Marine Headquarters, Fleet Admiral's Office.
"Lord Marshal!"
"It's indeed Shiki!"
Gion quickly walked into the office and came to the desk. He placed a newly obtained intelligence document in front of Akira, and then said, "This is what New World just sent." The latest information coming back is that Golden Lion Shiki appeared in New World when East Blue created the violent animal incident, and met Whitebeard!"
"After failing to invite Whitebeard to form a pirate alliance with him, Shiki left the territory of Whitebeard Pirates and incorporated many pirate forces active in New World over the years. At this time, he has entered the territory of Red Hair Pirates."
Akira took the intelligence document, looked at it and put it aside. Then he looked up at Gion and asked, "How is the situation with East Blue?"
Before Gion could answer, a loud voice suddenly came from outside the door. "Report!"
Hearing the voice coming from outside the door, it was actually Morgan's voice. Akira didn't hesitate at all and simply said, "Come in."
"Lord Marshal, my subordinate is back!"
As soon as the office door was pushed open, Morgan walked in quickly wearing a dog-head hat and went straight to the point to report what happened to East Blue.
Hearing that all the violent animals had been cleaned up, Akira secretly breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Where is Garp?"
Morgan replied with a serious expression, "Mr. Garp asked me to come back and report on the work first, while he stayed in East Blue to resettle the people affected by the disaster."
"Mr. Garp?"
Akira looked up at Morgan in surprise, "You can actually call Mr. Garp. Not bad, Morgan. It seems that following Garp this time has made you improve a lot!"
Before he finished speaking, Akira suddenly changed the subject, "Isn't that Garp's beloved dog-head hat on your head? You're so good at not learning, you actually followed Garp to learn how to wear a hat. It's so hot today, take it off quickly!"
"Ah?" Morgan was a little panicked and subconsciously raised his hand to protect the hat on his head.
As a result, as soon as he put his hand on the hat, he grimaced in pain because he touched the mushroom growing under the hat.
When it hurt, Morgan stopped pretending. He pulled off his hat and said with an aggrieved expression, "Lord Marshal, you have to make the decision for me. Garp That old man doesn't have martial ethics and can't argue with me, so he hit me on the head with his fist!"
With that said, Morgan bent down in front of Akira, and then complained bitterly, "Look at the bag on the forehead, just because I ran in front of him, he punched it with his fist! And the one on the top of the head, I wanted to go with him to resettle the people, he asked me to come back and report the work, I said a few words, and he hit it with his fist again. And the back of the head..."
Seeing Morgan's head being hammered out several times, causing the whole head to be deformed, the corners of Akira's mouth twitched slightly, and it hurt just to look at it.
In terms of resistance to beatings, everyone in the pirate world is very resistant to beatings, especially Luffy, the eldest grandson of Garp. He was beaten by Garp at home and by Nami when he was out at sea. Whether his face was swollen or his head was deformed, he was still alive and kicking after a few days.
"Ahem," Akira coughed twice, suppressing his laughter, and said earnestly, "Morgan, don't fight with Garp in the future. Even if there is something wrong with him, he is an old man after all, and he has dedicated his life to the navy. We must learn to respect the old, love the young, and know how to fight?"
Hearing this, Morgan quickly stood up straight, nodded fiercely and said, "I understand, my subordinates! I will only fight with him when Lord Marshal is around from now on."
Gion, who was standing aside, didn't expect Morgan to be so understanding, and subconsciously prepared to correct him.
But before she could speak, Akira's words immediately made her freeze on the spot.
"Hey, that's right."
Akira smiled and nodded, "Go ahead and let the nurse in the infirmary handle it for you."
"Yes!"
Morgan responded and left happily.
It wasn't until Morgan walked out of the office that Gion recovered his mind, shook his head and smiled.
Long before Morgan entered the headquarters, she had investigated all of Morgan's files and knew all of Morgan's deeds during the 153rd Branch period.
Since joining the navy, Morgan has been a passionate recruit and has always been full of justice. The reason why he has not been promoted at this age is all due to internal corruption in the navy. It was not until Akira launched the army and became Marshal that the internal corruption problem was solved.
It is also because of the appearance of Akira that officers from major branches like Morgan, who have justice in their hearts and undying passion, can come into their sight and shine in their respective positions, such as Colonel Stock who died while chasing Arlong's group, and Colonel Hossd just mentioned by Morgan.
Of course, as a commander, who doesn't like such subordinates?
So in her opinion, what Akira prefers is not just Morgan, but all officers and soldiers like Morgan who are righteous and full of passion.
After a short silence, Gion stood in front of the desk again and asked, "Lord Marshal, now that East Blue's matter has ended, are we going to fight back against Shiki?"
"No rush!"
Akira waved his hand, "Since he chose to recruit pirate forces in New World, let him grow stronger. I will give him time!"
"Give him time?" Gion had a flash of doubt in his eyes.
As if he knew what Gion was thinking, Akira picked up the pen and signed the documents he had read, and said calmly, "Yes, give him time to grow stronger. It would be best if he could integrate all the pirate forces that New World has been active in New World in recent years. This will save the navy from searching for their traces like headless flies in the vast sea!"
Hearing this, Gion came over in relief.
Obviously, Akira is planning to use Shiki, a legendary pirate who was once as famous as Roger and Whitebeard, as a bait to catch all the pirates who hide in the vast sea, run away when the navy appears, and burn, kill and loot as soon as the navy leaves.
At present, Grand Line, there are not many great pirates who can do this. As powerful as Whitebeard, although Newgate has this ability, Newgate does not like to dominate. As long as no pirate group comes to visit, Whitebeard Pirates will not easily expand its territory.
Red Hair Pirates also has this ability, but from the development direction of Red Hair Pirates over the years, it is not difficult to see that Shanks and his group are following an elite route and do not recruit people just when they meet them.
And Shiki appeared at this time, even if he disappeared for more than ten years, after all, he was a legend as famous as Roger and Whitebeard. As long as he raised his arms, many pirates would come to seek refuge.
The most important thing is that Shiki has the ambition to rule the world. He will definitely fight everywhere to expand his power as much as possible.
For Shiki, the fall of Kaido and Charlotte Linlin is the perfect opportunity for him to rise, and he will never miss this opportunity.
For Akira, who is Navy Marshal, the appearance of Shiki just saved the navy a lot of trouble.
A simple summary in one sentence is that Akira is not only not worried about Shiki becoming bigger and stronger, but is worried that Shiki has disappeared for more than ten years and lacks cohesion.
Thinking of this, Gion asked tentatively, "Is the Shanks group that has returned from East Blue and entered Paradise..."
Akira picked up a document and said calmly, "Relax the monitoring of them and let him return to New World smoothly. If Shiki wants to completely rise in New World and make more pirate forces obey, they must Shanks or Newgate initiated the challenge. Since Shiki has already met Whitebeard, it means that Newgate still has power and Shiki dare not take action against him."
Gion's eyes lit up. "This also means that there must be a battle between Shiki and Shanks."
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