Sengoku ultimately did not agree to the "advisor" position, after all, he himself was known as a strategist, and being a naval advisor was a privilege reserved for retired senior officers—for example, Vice Admiral Tsuru was now the chief advisor.
As for "Shiryu," he only had high hopes for an ordinary junior, not to the point of saying "the Navy is counting on you."
Sig couldn't say he was disappointed, since it was expected. Besides, even if he were to become a naval staff officer, his role would be quite limited. No matter how ambitious Sengoku was, he wouldn't entrust him with tasks like training new recruits.
It's difficult for the Navy to "thrive" like the Beasts Pirates...
However, Sig had other ideas at this time. He did not completely refuse, but instead made excuses, saying that he still needed to Impel Down. He said that if Sengoku needed him to do something later, he was not afraid of Sinner and could simply go back to Impel Down.
Upon hearing this, Sengoku was even more astonished— Shiryu had actually seen through his intentions?
Furthermore, seeing that "Shiryu" had not forgotten his duties in Impel Down, Sengoku felt even more admiration for him.
Although Shiryu currently appears arrogant, disrespectful of his superiors, and even somewhat unruly, he is still a promising talent, and Sengoku intends to take advantage of this trait.
The title of "Headquarters Vice Admiral" is not important. What Sengoku really wanted was for Shiryu to use his expertise to do some things that Sinner. After becoming the Fleet Admiral, Sengoku realized more and more how bad the lower-level naval divisions were!
Although the conditions for radical treatment were not available, the Sengoku still wanted to give them a warning, especially since he had been in power for over a year and now felt the time was right...
After Sengoku left, "Shiryu" returned to his daily life, continuing to push forward his role and overcome one "tough nut" after another.
Sig also paid special attention to Dorry and Brogy.
These two giants were imprisoned on the fifth level—firstly, because they had been missing for a hundred years and had not committed any heinous crimes, placing them on the sixth level would be undeserved; secondly, because they were giants, meaning they were purely physically powerful, not Devil Fruit ability... The Freezing Hell environment of the fifth level imposed the greatest constraints on the body!
The weakening and limitation of pure flesh and blood by cold is most obvious, just like Oz back then, who was eventually frozen to death.
Sig used Dream Infiltration method to view the memories of the two people.
As expected, the Navy used underhanded tactics, poisoning and adding bombs to the two men's food, causing internal organ damage from the start. Then, a Rear Admiral led a human wave attack to take down the two Captain of the Giant Warrior Pirates.
Because of Dorry and Brogy's size and appetite, they obviously couldn't go to the 5.5th floor. Sig just arranged for the two to continue their "duel" in the dream, which was enough to satisfy their Token of Appreciation.
At the same time, Sig also learned the Giant Race's power generation techniques...
After Sengoku left, Magellan, whether he accepted Sengoku's explanation and believed Shiryu, or simply gave the Fleet Admiral some face... indeed, did not criticize Shiryu's daily practice of training prisoners.
A month later, the World Government issued a formal order to appoint a new Vice Warden to Impel Down, and sure enough, Shiryu the position.
Sig also realized that Sengoku had a good eye and thought highly of his portrayal of "Shiryu".
Unfortunately, he lacked discernment!
Shiryu's strength was already quite formidable... In the original work, Shiryu's strength was second only to Blackbeard in the Blackbeard Pirates. Although he was the second Captain, considering that the first Captain was Jesus Burgess, who was "connected," Shiryu's position was closer to that of the vice- Captain.
Even now, six years before the Blackbeard Pirates were formed in the original work, Shiryu possesses the strength of an ordinary Headquarters Vice Admiral.
When Sig replaces Shiryu, although he certainly can't use all sorts of strange abilities and has to focus on Swordsmanship, he can still perform even better than before by simulating it.
After all, the Hanged Man Path and the White Tower route weren't just for show—the former could adapt to and reasonably modify Shiryu's body, while the latter made Sig approach "omnipotent."
During Sengoku previous inspection tour, Sig also used this opportunity to make "Shiryu" leave a deep impression on Sengoku.
September 1, 1514.
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With the official transfer order issued, it became much easier for him to move around in the prison as the Vice Warden.
Along with the transfer order, a piece of news appeared in the newspaper that wasn't entirely unexpected...
Crocodile has been completely banished from the New World and can now focus all his energy on Alabasta.
This is probably the main reason why Crocodile became so weak five years later—his ambition to build a military superpower and seize Alabasta and "Pluton" cannot be considered a case of self-degradation, since he didn't abandon the development of his Devil Fruit ability...
However, being banished from the New World and not daring to return afterward can be quite damaging to one's mental state, easily leading to self-doubt—and the one who banished him from the New World was none other than Whitebeard.
Therefore, among the Shichibukai, only Tesoro, who "seems to be related to Kaido," still has his base in the New World.
The relationship between Tesoro and Kaido is no secret within the World Government; in fact, the World Government uses Tesoro to conduct tacit arms deals with Kaido.
October 27, 1514.
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Golden Lion's training is complete!
Today, we successfully dragged that old lion into the Devil Fruit ability Dream Battle Royale as well...
It's still not settled; there are only 37 people left, and it's not something that can be resolved in a short time. Some of them even need to be "abandoned" in the first place.
For example, Redfield, Bullet, and the frozen World...
To "shepherd" these people, I not only need to work hard, but I also need to further weaken them.
This way, I'll have more time each day to develop mystical techniques!
I also used the extra time to advance the training of prisoners on the first to third floors.
Compared to the prisoners on the fourth, fifth, and sixth floors, the prisoners on the first to third floors have an extremely high mortality rate, are constantly being replaced, and are much weaker. In terms of efficiency in advancing the role-playing process, they can only be considered a "small fraction".
However, it could be considered a "political achievement," and also a fulfillment of an agreement with the Sengoku.
November 1, 1514.
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If we're really talking about creating "secret techniques"...
Putting aside the creation of some simple secret techniques to promote the role-playing, what I want most right now is the ability related to the "Dodon Fruit"—the Blue Gorilla, Army Wolf, and various rare beasts in the prison, and even the eight strongest Jailer Beast, might all be controlled by the Dodon Fruit!
After all, their intelligence seems to still fall within the realm of "beasts"...
If I can tame them, I can use them as "sheepdogs" in the future, so that even if I am not in Impel Down for a while, I can continue to play the role of "Shepherd".
Unfortunately, I only did a little research on Hiyori in Wano Country. After all, time was tight then, and I didn't expect to come to Impel Down later, so I didn't do much research on Hiyori. I just studied Hiyori's body and the dumplings she made while looking up information. It was far less than my understanding of Yamato.
This story taught me that having more skills is never a bad thing—I should always try to study Devil Fruit ability as much as possible!