"President of Wood Weapon Company, Ancient Weapon Wood, why are you here on Nine Snakes Island!"
Needless to say, Wood's current reputation is so great that as long as someone is involved in the navy or pirate circles in the entire sea, it should be difficult to find anyone who doesn't know him.
Judging from what the other party just said and his tone, the ancient weapon Wood will appear on Nine Snakes Island, which is obviously a sign of bad intentions.
"It's a simple truth, isn't it? The Kuji Pirates and Kuji Island are both allies of our Wood Arms Company.
Now that the navy is going to launch a demon-slaying order against this island, I, the most ally, will naturally come to help."
"Amazon Lily Kingdom and Wood Arms Company are allies?" Regarding what Wood said, the rear admiral showed a look of suspicion on his face.
Although there are also rumors in the sea that the Pirate Empress has known Wood in her early years, and may even be his mistress.
However, such a statement has never been confirmed, so many people in the world believe that this is pure nonsense.
However, since the outbreak of the "War on Top", many people believe that the previous rumors may not be completely false.
During the war, the Pirate Empress, despite the pressure from the two Four Emperors and the entire Navy Headquarters, still stood resolutely on the side of the ancient weapon Wood as the king of the Shichibukai.
Judging from the attitude of the Pirate Empress at the time, even if the two were not the underground lovers that everyone thought, their friendship must have been very close.
“The World Government has now abolished the original ‘Shichibukai under the King’. The former Shichibukai under the King have now become ordinary pirates and are wanted again.
Including the pirate empress Boya Hancock, who is now also a pirate wanted by the world government and the navy, with a bounty of 1.657 billion berries.
Even so, has Wood Arms decided to stand against the Navy over this?"
Wood Arms Company is a neutral camp and can remain at large at sea because Wood has always adhered to its position and positioning.
And the lieutenant commander's intention was also obvious. If Wood insisted on fighting with the navy for the sake of the Pirate Empress and Nine Snake Island, the original neutral position would not be maintained.
"We, Wood Arms Company, have always maintained a neutral camp and just want to do business honestly.
The Pirate Empress and the Nine Snakes Pirates were the legal pirates of the "Shichibukai" before, so we chose to form an alliance with them.
But now that his king has been deprived of the Shichibukai, as allies, we choose to ignore it and even add insult to injury. So who will ally with our Wood Arms Company in the future?
As we all know, those of us who do business are the most trustworthy, so this time when the Nine Snakes Pirates, as our allies, are in trouble, we will naturally help them.
Even if we have to fight with the navy because of this, our weapons company will not hesitate, but I don’t know if you, a rear admiral, are qualified to make the decision?"
The highest combat power of the headquarters, the veteran Navy Admiral Kizaru is outside the island, so naturally it is not his turn as a rear admiral to make the decision.
So after Wood expressed his firm position, the rear admiral returned to the warship with a solemn expression and reported what had just happened to Kizaru.
After hearing the report from the Rear Admiral, Kizaru, who originally looked unmotivated, now had a bitter look on his face.
Kizaru felt that his fortune in the past few years seemed to be unusually bad. It was clear that he just wanted to be a quiet paddling general, receive a high salary and welfare, and wait to die.
But since he took over the Shampoo Islands and dealt with the Tianlong people, every mission he took next was almost death difficulty.
Needless to say, what happened to the world's nobles in the Chambord Islands before. He, Kizaru, originally thought that it would be an easy task to deal with a group of supernovas, and maybe he could get some results and earn some overtime pay.
Unexpectedly, in the small Shampoo Islands, first a Pirate King deputy captain appeared, and then Wood, a troublemaker, also appeared.
In the end, the responsibility for Tianlongren's death fell entirely on his head. He did not earn overtime pay, but instead received two years' salary on top of it.
After the incident in the Shampoo Islands, Kizaru's second mission was to deal with Zefa, his teacher who betrayed the navy.
At that time, he was on a small island and was almost killed by another stolen volcanic rock.
This time was his third time on duty. Originally facing the pirate empress of the former King of the Shichibukai, Kizaru knew that the opponent was not easy to chew, so he brought enough troops.
With oneself suppressing the Pirate Empress, ten warships and the navy's scientific troops, it shouldn't be a particularly difficult task to destroy Kuja Island.
But now we are so stubborn that the ancient weapon, a real troublemaker, has jumped out to disrupt the situation again.
The Nine Snake Island dungeon, which was originally an average difficulty to clear, now has to be directly upgraded to hell difficulty due to the opponent's interference!
Whether the Kuja Pirates and Wood Arms Company are allies or not, Kizaru feels that there is no need to confirm this matter now.
Wood will appear here, which means that he will definitely stand up for the Pirate Empress. This has nothing to do with whether they are allies or not.
The key point now is that originally they wanted to eradicate the Nine Snakes Pirates, and the person they wanted to capture into Impel Down was Boya Hancock, the former king of the Shichibukai. Now that the other party has inserted a Wood, do they still want it?
Choose to continue taking action?
Not only was the rear admiral who came to the island unable to make the decision on this matter, even Kizaru, the commander, did not dare to make such a decision on his own.
If Wood was an ordinary third-rate pirate, Kizaru would have destroyed him and the Nine Snakes Island without saying a word.
But the point is that he is not just any ordinary cat or dog, but one of the most important people in the sea.
If there was a fight with him, he would undoubtedly create enemies for the navy. Moreover, as Wood's father was the financial backer of the world's nobles, even the world's nobles, the Celestial Dragons, would bow down to him, and their navy was working for the world government.
To put it into perspective, in terms of character, even those of the "grandfather" generation of the navy, their status and status are not as sensitive as usual.
After hesitating for a moment, Kizaru finally picked up the phone from his subordinate and made a call directly to the Admiral's Office at the Navy Headquarters.
He is a naval admiral, not a marshal. As a senior wage earner, there is no reason for him to have a headache with such a troublesome matter. He naturally has to leave it to his excellent superiors to decide.
Kizaru now hopes that the Navy Headquarters will call it quits. After all, Kizaru and Wood have fought against each other several times. Regardless of whether the other party is a good bone to chew, Kizaru can only say that if Wood is serious, he is probably not his opponent at all.
It stands to reason that the powerful people in the sea who have reached their level of strength should have entered a bottleneck period and even gradually declined with age.
But such common sense does not work when it comes to Wood. It should even be said that Wood himself is an extremely irrational existence.
Kizaru still remembered the first time he fought Wood, in the Chambord Islands. Wood was already quite powerful at that time, but he could barely keep up with him, or even be slightly inferior to him.
But when he appeared again in Marine Fando's "War on the Top", his strength was already superior to his, and he even had to join forces with Aokiji to suppress him.
When he was at the Navy Headquarters, Kizaru had heard from Zefa, Garp, and Momotu more than once that Wood's talent was outrageous, but he never thought that Wood's talent could be so outrageous.
There are limits to the growth of others, and when you grow to a certain level, you will encounter the so-called bottleneck.
But this thing seems to be completely different to Wood. The opponent's strength increases just like eating and drinking, and he is getting stronger every moment.
Two years have passed since the "War on Top", and Kizaru doesn't know whether Wood has become stronger again.
But one thing he knew very well was that even if Wood showed the strength he showed in "War on the Top" two years ago, he would probably not be a match for the opponent.
Even if he plays for a long time, he can only hold Wood down at most.
And if Wood's strength becomes stronger again in the past two years, Kizaru's life may even be in danger, let alone holding the opponent back.
If possible, Kizaru would naturally like Akainu to let him retreat, so that he can avoid fighting the dangerous Wood and perfectly fit his character as a paddling general.
However, as Kizaru said before, his luck seems to be quite average in the past few years..., no, it should even be said to be quite poor.
When he learned that Wood had also appeared on Kuja Island and was rebelling against the navy, Akainu gave Kizaru the order to continue launching the "Demon Slaying Order" against Kuja Island!
This is not because Akainu deliberately let Kizaru die, but when Akainu learned that Wood had gone to Kuja Island alone, he thought this might be a good opportunity.
The only strong person on Nine Snake Island who can take action is Boya Hancock.
Once the battle breaks out, all it takes is Kizaru to hold Wood down and Zhan Momomaru to hold the Pirate Empress. The remaining people on Amazon Lily Island are no match for the "pacifists" of the Science Force.
Coupled with the dozen or so large naval warships and the accompanying several rear admirals, the current combat power on the books clearly indicates that their navy has the upper hand.
A neutral arms dealer? An underground king who knows all three things, black, white and gray? He, Akainu, doesn't care about that much.
From Akainu's point of view, Wood's existence is no different from that of the "Ocean's Shichibukai". He is nothing more than a pirate wearing the cloak of an arms dealer.
The other party actually insists on going against the navy, so the navy's "justice" will naturally not tolerate it.
This time was an important battle for the navy to regain its prestige on the sea, and for this reason Akainu did not hesitate to expel the three most powerful admirals of the navy.
If they are scared off by a mere arms dealer, then their navy still has a lot of face to talk about?
Whether or not Wood can be killed is not mentioned for the moment, but Nine Snake Island must be sunk this time, otherwise their navy will inevitably become a joke to the entire sea.
"But the relationship between Wood and the World Government... If the people of the World Government find out, if we make the decision without authorization this time and fight against the arms emperor Wood, the other party will be blamed..."
Kizaru held the phone's microphone in his hand and wanted to make a final struggle.
Because he really doesn't want to fight Wood, let's not worry about it for the time being. What's wrong is that not only will he not be able to get a pension in the future, but he will probably directly receive the casualty pension this time.
"The abolition and capture of the 'King Shichibukai' was originally an order issued by the World Government, but now the Navy is just following the order.
And as long as Wood is alive, the World Government will be responsible for wiping his butt, or are you, Porusalino, sure to kill him?
If you can kill him, I think the World Government will not only not blame you, but may even give you a medal."
The World Government is coveting Wood Arms Company's industry, and it's not just a matter of a day or two. It's just that Wood is covered in thorns, so they have no way of taking action.
If Kizaru can really kill Wood here, no joke, he may really soar into the sky and be directly promoted to a higher position than Akainu.
Because once Wood dies, Wood Arms Company will inevitably collapse, and its accumulated wealth and technology will inevitably be divided up by the major forces on the sea.
And there is no doubt that the most powerful and largest world government will get the biggest piece of the cake.
"Uncle, what did the Navy Headquarters say? Do they really want us to go back in despair?"
Seeing Kizaru hanging up the phone with a sad look on his face, Zhan Momomaru, who was wearing a bellyband and carrying a battle ax on his shoulders, also quickly asked.
Zhan Momomaru himself is very keen on catching pirates. Because he belongs to the Naval Scientific Corps and hangs out with a group of guys who rely on their brains all day long, Zhan Momomaru seems a bit out of place.
"Damn Sakski, when the world government takes the blame, I will definitely have a share in the big pot!"
As a colleague for many years, Kizaru knew Akainu very well. Although the Warring States Marshal was a little bit loud, every time his subordinates made mistakes, this "wise general" would find a way to wipe their butts.
Although he was often scolded by Wulaoxing, he was often unable to do anything against the equally cunning Marshal of the Warring States Period.
However, compared to the Warring States Marshal, the newly appointed Navy Marshal Akainu is obviously a newbie.
He has his thoughts, and he is indeed trying to carry out his own "justice", but the point is that Akainu is obviously not as smooth as the Sengoku Marshal in handling things.
If it was the Warring States Marshal, when he ordered himself to attack Nine Snake Island and Wood, he would have already thought about how to deal with the aftermath and how to deal with the World Government and the Five Old Stars.
But as for Akainu... Kizaru is willing to bet that this idea must have just come up to Akainu on the spur of the moment. He was just passionate about executing "justice" and never thought about the aftermath.
And it is very possible that if Akainu had not thought about the aftermath after the incident, he would not be able to bear such a big blame alone.
In other words, I, a high-level wage earner who always just wants to paddle with peace of mind, will not only have to fight to the death with a strong man on the front line, but I may also have to take the blame in the end...