Chapter 23 Just Tell Me if It Is Useful or Not

Marshal's Office, Navy Headquarters.

Bang!

In the Marshal's office, Kong Ganggu smashed the desk into pieces with one punch, and sawdust flew everywhere.

"Darren boy!! I asked you to boost the morale of the navy soldiers, not to incite war directly!!"

He stared angrily at the vice admiral sitting on the sofa in front of him smoking a cigar, his chest rising and falling, and he roared breathlessly.

The furious roar of the Navy Admiral shook the ceiling of the Marshal's Office and the wall dust fell off.

Sengoku stood by and was silent, not daring to breathe.

Garp sat on the sofa opposite Darren, eating senbei with a crunching sound.

Zefa covered his face in pain.

Staff Officer Tsuru sighed.

Sakaski stood expressionlessly.

Borsalino, who was sitting in the corner, raised a barely visible smile at the corner of his mouth.

Kuzan stood behind Garp, watching all this with shining eyes.

The award ceremony of the officer training camp ended an hour ago, but in this short hour, the speech of the new vice admiral Rogers Darren, who was very inspiring, has caused an uproar.

The war sentiment in the navy is rising, and many generals in the headquarters have even submitted applications to join the ranks of the G5 naval branch guarding the new world.

There was no time to deal with these matters. Kong Ganggu forced a stiff smile and encouraged Darren a few words at the graduation ceremony, then hurried back to the Marshal's Mansion and immediately convened this emergency meeting.

Furious!

"Darren, don't you want to explain?"

Konggu Kong saw that Darren was still sitting there calmly smoking a cigar, and he was so angry that he gritted his teeth and said:

"What on earth do you want to do!?"

Darren was "stupefied" when he heard the words, as if he had just reacted, and asked in confusion:

"Report to Marshal Kong, am I not completing the task assigned by my superiors?"

"Through the speech at the graduation ceremony, we can inject a shot of adrenaline into the low morale of our navy and boost the spirit and will of the soldiers..."

His expression was righteous and full of self-righteousness.

"Just tell me if it is useful."

"..."Zhan Guo's mouth twitched.

"..."Zefa turned his face away.

"..."He sighed.

The arc of Borsalino's mouth was deeper.

Konggu Kong's face turned red and purple.

He found that the calmness and good temper he had cultivated for decades were about to be wiped out, so he gritted his teeth and said:

"Darren, you also know the current situation of the Navy Headquarters... Military funds are in short supply and losses are serious. Under such circumstances, the current priority is to recuperate!"

"Can you still not understand this truth?"

Darren nodded in agreement and said sincerely:

"I agree with Marshal Kong's far-sighted judgment."

Steel Bone Kong almost spit out a mouthful of blood.

Since you agree, why are you still deliberately inciting war like this! ?

He didn't think that Darren, the bastard boy, was serious about what he said.

At least based on his understanding of this stinky boy, Darren is definitely not such a "righteous" person!

He simply took advantage of the Navy's anger and hatred of pirates to incite the emotions of the people and soldiers, so as to achieve the purpose of provoking a war!

But why did Darren want to provoke a war so urgently! ?

Steel Bone Kong couldn't figure it out for a while.

"The current situation of the Navy Headquarters does need to be recuperated, and I deeply agree with this."

Darren smiled and explained:

"But this does not mean that during this period of time, our navy can only passively defend and live in peace in a corner."

When this was said, the Navy's senior officials such as Kong Gang and Zhan Guo frowned at the same time.

"What do you mean by this?"

Zhan Guo raised his head and stared at Daren with a puzzled look.

Garp also stopped chewing the senbei.

Darren exhaled a dragon-like smoke from his mouth and smiled slowly:

"The defense of Marinford was indeed a huge failure and a shame for our navy. Everyone present has to admit this, right?"

Kong Gang opened his mouth, but remained silent in the end.

Others were silent.

They could not refute Daren's argument.

No matter how the propaganda department of the Navy Headquarters eulogized the bravery and bloody battles of the soldiers in this war, they could not cover up this cruel fact.

The Battle of Marinford may be a great battle of defense.

But for the navy as a whole, it is definitely not a victory.

The navy, holding high the banner of justice and shouldering the responsibility of eradicating evil, was beaten to the doorstep by a few pirates. If Darren had not acted in time and turned the tide, it is estimated that even the base camp Marinford would have been sunk directly into the sea.

If this is not a shame, what is it?

Seeing the expressions of the crowd, Darren smiled even more deeply and talked freely:

"We may be able to deceive ourselves and others, but not everyone on this sea is a fool."

"The Battle of Marinford did not show the strength of our navy, but exposed our weakness."

"The war is over, time cannot be reversed, and the three pirates who invaded Marinford have fled... We can no longer make any changes to this."

Darren flicked the ash of his cigar, slowly stood up from the sofa, and looked defiant.

"At this moment, the reputation, status, and pressure of our navy in the entire world... have plummeted!"

"Suffering such a shame and humiliation, if we are still here to "recuperate", it will only make all the forces and pirates in this world have this idea in their hearts - "They have all been beaten into the base camp by pirates, and they will not If you dare to fight back, the navy can only do so."

The silence in the office became more and more deafening.

Darren smiled, his cold eyes scanning everyone's faces one by one, his voice as cold as a knife.

"If we don't take action, it will be even more difficult for the Navy to rebuild its former majesty and glory."

"If we don't take action..."

"Pirates will look down on us!"

"The world government will look down upon us!"

"The Alliance Congress looks down on us!"

"Billions of people in this world will look down on us!"

"Even our middle and lower-ranking navy...will look down on us!!"

The words were loud and loud, like thunder exploding.

Everyone's expressions changed slightly.

After a while, a gloomy hoarse voice suddenly sounded.

"I agree with Darren's assessment."

Sakaski raised his head, his eyes dark and cold under his military cap.

"Only the blood of pirates can wash away the shame of this battle."

"There is no other way."

Cyborg raised his eyebrows.

He glanced at Sakaski, who met his gaze without flinching.

Then he glanced at Porusalino again.

Porusalino smiled and said: "I also agree with Darren's judgment."

As for Kuzan, Cyborg Kong was too lazy to look at it.

The way this kid looked at Darren was like stars were popping out of his eyes.

These troublesome brats have all grown up...

Cyborg Kong and Sengoku had such an idea in their minds at the same time, and they didn't know whether it was a good thing or a bad thing.

but……

"So, Darren, what are you going to do?"

Warring States asked in a deep voice.

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