Chapter 235: Sengoku's Premonition
Sengoku knew very well that the reasons for the defeat in this battle were manifold, and it was not just whose responsibility was.
Even he himself didn't think about the position, originally sent two generals, Yellow Ape and Zefa, Sengoku was carefully considered, although the flying squirrel and the fighting dog provoked Whitebeard on Clockwork Island, but in Sengoku's opinion, with Whitebeard's personality, he would also think carefully when facing the determination shown by the navy.
However, no one expected that Whitebeard not only appeared, but also almost all of them went out, and almost all the captains of the teams under his command appeared.
Because they didn't know the relationship between Ace and Ian, Sengoku didn't find out about Ace's role in this, which caused Sengoku to be shocked when he heard the news of Whitebeard's appearance, thinking that Whitebeard was planning to go to war with the navy.
He is even a little glad now, he didn't send the red dog out at the beginning, no matter what the yellow ape and Zefa say, they will still judge the situation, if they change to the red dog to go out, the consequences will ...... It's a bit hard to imagine.
Whitebeard is sure to fight Akainu...... The old guy with Whitebeard hates Akainu very much......
Forget about these, what surprised Sengoku the most was that the strength of Ian and Fuji Tiger was so strong!
In his heart, he had originally given a high evaluation of the Dragon Hunter Pirates, otherwise he would not have dispatched two admirals at the same time, but it turned out that his evaluation was still a little lower.
This is also the reason why the Warring States glared at the intelligence officer after hearing the report of the yellow ape, now is not the time to attack each other and hold them accountable.
On Sengoku's desk, there are now three documents, one is the CP intelligence organization's investigation report on Ian and Fujitora, the other is a report sent by Zefa about the detention of his two students, and the last one is a report sent by the World Government about inviting Ian Ian, the captain of the Dragon Hunter Pirates, to become the Seven Martial Seas.
On Salamis Island, there was an intern reporter Pritz who reported the entire battle process, which surprised the Warring States, it was precisely because of the existence of this reporter that not only the navy side, but also the world government side witnessed the entire battle process, when they saw that the yellow ape was injured by Ian's Hailou stone bullet, and Fuji Tiger and Zefa were inseparable, the world government knew that it was impossible to expect the navy to recover the identity chip within a month.
During this period of time, the Draconians have been constantly putting pressure on the world government, which has made the Five Elders very annoyed, if they were only forced by the pressure of the Draconians before, and wanted the Navy to invite Ian to become the Seven Martial Seas, then after seeing the whole process of the battle, they also began to think seriously about this matter.
There is no doubt that the strength that Ian showed in the battle with the yellow ape is indeed enough to become a Seven Martial Seas, and the 500 million Bailey bounty given by the Tianlong people at the beginning now does not seem to be inflated at all.
If Ian can be brought over, the world government and navy will have another powerful combat power.
That's why there is this report in front of Sengoku.
However, Sengoku looked at this report, but he couldn't make a decision, about CP's investigation report on Ian, he had read it, this young man who suddenly rose seemed to come out of the East China Sea, worked as a pirate hunter, and captured several famous sea pirates in the East China Sea.
At the beginning, Sengoku once suspected that this young man named Ian had anything to do with the tyrant Bartholomew Bear, after all, the two wore exactly the same hat.
However, judging from the CP's report, Ian and Xiong did not have any involvement, but when he was in Chambord Island, Xiong did fight with Ian, and there are traces of engagement at that time as proof.
From this point of view, this young man is indeed a target that can be fought for, and even if he can, Sengoku has thought about recruiting him into the navy, because Sengoku can see from the analysis report that this young man does have a sense of justice.
It's just that...... Cheng also has a sense of justice, and defeat also has a sense of justice, and it is precisely because of this sense of justice that Ian, a young man, completely fell to the opposite side of the navy after meeting the Tianlong people.
For this situation, Warring States has actually seen a lot in his naval career for so many years, and sometimes he himself feels that the Tianlong people are a bunch of pig teammates, forcing I don't know how many people to the opposite side of the navy...... However, under the pressure of the world government, the navy had to help the Draconians cover up their slave breeding......
Although the navy resolutely dispatched the general to hunt down because he was very angry that Ian killed the base leader of the G5 branch base, Virgo, but now that the one-month deadline is approaching, the pursuit has failed, and Sengoku has to face the matter of inviting Ian to become the Seven Martial Seas.
Now, with the battle scene on Salamis Island, Sengoku has an intuitive understanding of Ian's strength, and Sengoku is not so difficult to accept the killing of a vice admiral.
With these investigation reports, it stands to reason that Sengoku can reluctantly accept the matter of inviting Ian to become the Seven Martial Seas, but ...... Warring States is still uncertain in their hearts, and there is one more thing.
That's Whitebeard!
The report sent by the yellow ape mentioned that the newcomer to the Whitebeard Pirates, Fire Fist Ace, appeared during the battle and fought side by side with Ian, and then Whitebeard appeared.
Now Sengoku can't be sure, that's it, he doesn't know what Ian has to do with the Whitebeard Pirates!
Everyone understands that the Seven Martial Seas are used by the Navy to influence and deter ordinary pirates with their strength, and at the same time, they also play a strong hand to counter the Four Emperors, generally speaking, as long as the strength and fame are enough, then there is no problem in becoming the Seven Martial Seas, with the strength that Ian has shown now, it is not a big deal for the Warring States to let him be the Seven Martial Seas.
But the problem is that the Seven Martial Seas were originally meant to balance the Four Emperors, if Ian and Whitebeard were simply wearing a pair of pants and let him be the Seven Martial Seas, wouldn't it be the Navy lifting a stone to shoot itself in the foot?
Let a man from the Four Emperors come to the Seven Martial Seas as an undercover agent!?
"No, I have to press it for the time being!" Thinking of this, Sengoku put the report document of the World Government into a drawer.
He wanted to continue the investigation and confirm it, if this side just issued an invitation to Ian to the Seven Martial Seas, and that side turned around and joined the Whitebeard Pirates, then the navy would become the laughing stock of the whole world.
After pressing down this document, Sengoku picked up another bounty order, and on it was a picture of Fire Fist Ace.
If Fire Fist Ace didn't care much about Sengoku before, then after learning that he joined the Whitebeard Pirates, Sengoku had to pay attention.
"Poscart D. Ace? "Through CP's investigation, Sengoku has now learned Ace's real name, and when he saw the surname D in Ace's name, Sengoku immediately felt a little bad.
"It's the same as that old guy from Karp...... What is Karp's relationship with him? Sengoku looked at Ace in the photo suspiciously: "Is it a D-family?" ”
There are thousands of things, which makes Sengoku a little headache again, the position of the marshal of the navy, it is not easy to sit, after making the decision to continue to increase the bounty for Fire Fist Ace and increase efforts to investigate him, Sengoku picked up Zefa's report again.
As an old friend of the same period as himself, Sengoku has always had a lot of respect for Zefa, when he came forward to ask Zefa, a retired former admiral, to come out, Zefa agreed without hesitation, it can be said that Sengoku owes him affection, and now Zefa's two students are detained by Whitebeard, so it is reasonable that Sengoku should help rescue them back.
It's just that Sengoku also knows that this report must be handed over to the five old stars of the world government, because if you want to exchange for the two students of Zefa, you must compensate the Duchy of Salamis, which is the responsibility of the world government, and the navy cannot overstep its authority.
And according to the estimation of the Warring States, this report was handed over to the world government, but it was very likely that it would not get any response!
Sengoku knows that Zefa's two detained students are the two survivors at the beginning, these two students are very important to Zefa, but in the eyes of the world government, it may not be, because they are just two naval soldiers with the rank of captain, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are recruits, Salamis is a non-member country, and if the world government is unwilling to admit defeat and wants to maintain face, then it will not make any compensation to a non-member country.
Therefore, in the eyes of the Warring States, it can only be borrowed in the name of Whitebeard, and it is impossible to compensate a non-member country, but it is possible to compensate Whitebeard.
Don't doubt it, this kind of compromise by the world government has happened I don't know how many times......
Of course, this kind of compromise cannot be put on the surface, it is all carried out in secret, these things cannot be mixed with by the navy, and the world government will secretly send CP intelligence officers to contact Whitebeard.
"I hope I can get Instructor Zefa's students back......" Sengoku sighed softly, leaned back in his chair, and closed his eyes to recuperate.
He knew that his own affairs had not yet been dealt with, because next, the most troublesome thing for him was the pressure on the side of the Tianlong people, and if the identity chip could not be chased back for a day, the Warring States would have to endure the questioning of the Tianlong people for a day.
"What is his relationship with Whitebeard?" Warring States pondered: "To say that it is the righteous son of Whitebeard, it doesn't seem to look like ......"
Thinking about it, Sengoku didn't know where to go, and suddenly a thought came to him: "It would be nice if this young man named Ian and Whitebeard turned against each other......"
When he thought of this, Sengoku couldn't help but be taken aback by his own thoughts, smiled self-deprecatingly, and said, "How is this possible!" ”
It's just that what Sengoku didn't know was that his delusion became a reality a month later......