Oh No! His Backing Was Too Powerful

Uncle Wood?

Major General Hagen, Marquis Charlie, and the others were all stunned.

In a situation like this, wasn't Victor's way of addressing Vice Admiral Wood a little too intimate?

Not only Major General Hagen, Marquis Charlie, and the nobles and merchants of the Talos Kingdom were shocked—even Lieutenant Colonel Mata and the others were taken aback.

Lieutenant Colonel Mata and the others had read about Vice Admiral Wood's deeds in the newspapers. They knew he was an iron-blooded, upright man who was fair and selfless.

They had thought that the investigation team led by Vice Admiral Wood would uncover problems at Branch 191.

They never expected Lord Victor to know Vice Admiral Wood!

Now there was room for things to turn around!

At this moment, Victor took the initiative to approach Vice Admiral Wood.

Vice Admiral Wood was around three meters and ten centimeters tall.

Victor was about the same height as Vice Admiral Wood.

Vice Admiral Wood burst into laughter. "I knew it. Wherever you go, you brat always stir up trouble."

Victor replied calmly, "Being too outstanding always invites jealousy."

"Is that so?" Vice Admiral Wood's smile faded. He put on a stern face and said seriously, "If I really find any problems, I won't let you off lightly."

Victor answered unconcernedly, "Uncle Wood can investigate however he likes. There definitely won't be any problems."

"Mm, that's good." Vice Admiral Wood glanced at Victor and nodded.

Major General Hagen and the others witnessed this scene.

The nobles and wealthy merchants, including Marquis Charlie, began to waver.

Victor's relationship with Vice Admiral Wood was clearly far from ordinary.

If Vice Admiral Wood favored Victor, then exposing Victor's wrongdoing would only bring trouble upon themselves.

Besides, judging by Victor's calm demeanor, he was not afraid of being investigated at all.

Which of them had gained their current wealth and status without being shrewd?

Thus, they decided to observe the situation for now.

Vice Admiral Wood declined the invitation to dine. He led the investigation team directly into the Branch 191 base and began the investigation.

Every morning, Marine Soldiers would be summoned individually.

The selected Marine Soldiers were taken alone into rooms and questioned repeatedly.

Moreover, after being questioned, the selected Marine Soldiers were temporarily forbidden from returning.

As a result, the Navy personnel within Branch 191 had no idea about the investigation team's direction or progress.

This began to worry the officers of Branch 191.

If anyone let something slip, everyone would suffer!

Victor, however, remained very calm.

Lieutenant Colonel Mata asked worriedly, "Lord Victor, will the investigation team find anything?"

When he learned that the investigation team was coming, Victor had notified everyone to keep their stories straight and cooperate with the investigation.

Furthermore, until the investigation team left, everyone was forbidden from drinking and had to watch their mouths."

People were prone to spilling the truth after drinking.

After hearing this, Victor smiled. "Don't worry. Since it's Vice Admiral Wood, there won't be any problems."

Lieutenant Colonel Mata cautiously asked, "Is Lord Victor very familiar with Vice Admiral Wood?"

Victor smiled. "Vice Admiral Wood was my father's closest friend before he passed away. When I was little, I even peed on his head. So even if they really find something, Vice Admiral Wood will help smooth it over."

Vice Admiral Wood had been the closest friend of Victor's father in this life. The two had a friendship forged through life-and-death experiences.

Victor had not lied about that.

However, Vice Admiral Wood truly was fair and selfless.

Expecting Vice Admiral Wood to clean up his mess? That was impossible.

Black was black, and white was white. Vice Admiral Wood was a man of strong principles.

"So that's how it is." Hearing this, Lieutenant Colonel Mata finally breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment, Victor smiled and said, "You can make my relationship with Vice Admiral Wood public. It'll put everyone at ease, and it'll also let those people understand who they can provoke and who they can't."

"Yes." Lieutenant Colonel Mata understood what Victor meant.

The upper ranks of the South Blue Navy, as well as the nobles and merchants of the Talos Kingdom, all wanted to clarify Victor's relationship with Wood.

As long as they confirmed that the two were close, they would not dare cause trouble.

Afterward, Victor told Lieutenant Colonel Mata about his family background and origins.

Through Lieutenant Colonel Mata, Victor's background was spread far and wide.

"No wonder Lord Victor wasn't afraid. It turns out Lord Victor's parents were both headquarters major generals who died fighting to protect the Celestial Dragons."

"Vice Admiral Wood and Lord Victor's father were close friends. Their relationship was extremely close."

"Headquarters is only here to go through the motions. Just follow Lord Victor's instructions, and there definitely won't be any problems."

Within Branch 191, both officers and Marine Soldiers were discussing Victor's relationship with Wood.

They had originally all been worried that something might go wrong, but now every one of them felt reassured.

Victor's background was right there for all to see—a Military Second Generation born and raised in Marineford!

The news quickly reached the ears of Major General Hagen, Marquis Charlie, and the others.

Hagen had originally intended to drive Victor out of the South Blue.

Now that he knew of Victor's relationship with Vice Admiral Wood, he was already regretting it.

He had long known that Victor had connections.

Yet he had still gone and provoked Victor!

Now Hagen had to worry about the retaliation to come.

Meanwhile, Marquis Charlie and the others secretly breathed sighs of relief.

Fortunately, they had held back and had not come forward to testify immediately.

Otherwise, they would surely have lost both the lady and the army.

The next day, Major General Hagen took the initiative to visit Victor.

Major General Hagen brought quite a few people with him, and every one of them carried gifts.

Major General Hagen had come to apologize.

"Colonel Victor, I was unaware of the weather conditions that day and wrongly blamed you. Please forgive me."

Hagen took the initiative to apologize and presented a box filled with local specialties.

"I can understand Major General Hagen's feelings," Victor said with a smile. He did not stand on ceremony and accepted the box.

The moment he caught it, he could feel how heavy it was.

There definitely were no ordinary local specialties inside.

The officers behind Major General Hagen—brigadier generals, colonels, lieutenant colonels, Lieutenant Commanders, and the rest—each presented their own gifts as well.

Major General Hagen and the others stayed in Victor's office for a while before leaving.

After Hagen and the others left, Victor opened the box.

The top layer of the box held pastries wrapped in oil paper, while gold bars were hidden beneath them.

There was at least ten million beri worth of gold in this one box.

After opening the boxes from the others, he found brand-new cash inside them as well.

Victor took out all the money, then opened his safe.

Once the safe was opened, its interior was nearly stuffed full of money.

Victor had many more safes like this.

As a transmigrator, he deeply understood the saying: three years as a magistrate, and one earns a hundred thousand taels of silver.

The reason he had not remained at headquarters was that there were too few opportunities to rake in money there.

It was unlike the South Blue, where the emperor was far away and the sky was high.

Within his own jurisdiction, he was the ruler, and his word was the law.