Tides of Honor: The Return of Admiral Yamamoto

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Two days later.

Seagulls fly across the clear sky.

Marineland.

Naval headquarters.

A meeting about the future fate of the naval government and the world is taking place as planned.

In front of the large oval table in the meeting room,

are sixteen Vice Admirals of Naval Headquarters.

Two Navy Admirals.

Plus the current Navy Marshal, Warring States, and the Chief of Staff, Crane, among others.

Almost the entire top brass of the Navy is gathered here.

Such a solemn array.

I believe that if an ordinary person were here,

would be unable to stop their hands and feet from shaking from the atmosphere emanating from the entire meeting room.

After all,

It is hard to imagine that this small meeting room

is where almost all of the Navy's supreme fighting power is currently gathered.

Whether it be the Vice Admirals with fearsome reputations

or the admirals who are known to double as the World Government's top naval commanders,

or even the Admirals who hold the supreme command of the Navy,

they are all gathered together.

This also shows from the side

Naval Headquarters attaches to the Whitebeard Pirates.

Anyway...

Just as the meeting was about to begin as planned, with various deployment strategies being proposed,

suddenly...

Admiral Sengoku received an urgent order from the World Government.

He had to suspend the meeting.

The remaining high-ranking officers in the meeting room couldn't help but look at each other in confusion.

"Admiral Sengoku? What could have happened?"

"He can't interrupt such an important meeting. It must be something urgent."

The burly Navy Vice Admiral Kagero Shiranui looked at the door of the meeting room and couldn't help but scratch his head.

Navy Vice Admiral Flying Squirrel, sitting next to him, nodded in agreement.

But he didn't give it much thought either.

Instead, he pondered the content of the meeting.

This time, the execution of the Whitebeard Pirates' second-in-command, Ace the Fire Fist.

According to the reliable information discussed at the meeting, the Whitebeard Pirates would certainly not stand idly by.

Although that is the crux of the Navy's plan to bury the Whitebeard Pirates in one fell swoop.

But just in case, someone has just suggested the idea of summoning the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

The Seven Warlords of the Sea are, on the surface, pirates who have been given the qualification of "legal plunder" by the World Government.

Now that the Navy needs combat power, it is time for the usual Seven Warlords of the Sea to contribute.

This proposal.

Many admirals, including Flying Squirrel, agreed unanimously.

They have been parasites for so long, they are not paid for nothing!

So the only problem with this proposal is

How to get the Seven Warlords of the Sea, who are used to being arrogant, to participate honestly in the plan.

Thinking about the Seven Warlords of the Sea, Flying Squirrel couldn't help but feel a shiver run down his spine.

Soon,

Zhan Guo, who had just left, returned to the meeting room.

"Marshal,"

"Marshal Zhan Guo!"

Seeing Zhan Guo's return, the crowd heaved a sigh of relief and prepared to continue advocating their respective proposals.

But then

something happened that no one present had expected.

Compared to before, when the focus of the meeting had been on the White Bearded Pirates,

Zhan Guo's face was almost black as he returned to the meeting room.

He glanced at the group of Vice Admirals and others whose attention was focused on the Whitebeard Pirates.

Zhan Guo paused for a moment and said in a stern voice, "The meeting is temporarily adjourned.

"Warlord Sengoku, regarding the strength of the Whitebeard Pirates... Wait?"

"The meeting is cancelled?!"

"What's going on? !"

The proposal was only half over before everyone in the conference room reacted immediately.

Vice Admiral Flying Squirrel and the others were shocked.

What's going on?

Has the meeting been cancelled?

Had they heard it right?

"Hey, hey, hey, Warlord Sengoku, what on earth is going on that the meeting has to be interrupted?"

The scarred Vice Admiral Dougram could not help but stand up, his face full of disbelief.

As one of the Navy members involved in the Demon Slaughtering Order incident back then,

Dougram belonged to the same uncompromisingly hawkish Navy as Flying Squirrel and the others.

He had originally thought of using the Whitebeard Pirates' emphasis on family to drive a wedge between them.

Now, however, he heard that the Sengoku Marshal was going to suspend the meeting.

This made Dougram feel extremely uncomfortable and he desperately wanted to know what had happened.

How could they suddenly interrupt the meeting that was currently the top priority of the Navy Headquarters!

"What happened? Sengoku?"

Not far away, Vice Admiral Tsuruken looked at Sengoku with a puzzled expression.

Sengoku heard this and his ugly face did not improve.

Instead, he looked around the room at the puzzled looks.

Sengoku took out a document he had just received from outside the meeting room.

His face darkened slightly as he spoke slowly:

"Something big has happened in the North Sea."

North Sea?

Hearing that name, the Sea of Chaos, with which the Naval Headquarters stationed on the Great Sea Route was not very familiar, suddenly came to mind.

The senior naval officers present were confused.

The North Sea.

In their minds.

The North Sea has always been synonymous with the most chaotic of the four seas.

Piracy, the Mafia, family influence and constant warfare between kingdoms, each of these is a huge headache.

You could say it is a very troublesome place.

But...

Even so.

What exactly happened in the North Sea?

How could they have interrupted such an important meeting?

You must understand that the outcome of this meeting will affect countless people in the outside world.

But even so,

The Warring States Marshal still decided to temporarily interrupt the meeting!

The faces of the middle generals and others flashed with disbelief.

And in the corner of the meeting room, the middle general.

Flying Squirrel heard the name 'North Sea'.

He couldn't help but remember a 'trivial matter' that he hadn't paid much attention to two days ago.

Still, Flying Squirrel did not associate it with the direction of White Night.

After all, he was a retired veteran. Even if he disobeyed orders and broke away from his naval identity, what could he do on his own?

At this moment,

Sengoku spoke.

"It's the Heavenly Gold... It's been kidnapped."

"What? Heavenly Gold? !"

"Are those North Sea guys crazy?!"

"Someone actually targeted the Heavenly Gold that was supposed to be given to the Tenryu people?"

Upon hearing this, many of the admirals in the meeting room could not help but change their expressions.

Upon hearing this, the Flying Squirrel's first thought was:

There are madmen in the North Sea, too.

Heavenly gold.

As everyone knows, this is the wealth that the member nations of the World Government have to pay tribute to the Tenryu every year.

And something that can be associated with the world aristocracy...

Whether it be the Four Seas or the Great Voyage,

almost anyone with an ounce of sense understands what the consequences will be!

However

the Flying Squirrel had a bad feeling in his heart.

If only it were the Sky Gold...

"Warring States, if it were only the Sky Gold, the World Government would not have personally given you an order, would it?"

Tsurune spoke up at this point, his face showing a hint of gravity.

Upon hearing this,

The group of Vice Admirals and others who were in a state of shock could not help but stare wide-eyed.

Could it be...

"Something even more serious than the hijacking of the Sky Gold has happened in the North Sea?"

A wave of emotion ran through his heart, and the many eyes in the meeting room could not help but focus on Warring States.

Warring States felt the eyes converge.

Then Sengoku nodded with a sunken face amidst the unstoppable restlessness in the hearts of the others.

Gritting his teeth, his face was grave as he added,

"Yes... the most troublesome thing in the North Sea is not Tianjingang, but the youngest son of the Holy Rosse family who lives on that ship in the Holy Land."

The youngest son of the Holy Rose family?

Huh?

Wait a minute...

"Holy"? That title.

Everyone heard it.

"Could it be? !"

"God, a dragon god?!"

Immediately, all the Admirals who had been the first to react

unconsciously gasped.

Immediately after that,

a crazy thought flashed through their minds.

The Northern Sea!

Someone there really is mad!

They dare to touch the Gold of Heaven.

It's almost like a provocation to the World Government!

And then there's the Dragon God...

and it is even possible that he is the heir of a future Tenryu family...

Even the Vice Admiral present had seen many incidents.

At this moment, he could not help but feel a bit shaken.

What kind of madman is there in the North Sea...

How dare he... commit such a mad act!