Starting as a working person from Naruto

Chapter 426 Old Navy Acquaintances Gather at Enies Lobby

Lieutenant General Fujitora's choice was not unexpected.

Based on Fujitora's consistent stance, he will not give up this opportunity now that there is a chance to bring justice to this world, to eradicate all injustice, to overthrow the tyrannical rulers of this world, and to allow the people of this world to live in peace.

"If we want to win over Wilderness..."

After choosing to join this highest-ranking group in the Navy, Fujitora had to talk about his colleagues who had participated in the Great Recruitment with him. He sighed deeply and said, "Aramaki has always been a staunch supporter of the World Government and the Celestial Dragons. He even believes that humans survive by stepping on lower beings and regards the people of non-member countries of the World Government as inferior beings that should be trampled on..."

"Don't worry."

Akihara Kagura shook her head.

When Green Bull's words were almost taunting to Karin, Akihara Kagura never considered bringing Green Bull into her camp.

"Lieutenant General Green Bull is no longer qualified..."

"but…"

Fujitora also felt some regret, as he never wanted to give up on anyone: "Aramaki believes in justice to the death and vows to fight to the death to wipe out the pirates..."

"Yeah?"

Akihara Kagura chuckled, scoffing at that kind of desperate justice: "Let's see if Vice Admiral Green Bull will fight to the death during the Enies Lobby battle..."

"Hehe, I believe him."

Fujitora shook his head, not believing that Green Bull would back down in the fight.

After Fujitora and Akihara Kagura reached an agreement and returned to Enies Lobby, Fujitora went to see Green Bull and claimed that Akihara Kagura would not kill him again, hoping that his colleague would keep his mouth shut in the future.

"You're such a busybody, always wanting to get involved in everything. You can worry about the affairs of those lowly people, but you don't need to concern yourself with ours, do you?"

Green Bull remained as arrogant and unruly as ever, waving his hand impatiently: "Both that guy and I are Logia-type Devil Fruit users, I'm not afraid of him causing me trouble..."

"..."

Fujitora remained silent, unsure how to respond.

"That's enough."

Fujitora shook his head, his face gradually showing helplessness: "If you continue like this, then I can only wish you good luck in the future..."

"I've always been lucky..."

Green Bull waved his hand dismissively, instead advising Fujitora: "You're the one who should be careful. Humans have never been saviors; they're a species that rose to power by trampling on lower creatures. Don't go against our nature..."

"..."

Fujitora frowned, somewhat displeased, not wanting to hear Green Bull spout these ideas he loathed. He said in a deep voice, "Fine, since we can't see eye to eye, I don't want to say any more..."

"That's not like you at all..."

Green Bull adjusted his sunglasses, looking at Fujitora in surprise: "You... I thought you'd say a few more words!"

"..."

Fujitora, gripping his cane-sword, bypassed Green Bull.

Now that things have come to this…

What else could he possibly say?

Does this mean they're no longer on the same side? In any case, they chose different paths of justice, and sooner or later they'd part ways...

"Lieutenant General Fujitora! Lieutenant General Green Bull!"

A naval soldier rushed towards them, loudly reporting, "The World Government has announced the execution date for Straw Hat Luffy, and Admiral Aokiji has ordered all naval officers of the rank of captain and above to assemble for a combat readiness meeting..."

"Has the date finally been announced?"

Green Bull's interest was immediately piqued.

All the naval forces involved in the battle on Enies Lobby are here.

Marine Admiral Aokiji, Vice Admirals Akihara Kagura, Fujitora, and Green Bull, and newly promoted Commodore Smoker with his first mate Tashigi are also here...

When Smoker was transferred to Enies Lobby, he even had some indescribable mixed feelings: "I never thought that Straw Hat Luffy would be captured on Enies Lobby..."

Smoker and Luffy both fought Crocodile together in Alabasta. Although they were both defeated, Smoker saw the excellent qualities in Luffy; at least that kid was willing to risk his life for Alabasta…

Smoker's feelings were very complicated.

On one hand, Smoker felt a sense of relief, believing that Straw Hat Luffy would eventually become a world-renowned pirate, perhaps even the Pirate King. On the other hand, Smoker also felt some regret, because he felt that capturing a pirate like Straw Hat Luffy would tarnish justice, let alone using his identity to lure and attack the Revolutionary Army—this was something Smoker could not accept.

after all…

They are just the navy.

The Navy exists to protect justice and ordinary people from pirates, not to wage war against the Celestial Dragons and the Revolutionary Army for their rule…

Smoker disliked the Marine Headquarters' transfer order and even planned to disobey it. However, he wanted to come here to bid farewell to an old friend, whom he considered to be Luffy, the boy he had been chasing all the way to Alabasta…

"Roronoa Zoro has also been captured..."

Tashigi wore her glasses, and her feelings were somewhat complicated.

Tashigi carries three swords: Wado Ichimonji, Sandai Kitetsu, and Yubashiri. All of these swords belong to Zoro.

Tashigi's entourage, Smoker, went to visit the Straw Hat crew and retrieved three swords from the supply depot, which they then carried with them.

"I never expected the Straw Hat Boy to fall into his hands..."

Smoker already knew about the battle report. His gaze fell on Akihara Kagura, who was standing next to Aokiji. The last time they met, this kid was just a second lieutenant. In such a short time, he had become a lieutenant general at headquarters and even had a Rumble-Rumble Fruit ability that was stronger than his Smoke-Smoke Fruit!

"Vice Admiral Kagura?"

Tashigi quickly adjusted her glasses and explained softly, "Vice Admiral Kagura has known about the danger Luffy is in for a long time; he's always wanted to arrest the Straw Hat crew..."

At first…

Tashigi and Akihara Kagura talked about Straw Hat Luffy on Drum Island, but the topic was somewhat sensitive and frightening, and Tashigi really didn't dare to think about it in detail.

"That's a really fast promotion..."

Smoker could only shake his head and sigh. He had only recently been awarded a rank, and only a brigadier general position.

"There's been a lot of talk about you guys at headquarters lately..."

A somewhat seductive voice reached Smoker and Tashigi's ears.

Commodore Tina, a newly promoted officer, had a thin cigarette dangling from her lips. Her long, light pink, center-parted hair fell over her shoulders, making her look exceptionally alluring. This caused the two naval soldiers behind her, Zango and Hebodi, to have hearts in their eyes.

"What are they talking about us about?"

Smoker, cigar in mouth and exhaling a long smoke ring, sneered: "Are you saying I don't obey those officials' orders?"

"No…"

Tina shook her head, but her gaze fell on Akihara Kagura: "They're talking about you and Vice Admiral Kagura. You're both Logia-type Devil Fruit users, you both have a beautiful female adjutant by your side, and you're both from the East Blue, so it's inevitable that you'll be compared..."

"Hmph, what's there to discuss? I don't care about those things..."

Smoker seemed unconcerned. His gaze fell on Karin beside Kagura, then shifted to Tashigi before asking, "I remember that guy's adjutant was named Karin? She's always fully armed, but I don't recall ever seeing her do anything. Can she be compared to Tashigi?"

"You bastard..."

Tina saw through his thoughts at a glance.

Smoker may say he doesn't care, but he's definitely bothered by being compared to others, even going so far as to directly compare their respective lieutenants...

"Don't underestimate that little girl named Karin..."

Tina's expression gradually turned serious, and she spoke very solemnly, "I heard that this time on Enies Lobby, she captured the Straw Hat crew alive, defeating those pirates all by herself without relying on anyone's help..."

"!!!"

Tashigi's eyes showed a hint of amazement.

I couldn't even handle Roronoa Zoro! I never expected that the Straw Hat Pirates, whom I and Smoker couldn't defeat, would capture them all by themselves!

"..."

Smoker's face also showed a hint of surprise.

Although he could defeat the Straw Hat crew, he also knew Luffy's strength. Even a Marine Headquarters captain might not be able to take down Luffy!

"This time..."

"This is also a test for the navy's new generation..."

Tina's gaze fell on the group of lieutenant generals, and she explained softly, "Didn't you notice? Apart from Admiral Aokiji and Lieutenant General Garp, the other three lieutenant generals were all rapidly promoted during this period..."

Akihara Kagura, Fujitora, and Green Bull.

Although nothing seems to be definitively concluded right now, one of these three will definitely become a Marine Admiral in the future…

"Why are the CP0 people here too?"

Smoker didn't care about such things. He saw a group of masked men and their commander, Spandane, and frowned.

"The warlord sent by the World Government..."

Tina shook her head nonchalantly, though she was also a little annoyed by the whole thing: "After all, we're supposed to be fighting the Revolutionary Army, not pirates..."

The Revolutionary Army only wants to overthrow the World Government and the Celestial Dragons; they don't want to harm ordinary people. In fact, they fight for the sake of ordinary people. It's hard to say whether the Navy will do its best.

The fighting force on Enies Lobby is not weak. In addition to CP0 and the aforementioned naval forces, Vice Admiral Garp, a veteran naval officer, came to visit his grandson Luffy and surprisingly did not choose to leave Enies Lobby, but instead chose to stay and fight there.

"I heard that Lieutenant General Kagura dealt with the CP9 department."

Tina brought up the news from a while ago before continuing, "It seems there's a problem with the CP department's intelligence. The intelligence from CP0 isn't very optimistic. I heard they haven't found any information about the Revolutionary Army converging on Enies Lobby, which is good news for us..."

If this war doesn't break out...

This is indeed good news for them.

the other side.

Aokiji, Akihara Kagura, and others were also chatting here.

Aokiji received news that the Revolutionary Army hadn't made any major moves, and his mood seemed to improve: "If the Revolutionary Army hasn't gathered, then the Enies Lobby operation plan must have failed, right?"

"They haven't even been executed yet..."

Spandam glanced at Aokiji with displeasure, then at Akihara Kagura with resentment: "If the Revolutionary Army hadn't shown up, all this military force would have been wasted here. The only thing left for them to do is to atone with their lives for the person who provided the Enies Lobby operation plan..."

"I have already apologized."

Kagura Akihara shrugged and continued, "I heard it was Spandam, the former highest-ranking officer on Enies Lobby, who proposed it. I've already executed that guy with the ridiculous plan..."

"you!"

Spanda was furious and about to explode. He gritted his teeth and said through a face full of resentment, "No need to say so much. Sengoku personally recommended the battle plan you proposed to Saint Satan. My tragically deceased son only made some additions..."

"All right."

"The revolutionary army should be coming."

Akihara Kagura looked into Spandam's eyes, met his gaze, and said lightly, "If the Revolutionary Army isn't coming, then it must be because some people who dislike the Revolutionary Army have leaked the World Government's internal operational plans to them..."

"Um?"

Spandam was caught off guard.

What does that mean?

Has someone leaked the internal operational plans?

Spandam's eyes lit up as he came up with a reason. He even hoped that the Revolutionary Army would remain quiet so he could shift the blame to Akihara Kagura, claiming that she was a Revolutionary Army spy who had colluded with them!

It doesn't matter what the reason is...

As long as he can kill Akihara Kagura to avenge his son!

"..."

Akihara Kagura smiled silently at Spandam's expression, his fingers tapping lightly on his arm as if he were thinking about something interesting.

New world.

Revolutionary Army Headquarters, Baltimore.

Monkey D. Dragon also saw the World Government's announcement.

The World Government announced that it would execute Monkey D. Luffy, the son of the Dragon, a bloodline known for his heinous crimes, at Enies Lobby in a week.

Son of the Dragon.

This is the new title that the World Government bestowed upon Luffy.

This title allows the World Government to legitimately link the Revolutionary Army with Monkey D. Luffy, thus framing Luffy for the Revolutionary Army's crimes.

"Mr. Long..."

A Revolutionary Army officer stood before Dragon, looking at his face with some reluctance: "Sabo has left. He's going to Enies Lobby to rescue people. Are we really going to abandon the kids?"

Ignore it.

Monkey D. Dragon waved his hand, forcing himself to remain calm: "While their forces are concentrated on Enies Lobby, we are preparing to launch further uprisings in the other member states..."

"Mr. Long!"

A Revolutionary Army cadre interrupted Dragon, his face serious: "Someone has sent us a secret intelligence report. We have news of Commander Ivankov of the Grand Line Army. Commander Ivankov hasn't disappeared; he's still inside Impel Down!"

We're leaving tomorrow!

I'll start writing as soon as I get back from my studies!

I've been working hard to keep updating during my studies, and I don't think I've taken a single day off since I started writing this book. I've maintained perfect attendance for six or seven months...

(End of this chapter)