One Piece: Surrounded at Marineford? Just kidding!

Chapter 329: Admiring Akainu!

He slammed the bottle down on the table, causing the glass surface to vibrate violently.

"You dared to come here alone, you certainly didn't come to laugh at me. Tell me, what exactly do you want?"

Chen Ye stopped smiling, and his eyes sharpened.

He pointed to the "Seven Generals Expansion Plan" on the table.

"Those old fogies of the Five Elders want to roast you over a fire."

Chen Ye's tone was calm, but his words were venomous.

"Gather seven general-level combatants in three months? Ha, do they think generals are as easy as cabbages? Are they going to pull them out of the fields in the New World?"

Akainu stared at him coldly.

"This is an internal Navy secret; it's none of your business."

"Really unrelated?"

Chen Ye leaned forward, his hands crossed and resting on his chin.

"You know perfectly well that the navy doesn't have that many top-tier combatants right now. World recruitment? Don't be ridiculous."

Like Fujitora and Green Bull, monsters like them only appear once every few decades. What about the rest? Will they rely on those so-called candidates? Or on those lieutenant generals who only know how to flatter?

Akainu remained silent.

This is precisely his sore spot.

"What exactly are you trying to say?"

"I'm analyzing the situation for you, Sakazuki."

Chen Ye's voice was deep and seductive.

"The Five Elders are giving you this impossible task as a warning. Your 'absolute justice' is too rigid, so rigid it's uncomfortable. What they need isn't a thoughtful marshal, but an obedient dog."

"shut up!"

Akainu roared, and magma flowed over his body again.

"You are not allowed to insult justice!"

"Whether it's an insult or not, you know in your heart."

Chen Ye stood up, walked to the window, and looked down at the densely packed navy troops in the square below.

"If you want to uphold your justice and eliminate pirates, you need power. Not just the power of the Magma-Magma Fruit, but... the power of influence."

He turned around abruptly, his gaze sharp as lightning.

"And actually, Akainu?"

I still admire you!

Akainu was stunned.

He suspected that he had heard wrongly.

"What did you say?"

Akainu narrowed his eyes, his face full of disbelief.

"Do you admire me?"

"Akainu suspects he's hallucinating."

of course!

Chen Ye shook his finger.

"The world isn't black and white. I may be a pirate, but I despise those high and mighty Celestial Dragons even more. And you, although you're a Marine, are you really willing to be a bodyguard for those idiots?"

Akainu did not answer.

Silence is an attitude.

Chen Ye walked back to the table and tapped his fingers on the surface.

Moreover, your absolute justice is not wrong in a certain sense!

And I can also give you advice on whether to go straight to the Navy!

At least some pirates definitely deserve absolute punishment!

Akainu's heart skipped a beat.

He is an ambitious man.

He was also a pure soldier.

If one could truly control a force that obeys only one's commands and is not controlled by the Five Elders...

"cost."

Akainu asked calmly.

"The price is simple."

Chen Ye took out a neatly folded piece of paper from his pocket and placed it on the table.

"I want you, one day in the future, when the bells of the Valley of the Gods toll again, when that so-called 'throne' begins to crumble..."

Chenye leaned closer to Akainu, his voice extremely low.

"Remain neutral."

Akainu's pupils trembled violently.

That statement contains a lot of information.

"You want to rebel?!"

"No, I'm just going with the flow."

Chen Ye straightened up and reverted to his lazy demeanor.

"How about it? The people on the list are enough to fill the Seven Admirals, or even stronger. With them, you can carry out justice as you see fit, and wipe out those pirates you don't like... except, of course, my men."

Akainu stared at the paper on the table.

It was like a contract leading to hell.

Once he picked it up, he was on Chenye's pirate ship.

But does he have a choice?

The three-month deadline, the pressure from the Five Elders, the gap in the Navy's structure, and... the wildfire in his heart that wanted to sweep away the evils of the sea.

A few seconds of deathly silence.

Akainu reached out his hand, his scarred hand, a symbol of the highest authority in the Navy, and placed it on the paper.

"If the list is fake, I will hunt you down to the ends of the earth."

His voice was hoarse and cold.

"Don't worry, my reputation is better than that of the Five Elders."

Chen Ye smiled.

The objective has been achieved.

"Oh, by the way, I have some news for you."

Chen Ye walked to the window, preparing to leave.

"Recently, Sabo, the Chief of Staff of the Revolutionary Army, seems to be hanging around Dressrosa. And... that Doflamingo guy seems to be up to some tricks that will embarrass you."

Akainu frowned.

"Doflamingo?"

"Go and investigate 'artificial Devil Fruits,' Marshal."

Chen Ye's figure began to fade, and ripples spread around him.

"That's a huge bombshell. Don't say I didn't warn you when it explodes."

"etc!"

Chen Ye's figure had completely disappeared, leaving only a sentence floating in the air.

"Make good use of that list, Sakazuki. Don't let this era become too boring..."

The office was deathly silent.

The only smells of burning and smoke proved that what I had just witnessed was not an illusion.

Akainu stood still for a long time.

He slowly unfolded the paper.

There were only three names on the paper, along with their locations.

Looking at those three names, Akainu's tightly furrowed brows slowly relaxed, and then, an unprecedented glint of light flashed in his eyes.

"So...that's where all these monsters were hiding..."

His fingers gripped the paper so tightly that his knuckles turned white.

"Chen Ye..."

He murmured the name softly, his tone complex.

"Since you dared to hand me this knife, don't blame me for using it to pierce this entire ocean!"

……

The top of the New Marine Fortress.

The night wind howled.

Chen Ye's figure appeared out of thin air. He stood on a huge seagull banner, looking down at the war machine below.

"call……"

He let out a long breath and wiped away non-existent sweat from his forehead.

Dealing with this kind of madman whose mind is filled with nothing but killing and justice is really a waste of brain cells.

Chen Ye took out a gold coin from his pocket and twirled it between his fingers.

The list just now was, of course, real.

It was a "hidden gem" that he compiled by combining his memories from his past life with information from the system.

Those people all had the potential to become generals, but they all hid themselves for various reasons.

Sending these people to Akainu would only give the Navy an extra boost.

It's also a way of planting seeds of trouble for the Five Elders.

The stronger Akainu is, the more he resents the Five Elders' control.

When the Navy's power expands to a certain extent, Akainu's ambition and "absolute justice" will inevitably clash with the Celestial Dragons' "divine authority".

This is Chen Ye's open scheme.

To drive away a tiger and then devour a wolf.

"The navy's pawns have been placed."

Chen Ye tossed the gold coins high into the air.

"Next..."

He turned his head and looked into the distant depths of the sea.

The direction of Elbaf.

"A country of giants?"

It's an interesting place.

Chen Ye caught the gold coin, a crazy smile curling at the corner of his mouth.

"System, initiate the next phase of the mission."

[Ding! Hidden quest "The Tragedy of Elbaf".]

Chen Ye's figure transformed into a stream of light and disappeared into the night.

All that remained was the admiral in the new Marineford office, staring at the list with a wildfire burning in his eyes.

The gears of a great era were turned a full turn faster that night.