Red-Haired was back again

"Huh?!"

Helmeppo was dumbfounded.

An assassin switching careers to become a Marine?

Watching this, Xia Le stood with his arms folded, a delighted smile spreading across his face.

Just then, Smoker approached from a distance with a cigar in his mouth.

When he noticed Xia Le looking at him, Smoker quietly took the cigar from his mouth, pinched it out with his fingers, and tossed it into a nearby trash can.

"Sir, Fleet Admiral Sengoku sent me to invite you to a meeting of the senior officers."

Xia Le nodded at that.

After two days of training, the basic routines were already running smoothly.

He also knew that headquarters had been holding meetings nonstop lately, preparing for the impending war.

Not summoning him the moment he returned to headquarters had already been quite considerate.

Newly appointed Vice Admirals such as Smoker, Rosinante, and Crocodile had no way around it. They all had to attend the meetings.

"Let's go!"

After another glance at everyone training on the grounds, Xia Le turned and left.

Smoker followed close behind, his expression serious.

A short while later, Xia Le entered the meeting room behind Smoker.

Unlike the round table used for Shichibukai meetings, the senior officers of Marine Headquarters met around a long table.

On the wall at one end hung a plaque bearing the words "Justice reigning over the world," the very same one Sengoku had kept in his office when he was an Admiral.

As Xia Le entered, many of the Vice Admirals looked up, greeting him with respectful, awed gazes.

Xia Le swept his eyes over them and nodded lightly.

Then he pulled out the chair at the head of the table, near the plaque, and dropped into it.

His posture was proper, but his expression was casual.

Crocodile, Rosinante, Kuina,