What's Wrong with You?
January 1st, 1502 (Marine Calendar)
The World Government has turned another page in the timeline.
On this day, Esdeath, along with the Akame and Kurome sisters and ten young warriors personally selected from the Balutes Tribe, returned to Noah in the Giant World.
She initially thought that the journey to the Imperial Capital would be fraught with difficulties, since her sudden return as the World Government's Empress after her disappearance would surely cause dissatisfaction among many in the Empire.
Yet, she received the highest level of treatment in the Imperial Capital from beginning to end.
The old emperor himself, accompanied by the Empress, princes Wano Script, came out to greet her spaceship.
Later, during their pleasantries, they learned that the Empire hoped that, given that they were also from the Teigu World, the Empire would receive more support from the Celestial Dragons in the future.
Yes.
In the eyes of the Emperor and others, the fact that Esdeath, the former Navy Admiral of the Empire, had become the Empress was an advantage that neither the Alchemi Kingdom nor the Divine Harmony Kingdom could match.
As to whether Esdeath had rebelled before, everyone present chose to ignore it.
At the same time.
Longinus had been studying Swordsmanship with Imu for a month, had already left Noah.
His next step is to work as an intern alongside the heads of various departments to familiarize himself with the operational processes and intricacies of each department.
Furthermore, after each department, you must write an 'internship report' to report your understanding and thoughts on that department to the Five Elders.
Only after gaining the approval of the Five Elders can one proceed to the next department for an internship; the entire process typically takes about a year.
He then took a tour of the CIPHER POL headquarters, Marine Headquarters, Air Force Headquarters, and Army Headquarters.
After completing my internship of more than two years, I gained a comprehensive understanding of the government, the military, and intelligence agencies, which I didn't need to be overly in-depth about.
The Five Elders and the World Government will assign them a certain number of Holy Land Garrison and CIPHER POL members as their personal guard.
They were then sent to a conquered Otherworld to serve as 'Star Lords', responsible for assisting the World Government in managing and strengthening its control over it.
The 'Star Lord' has a very wide sphere of power.
The 'Star Lord' has the right to control all political, military, and financial power within the world, excluding Affiliated Nation, provided that the policies and laws of the World Government are observed.
Generally speaking, an Otherworld will only have one Affiliated Nation; the Teigu World, with three Affiliated Nation, is an exception.
In other words...
For a 'Star Lord'
In his own world, only the 'World Government Branch' and the 'World Government Member States' are beyond his interference.
Apart from that, it is basically all his territory.
If Land of Disobedience or individuals refuse to submit, the 'Star Lord' will need to find a way to deal with it.
However, the first 'Star Lord' will not truly appear until two years later, after Longinus has completed his internship in all departments.
On Imu's side.
With the arrival of the new year, new Small Star Gate activation permissions naturally appear in this Star Map.
He had already told the Five Elders his plans: he would not open any new Star Gate for at least the next six months, and they should focus on dealing with the current situation.
For example, the absorption and assimilation of various resources from the Teigu World.
Another example is the "Supreme Command of the Armed Forces Commendation and Medal Awarding Ceremony" to be held on January 11th.
September 15th is the date of the convening of the new 'Reverie', followed by October 30th as the 'World Government Supreme Administrative Conference'.
In summary
This year is really not suitable for opening a Star Gate; it would only cause disruption and various unexpected events to the World Government's subsequent work.
So when the Five Elders received Imu's order, although they felt a little regretful, they also felt it was reasonable.
And this message was then passed down to various levels of World Government.
All the officials felt a sense of relief.
The sudden reduction in psychological pressure even led to an overall improvement in administrative efficiency.
They had previously worried that the upcoming new Otherworld would bring an even more overwhelming workload to their already burdened lives.
The current situation is that they have to manage four worlds simultaneously, with the Giant World being the easiest, since it is mostly a 'perfectly free' area.
Aside from the occasional need to eliminate spontaneously formed organizations or factions on the CIPHER POL side, they don't need to concern themselves with anything else.
Marineford, the Marine Headquarters, is located on a summer island in the first half of the Grand Line.
Therefore, the climate here is dry, hot, and prone to torrential rains year-round.
However, the change in climate has little to do with the sailors on the island, because no matter how hot it is or how heavy the rain is, they can't miss any of the training programs.
Basically behind that huge, magnificent Justice Fortress.
Every day, you could see a group of junior marines training hard under the supervision of officers, sweating profusely.
A 500-meter track, 200 laps!
A full set of 2000 push-ups!
Climbing a 200-meter rope, 100 times!
After finishing, you must immediately engage in combat training with another person until they are completely knocked out and lose consciousness!
This is just the daily training intensity for officers below the rank of lieutenant. The number of daily training sessions doubles for Major starting at the rank of major. As for officers at the rank of general, there are no hard and fast rules and they can decide for themselves.
At this time.
One of the training halls, which is about the size of a football field, is quite ordinary on the island.
Garp and his adjutant Bogard stood at the entrance, where the place had been frozen into a large ice cellar, with frost even reaching their feet.
Whenever Kuzan and Yixiao collide inside, gusts of cold wind accompanied by streaks of purple light rush towards them, causing their white Coat of Justice to flutter wildly.
"Hmm--Do you think what Kuzan said is reliable?"
Garp seemed to be getting bored, and while yawning, he asked Bogard beside him.
Bogard shook his head. "I'm not a Devil Fruit user either, but since Kuzan said he's used it once before, he should be somewhat confident."
"However, if it is confirmed that Devil Fruit can Imitation Magic techniques from other worlds, their value will definitely skyrocket, especially Paramecia and Logia."
[Buzz!!]
Suddenly, just as Bogard finished speaking, a dazzling white light burst forth from the hall, instantly enveloping the entire training hall.
Then it continued to spread in all directions, completely covering most of the area behind the Justice Fortress.
"This"
The marines who were training intensely, as well as the naval officers who were constantly shouting and urging them on, were all dumbfounded.
Because they saw that on the other half of the playground, the people who had been struggling to do push-ups, were suddenly swept away by a beam of white light and then became motionless in an ice-blue space.
Even the people climbing the ropes above seemed to remain stationary, like lifelike sculptures.
A sharp-eyed Rear Admiral even noticed that the beads of sweat that dripped down completely froze in mid-air.
[Whoosh!]
However, all of this lasted for a very short time, less than three seconds, before dissipating automatically, while those affected continued to do their own thing without even noticing.
It wasn't until they noticed a group of people staring at them in astonishment that they looked up, their faces covered in sweat, and asked in confusion.
What's wrong with you?