The Holy Land of Mary Joy, the political center.

Under the witness of the commander-in-chief of the whole army, the former marshal Sengoku, the naval hero Karp, and the great staff crane of the highly respected naval tycoons, Kuzan took over the letter of appointment and the marshal's epaulette, and officially became the new naval marshal.

"Congratulations, Kuzan!"

The steel bones said in a calm voice:

"From this day forward, you are the new marshal in command of the entire navy."

"I hope you will continue to fight unremittingly for the cause of justice in the future!"

"Yes!"

Kuzan nodded heavily, and his emotions were very high.

His expression was completely devoid of the usual lazy and indifferent feeling of depression, and his whole body was full of a vigorous momentum.

Although he is already middle-aged and has seen the wind and rain, Kuzan, who has ascended to the throne of marshal as he wished, still has that kind of throbbing in his heart:

He is a naval marshal who commands the whole army, and he will certainly be able to overcome difficulties in the future, get rid of the ills of the navy, and achieve true justice.

"Hahaha..."

A hearty laugh next to him interrupted Kuzan's reverie.

The voice is the old leader of the Warring States who is now serving as the chief inspector of the navy, that is, the old leader of the Warring States who is doing a pension position and waiting to settle down.

On the contrary to Kuzan, the Warring States who completely unloaded the burden of the marshal have completely lost the serious aura that was tense all the time before, and the temperament is infinitely close to that of Karp, an old naughty boy who only knows how to talk and laugh.

Sengoku patted Kuzan on the shoulder enthusiastically, and said with a smile:

"Boy, I'm going to call you Marshal Kuzan in the future!"

"I thought you would be hard to beat Sakaski, but you made us old men look away."

"Haha..."

Kuzan laughed casually twice.

He was also a little uncomfortable with such a casual and relaxed Warring States marshal.

Recall carefully, he had only seen such a Warring States more than twenty years ago, and the time seemed to be just before the Warring States became marshals.

"Kuzan."

Warring States paused, and there was a quiet touch of solemnity in the old smile:

"I know that over the years, you have been giving some opinion on what I am doing as a marshal."

Naturally, there are views.

After the O'Hara tragedy, Kuzan's mentality changed dramatically, and he had a little opinion about the Warring States Marshal who had approved the Demon Slaying Order.

After that, some of the criticized things that Sengoku did in order to wipe the ass of the Tenryu people were even more numerous.

Seeing the subtle change in expression on Kuzan's face, Sengoku's tone became meaningful:

"Kuzan..."

"Karp and I did not hesitate to work against the upper echelons of the government and recommended you to take over as the marshal because we liked your sense of justice that could distinguish between right and wrong."

"But you have to understand that this marshal is not so easy to be ...

"I understand."

Kuzan replied confidently, "I will do my best and never disappoint you and Karp's predecessors!" ”

"I hope so..."

Warring States' voice was a little helpless, and there was a little more emotion in his eyes when he looked at Kuzan:

Kuzan's determined face is almost exactly the same as when he became a naval marshal.

However, later...

The Warring States were sighing, but the summons of world government officials sounded next to them:

"Marshal Kuzan!"

"The Five Elders have summoned you to discuss."

"Understood, I'll go."

Kuzan nodded, and said goodbye to the Warring States:

"Warring States seniors, then I'll go see the five old stars first."

With that, Kuzan straightened up the marshal's epaulettes he had just put on, and followed the messenger towards the abode of the five old stars in the depths of the Holy Land.

Looking at Kuzan's distant back, Warring States couldn't help but sigh helplessly:

The development of events is almost exactly the same as what he experienced at the beginning.

Kuzan didn't notice the strange atmosphere, just walked quickly as instructed, and soon arrived at the gorgeous room where the five old stars were.

The Five Old Stars, the top Celestial Dragons whose names are not even known to outsiders, and the supreme rulers of the world government.

Seeing Kuzan appear, a five-old star with a map head, a birthmark on his forehead, and an appearance that resembles Gorbachev, the last emperor of the Soviet Union, casually greeted:

"Kuzan, congratulations on your appointment as marshal"

And another blonde five old stars who look like the former emperor of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, followed his words and directly threw out the topic:

"We called you over this time to discuss the matter of replenishing the empty seats in the Seven Martial Seas."

There should be seven of the Seven Martial Seas, and they have not been full since they were killed by Galen, and they have been two shorter after Jinping was removed.

The World Government has been looking for suitable new candidates, and it is only today that it has found two pirates who are willing to take up the position of the Seven Martial Seas and have enough strength.

"Seven Martial Seas?"

After hearing this topic, Kuzan couldn't help but frown.

Like most of the other navies, he had an extremely poor impression of the Seven Martial Seas.

After all, not all of the Seven Martial Seas are as positive as Galen, and the privileges conferred by this name can easily be used by Doflamingo's first-class evil people to do evil.

Therefore, one of the many reforms that Kuzan wanted to do when he became marshal was to raise the requirements for the review of the personal qualities of the candidates of the Seven Martial Seas, and even directly abolish the Seven Martial Seas system.

"That's right."

'Gorbachev' nodded, and then said to the pheasant in a deep voice:

"We've got two candidates:"

"The supernova 'White Horse' Cavendish with a bounty of 280 million, and the bounty of 'Whitebeard II' Edward Wilbull with a bounty of 480 million."

"In this way, there will only be one vacancy left in the Seven Martial Seas."

If Galen hadn't bankrupted Doflamingo, the two men that the World Government had spent a lot of effort on would have been able to fill the void.

Now that Doflamingo has lost power, the world government that could only be used to make a false accusation with him because of his strong power and indelible will naturally no longer cover this guy who holds the secrets of the Draco people, and it is the best choice to fall into the well and chase him to death.

Therefore, the position of the Seven Martial Seas was cut out by Galen again.

Kuzan didn't pay much attention to the number of the Seven Martial Seas, but was only attracted by the two Seven Martial Sea candidates carefully selected by the World Government.

"Cavendish and Edward Wilbull..."

Kuzan chewed on the two names, and his face suddenly became a little ugly.

Cavendish is a supernova who was forced to flee to become a pirate because of a murder lawsuit in his hometown, and although he has evil deeds, he is not too deep, at least compared to Doflamingo's first-class villains, he is as pure as a blank slate.

And this Edward Wilbull...

Edward Wilbull, who claims to be Whitebeard's own son, has a hobby of slashing people everywhere.

He chops civilians, merchants, pirates, navy, everything.

Moreover, although Edward claims to be Whitebeard's son, he regards so many of Whitebeard's righteous sons as thieves who "robbed him of his father's love", so he often has violent conflicts with the Whitebeard Pirates.

Therefore, this so-called pro-son is actually the sworn enemy of the Whitebeard Pirates.

It was for this reason that the World Government chose Edward Wibull to be the king of the Seven Martial Seas.

"I don't approve of it!"

Kuzan, however, did not hesitate to veto the good intentions of the world government.

The reason is simple, Edward Wibull is a murderous and downright villain, and he alone has destroyed dozens of towns.

And more importantly...

Edward Wilbull had attacked the former Admiral Zefa's recruit ship more than six years ago, killing them almost to the ground and even cutting off one of Zefa's arms.

Such a powerful and vicious guy, the Navy did not help to arrest him, and even issued him the authority to commit a legal crime?

"Absolutely not!"

Kuzan said in a deep voice: "I will never allow such a villain to become the king of the Seven Martial Seas!" ”

"Hehe..."

Hearing Kuzan's impassioned voice, 'Lincoln' sneered:

"Who will be the Seven Martial Seas, do you need your permission?"

"We called you over just to let you obediently carry out the order."

"What, Admiral Kuzan?"

"Do you think that when you become a marshal, you are qualified to say no in front of us?"

Kuzan's face froze, and the positive momentum of the new official after taking office was also poured a basin of cold water on his face.

He is not an innocent person, and he finally woke up suddenly at this moment:

This time, the five old stars called him over to probably not discuss any matter of the Seven Martial Seas at all, but to give him, the new marshal, a slap in the face.

But despite this, Kuzan couldn't help but argue:

"I'm sorry."

"I refuse to carry out this order!"

"Don't say anything else..."

"Admiral Zefa has served the navy all his life, made great contributions to the government, and single-handedly cultivated so many talents."

"You made such a cold decision, what is the face of the admirals?"

"Humph!"

'Gorbachev' snorted coldly, just forced his eyes at Kuzan and said:

"Face?"

"What kind of thing are you navy faces!"

"Got me, Kuzan!"

"You are just the 'face' of the outer layer of the world government, and you are not qualified to question our decision at all!"

"As for Zefa?"

"That old guy who has completely disobeyed the government's orders and has recently caused so much trouble in the New World has long been useless!"

Kuzan's face turned completely cold.

The other five old stars, who had been silent, spoke up and continued to exert their power on Kuzan, the new marshal:

"Kuzan."

"Do you know why we would allow you to be this Admiral?"

The five elders hold the highest priority appointees, and what they say is the most useful one.

Therefore, the outcome of the duel actually didn't mean much in front of the Five Old Stars.

"Aside from the fact that Sakasky's uncompetitive guy has to fulfill his dueling promises, what's more..."

"For us, it's the same whoever is a marshal!!"

There was a sudden sense of oppression in his voice that even Kuzan could feel the pressure:

"If you refuse to cooperate, then let us sit obediently in the office and be a good puppet!"

"You're just an employee, we're the masters!"

“......”

Kuzan's blood completely cooled, and he finally saw his situation clearly:

The marshal of the navy is in charge of the whole army, and he is indeed in a high position.

However, the five old stars hold the power of military spending, personnel appointment and dismissal, and even the highest-ranking military command of the navy.

That is, as long as you don't cooperate yourself...

He's going to be completely hollowed out right away.

"Understood."

After thinking about it, Kuzan could only make a reluctant compromise for the time being.

And he could also foresee that such compromises would probably become more and more in his future career as a marshal.

After a long time...

Kuzan leaves in a bit of a distraction, but on the way he meets Sengoku, who seems to have been waiting for him.

"How?"

Warring States smiled with some emotion: "Marshal is not good, right?" ”

"yes..."

Kuzan sighed deeply, faintly feeling disillusioned.

Although he was somewhat mentally prepared for this, he didn't expect the threat of the five old stars to come so directly.

Under these circumstances, Kuzan immediately understood the many pressures that Sengoku had endured over the years.

Sengoku patted Kuzan on the shoulder and said:

"To tell the truth, the admiral really has only two duties:"

"Obedient and back-to-back."

"As for upholding justice..."

Sengoku's voice became a little solemn:

"It's hard, but please do your best!"

Kuzan was slightly stunned when he heard this.

He didn't expect his unsmiling old boss to become so direct and reactionary after he stepped down.

At this time, Kuzan suddenly remembered the extremely reactionary remarks that Galen had said in front of him:

No matter how capable the marshal of the Warring States is, he is just a pastemaker in a broken house.

Even if you desperately try to tear down the east and make up for the west, the broken house will collapse sooner or later.

At that time, Kuzan thought that Galen's remarks were too extreme, and he was worried that Galen would take a detour, but now that he became a marshal, he found that it made some sense.

So...

A dangerous thought suddenly arose in the mind of the new marshal Kuzan:

Do you want to learn from the Marshal of the Warring States to be the pastemaker, or to be a builder who bulldozes broken houses and builds new buildings?

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