Charlotte Katakuri Is Appointed One of the Five Elders, and Saturn Trembles in Fear!

"Hahaha! It's a success! Lord Akira! The experiment was a great success!"

A burst of wild laughter, accompanied by the clanging of parts rolling off, came from behind a pile of scrap metal.

Immediately afterwards, a strange old man with a huge head, an apple-root hairstyle, and a long tongue came rushing out, waving his arms and legs.

It was Vegapunk.

He rushed up to Akira, his face flushed with excitement, and pointed at the two huge culture tanks, speaking rapidly like a machine gun.

"The quantum entanglement between the life force and the Devil Fruit ability has achieved stable resonance! The data flow is perfectly closed-loop! Just give me another half a month! No! Ten days! I guarantee I'll give you everything you want!"

Akira shifted his gaze from Enel and Buggy in the culture tank to the scientist, who appeared to be insane, and smiled, "Good job, Dr. Vegapunk!"

"Now let me see the results of your experiment!"

"Which one would you like to try, Lord Marshal?" Vegapunk took out a remote control and pressed it lightly. A loud bang followed, and the wall opposite him immediately split open to reveal the experimental results from this period of time.

What came into view was a row of neat Pacifista, all looking exactly the same, but with different sizes and configurations.

Vegapunk pointed to the Pacifista in the first row, a hint of disdain in his eyes, "These Pacifista are relatively ordinary, only possessing laser attack capabilities!"

As he spoke, Vegapunk immediately pointed to the Pacifista in the second row, his disdain gradually turning into fanaticism, "These are the new Pacifista, created according to the Lord Marshal's arrangement, combining laser abilities with the Rumble-Rumble Fruit's power! Because of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit's power, they are more agile. No, to be precise, not agile, but rather, they can perform limited high and low altitude flight."

"As for the third row, they possess the abilities of the Hobby Hobby Fruit in addition to the abilities of the first two; I call them the Chop-Chop Pacifista!"

"Fractured Pacifista?" Akira's lips twitched slightly, and he couldn't help but complain, "How did you come up with such an awful name? Since it possesses lasers, Rumble-Rumble Fruit, and the ability to shatter into pieces, just call it Transformers!"

Holy Land Mary Geoise, among the Flower Chamber.

Imu was pruning a strange blue butterfly flower, her movements elegant and focused.

Behind her, Gunko knelt on one knee, respectfully reporting.

"Lord Akira traveled to Egghead Island today, accompanied by Marine Admiral Gion and Boa Hancock."

Upon hearing Hancock's name, Imu paused slightly while pruning the flowers, but then resumed his steady hand movements.

"The situation on the Grand Line has stabilized; it's time to focus on technology." Imu's voice was ethereal and ancient, devoid of any emotion. "Vegapunk's wisdom is one of the most valuable assets of this era; I hope Akira can make the most of it!"

Several days later, in the Holy Land Mary Geoise, in the Chamber of Power.

An unprecedented conference is underway.

All admirals of the rank of Vice Admiral and above from the Marine Headquarters, all members of the Knights of God, and the Five Elders were present.

The atmosphere in the large conference hall was so solemn it bordered on oppressive.

All eyes were focused on the young figure in the main seat.

After returning from Egghead Island, Akira immediately ordered this conference. No one knew his purpose, but everyone knew in their hearts that a world-shaking revolution was about to begin.

Akira surveyed the entire room, and without uttering a single wasted word, he stated directly. "Since Whitebeard's downfall and the Red Hair Pirates' collective surrender, everyone has worked hard during this time! Now, the situation in the Four Blues and even the Grand Line is gradually stabilizing, and everything is developing in a positive direction!"

"In that case, some positions within the World Government should be reshuffled!"

After a slight pause, Akira picked up a document and got straight to the point. "I will be announcing some personnel changes next!"

Everyone held their breath.

"Effective immediately, Admiral Gion of the Marine Headquarters is promoted to Fleet Marshal of the Marine Headquarters, and shall be in charge of all naval affairs."

The moment the words left his mouth, everyone present was astonished!

Countless gazes instantly focused on Gion. Ever since Akira led the trainees to sea for their internship, Gion had been handling all the affairs of the navy, so this appointment did not cause any dissatisfaction among the Marine Headquarters commanders. In their view, it was only a matter of time before Gion took over the Marshal's banner from Akira.

Besides Gion's outstanding work ability, Gion a woman who has stood firmly by Akira Akira's side since he launched the coup. She is Akira's most trusted confidante; who would dare to disobey her?

Although Gion had known for a long time that Akira intended to appoint her as the Fleet Marshal of the Marine Headquarters, Gion still did not expect it to happen so soon.

Taking a deep breath, Gion stood up under the admiring and respectful gazes of the attendees, faced Akira, and gave a crisp military salute. Her voice was clear and firm as she said, "Gion will certainly not fail in the trust placed in me by Lord Akira."

Akira nodded slightly and continued to announce:

"Appoint Issho as Chief of Staff of the Marine Headquarters."

Charlotte Katakuri is hereby appointed as the new Admiral of the Marine Headquarters!

"Naval hero Monkey D. Garp is appointed as the Supreme Fleet Admiral of the World Government's armed forces, commanding the Navy, Army, and all branch armed forces."

"Hey, hey, hey?" Garp, who was picking his nose, suddenly widened his eyes and said somewhat exasperatedly, "Akira, didn't we agree that I would retire? I can't be the Fleet Admiral of the entire army!"

Akira ignored the old man's complaints and continued, "I hereby appoint Admiral Sakazuki and Chief of Staff Tsuru of the Marine Headquarters Marine Headquarters candidates for the Five Elders."

"When Sengoku and Zephyr expire, you two will take over and become the new Five Elders."

Upon hearing this, Saturn, Worcester, and Nusjuro all felt their eyelids twitch violently. The thing they feared most had finally happened!

Although Tsuru's becoming a candidate for the Five Elders was unexpected, it didn't matter whether Tsuru or anyone else became candidates. What mattered was that Sakazuki had indeed become a candidate for the Five Elders Five Elders, and once their term was up, they would jointly run the Chamber of Power with Sakazuki, the subordinate they had once bossed around.

Just as the three men's eyelids were twitching wildly, Sakazuki glanced at them sideways, his eyes clearly saying, "It's finally my turn." The three Five Elders felt a burning sensation down their spines!

The meeting, which lasted for more than two hours, ended with thunderous applause. Most of the attendees either received a promotion or an extra bonus, making it a win-win situation for everyone!

Of course, some are happy while others are sad.

As soon as the meeting ended, Saturn quickly caught up with Akira was the first to walk out of the conference hall.

"Akira, can we discuss something?"

Before Akira could speak, Saturn cut straight to the point with a serious expression. "After this rotation ends, could we appoint Saint Garling as the Science Defense God?"

"Huh?" Akira stopped and asked in surprise, "You're resigning voluntarily?"

"I suppose so!" Saturn nodded. "The most important reason is that Aqua is very interested in scientific knowledge. For the Princess, I am willing to give up everything and become her full-time teacher!"

"OK!"

Akira bluntly stated, "Once your rotation is over, you'll step down to the second line and let Gringo take over the role of Science Defense God!"

After saying that, Akira didn't linger and walked out.

Having taken only a few steps, Akira suddenly stopped and turned back, laughing, "Saturn, are you worried that Sakazuki will take over the Chamber of Power and oppose you, right? After all, before I took command of the Navy, he suffered a lot of humiliation at your hands!"

"Ahem, no, that's not true!" Saturn's facial muscles twitched violently as he forced an explanation. "I really did it for Her Highness Aqua. If you don't believe me, you can ask her. Of the Five Elders, her favorite subject is science! As the Science Defense God, it is only right that I contribute all my knowledge to Her Highness!"

"That explanation makes perfect sense!"

Akira stopped there, suppressing a laugh, and said, "Alright, you go ahead and get busy. I'm going to check on Aqua in the Flower Chamber!"

Among the Flower Chamber.

Akira's figure flashed through the air, appearing silently in the garden.

Almost simultaneously, Imu, who was watering flowers deep in the garden, suddenly turned around. Even though she had already seen Akira, her eyes remained cold, and her words were filled with chilling murderous intent. "How dare you trespass among the Flower Chamber! Gunko, seize him immediately!"

"!!!!!"

Gunko, who was standing next to Imu and was about to bow to Akira, suddenly widened her eyes.