Marineford War: I Will Stand in the Sky

"If we fail to overthrow the World Government in one fell swoop, the ocean will be plunged into a long and protracted war, and the price we have to pay may be beyond our imagination."

Dorrag nodded, also aware of this fact.

As for defeat, Dragon has realized that it is almost impossible!

When the spark is completely ignited in the sea, it also means that it can never be completely extinguished!

Especially in the past few years, when Dragon truly realized the sheer amount of resources the organization had accumulated with the support of countless civilians.

Therefore, Dragon truly realized why Yone had so firmly walked the path of gathering the seemingly powerless and weak power of the common people across the entire ocean, believing that only those countless common people could truly drive the tide of the times.

"The true creators of everything are not gods, but countless seemingly insignificant ordinary people..."

This is a sentence written in the last paragraph of "The General Outline of the Revolutionary Army's Thought," and it has proven its undeniable truth to the Dolag through facts.

For the Revolutionary Army to its current size, whether it's hundreds of billions or trillions of dollars, it's all far too insignificant!

Dorrag even believes that the organization, through the "Island Commune Project," may have accumulated wealth comparable to that of the World Government over eight hundred years in just five years.

So... how could this force possibly fail?! And what reason could it possibly have to fail?

Dragon was perfectly clear about this in his heart!

For the Revolutionary Army at present, what it lacks for the time being and preparation is the most crucial opportunity: how to gather all its strength and destroy the World Government in one fell swoop.

However, compared to Dragon's optimism, Yann had more concerns and was making more preparations in secret.

After exchanging a few words with Dragon, Yann secretly arrived at the roof of the Marine 153rd Branch and looked down at Monkey D. Luffy, who was running towards Zoro with three swords.

"Faster, faster, Luffy, I don't have much time left..."

Ahn’s seemingly relaxed gaze concealed an urgency as he silently thought to himself.

"Now that you've set sail, hurry up and grow stronger, then find the missing piece of the puzzle when you reach Laugh Tale."

[Chapter 699: Naval Anti-Corruption Mechanism]

In recent years, as the Revolutionary Army has grown stronger, it has discovered many historical texts hidden in extremely remote corners, and with the help of Charlotte Pudding's abilities, intelligence agencies have also stolen rubbings from many factions that possess Poneglyphs.

Therefore, as Robin continued to decipher the text in the Poneglyphs, the secrets recorded within them gradually revealed themselves to Yann, but ultimately, something extremely crucial was still missing...

As Yann finished speaking, a brief silence fell over the base commander's office. Nami's hand holding the gold trembled slightly, and her face showed obvious struggle.

After a moment, Nami, with her head slightly lowered, asked, "Does the Navy... really have such an anti-corruption mechanism?"

"Ah."

Yann gave an affirmative answer. After all, this anti-corruption mechanism was something Yann had personally promoted over the past few years. It was not only to improve the integrity of naval officers, but also to prevent nobles from the world's member states from secretly colluding with the heads of various naval branch bases to harm civilians.

"With the latest anti-corruption mechanism, the amount involved in Colonel Monca's case is enough to make him a pirate, and he will be imprisoned in Impel Down for the rest of his life."

However, Nami raised her head, her eyes filled with complex emotions, and asked, "I'm not asking about the possible fate of Colonel Morgan, but whether this gold will be returned to the townspeople of Shells?"

At this moment, Yann couldn't help but be slightly moved.

Originally, Yann only wanted to casually approach Nami to see if she was as greedy as he remembered her, but he never expected... Nami to be so kind-hearted.

“Of course, I have absolutely no reason to lie to you about something that would be so easily exposed. Haven’t you heard about it at all?” Yann retorted.

Nami shook her head, a disdainful, mocking smile on her face, and said, "I've never heard of that. All I know is that the Navy are a bunch of greedy bastards."

Upon hearing this, Yan raised an eyebrow slightly beneath his mask.

'The East China Sea navy...is there a problem?!'

However, in recent years, the Navy Headquarters has indeed neglected the situation in the East China Sea quite a bit, after all, the East China Sea's reputation as the "weakest sea" is not unfounded.

Compared to the other three seas, the East Blue has produced few notable figures in the past decade or so, apart from Ace and Yasopp. Even pirates capable of reaching the Grand Line are few and far between, unlike the other seas where pirates are constantly emerging towards the Grand Line.

Therefore, given the limited resources of the Navy Headquarters, apart from paying special attention to Roggetown, which holds special significance, other bases in the East China Sea are generally not given much importance.

Of course, this was also a significant benefit for the revolutionary army. Without the constraints of the navy, the revolutionary army's development speed in the East China Sea was arguably the fastest.

However, it now seems that the level of corruption in the East China Sea Navy has reached a point that cannot be ignored, and it even disregards the anti-corruption mechanisms from the Navy Headquarters.

'It might be rotten to the core, it seems necessary to have Major General Hope send someone to investigate the lieutenant general in charge of the East China Sea branch...'

As for Yann... it is necessary for him to personally intervene.

After all, if Yann were to personally intervene in the corruption problem of the East China Sea Navy, not only would the entire East China Sea Navy be thrown into turmoil, but other sea areas would probably also be investigated along with it.

This is probably similar to the situation where a local official in a small town is corrupt. Sending a eunuch to investigate whether it is the local official's fault is enough. But if the emperor himself gets involved in the investigation, it will likely cause a storm that affects the whole country.

Uh……

After thinking it over, Yann realized that there seemed to be something wrong with the analogy.

However, Yann was well aware that at this critical juncture where a delicate balance was being maintained, it was not appropriate to cause too much of a commotion.

[Chapter 700. Can I join your pirate crew?]

Nami was completely unaware that because of a careless remark she made, the Vice Admiral, the highest-ranking officer in the East China Sea Navy, would soon be subject to a severe investigation and accountability.

Nami looked at the safe full of gold with reluctance, but after some hesitation, she put all the gold back into the safe. Then, she suddenly remembered something and said...

"No, I almost fell for your trick. You're not planning to embezzle this treasure, are you? Putting aside the fact that I've never heard of the Navy's anti-corruption mechanism, even if it did, who knows when they'd investigate Morgan?"

"You can look out the window," Yarne said dismissively.

Nami glanced warily at Arn, and made sure to close the safe door again, seemingly to prevent Arn from taking the gold. Then she moved to the window and looked down at the square.

At that very moment, Luffy and Zoro easily defeated Morgan and his son. As Morgan fell, the remaining Marines cheered loudly, showing no intention of attacking Luffy again.

"See? Most of the navy are righteous, they just can't disobey orders from their superiors. Now that Morgan has been unexpectedly defeated by pirates, he will soon be investigated and held accountable by the higher-ups in the navy. At that time, all his misdeeds and corruption issues will be impossible to cover up."

After a pause, Yann, standing next to Nami, crossed his arms and spoke calmly.

"In comparison, you should be thinking about how to leave this naval base as soon as possible, otherwise you won't be able to escape once the other naval forces realize what's happening."

"Tsk, I don't need your nonsense..."

Nami seemed somewhat unconvinced by Yann's lecturing and was about to turn and walk towards the door when she suddenly remembered something and began rummaging through the office.

“What are you still looking for?” Yann asked.

"A nautical chart, a nautical chart of the Grand Line."

Nami said without turning her head, "If it's a naval base, they should have these kinds of nautical charts."

The next moment, as Nami opened another safe in the office and took out the contents, there was only a piece of paper with a clown skull logo and the words "I'll take the chart" written on it.

"Oops!"

Nami spoke with an unusually grim expression.

Yann, who was watching Nami's every move, asked, "What's wrong?"

“The sea chart… was already taken by that man beforehand,” Nami said.

“Who?” Yann asked.

"It's that man known as 'Immortal'—'The Joker' Buggy. This is troublesome," Nami said somewhat reluctantly.

???

Immortal... Buggy?

Yann almost couldn't catch his breath, nearly thinking some great pirate had escaped to the East Blue. He never expected that the person Nami was introducing so seriously was Buggy.

'This title... hmm, it sounds much more impressive than Shanks'...'

Just as Yann couldn't help but complain that the common people of the East Blue didn't even know about Devil Fruits and had been fooled by Buggy into giving them some kind of "immortal" title, Nami suddenly spoke up.

"Hey, you want to team up with me?"

Yarn paused for a moment, then pointed to himself and asked, "What? Me?"

"if not?"

Nami gave a seemingly bright and harmless smile and said.

"Since you're not short of money, you must have secretly come here for the Grand Line charts, right? How about we cooperate? We can make a copy of the charts, and each of us can take one."

"Hmm~"

As Arn rubbed his chin, pondering whether it made any sense, Nami glanced out the office window, then suddenly grabbed Arn and ran towards the door, saying...

"It's settled then. You'll keep Bucky occupied while I steal the sea chart..."

For a moment, Yann couldn't help but feel both amused and exasperated.

We've run the Grand Line so many times we're sick of it, why would we need a Grand Line chart?

However, besides bringing Sora and Luminous to the East Blue, Yann's trip was also to secretly accelerate Luffy's growth and sailing speed.

The current situation on the high seas means Luffy doesn't have two or three years to slowly cultivate his Haki during his voyage, so he must fully grow up within the next six months.

Even if Luffy doesn't have time to grow stronger in the end, Sora and Luminous should be strong enough to carry him to the end of his journey.

Furthermore, Yan believes that given Luffy's personality, the fact that his crew members are stronger than him should motivate him to grow even faster.

'But Bucky might know something about Roger's secrets...'

As Yann thought to himself, he simply followed Nami and left the naval base, heading towards the port of Holz Town. Then, they hurriedly fled outside the jurisdiction of the 153rd Marine Branch, making the whole process seamless.

Meanwhile, Sora and Hikari, who were standing on a rooftop and were just observing the activities of Branch 153 from afar, inadvertently turned their heads towards the port and happened to see their father... disappearing into the horizon with Nami in a small boat.

"He actually went to seduce that orange-haired girl..." Ying said through gritted teeth, her whole body seemingly emanating a dark aura.

"..."

It's just empty, and this time, I have absolutely no idea how to explain it to Arn.

"What's even worse is that this guy just left my brother and me here without saying a word and went off to have fun with that orange-haired girl on a small boat."

Suddenly, faint black and red lightning began to appear on Ying's body.

"Calm down, calm down..."

Seeing this, Kong quickly calmed Ying down, saying, "Ying, if you unleash your Conqueror's Haki here, it could cause countless townspeople to faint. Calm down."

Upon hearing this, the black and red lightning on Ying's body gradually disappeared, but her face still retained a deep anger.

"This time, I can never forgive that bastard father!"

"Yes, yes, yes..."

After calming down Luna's temper, Luffy and Zoro set sail on a small boat and left Holmes Town amidst the salutes of the 153rd Branch Marines.