Chapter 459: The New Four Emperors, Red-Haired Shanks
The internship started on the third day after that.
In fact, Zephyr's original plan was to set sail early the next morning, but because of Akainu's incident, Sengoku kept them for two more days. If Akainu failed to recover or something happened again, this matter would not be resolved in any way.
Fortunately, not long after, Sengoku received the "good news". While escorting the pirates to the Deep Sea Prison (ImpelDown), Akainu used a meteor volcano to destroy a pirate group, including their people and ships, leaving nothing behind.
In addition, a complaint was received from Magellan, the director of the Deep Sea Prison - Admiral Akainu killed all the pirates who were supposed to be handed over on the grounds that they had escaped from prison.
It would be understandable if he accidentally killed the pirate during the battle, but since he had already caught him and had the prison prepared to receive him, he found an excuse to execute him on the way. Magellan believed that Akainu's behavior was against the rules and he should be punished.
Prison warden Shiryu signed together with Magellan, strongly condemning Akainu's act of killing prisoners without authorization, and questioned whether he was challenging the majesty of Judicial Island and the Deep Sea Prison on behalf of the Navy.
Magellan felt that something was wrong with Xiliu, but now everyone was on the same side, so he didn't think too much about it.
Sengoku was relieved that Akainu had returned to his normal ways, but also felt a little lost. Perhaps he still hoped that Akainu would change a little bit. In addition, the complaints from the Undersea Prison gave him a headache.
This is not the first or second time that Akainu has killed pirates who gave up resistance. He knows that Akainu is extremely cruel to pirates due to his tragic childhood experiences, and killing some pirates is nothing, so Sengoku thinks he can still tolerate it.
But this time was different. This time they contacted a large prison, agreed on a delivery date, and then killed the prisoners. Strictly speaking, this was a bit of an overstepping of the boundaries.
In the current situation, Zhan Guo had no choice. After all, Akainu was one of his own, so he could only protect him. Zhan Guo was somewhat relieved that Akainu was not the kind of person who would act rashly. At least he found a reasonable excuse before taking action.
How to reprimand Akainu after he returns is an internal matter of the Navy. To the outside world, they can only insist that it was the pirates who escaped first. The image of the Navy must be well maintained.
Come to think of it, this whole thing seems to have been caused by the Amber Tour Group again, right? If it weren't for them, Akainu's recent temper wouldn't have been so volatile, although... Zhang Da also had good intentions.
Zhan Guo began to doubt whether it was a wrong decision to let them come to the Marine Headquarters.
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The training camp still went out for driving practice on the large warship, and the Amber Tour Group naturally boarded the Amber because Wendy, who was prone to seasickness, was among them.
Zefa looked at Wendy, who was afraid of warships, with a faint sadness. The most effective seasickness medicine in the department had been tried on Wendy, but it was completely useless.
He also took Wendy for some examinations, and finally concluded that her semicircular canals might be defective, but he had no idea how to cure it. Faced with Zefa's request, a group of medical experts could only express their helplessness.
Of course, Zhang Da also accompanied Wendy during the examination. He had to watch over her and prevent those who were taking her blood from her. Zhang Da also didn't want to suddenly see a Seraph modeled after Wendy in a few years.
The journey was not smooth sailing. The two ships encountered several bad weather events. Every time a storm came, the first thing Zefa did was to pick up a few students and throw them onto the Amber, asking them to learn how to steer from Artoria.
The students cherished the opportunity very much. Apart from occasionally helping to pull the ropes and furl the sails, they carefully observed Altria's movements the whole time. Altria would also take time to explain, but the final result was not satisfactory.
The students all said that their hands had betrayed them——
Brain: I got it.
Hand: No, you won't.
Sure enough, it takes talent to become an excellent helmsman. Zefa accepted the reality. Although the "foreign students" would still throw, he no longer held much hope.
"Big news, big news!" The foreign student who was thrown over was Kane. He had a very good attitude and even bought a newspaper for the Amber Travel Group.
"What happened?" Zhang Da also asked.
"Wang Zhi... Wang Zhi..." Kane stared, his voice trembling. "One of the Four Emperors, the Five Peaks Ship Master Wang Zhi, has been defeated! In other words, the position of the Four Emperors... has been replaced!"
"Who did it?" Zhang Da already had a guess. This great pirate king has not been doing well since he became one of the Four Emperors half a year ago.
First, they provoked the Red Hair Pirates and suffered an unexpected setback. Then they were harassed by some small pirate groups who wanted to take advantage of them. Although they did not cause much damage, they gave other royal groups the opportunity to encroach on the royal territory.
The most uncomfortable thing is that the World Government, which personally promoted him to the position of the Four Emperors, is also making trouble for him openly and secretly. Sometimes they send CP to cause trouble, and sometimes they order the navy to attack the pirate group under his command. A few days ago, Aokiji even took back two ships of Ice Sculpture Pirates.
For a moment, Wang Zhi felt as if the whole world was against him, making him overwhelmed.
What really brought him and his pirate group to the bottom was the battle that lasted from four days ago to last night.
According to reports sent back by fearless war correspondents, the Red Hair Pirates took the initiative to enter the territory of the Five Peaks Pirates four days ago and clashed with the core members of the Five Peaks Pirates.
This is not the first conflict between the two sides. In the past few months, Wang Zhi has been looking for trouble with them because he lost face in the last war with the Red Hair Pirates and wanted to get it back.
And the red-haired guy is not someone to be trifled with. I will fight back no matter how many people you bring.
During a certain conflict, the Red Hair Pirates' ship's doctor, Hongo, was ambushed and seriously injured, which completely angered the Red Hair Pirates.
So after Hongo recovered from his injury, all members of the Red Hair Pirates broke into Wang Zhi's territory and launched a full-scale fierce battle with the Gofeng Pirates.
The result was that all members of the Red Hair Pirates were injured and the Five Peaks Pirates were completely defeated.
If a mysterious man had not suddenly appeared to rescue him at the last moment, even Wang Zhi himself might have died on the spot.
It is worth noting that in this war, Dracule Mihawk, Hawkeye, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, actually stood with the Red Hair Pirates, defeated a swordsman, and even exchanged a few moves with Wang Zhi.
This news has people very concerned. Does Hawkeye's behavior mean that he will leave the Seven Warlords of the Sea and join the Red Hair Pirates? Or is the Red Hair Pirates' actions this time directed by the World Government?
There were many different opinions about the truth of the incident, but one thing is certain: after this battle, Red-Haired Shanks would become the youngest emperor of the sea, and his fame would spread throughout the world.
"This guy is so unlucky." Zhang Da also finished reading the report and felt that Wang Zhi was really miserable. He became one of the Four Emperors for only half a year, and he was thrown from the top to the bottom. Now his whereabouts are unknown, and his life or death is unknown. No one knows what will happen to him in the future.
Unlike Zhang Daye's mentality of watching the fun, Kane, a marine, was worried: "Is Hawkeye really going to quit the Seven Warlords of the Sea? He is the world's greatest swordsman..."
Kane glanced at Altria, who was quietly drinking tea, and changed his words: "Maybe he was the former world number one. If he joined the Red Hair Pirates, that would be too scary."
Although Artoria clarified that she did not defeat Hawkeye at that time, the Marines paid attention to the second half of the sentence, "nor did she lose to him."
So they subconsciously want to believe the result they hope for. Maybe this beautiful girl who trains with them every day is the best in the world, and Hawkeye is already the second in the world.
"It shouldn't happen." Zhang Da also felt that with Hawkeye's personality, he would most likely just go to find the swordsman from the Five Peaks Pirates to sharpen his sword. He acted with the Red Hair Pirates just because it was more convenient to break in and find people with them.
Of course, given his friendship with Red Hair, it was reasonable for him to offer some help. Furthermore, the attacked ship's doctor might have treated Hawkeye's injuries before—it was inevitable that Hawkeye would be injured after a duel with Red Hair, so this kind of thing wasn't uncommon.
Weiwei asked curiously, "Is Red-Haired Shanks a scary person?"
Zhang Da thought about it and said, "Not really. Compared to all those scumbag pirates, he's pretty good. But this guy is a complicated person, and I'm not sure what he wants to do."
Tom nodded. The red-haired guy was not scary at all. If the owner had not stopped him, Meow would have scratched him.
Weiwei's attention wasn't on Tom. She put her hands behind her back and repeated, "The ingredients... are complicated?"
"Well, don't ask. It's troublesome anyway."
When Zhang Daye traveled through time, there were rumors that Shanks was actually a Celestial Dragon, which was why he was so proud, but there was no concrete evidence, so he was not sure whether the rumor was true or not.
It is not clear whether Shanks' purpose is to give Luffy a push at the last moment of his becoming king, or whether he wants to be the last test Luffy needs to overcome before becoming king, or whether he wants to make Luffy suffer a big loss at the hands of Blackbeard to make Luffy more angry?
"Mr. Tatsuya, I want to go back to the warship and tell Mr. Zephyr the news." Kane was not sure whether Zephyr had seen the news and whether he had anything to say.
Moreover, such a big thing might affect their internship.
Zhang Da also nodded: "Okay, I'll ask Xia Lulu to take you back."
"Is it okay? Then I'll have to trouble her!" Kane was a little surprised. All the students in the training camp knew that Xia Lulu could switch back and forth between cat form and beautiful girl form, and could also fly, but except for Ain, no one had ever been taken flying by Xia Lulu.
Now, Kane was a little surprised when he suddenly heard Zhang Da say this, and even his previous uneasiness was diluted a lot.
"It's not a trouble, as long as you don't mind. Xia Lulu, get ready and send Kane back to the warship." Zhang Da also called Xia Lulu out and made a gesture to her.
Xia Lulu tilted her head: "Isn't this bad?"
Zhang Da also said: "It's okay, Kane said he doesn't care anymore."
Kane nodded with a smile: "Yes, I don't care at all."
"Okay then." Xia Lulu agreed and stretched her arms and legs.
Kane was a little confused. There didn't seem to be this step when he took Ain flying last time. Is it because I am heavier than Ain, so I need to warm up?
"Okay, turn around and use the iron block." Zhang Da also said to Kane.
"Oh, okay, iron!" Kane obeyed the order subconsciously, "Huh? Why..."
Xia Lulu began to sprint forward. According to Kizaru's words, 'speed is power', her speed was very fast. When she was behind Kane, Xia Lulu jumped into the air and kicked Kane in the back: "Rapid Flying Kick!"
"Wow!" Kane kicked hard and flew diagonally upwards, landing on the deck of the warship with a bang. He lay flat on his back and started to doubt his life. This way of sending someone off seemed different from what I expected?
"Good strength, improvement." Zhang Da also looked up at Kane's flying trajectory with his hands and commented, "If I use a little more magic power, I should be able to kick him until he vomits blood."
"I didn't use more magic because I was worried about hurting him." Xia Lulu said, "I feel like he misunderstood something."
"It's not a big problem, just continue your exercise." Zhang Da continued to look through the newspaper left .
"An armed uprising broke out in Valar, and the king was captured and thrown into prison by the rioting citizens!"
Vera is a small country on the Grand Line. It is said that riots often occur there, sometimes causing great trouble to the royal family, and sometimes being quickly suppressed.
This was the only time they were able to capture the king. Currently, Vera was establishing a new regime, and there were speculations that the riots were caused by the activities of the revolutionary army.
Zhang Da also thought this might be a test by Dorag, slowly figuring out a plan of action for the Revolutionary Army. Furthermore, the Revolutionary Army had recently recruited a group of laborers, so after so long, they might want to engage in actual combat. Setting the action in this often riotous country would make it less conspicuous.
"Amber Tour Group's latest updates!"
Zhang Da also saw reports about them in an inconspicuous place. He didn't expect that even though he had been staying in the training camp honestly and hadn't done anything for almost two months, he was still popular.
Zhang Da also shook his head: "I feel like if I don't do something during this internship, I'd be letting Morgans down."
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Zephyr didn't say much about the new Four Emperors, but just encouraged the students to work harder. The situation on the sea will become more and more complicated in the future, and the navy needs their strength.
In fact, he was more or less feeling a little sad in his heart. Red Hair was only twenty-eight or twenty-nine years old this year. At this age, he could defeat the older generation of pirates. It was hard to estimate how powerful he would be in the future.
And how many navy officers of the same age as him can compare with him?
A new era is coming, and he, an old Marine from the old era, may be leaving the stage of history at any time. But is the new generation of the Navy ready to face the next era?
Zefa turned his gaze towards the Amber, which was not far from the warship:
The cat-head flag on the top of the mast fluttered in the wind. In the lookout room, Rui Mengmeng was lifting dumbbells up and down. Shark Chili was holding the nautical chart and confirming the course while watching the rudder. Zhang Daye and Altria were drinking tea and eating snacks face to face. Tom picked up the fishing rod to fish, and occasionally took a biscuit from Zhang Daye's plate. Where he couldn't see, Jackie Chan should be practicing kung fu with the little girls. Ye Yan didn't know what strange clothes he had changed into.
It would be great if they could officially join the Navy...
The warship was moving forward without stopping, and the sound of a Den Den Mushi rang out, interrupting Zefa's thoughts.
"Moshimoshi, this is the G-2 branch fortress. Please cooperate with the identity verification."
