(Gan, I forgot to update again. Sorry, because I am generating electricity for love, I often forget about this (▽｀)
After Ain graduated from the naval school, Gion learned that she was Wood's sister and why she joined the navy, so she transferred her to be his deputy.
Ain's military rank was promoted so quickly partly because she did have enough strength, and partly because of Gion's extra care.
And after many years of observation, Gion also judged that Ain was a trustworthy person. In order to prevent Ain from misunderstanding his brother, Gion also revealed part of the truth to Ain.
So now Ai Yin can be regarded as one of the insiders, and after learning the truth of the matter, Ai Yin admires her brother Wood even more for enduring humiliation.
"According to the intelligence we collected in the morning, that guy Wood seemed to have left last night, and we just passed by him."
I haven't seen Wood for many years. In fact, not only Ain wants to see Wood, but Gion is also very concerned about how Wood is doing now.
Moreover, they came to Alabasta this time not only to appease the royal family, but also for other matters. They wanted to ask Wood in detail and give Wood the tasks assigned by the above.
When Dusky and Smog handed Crocodile to Gion, Crocodile, for some unknown reason, directly disclosed the news that Alabasta had the ancient weapon "Hades".
Because it involves a deadly weapon like an "ancient weapon", the Navy Headquarters has also undergone some changes in its handling of Crocodile.
Crocodile, who was supposed to be sent directly to Impel Down, got a chance to have his sentence reduced with the approval of the headquarters, as long as the other party told everything he knew about "Pluto".
As for the information about "Ancient Weapons", Gion and the others originally thought that Crocodile would put up a stubborn resistance, but they did not expect that the other party was surprisingly honest. They did not even need to interrogate, and they frankly revealed the information about "Pluto".
And when Gion and Ain sneaked into the royal tomb in Alabasta, they did find traces of historical texts. However, it was a pity that the wall recording the historical texts was artificially destroyed.
It was not easy to get information about "Pluto" again, so the Navy Headquarters naturally did not intend to let it go, so they interrogated Crocodile again.
Then he learned from his mouth that besides him, there were also Marine traitor Wood and Straw Hat Luffy.
If someone made a rubbing of the historical text and then destroyed it, then it could only be these two people.
Crocodile's original intention was to make things difficult for himself, but at least he didn't want Wood and the Straw Hat Boy to have too much fun, so he exposed such information to the Navy.
However, what he didn't know was that Wood was still an undercover agent of the Navy, and the investigators were Gion and Ain who trusted Wood very much, so he simply ignored Wood and focused his suspicion on the Straw Hat Kid.
After defeating Crocodile and possibly possessing information about the ancient weapon "Hades", Luffy was directly designated as a dangerous target by the Navy Headquarters. The bounty on his head soared to 120 million beli, and he was only allowed to be captured alive.
Because of the importance of "Pluto", the Navy Headquarters even asked Gion, who originally had other tasks, to temporarily put aside the task at hand and go to pursue the Straw Hat Pirates.
As for the mission that Gion asked Wood to do, it was the mission that she was supposed to perform. Because she was going to chase the Straw Hats now, she could only let Wood perform it on her behalf.
I originally thought I would be able to see Wood in Alabasta and explain the mission to him face to face, but who knew that Wood actually left first, so I had to use the phone bug to contact him instead.
"Bru buru buru!"
As for the other side, Wood, who left Alabasta and took some of the crude oil with him, planned to go back and try to refine it, suddenly felt the phone bug in his arms move, so he took it out.
Seeing the phone bug in Wood's hand, Robin on the side suddenly showed an unhappy expression, because he knew that it was a special phone bug that Wood used to keep in touch with the navy.
And when she heard the female voice coming from the phone bug, Robin's expression became even more unhappy. It was not only the navy she hated, but also the person she hated the most.
"Lieutenant General Wood, Marshal Warring States commends you for handling the Alabasta matter very well.
But Marshal Sengoku also said that he hopes that next time there is special information, he will report it to the headquarters before taking action, so that Alabasta will not lose its trust in the navy now."
It's not wrong. After more than ten years of diligent undercover career, plus providing some armaments to the navy from time to time, Wood's military rank has now been promoted to vice admiral.
If it were in the past, he would have applied to be transferred to a remote branch and waited to die. However, unfortunately, things always backfired. As Wood's status on the sea became better, his importance to the navy also became
getting bigger.
After hearing what Gion said, Wood was obviously stunned for a moment. He didn't seem to have done anything in Alabasta, right?
Lao Sha was defeated by the Straw Hat Pirates. It was Princess Vivi who stopped the war, and it was Smoker and the other navy who cleaned up the mess. When he arrived in Alabasta, it seemed that he really stepped on the points and played cards.
, it seems like nothing else has been done.
Could it be said that destroying the historical text that records the content of "Pluto" is considered a good job?
"Your Majesty Shichibukai Crocodile must have been defeated by you, right? Although Smoker reported that it was Straw Hat who defeated him.
But for a mere pirate who had just entered the Grand Line and had a bounty of only 30 million beli, his superiors really didn't believe that he had such strength.
Marshal Sengoku is also more convinced that you received the intelligence that Crocodile planned to seize Alabasta early in the morning, so you went to stop it.
However, due to your status as an undercover agent, the merit of defeating Crocodile and stopping the war can only be attributed to the Navy, so this time you can only take advantage of Smoker.
After all, he was one of your few old acquaintances, so you shouldn’t mind, right?”
After hearing what Gion said next, Wood finally understood why Gion would say that Sengoku praised him for doing things well.
Obviously, in the view of the Navy Headquarters, the reason why Crocodile's conspiracy in Alabasta was exposed and even the credit for defeating Crocodile belongs to Wood...
Wood wanted to explain, but regardless of whether Gion believed it or not, the Navy Headquarters would definitely not admit it.
After all, there is a fundamental difference between the Navy saving Alabasta and the pirates saving Alabasta. Even if everything was really done by the Straw Hats, the Navy would never make it public.
"Gion, what about Alabasta? You're not someone who would go out of your way to call me to say hello, right?"
Wood didn't bother to explain what happened in Alabasta. At the moment, he was more curious about the reason why Gion contacted him.
“After the Alabasta incident, the headquarters suspected that the Straw Hat Pirates had mastered the historical text about the ancient weapon ‘Hades’, so I was sent to pursue them.
As for the task I originally wanted to complete, I can only entrust it to you now. This is also what Marshal Warring States meant, because this task is more suitable for you."
Immediately afterwards, Gion informed Wood in quite detail about the mission he was going to perform next, as well as the people who would assist Wood in completing the mission.
When he heard the mission mentioned by Gion, Wood on the other side of the phone showed a bitter look.
"That old guy, Marshal of the Warring States Period, specially arranged for me to carry out such a dangerous and difficult task.
I am a Vice Admiral of the Navy until now, and only a few people know about it. Not only have I never received a salary, but my headquarters still owes me a lot of money.
Now, if you ask me to carry out such a dangerous mission, won’t the conscience of that old immortal from the Warring States Period hurt?"
The mission Gion mentioned was not that dangerous in terms of danger, but it was not simple at all.
Charlotte Lingling, one of the "Four Emperors", also known as Big Mom, is planning to hold a tea party recently.
Wood's mission goal is to go to Big Mom's tea party, exchange information with the "Queen of Happy Street" Stussy who is also attending, and ignite the relationship between the "Big Mom Pirates" and the "Beasts Pirates"
.
Although they are both members of the "Yonko Pirates", Big Mom and Kaido are from the past, but their relationship is not much better.
Recently, the two pirate groups have been having constant conflicts due to territorial disputes.
This time Wood's purpose is to assist "Queen of Happy Street" Stussy and convince Big Mom to take action against the "Beasts Pirates".
The so-called "Queen of Happy Street" Stussy, one of the emperors of the underground world, is actually one of the undercover agents of the World Government. Her true identity is a member of CP0, the strongest CP organization directly under the World Government.
Although he looks young, he is actually very old. His main job is to monitor, infiltrate, collect intelligence, and infiltrate the underground society for the purpose of his mission.
Regarding the identity of Wood's Navy undercover agent, the headquarters did not disclose it to Stussy. It only stated that the Navy and Wood had reached a certain agreement to cooperate.
After all, Marshal Wood doesn't want the World Government to know that their navy still has Wood's trump card.
And because Wood's current identity is that of a black, white, and gray character, he would be involved with the Navy, which is completely in line with his personality.
"Because of the incident with 'Pluto', I must go after the Straw Hat Boys.
If you are unwilling to accept this task, then I can only ask Ain to contact Stussy.
Of course, for Ain's safety, I will only let her exchange information with Stussy and will not let her show up at Big Mom's tea party."
Gion has a limited number of people with her, and apart from herself, the only one with the strongest strength is Ain.
And if it was just an exchange of information, Gion also believed that Ain could complete the task.
"Are you crazy! Big Mom's tea parties are all held in her base camp "Wan Guo".
The people invited to participate are usually the emperors of the underground world, and the three generals of Big Mom are not easy to mess with. Are you asking Ain, a naval colonel, to die!
There are quite a few admiral-level navy officers in the Navy Headquarters. Send me others there, you bastard!"
As Gion said, if it is just to exchange information without having to show up in front of Big Mom or even induce it to start a war with the Beast Pirates, the difficulty of this task is indeed not too high.
But because they haven't seen each other for many years, for Wood, in his impression, Ayin still looks like the younger sister who hasn't grown up yet and is not quite shy.
Where is "All Nations"? It is the headquarters of the Sea Emperor Big Mom Pirates. If the navy appears there, there is no doubt that there will be no way to survive.
Wood is Ain's brother. Even if it is a little bit dangerous, he naturally doesn't want Ain to take risks.
"She will not be able to grow by being overprotective all the time. Ai Yin's overall strength is actually far superior to other colonels in this department.
Moreover, her fruit ability is very suitable for stealth combat. Apart from you, I really can't think of a more suitable candidate than her."
Ain is an esper who ate the Retrograde Fruit, and her Devil Fruit abilities are also quite rare.
The fruit of regression is not "regression" in the physical sense, but regression on the temporal level.
Once an object is touched by Ai Yin's ability, whether it is living or non-living things, the "time regression" phenomenon will occur.
The object being touched will return to the state it was in 12 years ago, regardless of age or shape.
The current limit of Ain's ability is that its target has to wait for 12 years. And this is not a limit, but will increase as Ain understands and develops the fruit's abilities.
What's even more outrageous is that the ability of this fruit can not only produce an effect on the target once, but can be activated multiple times.
If you are 24 years old and are affected by Ain's ability for the first time, your body will return to the state of a 12-year-old. If you are touched by its ability again, because you are less than 12 years old, you will be completely wiped out and disappear!
Wood was shocked when he heard Gion say that his sister Ain also joined the navy and ate the "retrograde fruit".
He himself never thought that his adopted sister was actually Ai Yin in the new navy!
Moreover, the ability of the "Regression Fruit" was once considered by Wood to be one of the most awesome Devil Fruits in the world.
As we all know, no matter what ability it is, once it is related to "space" and "time", it will instantly become higher and higher.
Just like Bruno in CP9, he clearly ate the heaven-defying "Door Fruit". What's the difference between that ability called "Air Gate" and the "Divine Power" on the fire movie set next door? He just can't use it.
, a god-level fruit wasted in vain.
Isn’t the surgical result awesome? It is said that people can gain immortality. Recently, the World Government and Doflamingo were all competing for it.
But in Wood's view, Ain's "retrograde fruit" is no less effective than the "surgical fruit".
As long as a man who is nearly sixty years old can make Ai Yin regress a few more times, won't he be able to return to the top?
Of course, it seems that the ability of the retrograde fruit cannot have an effect on itself, so the user of the retrograde fruit cannot always use his ability on someone due to his limited lifespan, causing the target to keep rejuvenating.