The Art of Sucking Up to Leaders in a Past Life

Their expressions, however, remained as immovable as mountains. It was the poker face mastered by those in power—no matter what happened, their faces did not change and their hearts did not race.

Mu Chen, don't blame yourself so much. We all understand.

Mm, it wasn't entirely your fault either. But since a mistake was made, you must accept punishment.

How about this? We recently issued a new policy and need you to help carry it out.

Then, the Five Elders told Mu Chen about the Seven Warlords of the Sea again.

In truth, the Five Elders had long intended for Mu Chen to help with this. First, they wanted to confirm his attitude once again. Second, they knew that even if the Navy received their orders, implementation would be difficult. They feared the Navy would put in only a token effort, since this was essentially a slap in the Navy's face.

And as the hottest figure in the Navy right now, Mu Chen was the best person to help implement it. This would also let them see once more whether he was truly loyal to them or merely obeying in public while defying them in private.

Mu Chen had not expected the matter of the Seven Warlords of the Sea to land on him so conveniently.

From what these five old geezers are saying, are they asking me to choose the candidates?

This was absolutely a good thing for Mu Chen. If he swore brotherhood with those Shichibukai and became friends with them, then no matter what he did in the future, wouldn't they have to back him up?

The five of you are truly wise and mighty. The moment this Shichibukai policy was introduced, I realized it would divide the pirate forces and make them fight each other like