From Pirates to the Strongest Death God in Soul Society

Chapter 238 Five Elders: Have you ever thought about becoming a Celestial Dragon?
Holy Land Marie Joa.

Because the royal families of the New World were too anxious, Bane arrived a little early.

He arrived in Marijoa almost a month ahead of schedule, and lived in Marijoa for the next month. Royal families escorted by navies from all over the world gradually arrived.

This made the already bustling Marijoa even more crowded.

In a banquet hall in Mary Geoise, a large group of naval generals were gathering here.

Because on weekdays the generals are basically stationed in their respective jurisdictions, they rarely meet each other unless a major event happens in their headquarters and they are summoned, such as the Battle of Marineford more than two years ago.

Therefore, this world conference held every four years has given many generals the opportunity to gather together, and they will definitely have a good exchange of ideas.

This banquet where naval generals gather together has been held for seven or eight days in a row, with new generals joining every day.

The new guy today is Smoker.

He is the commander of the G-5 naval base in the New World, but he is in charge of the escort mission in the North Sea. That is why he arrived in Marijoa today, which is considered to be relatively late. In three days, the World Conference will officially begin.

Smoker had three cigars in his mouth, as if he was afraid that others didn't know that he was the user of the natural smoke fruit. He wore the lieutenant admiral's cloak of justice and quickly walked into the banquet hall with Tina and Tashigi.

From a distance, he saw a huge round table with a variety of sumptuous food placed on it. A large group of naval generals were gathered around the round table, eating, drinking, and talking loudly.

The atmosphere here was lively and a little chaotic. Even the usually serious Lieutenant General Stolobelli was dancing with two swords in the hall, performing his newly learned dance very handsomely to everyone.

There was also a group of naval generals around, clapping and cheering constantly, cheering for Stolobelli, and the strong smell of alcohol could be smelled from a long distance away.

"Is everyone so relaxed during the World Conference?" Tina said in surprise as she watched the scene.

Although she had been in the navy for a long time, she had only recently officially become a senior admiral in the navy and was given the epaulettes of a major general. She had never participated in a world conference before.

Hearing her doubts, Smoker shook his head and said, "I don't know. I've never been here either."

He had been a lazy guy in the East China Sea before, so how could he have attended any world conference?
"Tina, are you here? Come quickly~" After seeing Tina and Smoker, Lieutenant General Dor raised his hand to greet and invite them.

Smoker looked over and saw that except for Dor, Ein, Zoro, Fubuki, Weber, Nami, Lieutenant General Maynard, Major General Peng and others were all around. It was obvious that this place belonged to Admiral Bane's direct circle, and the old man Garp was also sitting among Zoro and the others, saying something with a smile.

Without any hesitation, Smoker quickly sat down with Tina and Tashigi.

"What would you like to drink? The fine wines here are available in unlimited quantities, and they are all special supplies from Marijoa, which are hard to find on ordinary days." After seeing Smoker, Zoro shook the bottle of wine in his hand and asked with a smile.

"Just like you." Smoker said as he sat next to Zoro.

Without wasting any time, Zoro immediately poured Smoker a glass of wine. He didn't talk about anything important, but just chatted about some trivial matters in a very relaxed manner.

Tina and Tashigi quickly started chatting with Vice Admiral Dor, Ain, Nami, Fubuki and other female navy officers.

After a while, several vice admirals of the giant tribe seemed to be drunk and started to compete to see who had a bigger appetite. They showed off the delicacies on the table crazily. However, due to their rude eating manners, a lot of food residues flew everywhere. They were soon scolded and stopped by another group of naval generals for their ridiculous behavior.

"It's really lively." Smoker looked at the scene, smiled and shook his head.

Garp is a veteran, and it is obviously not his first time to participate in the World Conference. He laughed and said, "Normally, whether in the headquarters or in our respective areas, everyone is quite tense and can't relax at all. Only in Marijoa can we get together, which is already very rare. The key is that we don't have to worry about any problems. Being able to arrive means that the escort mission has been completed. As for the defense here, that is something that the CP agency and the Knights of God have to consider, so naturally we don't need to worry about it, so shouldn't we take this time to relax?"

"That makes sense." Smoker stroked his chin and said, "If I had known the situation here would be like this, I should have sped up on the way and come a few days earlier."

After some small talk, Smoker asked, "Where's Bane? Why can't I see him?"

"They were supposed to come together at noon, but halfway through the journey, he was summoned by the Five Elders. He should be meeting with those five now, right?" Zoro said while drinking.

"It's really not easy to be a general." Smoker smacked his lips and drank the wine glass.

Meanwhile, among the powers at Pongal Castle.

Bane was sitting on the sofa here, having some conversation with the Five Elders and others.

Compared to the "fear" during the last meeting, Bane seemed much more relaxed today. After all, he was just a nobody last time, and only one of the Five Elders showed up. Today, he is already an admiral of the navy, and his status is incomparable. If he still behaves like that today, the Five Elders will think he is too hypocritical.

"Originally, I thought you needed our help to secure your position as general, but I didn't expect that you would be so capable on your own. You really impressed us, Bane." Saint Satan said in a very kind tone.

Last time, he was the only one among the Five Elders who showed up, so he could be considered an acquaintance of Bane.

After hearing this, Ben quickly said, "If it weren't for the care of the five adults, I wouldn't be able to sit in this position so easily."

After some polite exchanges, the other four Elder Stars chatted with Bane for a few minutes and got to know each other.

After all, given their status and position, the Five Elders did not get too close to Bane, and the topic soon shifted to business.

"Speaking of which, you did a very good job in the previous matter of the Red Hair Pirates." As the representative of the Five Elders, Saint Satan talked about this matter with Bane.

Bane did not take credit for it. He waved his hand modestly and said, "It was just a coincidence. We bumped into each other and Mr. Cap and the others happened to be there. But in the end, all the credit was attributed to me."

After a brief pause, Bane asked tentatively, "It was only later that I heard Mr. Cap talk about Red Hair. It seems that his identity is quite special?"

Saint Satan smiled upon hearing this and said, "It is indeed somewhat special, but it is only a suspicion. Many years ago, due to some accidents, the Feigarand family lost a child. Perhaps it was Red-Haired Shanks, but until now, we have never been able to truly verify it. Of course, there is no need to mind these things now. Everything has passed."

Again, if Red Hair Shanks is still the Four Emperors who is domineering on the sea at this moment, then he has value, and it is a very high value. In this case, both the Five Elders and the Fegalland clan will consider using this "doubtful" possibility to win over Red Hair Shanks.

However, now that the Red Hair Pirates have been destroyed, Shanks is no longer of any value working on a sewing machine in Impelton.

Neither the Five Elders nor the Fegaland clan would care about this bloodline whose identity might be questionable.

Meaningless.

"That's good. I thought maybe I meant well but did the wrong thing." Bane said as if he was relieved.

Such a seemingly casual remark was very useful to the Five Elders, because it indirectly represented that Bane was on the side of Marijoa and the Celestial Dragons.

This made Saint Satan and others more satisfied with Bane. Although this kid became a general, his heart was still on our side.

"For the merit of annihilating the Four Emperors-level pirate group, since you have already sat in the position of admiral, Sakaski and the Navy Headquarters will not be able to give you any reward, right?" asked Satan Sheng.

"I'm already in this position, so I shouldn't ask for too much. Mr. Sakaski awarded me the Navy's Gold Medal." Bane responded with a smile.

"Indeed, once you are in the position of general, there is no room for advancement in your position in the short term." Saint Satan nodded first, then glanced at the other four Five Elders, and then looked at Bane and said, "But you should not lose your ambition because of this. In addition to your position, you still have a lot to pursue, right?"

Bane looked at the five of them hesitantly, then asked softly, "What do you mean?"

"Identity, status, power, you can continue to look forward to these." Saint Satan raised his eyebrows.

Bane swallowed a little and said, "As an admiral of the navy, my identity, status, and power can be considered to have surpassed a certain level of worldliness. Even the royal family of the allied countries may not be able to compare with me."

Theoretically speaking, the royal families of the allied countries are of higher rank than the admirals of the navy, after all, they are nobles, but in reality, they are not comparable at all. Bane tortured those princes and nobles along the way, but when they arrived in Marijoa, they still didn't dare to say a word.

Moreover, as an admiral of the navy, the most unreasonable power in Bane's hands is that he can issue a demon-killing order at any time and define a country as evil. He can forcibly annihilate the country without going through any procedures or reporting anything.

It is precisely because the admirals of the navy possess such unreasonable power that the royal families of the member states dare not provoke Bane at all.

Otherwise, if the general gets upset, he will find a chance to issue you a demon-killing order. Who can stand that?

"Those ordinary nobles are indeed incomparable to you." Seeing that Bane seemed to have understood some hints, Saint Satan stopped pretending and said softly: "But, have you ever thought about becoming one of us? Becoming a world noble?"

Bane was stunned for a moment, and asked in surprise: "You mean, the Celestial Dragons? But I am not the bloodline of the twenty kings, how can I dare to expect these?"

"Hehehe," Saint Satan smiled and said, "You are still young, and perhaps you don't know many of Mary Geoise's secrets. In fact, for hundreds of years, we Tianlong people have been constantly absorbing sea elites like you to join us."

(End of this chapter)