Chapter 42 Consensus

Batija Island.

City Hall Office, Meeting Room.

The rest of the people have left the meeting room sensibly, leaving only Darren, Flying Squirrel, Gion, Sengoku and Borsalino seated.

This is an internal meeting of the North Sea Navy.

Darren lit a cigar, glanced at Borsalino wearing toad sunglasses, turned to look at Sengoku, and smiled:

"I wonder how the action of Admiral Sengoku to attack Bondi Waldo is going?"

Looking at the admiral in front of him with a frustrated expression, Darren felt a little funny.

Two of the three admirals of the Navy Headquarters are vacant, Zefa is devoted to teaching, and Garp refuses to be promoted, so basically all the trivial matters and troubles fall on Sengoku alone.

Pure injustice.

Sengoku shook his head and said:

"Something happened on the way, and the mission was interrupted."

He picked up the teacup and took a sip, his deep eyes swept across the faces of everyone on the scene, and his expression gradually became serious and cold.

"The reason why I came here this time is because of this matter."

Sensing the seriousness in Zhan Guo's tone, Gion and others all sat up straight and looked serious.

After a pause of one second, Zhan Guo slowly said:

"A day ago, something happened in the North Sea that shocked the World Government."

"Not long ago, the Celestial Dragon Sildes Saint, who was returning to the Holy Land of Mary Geoise from Batia Island, was attacked on the way back... and died on the spot."

The moment the voice fell, Darren's face changed drastically and he stood up suddenly.

"What? How is this possible!?"

Flying Squirrel's face also showed a shocking look, an unbelievable look.

Gion and Kaji were shocked.

They didn't know what they thought of, and their eyes subconsciously glanced in Darren's direction, but when they saw the "surprise" expression on Darren's face, they were stunned.

Zhan Guo, who was overwhelmed by this matter, didn't notice the two people's subtle micro-expressions, but just pinched his temples with a headache.

Only Borsalino seemed to have noticed something, and the smile on his lips suddenly became full of meaning.

"The attack on the Celestial Dragons is still confidential, but I have received an order from the government to conduct a thorough investigation of the matter."

Zhan Guo sighed,

"But according to the surveillance video of the Den Den Mushi on the official ship, no clues have been found for the time being."

"But it can be inferred that the attacker's strength is extremely amazing... The World Government's guards didn't have time to react at all, and the official ship was directly sunk."

"This is the relevant information."

Zhan Guo took out a document and handed it to Darren.

Darren took it, glanced at it quickly, and couldn't help muttering:

"Destroy the official ship in an instant... Such combat power, even in the Grand Line, there are not many people who can do it, let alone in a small place like the North Sea."

He handed the document to Flying Squirrel and others in turn.

Flying Squirrel also read it quickly. Although he had expected it, he was shocked.

The intelligence content described in this document, as well as the direction of the investigation by General Zhan Guo, are exactly the same as Darren's analysis!

"General Zhan Guo... have you identified the suspect?"

At this time, Darren spoke in a deep voice,

"Since this happened in the North Sea, I must also bear part of the responsibility... I and the North Sea Navy are willing to cooperate with your work unconditionally."

Zhan Guo was very satisfied with Darren's attitude and nodded:

"Well, it was a wise decision to hand over the North Sea Navy to you."

"It's just that I have checked the suspects with this ability, but I haven't gained anything yet."

"This time I came to Batia Island to further investigate. After all, considering the cause and effect, Saint Shields himself set out from Batia Island to return to the holy land of Mary Joa."

"...I see." Darren suddenly realized and nodded in agreement.

"You are responsible for the escort of Sirdes Saint on Batia Island..."

Zhan Guo tapped the conference table with his fingers gently,

"Before Sirdes Saint set sail, did you find that he met any strange people or strange things on the island?"

After the voice fell, Zhan Guo saw that Gion and Kaji's faces changed for a moment, and they looked as if they wanted to say something but stopped.

"To be honest, General Zhan Guo..."

Darren spoke slowly at this time, with an extremely complicated expression.

"Before Sirdes Saint set sail, something did happen."

"Oh?" Zhan Guo raised his eyebrows, "What happened?"

Gion and Kaji turned their heads suddenly and looked at Darren in surprise.

The navy captain sighed,

"That was a very unfortunate thing."

He considered his tone and slowly told the story of the father and daughter selling flowers on Batia Island.

...

Bang!

The huge fist fell, and the conference table in front of Zhan Guo shattered and broke into pieces.

"Damn it!!!"

He stood up suddenly, clenched his fists tightly, and trembled visibly.

I don't know who he was cursing.

In his mind, a thin little girl was dragged into the cabin roughly, shivering and curled up in a dark corner.

Gion and others looked at the angry expression of General Zhan Guo and dared not speak.

After a while, Zhan Guo forced himself to suppress the anger in his heart.

"Let's end this meeting here. I'm a little tired."

After a moment of silence, he said this in a hoarse voice and turned away without saying a word.

Gion and others hurriedly followed him.

In the huge conference room, only Darren and Borsalino were left.

Both of them had a smile on their faces.

"Sasi Buli Dana, Major General Borsalino."

Darren suddenly laughed, breaking the silence, took out a cigar with gold patterns, and threw it to Borsalino.

Borsalino took it, sniffed it under his nose, and said with a smile:

"I haven't seen you for a few years. You still like to enjoy life as always, Darren."

Darren lit a cigar for himself and shrugged:

"Being a navy is hard enough. There is no need to wrong yourself in many things, right?"

Borsalino looked at him deeply and suddenly grinned:

"It can be seen that you are doing well in the North Sea."

He paused, his tone full of meaning.

"Darren, this is just the beginning, right?"

Darren smiled calmly: "Who knows? I don't like trouble either... Well, this advantage is learned from you."

Borsalino scratched his head, his expression a little distressed:

"Indeed, trouble is always bad."

"But trouble always comes to you." Darren said.

"Just don't involve me..." Borsalino stretched his waist, stood up from his seat, and walked out the door.

"Thank you for the cigar."

He waved his hand with his back to Darren.

Just as he stepped out of the conference room door, he suddenly paused, turned back and smiled at Darren:

"By the way, I always feel that the truth behind the attack on the Celestial Dragons this time is not that complicated."

"Oh? What is Major General Borsalino's opinion?" Darren flicked the ash.

Borsalino's sunglasses flashed a strange light.

"I think it is very likely that they were attacked by sea king creatures."

"After all, such a huge ship is very conspicuous..."

"This is an accident, what do you think, Darren?"

Silence.

Dead silence.

Borsalino stared at the naval colonel sitting there smoking, as if he wanted to see something from the latter's face.

However, Darren just said lightly:

"Major General Borsalino has a good opinion, I think so too."

The two looked at each other for a while.

Then they laughed at the same time.

-Like two cunning foxes.

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