Pirates of the Navy Thunder God

Chapter 497: The Issue of Dealing with Dorag (23)

Admiral's office at the Navy Headquarters Fortress.

"report!"

"Come in……"

After getting a response, Ron stepped in.

I looked up and saw, wow, it was so crowded!
As far as Ron could remember, the Marshal's office had never been so lively.

The navy generals wearing cloaks of justice sat on the left. Except for the admirals and lieutenant admirals who could sit down, more generals could only stand in the aisle at the back, leaning against the wall with different expressions.

Opposite them were government officials in their signature black suits. Each of them looked dignified and tried hard to maintain the airs of a "senior official". Even if any naval general present had the ability to easily kill them all, they were able to remain nonchalant.

Old acquaintances Rob Lucci and Kalifa are also here, sitting in the first seat on the left hand side of Sengoku. As expected, they are here to represent Cipher Pol and, more importantly, the Celestial Dragons.

When Ron walked in, everyone who had their eyes closed focused their attention on him, wanting to see what kind of monster was this Navy Blue Dragon that could easily subdue a vicious man like Dragon.

At first glance, young!

too young!

Compared with famous lieutenant generals who generally start at the age of 40, Ron, who is only 26 years old, is considered "young" even in the major general camp.

It is hard to believe that such a young man has reached the pinnacle of the ocean and accomplished what even the famous generals could not do.

But when they looked at it again, the officials found that the bodyguards behind them were holding their breath, and they were as if facing a great enemy, with cold sweat on their foreheads.

Roar!
Silently, the dragon's roar, which could only be heard by the target, echoed in their ears. Several weaker bodyguards groaned, their faces pale and they gasped heavily.

Fortunately, no one was knocked unconscious, otherwise it would be so embarrassing!

The combined momentum of their group did not make Ron feel uncomfortable at all. Just a look from Ron made them smell the threat of death.

The gap is so big!

"Monster!"

Rob Lucci was glad that he was here to listen in on the matter on behalf of the Celestial Dragons, and was not involved in the officials' attempts to intimidate others and cause trouble.

Otherwise, you will definitely be the one who makes a fool of yourself.

When they met before, he could still feel the gap between himself and Ron, but now, Ron stood in front of him, his aura condensed and undispersed, like a piece of stubborn stone, leaving no chance for him to peek at all.

"Ahem, come and sit over here, Ron."

Seeing that group of officials and bodyguards were trembling under the pressure of Ron's thunder cloud dragon pattern and overlord color, Zhan Guo was very relieved. He didn't even look at the officials with dark faces, and spoke to Ron in a friendly manner.

That's enough, you want to kill them?!
Ron decisively stopped and went to sit down in the naval generals' camp.

Due to Aokiji's absence, Ron ranked fourth, and the top three were Chief of Staff Tsuru, Admiral Akainu and Kizaru.

Taotu was sitting in the position where he was going to attack. In response, he placed his hand on the Konpila, closed his eyes, and tapped the hilt with his fingers, making a "tick-tick" sound.

Ron made great contributions in this mission, which Taotu was very unwilling to accept.

Soon, the remaining participants walked into the room one after another, filling the office completely. Zhan Guo finally stood up and said.

"Okay, everyone is here, let's start the meeting now!"

Everyone's expression froze, knowing that it had finally begun.

Zhan Guo did not shy away. He first explained the result that everyone knew, and then praised the three generals Akainu, Soryuu and Momotosagi by name. Finally, he complimented the government, saying that the government had good leadership, and then got back to the main topic.

"There are currently as many as 700 rebellions in the four seas, involving up to 20 people, so everyone is welcome to speak freely on how to deal with Dorag!"

Yes!

The theme of this meeting is not to reward people for their merits, but to discuss how to deal with Dorag!
Dragon is not a pirate, and to most people in the ocean, the Revolutionary Army is just an anti-government armed force that exists in newspaper news.

To put it bluntly, whether they are there or not, many places will continue to function as usual without any impact.

In terms of nature, he angered the government more than Roger, but in terms of influence, he was not even one-tenth of Roger.

So how to deal with such people has become a difficult problem.

Generally speaking, the purpose of public executions is to serve as a warning to other people with ulterior motives in the sea not to become enemies of the government.

But the special thing about the Revolutionary Army is that they are not pirates, and there is only one tiger on the whole mountain.

Killing a chicken to scare the monkeys requires monkeys as the audience. Who are you killing the monkey for?
If things go wrong, the monkey will become king when there is no tiger in the mountain, which will cause more trouble. This has a criminal record!

The Great Pirate Era caused by Roger only subsided slightly last year during the "First Year of the Navy", which made the navy have an innate aversion to public executions.

The public execution at that time was necessary due to current events. The same was true for the public execution of Ace in the original book, except for the public execution of Dragon, the leader of the Revolutionary Army.

As a result, the government is currently divided into two factions.

The pro-navy faction, including the navy, believes that the sentence should be carried out normally, with the conviction process on the judicial island and the person executed directly after the trial.

This is how the navy defeated Kaido in the past.

Well, it’s just that no one can kill Kaido.

It’s so embarrassing!

(￣△￣)

Another faction within the government believes that a time should be set for public execution, just like the "Pirate King" Roger, to serve as a warning to others.

They raised the banner of the government, took maintaining government authority as their primary goal, and said bluntly that the navy should not be afraid of any challenges.

Anyway, both sides had their reasons, and the Five Elders couldn't come up with a plan for the time being, so they ordered the Zhan Guo to gather everyone to discuss and come up with a practical and effective solution.

"Public execution of Dorag?"

Ron rubbed his chin.

“I have to say, this is a very tempting idea.”

"Once successful, unless another Doragic figure emerges from the Revolutionary Army, the Revolutionary Army, whose backbone has been broken, will have no chance of recovery."

The value of a leader's existence is far greater than their ability to get things done. The reason why the revolutionary army has come to where it is today and has become a major concern for the government is that the leading figures in the four seas only account for three points, the soldiers with a unified will account for another three points, and Dragon accounts for four points alone!
Without Dragon, the revolutionary army and ordinary rebels would undoubtedly be easily defeated one by one.

but!
"So far, the interrogation of Dorag has been close to zero. We don't know what he has prepared."

Staff Officer He glanced at him and said, "I would like to ask you, if a great revolution breaks out like the execution of Roger, can you bear the responsibility?"

It’s not that the Navy doesn’t want to use severe punishment on Dorag, but Dorag simply can’t withstand too harsh an interrogation.

Now here lies the thorny issue.

Without intelligence, no one dares to make decisions on their own.

"Staff Officer He is overthinking..."

In the government official camp, an old Mediterranean man held his chin with the back of his hand, shook his head and said, "Roger was able to trigger the Great Pirate Era because pirates are naturally numerous, and he became the Pirate King and attracted everyone's attention, which caused turmoil in an era."

"What does Dorag have?"

"Is the identity of the leader of the Revolutionary Army more well-known than the identity of the Pirate King? Or are there more people in the Revolutionary Army than pirates?"

Upon hearing this, there was a commotion among the officials, and they all spoke up in agreement.

"That's right. The revolutionary army is only a major threat to the government, not a disaster to the people. Its influence is very limited!"

"That is to say, if we are worried about him causing trouble, why don't we just sew his mouth shut during the execution?"

You are such a skr talent!

Ron glanced at the official who said he wanted to sew up Doragg's mouth, and shed a tear for his intelligence.

Sewing the prisoner's mouth shut during a public execution?

Don't they think they are afraid of Dorag?
Where is the government's face?

Dorag would love for you to do that!
The office immediately turned into a vegetable market, where everyone had their own reasons and no one could convince anyone else.

"Ahem, Ron, as the hero who arrested Dorag, do you agree to the public execution?"

Zhan Guo had to stand up to maintain order and asked Ron, the biggest contributor, to speak out. After hearing this, the others really quieted down and wanted to hear Ron's opinion.

In the eyes of the officials, Ron definitely supported them.

Because only by doing so can his own reputation reach its peak and become the second Garp-like naval hero.

(End of this chapter)