I just want to find a job, and then become a Navy Admiral.

Chapter 144 Wang Zhi: I am the King of the World!

Red Harbor.

Having just returned from Mary Geoise to the land beneath the Red Line, Sengoku sat in the dining hall, eating his meal while reviewing the documents in his hands.

Whether it's Kaido or Big Mom.

It appears to be a resounding victory for the navy.

But in reality, the turmoil on the sea is far greater than before.

This was something that was bound to happen after conquering the Sea Emperor.

"More than a hundred pirate crews have gathered on Beehive Island?" Sengoku stopped eating and frowned when he saw the document in his hand.

Crane crossed her arms and leaned back in the cafeteria chair. "This was unavoidable. Back in the Rocks era, that island had already become a paradise for criminals all over the world. Its reputation had already spread back then. Although it's not as good as it was in the Rocks era under Wang Zhi's management over the years, the deaths of Kaido and Big Mom have forced those pirates to find new backers."

He reached for the black tea on the table, glanced at the young girl who had bowed to her, and smiled slightly, "No need to be so polite here, Rebecca."

The pink-haired girl nodded immediately, but after saluting Sengoku and Tsuru, she left nervously.

Sengoku glanced at Rebecca's retreating figure but didn't say anything. The navy needed to recruit on a large scale, even if the woman was a princess from a member state.

After taking a sip of red tea, Tsuru continued, "Before Suan killed Big Mom, I mentioned that if she died, Wang Zhi would definitely take action. But I still underestimated Wang Zhi's ambition. That guy didn't participate in the battle for the Red Poneglyphs; instead, he directly chose to expand his power and annex territory. Where Katakuri couldn't protect, his ambitions probably extend beyond just being one of the Four Emperors."

It's that simple.

Sengoku chewed on his bread, looking at the report in the documents: "The establishment of the [Pirate Kingdom], or... Rocks's purpose?"

The crane only drank a few sips of tea and did not make a sound.

"Should we gather our forces and encircle them as soon as possible?" Sengoku clenched his fists, looking troubled. "If we directly engage in war with [Hive Island], our forces..."

At this point, Sengoku's eyes revealed a sense of helplessness. It wasn't that he lacked the strength to fight, but rather that if he were to besiege Beehive Island, not to mention the price he would have to pay, the chaos that would break out in other parts of the sea would become uncontrollable once he had gathered his forces.

"Let Su An..." Sengoku murmured half of the sentence.

His words abruptly ended, and Sengoku shook his head, deciding not to think about it.

Looking at Sengoku, Tsuru could roughly guess what her colleague of decades was thinking, so she said, "He probably won't go. That kid's got the idea of ​​turning the G5 branch into his retirement home all over his head. Before leaving, he even went to the headquarters canteen to ask about meat prices. I don't know what he's thinking. I think unless there's some reason that compels him to go, he probably won't. Besides..."

Tsuru looked at the soba noodles a marine brought over, observing the color of the broth. "I didn't mean to think that way, but with the deaths of the Four Emperors one after another, those criminals have become what they are now. If another Four Emperor dies so soon, I don't even want to imagine how crazy those pirates will go. Even a rabbit will bite when cornered, let alone those people who are all outlaws of the sea."

"And then there are those people in the underworld, constantly waging unseen wars for their own 'business.' If Wang Zhi dies now, they'll probably realize that the rules of this world are quietly changing. In some ways, those people are more troublesome than pirates, and they have even less of a bottom line when it comes to doing things."

At this point, Tsuru watched Sengoku eat his noodles and picked up a loaf of bread from the table herself: "So, let's stabilize the current situation of pirates running rampant all over the world first, and then we can launch a siege on [Hive Island]. However, that place is an illegal zone, and if we send troops there, I'm afraid that the higher-ups or the member states will refuse, since sieging there won't bring them any direct benefits."

Crane's face suddenly showed disgust.

"Now that pirates are rampant, some member states have complained to the Five Elders because we didn't have enough troops to drive them away in time. They even insulted the marines who protected them, haven't they?"

Finally, Crane calmly cursed those bastards who only know how to talk!

Hearing what Tsuru said, Sengoku ignored the last sentence and his face was gloomy. He actually envied Garp, and had been envious of him since the beginning, because that guy never thought about so much and always just went for it.

There's no need to worry about the ideas mentioned above, and even less about anything else.

But he couldn't do that during the Warring States period.

"How did your talks with the Five Elders go this time...? Are those guys from the Seven Warlords of the Sea willing to come out and wipe out some pirates?"

Crane looked at Sengoku, who was holding his head, and said something.

Zhan Guo looked up at He: "He said he wanted to have a meeting."

He chuckled and continued drinking his tea. "Do they really need to hold a meeting to discuss something like this? Those politicians..."

"To put it bluntly, they don't think it's time to use the Seven Warlords of the Sea yet, right? Or are they angry that Su An has left their Seven Warlords of the Sea with one member missing?"

Sengoku didn't respond, but after a brief silence, he changed the subject: "At a time like this, Garp ran off to somewhere else again, and all he said was that he was going on vacation too... He's completely learned bad habits from Suan! Even Borsalino..."

Zhan Guo didn't continue, but just frowned, because the mention of Su An made his stomach ache slightly.

After noticing this, He said, "The medicine is on you. And..."

"Marshal of the Warring States Period!"

Before Tsuru could finish speaking, Lieutenant General Dol ran in, holding a Den Den Mushi in his hand.

After saluting Zhan Guo, he immediately said, "There's an urgent matter at Huoshao Mountain, but we haven't been able to contact you..."

Sengoku took the Den Den Mushi. "Well, since I'm going to the Five Elders' place, I left my Den Den Mushi here."

After saying that, Sengoku looked at the Den Den Mushi: "What's wrong? What is Suan up to in G5 again?"

The connection to Huoshaoshan was so strong that all Zhan Guo could think of was what Su An was up to again!

Upon hearing Sengoku's voice on the other end of the Den Den Mushi, Kashoyama immediately replied, "Fleet Marshal Sengoku, Suan has gone to [Hive Island]!"

They said Wang Zhi's commotion was disrupting his work on renovating the G5 branch base...

The Den Den Mushi wasn't very loud, but everyone around could hear what Fire Mountain was saying.

Suddenly, a small group of people around all looked at the Den Den Mushi in Sengoku's hand.

"ha?!"

The next moment, everyone was immediately taken aback.

During the Warring States period, he pressed his hand to his abdomen, not just because he felt pain, but because he was actually in real pain!

My name is Tashigi.

He is now a sergeant in the Navy's G5 branch. His goal is to recover all the famous swords stolen by villains.

"It's amazing, but after I took a nap, I suddenly passed the test and became a member of Vice Admiral Su An's direct unit at the Navy Headquarters."

It seems I've taken on a secretary role, because on the way back, Lieutenant General Su An would ask me to help with a lot of paperwork.

But that's not the point. The real issue is... having just returned to the G5 branch, we've been taken away again by Lieutenant General Su An to [Honeycomb Island], the territory of the newly announced [Four Emperors], and also a gathering place for the world's most heinous criminals.

That's right, we're going to eliminate the Four Emperors, just our whole ship... I'm still not fully awake.

But why did the veterans around them only show their surprise for a moment before starting to discuss meaningless things like who Vice Admiral Suan's girlfriend was? We're heading to the territory of one of the Four Emperors! Not ordinary pirates!

This happened so suddenly, my heart was pounding so hard, I wonder what these people are thinking!

"And our unit's leader, Lieutenant General Su An..."

I just really angered Marshal Sengoku, he talked about overtime pay and stuff like that, and then Marshal Sengoku hung up on me.

Tashigi looked at Su An standing there and subconsciously swallowed.

Gross stared at Su An in disbelief. After all, facing a Yonko directly? He had fantasized about it before, but now he was really going to face them head-on?

"So, you're serious?" Smoker walked up to Su An.

Smoker didn't have a cigar in his mouth, clearly startled by Su An's sudden decision.

Su An looked at Smoker: "Don't worry, since this business trip was on my whim, the G5 branch will arrange overtime pay for you."

This is about overtime pay!

Tashigi was on the verge of collapse, but she raised her hand to her chest, trying to control her emotions, and stared straight at Su An.

The marines from the G5 branch stared wide-eyed at Tashigi, their faces flushed, and they chuckled.

Smoker stared at Su An, paused, and after a brief silence, spoke: "It's not about overtime pay, but... going straight to [Hive Island] like this, you should know the situation on that island very well, right?"

Su An hummed in agreement. "I know, I've memorized a lot here, haven't I?"

Su An picked up his notebook and opened it.

Smoker glanced at the notebook filled with notes about Beehive Island, his expression becoming somewhat complicated. "I mean, just because their pirate ships would interfere with your work in G5... and because you suspect they've taken hostages?"

Su An raised her hand and pushed up her glasses: "Isn't that enough?"

Smoker paused, then said, "The other side is one of the Four Emperors, and as you just heard what Sengoku-sensei said, over a hundred pirate crews from the New World are currently converging there. Moreover, that island has always been home to notorious criminals, making it extremely powerful. Even if you are very strong, but..."

Smoker frowned and clenched his fists. "What if we don't have any hostages!?"

Su An put away her notebook and asked, "Isn't that a good thing?"

Smoker opened his mouth as if to say something, but immediately closed it again.

Su An said just two simple sentences, but they left Smoker speechless.

Just go like this...

He himself wouldn't dare to do that, not even if he were to become a lieutenant general.

Smoker was silent for a moment. Is this the person that Master Zeff said was worthy of being my subordinate?

Smoker looked at Su An: "I understand."

After saying that, he turned to Tashigi and the others: "It's time to write your wills."

Tashigi hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but then stopped herself.

"Why write that..." Su An looked at Smoker's back.

Smoker turned to look at Su An.

"No need to write, Brother Smoker." Pick looked at Smoker.

Bamba nodded in agreement: "We wrote it before we went to Wano Country, but... it was useless, we burned it all later. Boss Suan took care of it all by himself."

"That's true..." Bakuzo said seriously, "but we can't neglect our training. After all, we can't let the boss do everything by himself. We're the Marines, after all."

Smoker and the other newly recruited G5 Marines looked at Bakzo and his group: "Huh?"

New World, Beehive Island: "Hahaha, you're refusing right off the bat? I'd be happy to give you that priceless [Red Historical Inscription]!"

Ah, Wang Zhi!

Wang Zhi sat on his throne, the room empty except for the arrogant voice from the other end of the Den Den Mushi.

"As for you... I heard from the new underlings who joined my team that you've managed that island of Rocks quite well."

After taking a sip of his drink, Wang Zhi glanced at the Den Den Mushi: "It seems the World Government has blocked information about your attack on Totto Land. I only heard that Sakazuki fought with that Shanks brat."

The Den Den Mushi suddenly gave a strange smile. "Those scumbags in that kind of place certainly wouldn't dare spread this around, just like you... your target isn't Roger's treasure?"

Wang Zhi glanced at the window from which the cheers were coming. "I'm right on top of a gold mine right now. Besides, do you think I'm Kaido or that old hag Linlin, Shiki?"

Wang stuck out his tongue, revealing an extremely bizarre and exaggerated expression on his face.

"Hehehehe!" Seemingly noticing the expression on the Den Den Mushi's face, Shiki burst into laughter. "So, you're going to turn [Hive Island] into a country? And then... like that idiot Rocks, use that island as a base to wage war against the whole world and ascend to the throne? So you really did want to follow his path when you plotted to seize [Hive Island]!"

Wang Zhi gulped down several mouthfuls of wine, but didn't immediately answer Shi Qi's question. Instead, he asked, "So what about you? You can just give away that historical inscription so easily, which means you're not interested in the One Piece that Roger mentioned. You've kept it hidden for over ten years. What is your purpose... You're not someone who does nothing."

"Heh!" A soft chuckle suddenly came from the other end of the Den Den Mushi, followed by the voice of Golden Lion: "It seems our goals have clashed, old friend, but... before we start our battle, I need to go to a place first. What I need to do must begin there! Hehehehehe Golden Lion's laughter sounded like a low growl."

Wang Zhi stood up and walked to the window. Another raiding ship had returned, and naturally, in addition to supplies, many more hostages had been captured.

Wang Zhi casually remarked, "You seem to have a strong obsession with the East China Sea."

The Den Den Mushi's expression remained unchanged, still arrogant, "Hehehehehe~~"

*Smack*

The Den Den Mushi (snail phone) was interrupted amidst Shiki the Golden Lion's laughter.

He neither denied it nor said anything more.

Wang Zhi's narrow eyes were icy cold as he looked down at the cheering pirates and then at the dozens of pirate ships at sea. "Who cares about you?! I'm the man who's going to become the King of the World!"