One Piece: Arkham: Buggy the Clown

Chapter 19 Navy: I don’t have it!
"Good morning, Grandpa Allison."

"Good morning, our little newsboy number 24."

Allison responded with a grin.

Of course he recognized the little newspaper boy in front of him who was only eight or nine years old, but his cloudy eyes couldn't tell clearly whether it was the Secco boy or the Lange boy.

There are many such little newsboys.

"Would you like to buy a newspaper? Today's newspapers are very popular!"

"Another story about pirates? I don't want to read this."

Allison shook his head. At his age with gray hair, he was no longer interested in the stories about pirates. He just focused on tidying up today's stall and putting the wild fruits he picked in the early morning on it.

Hope to make some money.

He couldn't pick enough wild fruits to set up his stall every day.

"Not!"

The newsboy said happily, "It's about the island. The navy said they're going to free the slaves!"

"what!"

Allison's hunched body straightened up instantly, and his cloudy eyes were uncontrollably covered with a layer of mist.

He hurriedly took the warm newspaper from the newsboy and stuffed several fruits into the boy's arms.

His eyes were not strong enough to see the ant-like tiny words below the title.

But enough to see the title.

"In response to justice, the Navy declares the slaves free!"

Really!

This is real!

Allison felt a tremor of excitement all over his body, and hurriedly dug out a well-worn magnifying glass from his cloth bag.

Read carefully word by word.

"The Navy is led by Major Ya Luo."

"The human auction venue was completely burned down"

"Really, this is true!"

"My Perrine can finally come back. I have been waiting for this day!"

Wet tears kept sliding down the hill-like grooves on his face.

Allison didn't know how to describe how he felt at the moment.

Perrine, his daughter.

She was trafficked to this area when she was fourteen.

From then on, the small home he had worked hard to build for half his life collapsed.

No one spoke up for them, no one sought justice for them.

Navy, White Navy
When he attempted to resist, he was arrested instead.

He thought he would never see his daughter come back in this lifetime.

Now, he sees hope.

Major Arrow. Allison remembered the name clearly.

Not just him.

Newspapers from the World Economic News Agency were scattered across the island like winter snowflakes.

In almost every street and every human settlement, you can see people crying or pounding their fists on the ground.

They have waited too long for justice!

Some people have even hung up the navy's seagull flag, hanging it high on the highest eaves as if to declare ownership of the place.
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"A just response? That's great."

Zhan Guo never expected that he would feel so complicated because of a newspaper page.

Doesn't he know about the Sabaody Archipelago?
Of course that's impossible.

But so what?

"nonsense!"

At the conference table in front of him, someone slammed the table and shouted loudly.

"The Navy never did anything about slaves!"

"People like Yaluo who act recklessly should be kicked out of the navy!"

"Marshal, we can't discuss this any further. We must deal with the incident in the Sabaody Archipelago immediately!"

This was a meeting of senior naval officials.

All participants were of military rank of Lieutenant General or above, and also included some officials from the World Government.

Apparently, they had read the same newspapers.

Zhan Guo wiped his nose lightly and collected his emotions.

As a marshal, he had long been accustomed to not revealing his thoughts in front of his subordinates or the people of the World Government. "I understand, but the existence of slaves is always declared illegal by the World Government. At least what Yalu did, from our perspective..."

But this is a good dream, and Zhan Guo wants to make it last longer.

"The CP organization will not tolerate this either."

Beside him, the gray-haired Navy Chief of Staff, Vice Admiral Tsuru, reminded him.

She was reminding Zhan Guo.

If the Navy does not deal with this matter in a timely manner.

Then the CP organization will deal with it in a more cruel way.

I seem to have become a little indecisive because of the headline in the newspaper.

Zhan Guo shook his head and laughed at himself.

Then he said in an unquestionable tone:
"Notify the World Economic News Agency to stop reporting this news, and confiscate this newspaper across the island!"

"At the same time, block the news about the human auction site and don't give our enemies any chance."

"As for Yaluo."

He flipped out a page of file from the desk, on which was pasted Yaluo's somewhat immature face.

"There are irregularities in his promotion. I suggest that he be recalled to the department for questioning."

Of course, there are problems with Yaro's promotion.

A navy officer who had not even killed a few pirates was promoted to the position of major at the speed of light in just two or three years.

Almost as powerful as the Navy King.

However, as long as the top management doesn't care about these things, then there's nothing to worry about.

If you care about it, you will find everything.

"I don't agree."

A government official in a black suit stood up.

"This is no longer an issue within your navy."

"This major is suspected of killing nobles from allied countries and plundering their legitimate property. His behavior is no different from that of a pirate!"

"It's not your turn to speak here!"

Zhan Guo was not polite either. He was a naval marshal after all. How could he change his mind just because of an official?

"This is the opinion of the Five Elders."

The official said indifferently.

Is this really the opinion of the Five Elders?

Not necessarily.

Given their position, they wouldn't even bother with such things.

But they would not object to such opinions.

There was no change on Zhan Guo's face, but he felt a little disappointed.

The justice that reigns supreme.

The navy under the control of the World Government cannot achieve
Recalling Yaluo back to the headquarters is itself a form of protection for him.

"Then suspend him temporarily, pending investigation."

The crane on the side gave a relatively mild opinion.

"Today's meeting also has another topic, which is about how to deal with the pirate Ace..."
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Sicily had a bad sleep today.

Whether it was the phone bombardment from the navy and the top leaders of the World Government, or Buggy’s heart-wrenching words.

It made him feel exhausted.

It happened that, early in the morning, there was still a lot of noise outside the base.

"Why is it so noisy outside? Are we being invaded by pirates?!"

He had a stern face and was in a very bad mood.

The nobleman died, and his future was gone.

Forget about his future, he would be lucky to be able to keep his current position.

"Major General!"

Diouf hurried in from the gate of the base, holding a crumpled newspaper in his hand.

"My Lord, they say the navy is going to free the slaves, is that true?"

"Free the slaves?!"

Sicily suddenly woke up.

The last person who shouted for the liberation of slaves has had his bones turned to dust!
He almost kept saying, "I'm not, I don't!"

(End of this chapter)