One Piece: Adopting Akainu at the beginning, adopted son Barrett

Chapter 142: Poor and only have the devil fruit left, Sengoku-san

Headquarters building, Marshal's office.

"Qiang Qiang~"

"Please come in!"

"Click—"

The door was opened and Ross pushed it open, being very polite, unlike some idiots who like to break in doors violently.

"It's Ross. We are compiling the report of this battle. Why are you here...?"

Sora said as he looked up, giving him a questioning look.

At this moment, there were only him, Zhan Guo and He in the office. After all, this was an operation that was classified as a high-risk mission, so it was reasonable for him to do it himself in the report.

There were many papers and photos on the table, some of which looked newly delivered.

The Navy has a firm grasp on intelligence. Ross remembered that in the original book, almost all bounty orders for people were taken by a mysterious guy, which shows his strength.

After taking a casual look, Ross showed an expression of "not unexpected". Wow, it's quite complete. I don't know how they took the photo, and it was only received after Zefa and others returned. It's hard to imagine.

"I came to see the results of my kids' battles. This way I can have a reason to give them prizes, right? They have all grown up. I can't just give them pocket money whenever I want."

Ross's relaxed tone eased the heavy atmosphere in the office a little.

Everyone has his or her own self-esteem. The children of the past have grown up, so it is natural to use the methods of educating older children to educate them.

For example, meritorious service must be rewarded.

"Prize? You are indeed like that, Ross. You are rich and generous, unlike us in the navy, who have to be stingy with our prize money."

Zhan Guo said sourly, his eyes wandering, ignoring Sora who he dissed.

If it weren't for the fact that the battle with Kong almost wiped out the navy's resources, they would have wanted to give more bonuses to others. After all, although they suffered heavy losses, so did the Golden Lions.

Almost all the troops he brought with him were killed, with only three or four captains and some minions left alive. They would not be able to make any waves in the next one or two years.

Among them, the ones who contributed the most were the members of the elite training camp, led by Dragon from the Navy and Sakaski from Nasdaq. These two powerful men with top-level fruits were simply able to deal a dimensionality reduction blow to those minions.

This result is enough for any Marine to be promoted to major general unconditionally. To be promoted to lieutenant general, one needs to participate in at least one "Demon Slaying Order" or go through at least one "Nation Annihilation Game". This is a hard indicator that tests a person's inner endurance and obedience.

A general just needs to have sufficient strength and military achievements on this basis.

Otherwise, the world government will not give in, nor will it provide corresponding welfare resources and military expenditures.

The contributions of others are also significant. Although this is not a formal task, the proper rewards are indispensable!
Ross will definitely keep the good things for his own family, so the navy’s own people will naturally have to pay for them themselves.

But the problem is that the navy doesn’t have much money now, only enough to maintain expenses. The next military expenditure will not come for more than three months, so they will really have to tighten their belts.

All of a sudden, it was as if I had returned to the era when Rocks was alive. This feeling was so familiar.

"Haha, then let Marshal Kong pay for the pension. We are all sacrificing our lives for justice~"

"Asshole Ross, that's my pension, what the hell are you talking about! And, Zhan Guo, what do you think I mean? No way!"

Ross's joking words made Sora climb up the pole, and the office was filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

"Oh, it's so noisy..."

He muttered quietly and shook his head, ignoring the quarrel between the three grown men and concentrating on analyzing the report in his hand.

The noise gradually died down, and Ross slowly walked over, picked up a small pile of processed documents beside him and began to read them.

This is a separate report sheet that records the approximate number of kills achieved by a member of an elite training camp.

Ross looked at them one by one and found that none of them had a score below twenty. The most terrifying ones were Long and Sakaski.

The number of pirates killed by these two alone exceeded the total number of pirates killed by all the people combined. It can be said that they were bloodthirsty and used all kinds of violence.

Especially Sakaski's annotation, which described the glorious record of sinking two pirate ships into the lava during a naval battle, without any consideration of inhumanity, and just killing as efficiently as possible.

If Golden Lion didn't have a few strong men under his command who could stop his fruit ability, all those pirate ships would have been submerged in the magma, and there wouldn't have been the outcome of sacrificing two members again.

"You're already showing some style, Sakaski."

Ross muttered to himself, praising Sakaski's ruthlessness.

Next, he just needs to gather the hearts of his classmates, let Long play the good guy and he will cooperate to play the bad guy, and he will be able to secure the position of Admiral of the Navy in the future, and there will be no one who will disobey him, and the day of achieving great things is just around the corner.

Originally, Ross wanted Sakaski to be a perfect handsome guy who sang in both black and white faces, but Long and he had a good relationship, and Sakaski is not the perfect soldier in the original book now.

Then the plan can be changed.

As for the future O'Hara incident, Ross thinks Sakaski will make the decision that best conforms to the justice in everyone's heart!
But just in case, he should go along to see for himself, so as to prevent the now perfect Sakaski from suddenly going down a path of no return.

"Sakaski? He treats pirates and civilians in completely different ways. I don't know if he can hold on..."

Zhan Guo hesitated to speak. He had led Sakaski for a period of time and knew that he had a good attitude towards civilians under Ross's influence, just like Zefa's not killing people, but he would not follow through and let go when necessary, showing the responsibility of a general.

But he was a little worried about the other party's state when participating in the Demon Slaying Order or the Nation Annihilation Game.

Will I do something irrational?

"Don't worry, Sakaski's mental endurance is stronger than you think. I will also give him some advice later. I gave him a lot of preventive measures before he joined the navy."

Ross said lightheartedly, seemingly unfazed by Sengoku's concerns.

Zhan Guo was still worried. He had been given a lot of psychological vaccinations by Kong in the past, but when he participated in the mission of destroying a country for the first time, he was still depressed for a whole month and fell into deep self-doubt.

If it weren't for his good brother Garp who helped him develop the Conqueror Haki, he would probably have quit the navy after that experience, right?

I don’t know how Garp could be so heartless in the face of that kind of situation.

Watching the civilians they protect being hunted down like prey, what's the difference between this and rubbing their dreams, ideals and dignity to the ground?
no difference!

Not far away, He, who had been silent and gentle all the time, trembled all over, as if he remembered something that frightened him.

Ross did not persuade or speak, but just stood quietly beside the table and looked through the records and materials.

He could understand this feeling. It was just like having his family slaughtered in front of him. If it were an ordinary person, he would have had a mental breakdown long ago.

Ross is a person who regards his family as the most important thing.

Similar examples include the Golden Lion and Charlotte Linling in the original work.

One was the arrest of Bai Yueguang, and the other was the destruction of the tea party.

These are things that can drive them crazy and do whatever it takes!

"By the way, Ross, tell me what kind of reward you plan to give out so that I can make preparations. After all, they will all be capable people under my command in the future, right?"

After a long silence, Zhan Guo spoke first to break the silence. He put down the servant in his hand and looked up to ask Ross.

He was nervous and just hoped that Ross wouldn't play too big a game, otherwise there wouldn't be many good things in the navy that could be used.

"I'm so poor now that I only have Pele and a devil fruit. What else can I give them? I'll just give them what they want."

Ross spoke casually, feeling complacent.

Although Yundao's monthly expenditures are now tens of billions and tens of billions, the various monthly incomes can make up for a large part of it, and there are not many places where actual money is spent.

After all, although Ross opened many orphanages, there was not much he needed to buy except for vegetarian food and daily necessities, and he could be self-sufficient in many things.

The same is true for Cloud Island itself. Like most islands, it is self-sufficient, which is the norm on the sea.

Except for those special islands, all islands that are not self-sufficient will inevitably self-destruct.

Natural disasters and man-made disasters are not scary. What is scary is not having the capital to make a comeback.

Zhan Guo's mouth twitched, and he knew...

What does it mean to be so poor that you only have Bailey and a devil fruit left? What does it mean to give you whatever you want?
It’s not a big deal to be rich, you bastard!

If it weren't for Brother Kong who emptied the navy's savings, they could have said that "they are so poor that only Bailey is left."

Woohoo...

Zhan Guo glanced at the guilty Kong and silently shed sad tears in his heart. However, when he thought that he would be the one who had the final say in this huge Marine Headquarters, he slowly calmed down and thought about how to appropriately reward the soldiers who participated in this battle.

Kong curled his lips and thought, "Just be happy if this isn't the start of hell. Every generation of marshals has gone through this. They always have to deal with a lot of big troubles as soon as they take office."

Ross's mouth curled up. At their age, there was little fun to be had except showing off.

It’s not like I was young and had never tasted the beauty of forbidden fruit, and I could instantly immerse myself in that joy for several years.

Shopping with girls can also be fun for a long time.

Every increase in strength can make you happy for most of the day.

But as time goes by, there are fewer and fewer things that can bring joy.

"Oh, by the way, I forgot to ask how Yixiao is doing now! Does anyone have his Den Den Mushi?"

Ross suddenly remembered that Yixiao should have started the game of destroying the country, right? He didn't know what the situation was like over there.

"There is no way to make contact in the game of destroying nations. Only the World Government has it. Ask again when you come back."

Crane said slowly.

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