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Chapter 50 The Navy's Importance
Two days later, a meeting was being held in Sengoku's office at the Naval Headquarters.
Because this incident was extremely serious, the Warring States period had no choice but to take it seriously.
After putting down the documents in his hand, Sengoku asked, "What are your thoughts on this incident?"
"The losses this time are enormous..." Vice Admiral Tsuru said with a frown, "Five warships were completely destroyed, and the remaining five also suffered varying degrees of damage, in addition to significant casualties among the soldiers."
"If Kuzan hadn't been there, perhaps none of these people except for those at the lieutenant general level would have made it back."
The data shows that the enemy's final attack is extremely powerful; if it hits the sea, very few will survive.
Fortunately, there were great generals present; otherwise, the losses would have been enormous.
"Yes," Sengoku sighed. "Doberman and Onigumo are still in critical condition. Whether they can continue to perform their duties as vice admirals after they wake up is another matter entirely."
The poison used by the enemy was extremely vile. According to the doctor, Doberman will most likely be unable to continue serving as a lieutenant general.
As for Onigumo... his condition is hard to say.
"These pirates are really scary these days," Kizaru said.
On his first appearance, he took down two Vice Admirals from the Navy Headquarters. Although he used special methods, a victory is a victory, and who cares what methods were used?
Akainu glanced at Kizaru, whose face, already darkened by Onigumo and the others, turned even darker.
"What a despicable bunch of pirates," Akainu said coldly. "They actually dared to attack the Buster Call... They're courting death. The last one who dared to do this is already lying in Impel Down!"
At this point, Akainu slammed his hand on the table, stood up, and said, "Fleet Admiral Sengoku, I'll take care of them."
As he spoke, the temperature of Akainu's excited fists gradually rose, as if they were about to burst into flames.
"Sit down!" Sengoku said, frowning.
Akainu glanced at Sengoku, paused for a moment, and finally chose to sit down.
"The hunt has already been carried out," Lieutenant General Tsuru said.
"Who?"
"Kuzan".
Akainu: ......
It's because this guy recklessly launched the Buster Call that so many warships and personnel were lost. Now, not only is this guy not coming back to report for duty, but he's also gone out to chase after people.
If he could really catch up, why wouldn't he use his ability to freeze the ocean?
Akainu expressed doubt about Aokiji's motives.
"With Kuzan making a move, the probability of catching them is still quite high," Sengoku said.
Aokiji is still very strong. As long as he can stop the Straw Hat Pirates, capturing them shouldn't be a problem.
Akainu sneered, but didn't say anything more.
"Ninjas..." Vice Admiral Tsuru said with a headache, "They're really troublesome."
This ability to manipulate seawater is simply the nemesis of ability users!
"Ninja?"
Kizaru subconsciously raised an eyebrow. Kaido sent someone out to cause trouble?
"It's in the information right in front of you!" Sengoku glared at Kizaru, annoyed. This guy was slacking off again, not even bothering to look at the information he was given.
Kizaru simply smiled at this, showing no embarrassment whatsoever, and picked up the documents on the table for another look.
"This guy actually has hypnosis-like abilities?" Kizaru asked in surprise.
"Yes," Sengoku nodded, "but similar abilities do exist on the high seas."
"Compared to this ninja's naval combat abilities, it's nothing."
"So what's the deal with CP9?"
"This..." Sengoku hesitated for a moment before saying, "I'm not sure if it's defection or hypnosis."
"But this guy is a member of the World Government, so it's none of our business."
Sengoku wasn't entirely sure either, because judging from the situation at Enies Lobby, CP9 was defeated head-on by the Straw Hat Pirates.
Hypnosis then becomes somewhat untenable, otherwise the opponent could have easily used hypnosis to avoid the fight, at least those few people with similar strength to Bruno did.
Kizaru nodded and said nothing more.
"Where did this guy come from?" Akainu frowned.
"To be honest, I don't know anything about this ninja either," Sengoku said. "Based on the information we have, this person just joined the Straw Hat Pirates."
"At least before Enies Lobby, this person had not shown his face."
"A newcomer?"
"Not necessarily," Vice Admiral Tsuru said after a moment's thought. "Considering the problems in Wano Country, this guy might not be a newcomer."
It's just that Wano Country is a special case, so the other party may not necessarily have a bounty.
"Wano Country?" Akainu raised an eyebrow. "Do you really think this is a trap set by Kaido?"
"No, you're overthinking it," Sengoku said. "Kaido wouldn't do something so stupid."
For people on the high seas, ninjas are something that only exist in legends or stories.
But for these people, it is a real existence, because there are indeed ninjas in Wano Country, so it can't be considered a secret agent.
Besides, there's no point in doing this. What good would it do to infiltrate the Straw Hat Pirates? Are they planning to get in touch with Garp?
Although Garp is a scoundrel, he is never confused when it comes to matters of principle.
"That is..."
"This ocean is vast, and it's not impossible for some extraordinary people to appear here," Sengoku said after a moment's thought.
"I care more about his abilities than that," Vice Admiral Tsuru said, squinting. "He's not a Devil Fruit user, is he?"
"Yes."
"But he possesses so many strange and unusual abilities... If we could capture him, could our navy master these abilities?"
Lieutenant General Tsuru's words actually represented the sentiments of several people.
"Yes," Sengoku nodded, "that's what I meant too."
"This guy's naval combat ability is terrifying. Even though his physical strength is not as good as that of a vice admiral, he can still use ninjutsu to cause us such great losses."
"If we allow him to continue growing..."
The Warring States period didn't finish his sentence, but everyone present understood what he meant.
potential!!
Yes, potential.
Regardless of whether this guy comes from Wano Country or not, he represents incredibly terrifying potential.
He's only just started out, and he hasn't even mastered Haki yet, but he's already caused such a huge loss to the Navy. If he were allowed to develop in the New World for a few years, who knows how powerful he would become.
"If Kuzan can capture him, then this power might be useful to us," said Lieutenant General Tsuru.
"Don't worry, Kuzan should know what he's doing."
"Don't be too happy yet," Akainu said. "Although this person's ability doesn't come from a Devil Fruit, it's not something just anyone can learn."
"This isn't physical combat!"
"Bloodline... could be the vessel for this ability."
Akainu's words reminded Sengoku and Vice Admiral Tsuru of a special race—the Lunaria. This race possessed a powerful force passed down through their bloodline, which was the root cause of their extermination.
"No matter what, we have to give it a try," Lieutenant General Tsuru said, rubbing his temples.
"The Straw Hat Pirates' bounty needs to be increased further," Sengoku said. "I've already sent someone to handle that."
Kizaru glanced at Sengoku with surprise, but he didn't say anything and remained silent.
"Don't look at me like that," Sengoku said. "Kuzan isn't necessarily able to stop them."
After speaking, Sengoku paused for a moment, then said, "Boltaro, you'll go to the Sabaody Archipelago in a bit. Stay there and guard it for the time being. Make sure you capture the Straw Hat Pirates before they go to the New World!"
Seeing that Kizaru was about to say something, Sengoku glared at him and said, "That's an order!"
"Yes, yes, I understand~"
"How scary!"
Warring States Period: ...
I really want to punch him.
"By the way, where's Garp?"
"Hmph, who knows where that bastard went?" Sengoku said unhappily.
After I finished telling him about the Straw Hat Pirates, that guy ran away, and who knows where he went.
"Alright, now let's talk about this black-bearded guy," Sengoku said, narrowing his eyes. "About... him capturing Fire Fist Ace!"