The Warring States of Buddha's eye bags were deep, making his eyeballs bulge like a goat. He threw the glasses cloth on the table, making a slight noise, then slowly put the frog-style glasses on the bridge of his nose, squinting at Aokiji and Akainu.
Feeling the Fleet Admiral's unhappy gaze, Sakazuki and Kuzan quickly turned their eyes away from each other. The competition between the two is now in a white-hot state. Even on the surface, it seems that they can't maintain it. The tense atmosphere is hard to imagine. If it wasn't for the suppression of the Warring States of Buddha, I am afraid that the two Marine Admirals would have already fought each other in private.
Sakazuki retracted his gaze and did not sit on the spacious sofa. Instead, he pulled a leather chair from the side of the coffee table. The armrests and back of the chair have neat sharp edges and corners. The back of the chair is inlaid with a circle of dark roses. This is obviously his special seat every time he comes to the Fleet Admiral's office.
"You called both of us together, what happened?" Sakazuki sat down and asked in a low voice.
"The World Government has just received information, but there are two things that need to be dealt with." The Warring States of Buddha's ten fingers clashed with each other, and there was an unknown smile on his face. "The first thing is that the prison at the bottom of Impel Down seems to be a little unstable recently. It holds the world's most vicious criminals. I am worried that Magellan will not be able to cope with it and will make mistakes, so I am going to send an Admiral to inspect it. The second thing is about the Golden Lion Shiki. There is news that he has appeared in the East Blue and seems to be preparing a dangerous plan …"
Impel Down is a deep-sea prison. It is a tower-like structure that submerges into the bottom of the sea. It is surrounded by countless Sea Kings. It is an impenetrable iron wall. The prison is divided into six floors from top to bottom. The sixth floor at the bottom holds the world's most dangerous group of felons. It can be called the darkest abyss in the world. Any criminal who escapes from it may cause unpredictable turbulence in the sea.
In history, the only criminal who had escaped from Impel Down was Golden Lion Shiki. He was a pirate of the same era as Roger and Whitebeard Edward Newgate. He was called "Flying Admiral".
He once rushed into the Marine Headquarters with his own strength and fought for three days and three nights with the Buddha Warring States and the legendary hero of the Marine, Iron Fist Garp. He paid countless Marine corpses and the battle spread to destroy half of Marlin Fanduo before he was finally defeated and arrested and imprisoned in Impel Down, but he eventually escaped from prison and his whereabouts are unknown. He has always been regarded by the Marine Headquarters as one of the unstable factors that threaten the stability of the world.
The two events seemed to be independent events, but there seemed to be some connection between them. It was unknown whether it was a coincidence or some kind of deliberate arrangement.
Sakazuki and Kuzan's heart jumped, both of them were aware of the connection and some kind of hidden hint that could not be told. These two things may be an exam paper for the two of them to compete for the position of the next Fleet Admiral. Of course, it may be that they are just thinking too much.
The two looked at the Buddha Warring States. His hands were crossed together, the wrinkles on the corners of his eyes drooped down, and his eyes were half-squinted, revealing more white than white in his eyes, like a pair of dead fish eyes, nothing could be seen.
"Since you don't talk, I will arrange it." The Buddha Warring States pulled out two files from the desk, one of which was slightly thin and threw it to Kuzan: "Impel Down is the most important link in the justice of our Marine. It is absolutely not allowed to make another mistake. Kuzan, I will leave this matter to you."
"Then I will have to make a trip to the East Blue." Sakazuki stood up and raised his hand to grab the other file that was obviously twice as thick. With a fierce expression on his face, he coldly snorted in his heart: "The Impel Down incident is obviously easier to deal with. Sure enough, it was handed over to Aokiji to deal with. Hey, this is good. If Shiki the Golden Lion can be caught, then the position of the next Fleet Admiral will no longer be suspenseful."
"Shiki the Golden Lion can be said to be the biggest and deepest scar of shame of our Marine Headquarters since the death of Roger the Pirate King, and only by catching him can we have an account for the Marine soldiers who died in Marineford 20 years ago." The Buddha Warring States said in a heavy and sad tone.
"The great pirate who was once as famous as the Pirate King and Whitebeard is the best deterrent to the dirty pirates of this era. The whole sea will be shaken." Sakazuki interrupted the sigh of the Buddha Warring States, his tone was full of chilling killing intent: "I will bring Shiki the Golden Lion back to Marineford, dead or alive!"
The muscles of the Buddha Warring States face were slightly stiff for a moment, then he squeezed out a smile on his face and said meaningfully: "Very well, I will wait for you to come back with merits, and then I will ask the World Government and the Gorōsei (Five Elder Stars) for you."
Sakazuki's black leather glove clutched the file bag and glanced at Kuzan who didn't say a word as if he had just woken up. His mouth evoked a disdainful arc as he turned and strode away.
Bang!
When the door was closed, the Buddha Warring States scratched his braided beard and sighed for a long time. He turned to look at Kuzan and nodded with satisfaction: "You did not compete with Sakazuki for Shiki, your performance was very rational, and the reason why I always thought that you were more suitable to command the future deployment of the Marine is precisely because of this reason. The situation of the world is extremely complicated, and the turbulent undercurrents are always surging. The world is already standing on the edge of a cliff, and there is a possibility of collapse at any time. Our Marine bears the heavy responsibility of maintaining this world, and we must be cautious, as if we are treading on thin ice. The most important thing is not how many merits we make, but the most important thing is that we must not make a mistake, and not take a wrong step."
The Buddha Warring States came out from behind the desk, patted Kuzan on the shoulder and sighed: "How easy is it to capture Shiki? Not to mention whether the intelligence is wrong, even if we find Shiki's trace, he has disappeared for so many years. The variables and risks are too great, and the possibility of success is very small. This exam has been unfair to Sakazuki from the beginning."
The Buddha Warring States' face showed a look of regret. He didn't dare to put Akainu in the position of the Marine Fleet Admiral, because that would make the Marine's huge battleship go all out, and the final outcome would be a revolutionary new world, or a burning scorched earth, no one can say for sure.
"Giving in does not mean cowardice, this is a kind of wisdom, and it is a slow process." Kuzan put the file bag into his arms, pulled the blindfold neatly fixed on his forehead and said calmly.
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