Boom Boom!
The muffled sound of metal and bone colliding echoed in the dead silent conference room. Crowe waved the ashtray and smashed it down. The head on the table was smashed down and deformed. Hot blood splashed on the red table, reflecting the horrified faces next to him.
"Deserting before the battle, cowardice before the battle should be a capital offense in the Marine regulations!" Crowe let go of the deformed body under his hand. The ashtray slid on the table, leaving a crooked bloodstain.
He glanced around. The Marine Captains who had just spoken were all stunned by Crowe's atrocity. They didn't expect that Crowe would dare to kill an officer so blatantly.
Bloody, brutal, and unscrupulous!
Crowe's cold eyes swept over them and they immediately kept quiet out of fear. Jones and the other captains didn't say a word. Their foreheads were dripping with sweat. They lowered their heads as if they didn't see anything and didn't know anything. They pretended to be dead.
Crowe took off his blood-stained gloves and slammed them on the table, leaving a bloody handprint. At the same time, the closed iron door of the conference room was slammed open. A row of Marine Captains filed in. Their faces were solemn. They held the hilts of their swords and walked toward their respective vacant seats in the Naval Branch.
Jones carefully glanced at them. Most of them were unfamiliar faces. Occasionally, a few people seemed to be slightly familiar. He carefully recalled and recognized that Csónitz was the adjutant promoted by Hu Qi in the past two years.
Sure enough, he saw Csónitz standing in the position of the 195th Marine Branch. He pulled out a vacant seat and sat down.
As for the other officers who came in, they all pulled out their chairs in unison and sat down. They all had the insignia of lieutenant colonel and major pinned on their shoulders.
"These are all …" Jones said. There was a layer of cold sweat on his back. He couldn't imagine that today's situation was a trap that Crowe had planned two years ago.
This scheming was so deep and cunning that it made the "people on his side" who were already on the same side tremble in fear.
"No, it's not Crowe, it's Colonel Yarlin!" A cold face appeared in Jones's mind. His eyebrows drooped even more.
"There is no such thing as retirement in the Navy, because the moment you take off your uniform, it usually means that you have sacrificed your life for justice or defected!" Crowe nodded to Csónitz and the other core members of the Shaohe Party. He then turned his eyes to the Marine Captains who had just asked the question. What he said made them shiver. "The club has never explicitly stated that it's a rule, because I always thought that it was an unspoken rule... Unfortunately, Colonel Rostner didn't seem to understand the meaning of this rule!"
"Oh, Colonel Jones, why don't you explain to us what this tacit understanding is?" Crowe turned to look at Jones.
Jones shuddered. He raised his head and blurted out, "Only the dead can leave the guild!"
Crowe grinned, his cold eyes swept over everyone present. Then he changed the topic slightly. "Let me introduce, these new officers are the adjutants of the original Captains. They have a high prestige in their respective branches. Because their officers were killed by pirates, they came to the Marine Club with righteous indignation."
"I was moved by their loyalty and courage, so for the time being, I allowed them to replace their respective branches as representatives of the club. Of course, I'm afraid the official appointment will have to wait until the end of this war. If they are still alive, the Marine Headquarters will appoint them." Crowe's face returned to a gentle look. "They will replace the deceased Captains and continue to defend and protect the order of East Blue with us. You should have no objections, right?"
The Marine Captains shook their heads like a rattle. Rostner's body was still on the table, and they all realized that East Blue's Naval Branch had already been infiltrated by the club's power. Now they were sitting on pins and needles.
No one could guarantee that if he were to die, his adjutant would not take his place and sit in his place!
"We can't participate in the battle between Admiral Sakazuki and Golden Lion Shiki, but we can clean up the other rotten fish and shrimp and contribute to the final battle. Our East Blue Navy is duty-bound." Crowe adjusted his glasses and patted Chi Yeben's shoulder.
Chi Yeben looked up, his eyes indifferent and cold. He continued. "In order to ensure the mobilization and operation of the war, to better communicate with Admiral Sakazuki, and to ensure the safety of everyone, our 153 Branch proposes to establish a temporary United Front Department here. The military forces of the East Blue branches will be unified. Those who agree, please raise your hand!"
The cold, hoarse voice spoke with a stiff accent. It was obvious that he had memorized the lines long ago. It was unspeakably strange.
However, no one in the hall voiced their doubts. Instead, they all scrambled to raise their hands and vote in agreement.
"Except for the 91st branch who abstained, the rest of the members have all voted!" Jones looked at all the people who raised their hands and exclaimed, "Our East Blue Navy is still very united."
Crowe glanced at Jones and then at Csónitz. The latter understood. He stood up, picked up Rosterna's body, and dragged it out of the room.
Everyone in the room had different expressions on their faces. Some of them were surprised, while others were horrified. Looking at the silent Crowe, they seemed to have guessed something.
After a while.
Csónitz walked in, followed by a man wearing the same navy uniform and the insignia of a major. The man quickly walked to the seat left behind by Rosterna, took a handkerchief from Crowe, and wiped the bloodstains off the chair before sitting down.
Someone recognized the major as the adjutant who often followed Rosterna around.
"In the Navy Club, there's no such thing as abstaining." Crowe said coldly. "Even if the Naval Branch was destroyed by the Golden Lion Shiki, the branch that was razed to the ground will still be rebuilt. The seagull flag will be raised on the wreckage of the ruins."
When he said that, the horrified crowd realized that in the packed room, there were some seats that were originally empty because the entire Naval Branch was destroyed. But at this moment, there were still representatives of the corresponding branches sitting there, even if they were all unfamiliar faces.
"The Navy Club believes in advancing and retreating together, no one is left behind!" Crowe stood behind Chi Yeben and looked down at the Captain in the room. It was as if he was the iron fist of Yarlin's dictatorship in the East Blue.
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