One Piece: Trying 200 times harder, but being too overbearing.

Furthermore, imprisoning Vergo at Level 6 is just the beginning; he will face endless torture until he reveals who is behind him, as well as the crimes he has committed over the years and the exposed naval secrets.

After discussing Vergo's matter, the atmosphere of the meeting eased considerably, and the lieutenant generals all breathed a sigh of relief.

The Warring States Marshal is truly angry this time!

"The next item on the agenda is to reward Colonel Loya, as well as Smoker and other brave marines."

Those who commit wrongdoings should be punished, and those who perform meritorious service should be rewarded.

Sengoku's expression softened considerably, and he looked at the flying squirrel: "Flying squirrel, as your superior, you also deserve credit for this incident."

"Ok?"

The flying squirrel's eyes were blank.

What merits could he possibly have?

When he heard the news, he was so scared he almost had a heart attack!

The discussion ended quickly. The Navy has clear promotion rules, and rewards are based on merit, without needing to involve too much personal emotion.

"There's one last item on the agenda: the selection of the new base commander for Branch G-5!"

Instantly, apart from some lieutenant generals who were already base commanders, all the other lieutenant generals at headquarters avoided Sengoku's gaze and acted like cowards.

G-5 Branch?

G-5 is more like a marine prison!

Is that a place a normal person should stay?

Who wants to lead a bunch of unruly, rogue marines, constantly causing trouble for themselves? If they get into trouble, they'll suffer the consequences too.

Another very important point is that the G-14 branch will be completed in two years at most, and ambitious lieutenant generals have long been eyeing the position of G-14 base commander.

The Warring States period's face darkened considerably.

The problems within the G-5 branch have long been a chronic issue for the Navy, and it's virtually impossible to reform those rogue marines.

It's not just G-5's own conduct that's the problem; when other branches have unruly and unruly marines, they're all dumped on G-5, which is essentially treating G-5 as a dumping ground.

It would be strange if the G-5 branch could thrive under such circumstances.

Besides the poor quality of the marines, the G-5 branch also received the least funding, weapons supplies, and welfare subsidies.

However, it wasn't that headquarters was unwilling to spend money; rather, it was that those scoundrels of marines squandered all the money, even the public funds for repairing the fortress were completely gone.

Over time, the headquarters naturally became unwilling to invest too much in the G-5 branch, and its welfare subsidies were reduced again and again, to less than half of those of other branches.

Sengoku still remembers the last time he inspected G-5, the outer wall of the tower was full of cracks, and the way to repair it was to use a few broken wooden boards to fix it.

It makes me so angry just thinking about it!

Sengoku rubbed his throbbing forehead, his sharp gaze sweeping around. Seeing the lieutenant generals averting their eyes, he grew even angrier.

Was it easy for him to become a marshal?

You don't want to, right?

Okay, he'll make the decision!

Sengoku's gaze locked onto a senior lieutenant general, and he said in a deep voice, "Lieutenant General Maynard, you have extensive experience in leading troops. You will serve as the base commander of the G-5 branch!"

"Ah I?"

Maynard's mind went blank.

Holy crap, no way!

He was indeed experienced in leading troops, but that was because he had to endure thirty years of hardship before he could barely become a lieutenant general in his own unit.

It's clearly because he's incompetent!

Look at the lieutenant generals here, aren't they all more capable than him?

"Marshal, I—"

"Ok, deal!"

Sengoku spoke calmly, instructing, "Lieutenant General Maynard, the responsibility of leading the G-5 branch is quite heavy. Do not seek merit, but only to avoid mistakes."

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Maynard was speechless.

Feeling the deeply sympathetic gazes of his colleagues, he understood.

What does it mean to seek no merit but to avoid mistakes?

As long as he keeps those rogue marines from causing trouble for headquarters, he can be a leisurely base (prison) warden, spending his days drinking tea and reading newspapers.

Is that what you mean?

Isn’t this bullying an honest person?

"Today's meeting is adjourned!"

"The meeting is dismissed!"

End of the meeting.

Before leaving, the lieutenant generals all came to Maynard's side.

"Lieutenant General Maynard, congratulations!"

Congratulations on your promotion!

"Hey Maynard, wanna grab a drink sometime? Now? Cough cough, I have something urgent to attend to and need to get back."

Maynard nearly coughed up blood.

Congratulations? Want a drink?

I don't believe you guys!

Why didn't you scoundrels show off in front of Marshal Sengoku just now? Ha, you're all wicked!

Evening, G-1 branch.

In the base director's office.

The flying squirrel looked at Loya and Smoker and the others behind him, hesitant to speak, and even wavered for a moment.

Or, we could keep these capable youngsters around and train them carefully, so they can take over his job in ten or twenty years?

hiss--!

What happened? Why did he have such a terrible idea?

The flying squirrel turned pale, quickly took out a stack of documents and threw them to Loya, waving goodbye as if shooing away flies.

"Here you go, your promotion documents."

"Alright, nothing else."

"Go wherever you want, no need to notify me!"

"goodbye!"

"boom!"

The door was tightly shut!

Loya held the promotion document, somewhat bewildered.

Could it be that Vice Admiral Momonga suffered some kind of shock at headquarters?

The crowd gathered around Loya, excitedly looking at the promotion documents.

"Colonel Loya, oh no, I mean Major General Loya!"

We got promoted!

Chapter 138 Maynard: I Want to Go Home

Northeast region of G-1 branch.

11 combat formation warships.

Inside the meeting room, everyone was extremely excited.

Rear Admiral, Navy Headquarters!

Two promotions in a row!

Loya flipped through the promotion documents, feeling very pleased. Apart from him being promoted two ranks, all the other captains had been promoted one rank.

Smoker and Tina were promoted to brigadier general.

It wasn't just the credit for defeating Vergo; the numerous pirates captured over the previous months were also a significant achievement, especially the capture of the rhinoceros-man "Iron Skin" Manji, whose bounty was over 100 million.

It is said that the guy was taken to Punk Hazard.

The only exception was Barto, who was given the rank of major this time because he was just an ordinary marine before.

As a Devil Fruit user, and a very powerful one at that, Barrier-Barrier Fruit, the headquarters would naturally value Bartolomeo's potential.