marines were immediately gathered for a meeting.
Inside the main conference room of the Fortress of Justice, all the Commodore generals and Commodore, who were currently serving in the 2nd Division, were seated.
With the Fleet Admiral absent, of the three Admiral, Ortolan needs no introduction; he has been temporarily suspended from his post, and Borsalino, the Admiral Candidate Admiral.
As for Kuzan, he's not actually in the main area. He usually stays in the First Half of Grand Line, and right now, who knows where he's wandering around on his bicycle.
Therefore, Sakazuki is currently the highest-ranking commander of the Second Division, and he naturally sits in the head seat at meetings.
In the past, when Marines officers held meetings, although the meeting room would be noisy and chaotic before the meeting officially began, they mostly exchanged intelligence and information they knew about each other and greeted each other.
Although the factions are quite obvious, the atmosphere won't be too serious.
Now, these generals are sitting together in their respective groups, their factions are clearly defined, and the atmosphere is extremely tense.
The only difference from the past is that this time it is not a clash between factions such as Dove Faction, Hawk Faction, and Neutral Faction, but rather between the Mary Geoise Loyalist Faction and the New World Marines faction.
These two major factions currently dominate the existence of all other factions.
Just as there are Loyalist Faction among the Dove Faction, there are also New World Marines faction among the Hawk Faction.
Seeing this, Sakazuki understood that this was no longer a struggle between factions or positions, but a true political factional struggle!
In the past, those so-called Dove Faction and Hawk Faction were just different in their positions, but they were all under the same main body: the Marines.
In this situation, perhaps only those generals who remain neutral can be considered part of the Marines political group.
The rest are either Mary Geoise political groups or New World political groups.
Thinking about this, Sakazuki felt it was somewhat absurd. If you calculate it this way, does that mean he, Sakazuki, is now Neutral Faction?
Moreover, considering his current status as the only Admiral with real power in the Navy, has he also become the leader of the Neutral Faction in the Marines?
Where did I, such a big Hawk Faction, suddenly disappear?
"It's outrageous that something like this could happen in the Ministry! Those who started this must be severely punished!" Vice Admiral Aramaki of the Criminal Investigation Bureau slammed his fist on the table, cursing through gritted teeth.
"In the end, isn't it all because of you, you idiot, that you caused all this trouble? Before you came to the Second Division, the Second Division was very united. Before you became that damned Director of the Investigation Bureau, there were no violent conflicts in the Second Division. As soon as you took office, all sorts of monsters and demons came out? I think if we're going to punish someone severely, you'll be the first one!" Commodore Reset was the first to speak up, giving Aramaki a good scolding.
Aramaki was stunned for a moment, then said angrily, "What kind of person are you? You're just a Commodore, how dare you slander me here? Don't forget, I'm Vice Admiral in the Marines!"
"What do you mean 'middle'? What do you mean 'general'? I joined the Marines in 1500 of the Marine Era, fought my way up from Lieutenant to commodore in the New World, and I sit here in this Commodore position through sheer hard-earned merit. Now I want to ask you, what merits have you, Aramaki Vice Admiral, made? What major battles have you participated in? What powerful pirates have you wiped out? Huh? You got this Vice Admiral position by stirring up trouble in the Navy and suppressing your colleagues, right?" This guy Reset is clearly not only from the New World Marines, but also from G-5.
As is well known, G-5 used to be a dumping ground for Marine trash can, and he was undoubtedly one of them.
In addition, over the years, they have been domineering in the New World with Ortolan and others. They have always been the ones bullying others, and no one has ever dared to bully them. When they get angry, even the Uranus King himself doesn't care.
I'm Commodore? You're Vice Admiral?
Even if you're Vice Admiral, or even if Admiral Sakazuki were sitting there saying something unpleasant, I still wouldn't give you any face!
There are quite a few troublemakers like this in the Marines. In their own eyes, no one else's words matter, and only Admiral Bane can make them loyal!
"You!" This was the first time that Aramaki had been so humiliated in such a public setting, in front of so many Marines officers, by a Commodore. His temper flared up instantly, and flames seemed to rise from his fists, as if he were about to start a fight at the slightest provocation.
Resette wasn't going to put up with him. Just because he got angry didn't mean he was so tough. Who did he think he was? He slammed his hand on the table, arrogantly leaning forward and saying, "What? You want to hit me? Come on, try and do it. I'm not afraid of you!"
Just then, another New World faction Vice Admiral, the Counterattacker, Saonlima, snorted coldly and slammed his hand on the table, saying, "After the Marine Headquarters meeting, there's no rule saying that Commodore can't refute a Vice Admiral's remarks, is there? What? In this meeting room, you, Aramaki, want to use your status to intimidate people? Fine, I'm also Vice Admiral. I just said I don't like you, so what? I also think you should be severely punished first, so what? Why don't you go sit in an Admiral's seat and then talk to me?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the conference room erupted into chaos. The various commanders of the New World Marines were slamming their fists on the table and shouting and cursing at each other with the Mary Geoise Loyalist Faction commanders.
This doesn't look like a meeting of high-ranking Marines officers at all; it's more like a clandestine organization electing a leader.
But they were all respectable people, so at least no armed conflict broke out here.
After exchanging insults for a while, their anger seemed to have dissipated, and the tense atmosphere eased somewhat.
Aramaki, disregarding his earlier embarrassment, said coldly, "Regardless, we should now discuss Fleet Admiral Sengoku's orders. If I remember correctly, ten hours have passed since the Fleet Admiral's orders were issued this morning. Why haven't the Marines in the New World responded yet? And why hasn't 'Former Admiral' Bane given any reply?"
"Fool, don't you know there's a war going on in the New World? Admiral Bane is personally leading the front-line Marines to fight against Big Mom and the Beast Pirate Alliance. They're probably fighting right now. How can they have time to deal with Clown like you?" Marine Headquarters Rear Admiral Zanjaku Bastille sneered and mocked.
He was originally a subordinate of Vice Admiral Kaisa at the G-7 base in the New World. After the annihilation of the Whitebeard Pirates on Archino Island, he was recommended to the Marine Headquarters for his outstanding performance and meritorious service.
He should have been promoted from Rear Admiral to Vice Admiral immediately after arriving at headquarters, but Mary Geoise was already very wary of Ortolan and did not want to see the New World Marines continue to increase its influence at Marine Headquarters. In addition, with people like Aramaki interfering, he has not yet been promoted to Vice Admiral.
Bastille was originally a member of the New World Marines, and he was quite unhappy about being suppressed by Aramaki and his gang at headquarters. Now that he had the opportunity, he unleashed a barrage of attacks.
Of course, as soon as he finished speaking, Rear Admiral Tucha from the Mary Geoise Loyalist Faction retorted, "Even if the fighting on the front lines is intense, it can't be so intense that an hour has passed and the New World Marines hasn't responded at all, right? Vice Admiral Stolobey and the others from G-1 can't possibly be on the front lines too, can they? Why have they cut off communications with headquarters? I think the New World Marines might really have the intention to split the Marines; we need to prepare as soon as possible..."
Seeing his men arguing endlessly without making any progress, Aramaki looked at Sakazuki, who was sitting in the head seat, and said, "Admiral Akainu, you are now the Admiral in charge of the Governor-General's headquarters. In this situation, we still need you to make the decision!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the conference room fell silent, and all the Marines officers looked at Sakazuki.
Sakazuki remained perfectly calm. He removed the cigar from his mouth and stubbed it out in the ashtray in front of him. His gaze swept over the crowd as he said, "Where is any semblance of the Marines in all these years? When has a riot ever broken out at headquarters? When has such a farce ever occurred in a meeting? I think all of you should just quit!"
Then, Sakazuki slammed his hand on the table and said, "From this moment on, martial law will be imposed at level two at headquarters. All headquarters commanders shall hand over all military command and be placed under the control of Admiral Borsalino!"
Aramaki was stunned for a moment, then seemed to realize that Admiral Sakazuki was taking the opportunity to seize the military power of these remnants of the Ortolan tribe.
So he was the first to step forward and say, "Yes, we will strictly carry out Admiral Akainu's orders!"
As soon as he spoke, the Loyalist Faction Marines of Mary Geoise readily supported him, surrendering their military power one by one.
The New World Marines's commanders seemed to have sensed the crisis, but Sakazuki was, after all, a full-fledged Admiral, and in the absence of the Fleet Admiral, he did indeed possess the power of the governor-general's headquarters. Legally speaking, all of these Marines commanders at headquarters were subject to Sakazuki's control.
At this moment, Sakazuki spoke and gave the Admiral's order.
They now have only two choices: either launch an armed conflict, erupt into Marines infighting, and rebel against the Admiral's orders.
Alternatively, you can only comply.
At this time, there was no movement from Admiral Ortolan's side. As the Marines, they naturally could not start a civil war casually, as that would make them sinners. Therefore, they had no choice but to obey Sakazuki's orders.