Chapter 63: Major of the Navy Headquarters

The East China Sea War was about to begin.

After the arrival of Lieutenant General Garp, it was destined to end in drama.

On the dog-headed warship.

Dozens of soldiers from the Navy Headquarters stood solemnly. Just by looking at their momentum, you can tell the difference between these people and the East China Sea Navy.

While everyone is waiting.

There was a dull sound of footsteps.

From the cabin of the warship, an extremely strong old man walked out. He was wearing a standard navy coat with a blue tie tied around his neck.

Just the appearance of half an outline gives people a powerful feeling.

But as Lieutenant General Garp's entire figure was revealed, they found that the powerful feeling suddenly disappeared.

The reason is because Lieutenant General Garp wears a brown dog-head hat on his head.

This was completely different from what they had imagined, causing a huge psychological gap!

After the old man with the red honorary epaulette on his righteous cloak appeared.

Smoker immediately saluted.

"Lieutenant General Garp."

"Lieutenant General Garp."

Similarly, other navies also saluted to express their respect.

Garp, who was wearing a dog-head hat, suddenly turned his head and spat aside.

"Bitter! It's too bitter!"

After Garp finished spitting, he complained to the Marine Lieutenant Commander who was following him.

"I came here because I had some good tea from the Warring States period, but I didn't expect it to be so bitter!"

The naval lieutenant commander who was following him was a little speechless, "Lieutenant Admiral Karp, you have been drinking tea for four days and four nights in a row, a total of one hundred and twenty-four cups. Even the best tea will feel bitter!"

"Ah! That's it."

Garp took out the tea leaves he had brought from the Warring States period from his arms, and saw that instead of the full bag, only a small handful was left.

Smoker was speechless.

In desperation, he could only ask: "Lieutenant General Garp, why did you suddenly come to Rogge Town?"

Lieutenant General Garp recalled the previous memories and began to answer Smoker's questions.

"Oh, let's start talking about this a few days ago."

…

Rewind time to five days ago.

Naval Headquarters, Marshal's Office.

There is a calligraphy and painting of "Absolute Justice" hanging on the wall, and Sengoku wearing a seagull hat is processing documents in the office.

He has been in a bad mood recently because a very powerful pirate has recently appeared on the Grand Line, his name is "Portcas D. Ace".

The navy originally wanted to invite this powerful pirate to take up a position in the Shichibukai to check and balance the situation, but unexpectedly he was rejected by the other party.

"'D' again?"

Warring States couldn't help but put his hand on his forehead and closed his eyes to think, but he couldn't come up with any good solution even after thinking for a while.

In desperation, Sengoku could only put the matter of Portcas D. Ace aside and turn to other matters.

After all, he is the marshal-in-chief of the Navy Headquarters. He needs to deal with many matters every day and cannot waste too much time on one issue.

But what the Warring States Period would not have thought of.

I didn't think carefully about how the situation would change in the future.

As each document is processed, its stacked thickness gradually exceeds two steps.

Processed until 4 p.m.

Warring States asked his subordinates to take his treasured tea leaves and make himself a pot of good tea.

Then, while drinking tea, he processed two connected documents.

As Warring States finished reading the first document, he suddenly became furious. Anger filled his cheeks and he slapped his arm heavily on the table.

"Is the investigation department of our headquarters just for the job?!"

boom!

The huge force made a dull sound on the desk, and at the same time, the brewed tea shook and splashed on the table.

The navy on duty outside was shocked and didn't know why Marshal Sengoku was so angry.

Warring States gradually suppressed his anger.

Re-examine this forensic report.

The investigation report records the conclusion that Colonel Mouse of the 16th branch of the East China Sea accepted bribes and colluded with the Arlong Pirates, allowing the pirates to oppress the people for five years.

For five years, the 16th branch of the East China Sea ignored and did nothing about the civilians who were exploited by the Arlong Pirates in the waters under its jurisdiction.

This incident made the Warring States furious.

Colonel Mouse must be removed from his post, investigated strictly, and dealt with according to military law. The subordinate navies of his branch must also be reviewed individually and punished by all!

After signing this processing notice.

Warring States gradually returned to calm, and he would not doubt the problems of the entire navy because of this, because the righteous navy will always be the majority, while the corrupt navy like Captain Mouse is only a minority.

The reason why Colonel Mouse was able to hide it for so long was not only because of some connections in the headquarters, but also because of the East China Sea.

Because the Navy Headquarters has to deal with pirates in the Grand Line and the New World, its control over remote places like the East China Sea is too relaxed.

This resulted in Colonel Mouse ruling the 16th Naval Branch in the East China Sea and dominating everything.

But there is nothing that can be done about it. After all, compared to the peace of the world, the Great Channel and the New World are where powerful pirates gather.

If the pirate troubles on this side of the Grand Waterway are not dealt with first, the world situation will be greatly turbulent and chaotic.

Immediately afterwards, Sengoku looked away from Colonel Mouse's processing report and looked at another document report connected together.

This is an application for military rank promotion.

Because it was related to Colonel Mouse’s matter, the handling agency submitted it to Zhan Guo for review together with Colonel Mouse’s report after a thorough investigation.

Zhan Guo had some impression of this young navy named Charlotte Coles.

Previously, because of Coles’ outstanding performance after the end of the recruit period, he wanted to transfer him to the Navy Headquarters for training.

But later, due to some evaluations, Zhan Guo temporarily put him aside in the East China Sea, but still booked him for the elite training camp next year.

Zhan Guo picked up the military rank application and looked at Charlotte Coles’ military achievements this time.

"Military Merit 1: Under the order of the headquarters, he went to the 16th branch of the Navy to monitor corrupt officers, and finally successfully found and captured the scum rat colonel of the Navy.

Military Merit 2: Destroyed many fishmen of the Arlong Pirates, killed the culprit Arlong who had a bounty of 20 million Baileys, and liberated 20 villages that had been oppressed by pirates for five years.

Military Merit 3: On the way back, he captured the East China Sea overlord Krik who had a bounty of 18 million Baileys, and destroyed Krik's 3,000-man pirate fleet alone."

Such military merits and achievements surprised Zhan Guo a little. He was only 17 years old, but he destroyed a large fleet of 3,000 people alone. Such combat power is very rare even in the Grand Line.

If he can maintain such brilliance in the elite training camp, he will definitely become a high-level combat power in the Navy in the future.

Zhan Guo couldn't help but sigh in his heart that some new forces can still emerge in the Navy.

Then, he looked at the latest military rank application given to Coles by the headquarters processing agency.

"Charlotte Coles, former lieutenant of the Navy Headquarters, has passed the military merit review and is recommended to be promoted to major of the Navy Headquarters!"

Perhaps it was because Coles found out the scum of the Navy, Colonel Rat, or perhaps it was because of Coles's dazzling military merit.

Zhan Guo took the seal and readily stamped a red mark of approval on the rank application.

So far.

Charlotte Coles will officially become a major of the Navy Headquarters!

Click!

The burly Garp pushed open the wooden door and asked with a smile: "Why, I just heard your roar in the corridor, why did you change to a smile now?"

Just in time!

Zhan Guo smiled in his heart and handed over the two documents in front of him: "Garp, you have been too idle recently. There is a matter here that requires you to return to the East China Sea."

Garp took the two documents and praised them after reading them.

"Charlotte Coles, a 17-year-old lieutenant commander of the Navy Headquarters, is really good!"

Then, he also realized that it was another unlucky job of escorting criminals to Judicial Island.

Garp directly snatched the bag of tea that Zhan Guo treasured on the table and left with a big laugh.

"This is the reward this time!"

Zhan Guo immediately slapped the table angrily.

"Damn Garp, put it down, that is the tea I have treasured for several years, give it back!"

"Haha, impossible!" Garp refused.

"Then you should at least leave me some!" Zhan Guo had no choice but to settle for the next best thing.

"No way!" Garp quickly left the office and finally closed the door.

...

Time goes back to the present.

Garp took off his dog-head hat and said with a relaxed look: "This time I came to Rogue Town to escort criminals to Judicial Island. Besides, who is Charlotte Coles?"

In a flash.

All the navy present set their eyes on Coles standing on the far right of the port.

This is a very simple identification!

Garp's figure jumped and suddenly fell in front of Coles.

"Are you Charlotte Coles?"

"Yes."

Coles responded, but he was very confused in his heart, wondering why Vice Admiral Garp was looking for him.

The atmosphere became solemn again.

The soldiers of the naval base and a large group of people were watching nervously.

Garp's serious square face showed a smile, took out the promotion notice with one hand, patted Coles on the shoulder with the other hand, and announced.

"Congratulations, Charlotte Coles."

"Your naval rank has been promoted from the original lieutenant of the Navy Headquarters to the major of the Navy Headquarters after the accumulation of military merits and the review of the headquarters!"