Starting as a working person from Naruto

Chapter 371 Even Kizaru, who slacks off as an actor, will eventually be the one being acted out?

On the high seas.

While the pirates were on their way, the Navy was not idle either.

A warship departed from the Drum Kingdom, carrying Admiral Aokiji, Colonel Smoker, and Lieutenant Akihara Kagura, heading straight for Alabasta;

A warship also departed from Marineford, the headquarters of the Navy, carrying Fleet Admiral Sengoku the Buddha and Vice Admiral Tsuru, the Chief of Staff of the Navy, and headed towards the desert kingdom with the Eternal Log Pose that leads to Alabasta.

Admiral Kizaru, who had been stationed at Marine Headquarters, did not choose to travel by warship. Instead, he used the speed of the Glint-Glint Fruit user to fly there. He had to get to Alabasta first and at least hold off the enemy.

As for the last Marine Admiral, Akainu…

The admiral is still on his way from the G1 branch in the New World to Marineford. During the time the Fleet Admiral is away from Marineford, Admiral Akainu will take over the command in Marineford.

There's nothing we can do about it...

After all, things happened far too urgently…

If they keep waiting for Akainu, the Navy might really miss the boat. By the time the major events are over, Akainu might still be on his way back to Marineford...

The Five Elders were urging them rather urgently.

During the Warring States period, this troop relocation tactic was the only option available to them.

In that case, Admirals Aokiji and Kizaru would definitely be the first to arrive, and the two of them would be enough to hold off the Konoha Pirates.

Even against a Yonko pirate crew, the two Marine Admirals might not be able to win, but they could at least thwart their plots…

As long as those two admirals can hold them off, by the time Fleet Admiral Sengoku arrives, they will be able to stand up to the Konoha Pirates!

but…

There's another question...

There is too little information about the Konoha Pirates.

To avoid the situation spiraling out of control when he arrived, Fleet Admiral Sengoku, upon boarding his warship, urgently ordered Vice Admiral Garp, who was patrolling the East China Sea, to immediately return to Alabasta, claiming that a world-changing event was about to occur.

"Hahaha, isn't that great?"

Garp was still at the 153rd Branch Base in the East Blue, ignoring Sengoku's orders. He recruited two menial soldiers at the 153rd Base, intending to bring them back to headquarters for proper training.

"Garp, stop fooling around!"

Sengoku coldly rebuked his friend, then reminded him, "Alabasta right now is like a powder keg, ready to explode at any moment... The Konoha Pirates want to overthrow the world, and Konoha has already rushed there to ignite the powder!"

"oh…"

Garp munched on a donut, completely oblivious to Sengoku's extreme tension on the Den Den Mushi, even considering it a trivial matter: "Didn't you already rush back with Kuzan and Borsalino?"

"This level of combat power..."

As Garp spoke, he could clearly sense just how many people these high-ranking naval officers could overwhelm: "That old man Whitebeard won't get away with this either, will he?"

"We still lack some intelligence..."

Sengoku's voice immediately turned cold. He knew very well how troublesome the opponent was, and continued in a cold voice, "What we need to do is not to fight on equal footing with our opponent, but at least to be able to suppress them. You'd better hurry over there..."

"You've had enough."

Karp was still stubbornly biting into his donut.

"If that's what you insist on thinking..."

Sengoku's demeanor on the Den Den Mushi immediately became calm, and he casually brought up another matter: "It's said that a pirate named Monkey D. Luffy is also heading to Alabasta. This old man is more than capable of capturing that little pirate..."

"Gulp..."

Garp stopped chewing the donut, swallowed it whole, and casually returned to the previous topic: "Speaking of which, is that guy who's never shown his face really as troublesome as you say?"

"It's probably more complicated than I can describe..."

Sengoku's voice grew calmer as he began to talk to himself, as if it were something unrelated to him: "I heard that Portgas D. Ace, the captain of the second division of the Whitebeard Pirates, might also be in Alabasta. If we can't stop the Konoha Pirates, and we happen to capture Portgas D. Ace, I can at least report back to the Five Elders..."

"I'm on my way..."

Garp felt a headache coming on and sighed, "You're the Fleet Admiral, yet you take Kuzan and Borsalino, these youngsters, to deal with trouble. This old man is going to teach Ace and Luffy, those two brats, a lesson and loosen their bones..."

"You'd better hurry up..."

Sengoku knew his old friend very well. He was a naval admiral with a broad perspective and would not hold a grudge against his old friend over a trivial matter at such a critical moment.

"If we arrive too late..."

Sengoku had no choice but to remind his old friend, hoping he would understand the gravity of the situation: "Either you help me and my two old friends collect our corpses! Or you can go to Impel Down and keep an eye on those two little pirates, Straw Hat Luffy and Portgas D. Ace!"

"Turn back to the Grand Line and head to Alabasta immediately!"

Garp hastily ordered his dog-headed warship to return to the Grand Line, without even making it back to his homeland, and immediately set off for Alabasta via the Calm Belt.

After giving the order, Garp's face broke into a smile again: "Hey, Sengoku, speaking of which, it's been a long time since the three of us fought together, hasn't it?"

"snort…"

Sengoku gave a disgruntled snort, his true feelings towards his old friend finally revealed: "Don't try to get close to me now. Don't forget we're the Navy!"

"You bastard, always remember who you are! You're a veteran Marine, a veteran who joined the Marines to eliminate pirates!"

"understood."

A complex expression appeared on Garp's face. He reached out and hung up the Den Den Mushi in his hand. He slowly closed his eyes and lay down in his chair, pretending to doze off.

This moment.

Garp seemed to have traveled back to the past.

Fire Fist Ace and Straw Hat Luffy are both his grandsons.

However, everyone in the world is busy; some have died, and some are working to change the world. Only he, a veteran naval officer, is relatively free.

However, this veteran naval officer also had to perform military duties most of the time, so he could only entrust the two little guys, Fire Fist Ace and Straw Hat Luffy, to the care of the bandit Dadan in his hometown. Come to think of it, this grandfather didn't seem to have done much for the two little guys, and he didn't even take care of the children as much as the tavern owner in his hometown...

"Luffy...Ace..."

"Why did I become a pirate...?"

Garp reached up to touch his eyes, seemingly in pain and suppressing his emotions. His voice grew old: "This world is indeed oppressively unbearable, and we don't know when it will end. But when pirates roam freely, most people don't even have any hope of survival..."

the other side.

On Vice Admiral Tsuru's warship.

Sengoku glared angrily at the peacefully resting Den Den Mushi. He never expected that Garp, that bastard, would dare to hang up on him when he needed something from him!

"That bastard..."

"alright."

Lieutenant General Tsuru reassured Sengoku, then said softly, "Right now, that guy must be feeling pretty bad too. Aren't you supposed to report to the Five Elders?"

"..."

Sengoku fell silent, a hint of dissatisfaction and doubt appearing in his eyes: "I originally thought they would be wary of the Konoha Pirates potentially wanting to overthrow the world..."

Perhaps the Five Elders really do have something on their minds…

However, they didn't tell this to the Fleet Admiral; they just told him to obediently deal with the Konoha Pirates and bring Buggy the Clown back.

Anyone suspected of murdering a Celestial Dragon must be executed, even if Buggy the Clown is just a scapegoat, he must still be arrested and killed!

"never mind."

Sengoku shook his head and said in a deep voice, "We must keep our trip to Alabasta a secret for now, lest anything unusual happens in the New World..."

"However, they also granted me the authority to summon Crocodile, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, to join the battle once we arrive in Alabasta, if necessary."

So many people are vying to participate in the war…

The Five Elders did not accept, and it seems there won't be any problems.

In fact.

The Five Elders did consider taking over voluntarily.

However, Sengoku directly requested the deployment of two Marine Admirals, and even added himself, the Fleet Admiral, to join the operation. He also requested that Vice Admiral Garp accompany them, and that Crocodile, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, be secretly summoned upon arrival.

The Five Elders originally intended that if one admiral couldn't defeat the opponent, sending three admirals would be a crushing victory. However, Sengoku went even further than they had anticipated…

This admiral is overly cautious.

Two admirals, one marshal, one vice admiral who is a hero of the navy, one vice admiral who is a staff officer of the navy, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, and even Smoker, who is just an extra, is a Logia-type Devil Fruit user.

Sending out a lineup of this caliber is practically equivalent to deploying all of the top-tier combat forces. The pirates of the New World might even laugh at Sengoku for making a mountain out of a molehill!

This lineup could even take on the most powerful Whitebeard Pirates. Even if Gol D. Roger were resurrected, he would have to flee in terror at the sight of this Marine force, let alone a mere newly emerged pirate crew…

In that case...

As the Five Elders, who hold the world's top power, there is absolutely no need for them to set foot in the lowly human settlements for such a matter. Alabasta may only contain information about Pluto, and this matter is perfectly acceptable to leave to the CP9 intelligence agency, which has been responsible for searching for Pluto.

On Smoker's warship.

The warship is almost at Alabasta.

Aokiji has received the message from Sengoku: Admiral Kizaru will land in Alabasta first, and Aokiji will be responsible for cooperating with Kizaru to hold off the Konoha Pirates while waiting for the three veteran Marines, Sengoku, Tsuru, and Garp, to land in Alabasta.

The news that even Aokiji knew…

Akihara Kagura naturally found out as well.

"Almost the navy's top combat force was mobilized..."

Aokiji looked at Akihara Kagura, recalling his own humiliating defeat, and narrowed his eyes as he asked, "For other pirate crews, this might be considered a catastrophe; but what would be the outcome against that particular pirate crew?"

"In the end, I might be the one who benefits the most..."

Akihara Kagura smiled and looked up at the white clouds floating in the sky: "The Navy suffered a defeat, the government is conscripting soldiers, and I happened to obtain the Logia-type Rumble-Rumble Fruit at the very moment when the Navy's morale was at its lowest. I'm sure I'll be given special attention by the Navy, right?"

"Are they really that confident in them?"

Aokiji also seemed to be contemplating the possible outcome of the battle.

"They're just confident; the Navy might be a bit arrogant."

Akihara Kagura shook her head, a sigh flashing across her face: "Weakness and ignorance are never excuses for failure; arrogance is..."

"This naval operation is indeed terrifying for anyone; but for us, it's..."

"No, or rather, it's an action organized by the World Government that inevitably seems a bit too presumptuous for the Konoha Pirates..."

"Has Aokiji forgotten everything about himself...?"

Kagura Akihara pointed something out to Aokiji, casually saying, "The Konoha Pirates aren't them, they're us. Admiral Aokiji, you're one of us too..."

"..."

Aokiji subconsciously didn't want to remember this kind of thing.

"From a time perspective..."

"Admirals Aokiji and Kizaru are the first wave of forces tasked with delaying the Konoha Pirates. Your responsibility is to stall until the three veterans arrive..."

"What we should both know is..."

"The main force in this delaying tactic is Admiral Kizaru alone..."

"In other words..."

"Until the Fleet Admiral and Vice Admiral Garp arrive with these reinforcements, our only target is Admiral Kizaru. Right now, he's the only one fighting..."

"How is it?"

Kagura Akihara, observing Aokiji's complex expression, slowly pressed on, "Admiral Aokiji, would you like Admiral Kizaru to experience what it's like to have your colleague refusing to go all out in battle?"

"..."

Aokiji's eye suddenly twitched.

Is Kizaru, that guy who always acts like an actor, going to be the one being acted out?

That colleague who always adhered to "ambiguous justice," as if carrying out any task never required or required his full effort...

This time, he will finally be able to personally experience how others feel about him not always giving his all in battle.

but…

This kind of thing seems pretty exciting!

While Kizaru's attempt to delay the mission might face difficulties, if he realized he was outmatched and tried to escape, the Konoha Pirates would have no chance against the speed of a user of the Glint-Glint Fruit, and Kizaru wouldn't be in any danger...

"If that's the case..."

Aokiji raised an eyebrow, his lazy expression returning: "Then let Borsalino experience what it feels like to be a colleague working hard while he's not taking his job seriously... Although I'm pretty much the same as him, I haven't really focused on my work for a long time..."

Let me add this!

The participants in the Alabasta incident have been identified. By this time, Blackbeard must have already escaped, right?

(End of this chapter)