Several Marine higher-ups had already agreed on Tsugikuni Yoriichi's reward.
He would skip two ranks and rise directly from commodore to vice admiral. Promotion, decorations, authority—nothing was left out. Once the higher-ups had smoothly drafted this reward, the battle report from the G-ICE Branch also began circulating widely throughout the Marines.
The officers at Marine Headquarters had originally kept tight-lipped about Tsugikuni Yoriichi, afraid that saying something inappropriate might get them implicated alongside him. But after Yoriichi's achievements were announced to the entire force, that so-called "taboo" vanished without a trace.
Fourteen years old, and a vice admiral with real authority.
After doing something like that, Tsugikuni Yoriichi had been promoted yet again. At that age, with that rank, even the dumbest person knew what it meant.
No one would object to calling Tsugikuni Yoriichi "the future of the Marines."
Not to mention that Yoriichi had accomplishments to back it up.
The Flying Pirate Group of Golden Lion Shiki! Among the current Marines, in terms of achievements, perhaps only the fleet admiral and admirals could firmly surpass Tsugikuni Yoriichi. Among all vice admirals, only Vice Admiral Garp and Vice Admiral Tsuru could securely rank above him.
Although Tsugikuni Yoriichi's achievements were outstanding, he still fell somewhat short compared to Sengoku and Tsuru, who had planned and participated in the destruction of the Rocks Pirates. As for Garp, he had been the foremost fighter in the battle at God Valley.
And Kong was the man who had personally captured Count Red.
Across the entire Marines, aside from those few, there truly was no one whose achievements could compare with Tsugikuni Yoriichi's. Several pirates Yoriichi had "casually" cut down while fighting the Flying Pirate Group might have been great pirates that some major generals or commodores had never managed to capture in