Chapter 467 Assassin, the General's Position! (Two in One)
"You said that in the internal meeting of the Navy Headquarters. You don't plan to stay in the headquarters!"
"Tenma, you may be targeted by the Celestial Dragons."
"Leave as soon as possible while they haven't taken action against you yet."
"We are still in the Sabaody Archipelago. Let's go to the New World together."
The sun was shining on the coast. Yoriichi Tsugakushi was lying on a beach chair, sitting on the side of the ship and basking in the sun. There were no scars on his naked upper body. The injuries he had suffered in the battle had healed.
Next to Yoriichi was a small round table with a Den Den Mushi with oily hair standing on the table. Yoriichi's words were transmitted to Tenma through the Den Den Mushi.
After the meeting, Tenma returned to his temporary residence and told Yoriichi Tsugakushi everything that happened at the meeting today.
Tenma, the head of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Navy Headquarters, has always been Yoriichi Tsugakushi's spy in the headquarters.
But his actions today were not instructed by Yoriichi Tsugakushi. Tianzheng has always been clear about Tsukuni Yoshiichi's intention to separate the Navy Headquarters from the Celestial Dragons. He is also one of the few people who clearly know Tsukuni Yoshiichi's goal.
Today, he suddenly said such words at the meeting to expose himself, and Tianzheng felt that this was an opportunity to accelerate the division of the headquarters.
According to Tsukuni Yoshiichi's plan, he intends to accumulate the popularity of the new navy, swallow up the reputation of the Navy Headquarters bit by bit, and slowly replace the Navy Headquarters with the new navy, redefine the so-called "justice", and thus gain control.
However, after the war between the headquarters and the pirates, the momentum of the headquarters navy was low, and Tsukuni Yoshiichi also showed his terrifying power to the world in this war.
In Tianzheng's view, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Although he is Tsukuni Yoshiichi's subordinate, he should accept Tsukuni Yoshiichi's leadership and slowly advance according to Yoshiichi's plan.
But Tenma is also a person with strong autonomy. He is a subordinate of Yoriichi, but he became Yoriichi's subordinate not to be a yes-man. He hopes to create the ideal world with Yoriichi Tsugaku.
For this reason, Tenma is willing to risk being targeted by the Celestial Dragons.
Sure enough
After the incident, Tenma told Yoriichi Tsugaku. As for Tenma's self-willed "violent remarks" and exposing himself, Yoriichi Tsugaku. He was concerned about Tenma's own safety.
After Tenma heard Yoriichi Tsugaku., a smile appeared on his face.
Although Yoriichi's tone was flat when he said that, the content of his words really showed his concern for his safety.
"Leave?"
"How can I leave at this time?"
"Marshal Sengoku wants to transfer me away from the headquarters, which is considered exile."
"Before I leave the headquarters, I will try to contact some generals."
"I am very sure that someone will be interested in my proposal."
Tenma said, with a firm and resolute look on his face. When he said this, he was mentally prepared.
It's nothing more than death. As long as he can successfully shake the high-ranking naval officials among the targets, even if he dies, it doesn't matter!
"Have you decided?"
On the Dawn warship, Tsugaku Yuichi also looked condensed after hearing what Tenma said, sat up, and then asked in a deep voice.
In a flash, Tsugaku Yuichi anticipated Tenma's future.
If he leaves the Navy headquarters in time, Tenma still has a chance of survival, but if he still intends to persuade other high-ranking naval officials to turn to the new navy, he will inevitably suffer a thunderbolt.
This approach is a sure death.
"Don't worry, I won't joke with my own life."
"But please stay in the Sabaody Archipelago for a while."
"Without your help, even if someone wants to leave the headquarters, they will probably be killed before they can reach the New World."
Tenmasa's tone was relaxed. After hearing this, Yunyi didn't say anything more. He hung up the phone after leaving a sentence:
"I can reach the Navy Headquarters in a quarter of an hour. If there is an accident, notify me as soon as possible."
"I'll take you to the New World."
There were busy tones in the Den Den Mushi. Tenmasa silently put the Den Den Mushi into his arms and sat quietly at the desk thinking about the next move.
"Click--"
Outside the tent, there was an unusually subtle sound of footsteps, which made Tenmasa, who was concentrating on thinking, frown and look towards the door with a sharp look.
The footsteps were wrong. They were the result of deliberately controlling the power to get closer. They were not the sound of guards passing by at all.
"Come at me in the Marine Headquarters?!"
"Who could have sent them? Other generals? Or Celestial Dragons?!"
Tianzheng gently pulled out a drawer, took out a pair of boxing gloves mixed with seastone, and gently put them on his hands. At the same time, he picked up a pen from the table, gently took off the pen cap, revealing the sharp tip of the pen, and held the pen in his hand with his backhand.
"Hu——"
A strong wind suddenly blew into the tent from outside, and the door curtain was also lifted by this strong wind.
At the same time, a white shadow quickly rushed into the tent from outside the door, with a clear target, and directly attacked Tianzheng in front of the desk. In just a blink of an eye, a cold and cold blade light was reflected in Tianzheng's pupils.
This is a young navy officer wearing a lieutenant uniform. Judging from the shoulder straps, he is just a lieutenant, but such a young lieutenant officer attacked and killed a former navy vice admiral like Tianzheng in the navy headquarters.
He was just a lieutenant, and the weapon in his hand was only a foot-long short knife. When he attacked, his attack was fierce and murderous. He was not comparable to the lieutenant-level navy. The sense of oppression emanating from his body was even more than that of some navy vice admirals.
"Can there be such a young lieutenant in the navy?!!!"
Tian Zheng's pupils shrank suddenly, and a low shout burst out from his mouth, which seemed to be praise, and seemed to be ridiculed. The stool under his buttocks tilted quickly, and Tian Zheng leaned back to avoid the opponent's attack. At the same time, the pen in his hand quickly stabbed the neck of the attacking lieutenant.
The young lieutenant missed the attack, and changed his moves very quickly. He raised his left arm and quickly grabbed the tip of the pen that was stabbing. The short knife in his hand danced a knife flower and stabbed down quickly.
"Snap!"
Tian Zheng's wrist was grabbed by the opponent, and he kicked the chair leg under him without thinking too much. The chair legs were broken, and Tianzheng fell to the ground with the chair. The arm that was caught quickly shook with force, and after breaking free, he rolled sideways and left the original place. After pulling a little distance, he also planned to stand up quickly.
However, when Tianzheng just squatted and prepared to stand up, a barely detectable sound of breaking through the air suddenly sounded in front of him. Without thinking, he quickly turned his head, and a wind blade was close to his ear, flying past, cutting through the tent, and disappeared without a trace.
At the same time, the young lieutenant kicked the ground quickly after kicking a storm kick, and rushed towards Tianzheng at a high speed, aiming the dagger in his hand at Tianzheng's heart and stabbing fiercely.
"Storm kick!"
Tianzheng said in his heart, and he was very alert. Just as he was about to fight back, several black shadows suddenly pierced through the door curtain and shot towards Tianzheng.
Unconsciously, the black shadow quickly entangled Tianzheng's body, and his wrists, feet, waist and abdomen were immediately entangled by the black shadow.
Tianzheng quickly glanced around and found that the shadows that bound him were actually bunches of black hair.
Tianzheng's limbs were bound, and he had no way to resist the attack of the young lieutenant. He could only watch the other party approach him.
The short knife pierced his heart in Tianzheng's cold eyes.
"Dang!!!"
The short knife pierced Tianzheng's suit, but when it pierced Tianzheng's skin, it made a crisp golden sound. The young lieutenant who had drawn the knife suddenly stopped, grabbed the knife with both hands and stabbed forward, but he couldn't move forward at all.
Seeing this scene, the young lieutenant couldn't help showing a look of astonishment on his face, as if he didn't expect such a thing to happen.
"You look surprised."
"Why do you look like that?!"
"Before you came to assassinate me, didn't you investigate the target of your assassination properly?!"
Tianzheng's cold voice sounded from the ears of the young lieutenant. He slowly raised his head and found that Tianzheng's face was full of murderous intent, and the powerful Armament Haki actually wrapped him up.
The head of the headquarters' crime investigation section in front of him had such a strong Armament Haki that it could cover his whole body!
He was obviously not a combat general in the front-line troops, but he could have such strength! ?
"From the looks of you, you should be the spies of the World Government in the headquarters."
"It should not be sent by Marshal Sengoku because he would not send people of your level to die!"
Tianzheng had a gloomy face, and his wrist, which was tightly bound by his hair, suddenly exerted force, and actually pulled a huge figure into the tent. This was a burly young man with a hairstyle similar to lion mane. The other party mastered the ability to return life and could control the free extension of hair.
Although it is not a very powerful ability, this level can be regarded as the best among many headquarters navy, and it is not a big problem to get a colonel.
And the upper limit of this ability is not bad. For example, Vice Admiral Ghost Spider of the headquarters is a top user of the life return skill.
But there is a huge gap between this person in front of him and Ghost Spider.
But if it is an assassination, between the cooperation of these two people, many of these vice admirals in the headquarters will be hit.
It is a pity that the abilities of these vice admirals in the headquarters are really uneven.
Although Tianzheng is not well-known, his personal strength is the best among the lieutenant generals!
"I am not interested in knowing who you are."
"Since you can do such a thing, you should have been prepared!"
While Tianzheng was speaking, he quickly stretched out his left hand and pinched the wrist of the young lieutenant. He pinched it tightly, and the bones broke. The young man let out a cry of pain and could no longer hold the dagger in his hand.
"Dang~"
As the dagger fell to the ground, Tianzheng quickly kicked out a whip kick, directly kicking the opponent's ribs. After the heavy blow, the body of the young man who attacked Tianzheng also collapsed, but Tianzheng did not mean to let go. After kicking the opponent to death, his eyes also swept to the lion-headed young man lying on the ground.
Tianzheng looked extremely fierce at this time. The lion-headed young man knew that he could not kill the opponent with his own ability. His hair quickly retracted, and he also got up from the ground in a hurry and wanted to escape.
However, Tianzheng flicked his wrist, and a fountain pen shot out, piercing the lion-headed youth's heart from behind. The man just lifted the door curtain and ran two steps, only to feel a pain in his back, and fell to the ground and lost consciousness.
Two assassins who attacked Tianzheng died and one was disabled in just a few minutes.
The movement in the military camp seemed to have attracted the attention of the guards, and dense footsteps sounded outside the tent.
After a while, a ball of ice mist suddenly rolled open the door curtain and poured into the room. As the ice mist condensed, Kuzan's figure appeared in Tianzheng's tent. He quickly glanced at the furnishings in the tent, and his eyes fell on Tianzheng and the young lieutenant.
Before entering, Kuzan had seen the body outside the door. After entering the tent, Kuzan pondered for a while and asked:
"What happened?"
Some things, Kuzan actually guessed in his heart. He was a smart man, and it was impossible to become a navy admiral relying solely on personal strength.
Kuzan asked this question at this time just to verify his own thoughts.
"The one at the door and the one in front of me tried to assassinate me but were countered."
"It's not a big deal. I didn't expect it would alarm General Kuzan."
"I'm really sorry for making you run."
Under Kuzan's gaze, Tianzheng slowly let go of the wrist he was holding, and the seriously injured young lieutenant's body also limp, falling to the ground, raising some dust.
"These two people should be spies sent by other forces to our navy."
"I just don't know which force they are from."
"General Kuzan, this matter is an internal matter. I will let the Crime Investigation Division investigate."
Tianzheng looked calm, glanced at the assassin who was in a coma on the ground, and a little mockery appeared on his face.
"I'll investigate this matter."
"Lieutenant General Tianzheng, you are no longer the head of the Criminal Investigation Division."
"Take a good rest during this period. When the official transfer order comes, you can leave the headquarters."
Kuzan's tone was deep, and a light ice mist came out of his mouth while he spoke.
"If it's you, of course there is no problem."
Tianzheng smiled and agreed. Just when Kuzan was about to leave with the assassin, Tianzheng suddenly stopped Kuzan:
"General Kuzan, I heard that you and Tsukuni Yoichi were close friends?"
"You two fought side by side against the legendary Golden Lion, against Kaido, and jointly developed the New World branch for the headquarters."
"But later, Tsukuni Yoichi left the Navy and set up his own company."
"There is something I want to hear your thoughts on. I wonder if you can answer me?"
Tenzheng's words made Kuzan pause for a moment. He looked up at Tianzheng and asked, "In your eyes, was Tsukuni Yoichi wrong?"
"Did he betray the Navy!?"
Tenzheng's words made the tent quiet.
Kuzan picked up the unconscious assassin and walked to the door without saying a word. Just as he was about to leave, Kuzan suddenly stopped and turned back to Tianzheng and replied:
"There is more than one way to justice."
As he said that, Kuzan lifted the door curtain and left, disappearing from Tianzheng's sight.
The seemingly ambiguous answer made Tianzheng bow his head and ponder.
Did Kuzan agree with Tsugakuin Yoriichi's new path of "justice"? Or was he telling Tianzheng that Tsugakuin Yoriichi's path was wrong and he wanted to go his own way?
I don't know. Tianzheng couldn't figure it out.
But there was one thing Tianzheng was sure of, Kuzan was an idealist, at least, he would not stand firmly on the side of the World Government.
That's enough!