In a luxurious private room in the cafeteria, there was a large round table, which was already full of people. The naval officers of the Kuro faction, including Kikyo, were all sitting here.
On the round table, there is a huge copper pot. The bottom of the copper pot is hollow, and a copper pillar extends from it. Flames are coming out of it. In the copper pot above, there are steaming red and white soups.
Next to the copper pot, there are various kinds of raw food.
Thinly sliced animal meat and sea fish fillets, unknown wild vegetables, and fungi that are not red umbrellas or white rods.
In front of everyone, there was a small plate with dipping sauce in it.
Everyone was looking at the steaming copper pot and said nothing because the owner hadn't come yet.
Suddenly, the door was pushed open, and Kuro, dressed in a golden formal suit and cape, walked in with Lida and Crowe.
Everyone stood up at this moment.
"Sit, sit, sit"
Kuro sat directly in the position facing the door and pressed his palm a few times to signal them to sit down.
"Quluo, is this what you asked me to describe to Sister Kikyo?"
Lida sat next to him, biting her fingers, her little nose twitching twice, her saliva drooling slightly, "It looks delicious."
What Kuro specifically asked Lida to explain to Platycodon, the red and white soups, vegetables that can be eaten once boiled, and prepared dipping sauces, yes, that is hot pot.
He picked up a white napkin on the table, hung it around his neck skillfully, and then looked at everyone.
"As for me, I usually drink, smoke, and don't perm my hair. I occasionally have some tea. Today, I want to treat you to a meal from my hometown. First of all, you are all cadres who are relatively close to me, G-
The future of 3 and the safety of nearby sea areas all depend on you."
As soon as these words came out, everyone's expressions changed.
Lida's mouth watered as she was greedy for the hot pot, wondering how she should eat it.
Crowe pushed up his glasses, as if he didn't seem to care.
Ain was sitting upright. She rarely heard Kuro speak, so she should listen, but she didn't seem to understand.
The same goes for Binz.
Donald was exploring the hot pot here, thinking that he had seen something similar to this in the Land of Flowers.
Sazir was wandering in his thoughts, wondering if the above people had been promoted, so he should also make a move.
Moore yawned there and didn't hear a word.
Fanny was immersed in writing experimental notes, her whole body and even her face covered. Today, she has some control over the ability of the plague fruit and can come out to meet people.
Platycodon she couldn't hear clearly.
Well, in short, no one listened carefully, except for two people.
"Mr. Kuro, you're welcome!"
Cass stood up again and said excitedly: "It's your teachings that are so good! I think Cass, I used to be just a small sergeant in the East China Sea, and now I am a brigadier general in my headquarters. It was all thanks to your guidance that I achieved what I have achieved today.
Only then can we carry out this 'tough justice'!"
"stop stop stop"
Kuro waved his hand and said, "I haven't finished speaking yet."
After signaling Cass to sit down, Kuro cleared his throat, took out a cigar, put it in his mouth, lit it, and then said:
"The second thing is, this is hot pot. It is one of the specialties of my hometown. I have to try it, so I treat everyone to hot pot today."
"Third, regarding the current overall situation of the sea and the future development of G-3, I hope to hear your suggestions. Come, let's talk while eating."
As soon as Kuro finished speaking, Lida couldn't help but said: "Can you eat it?! How do you eat this? Is that soup for drinking?!"
"no."
Kuro picked up his chopsticks, picked up a very thin piece of meat, blanched it in the red soup, then took it out and put it on Lida's plate, saying: "It's just blanched, and then you add the dipping sauce."
eat."
Lida picked up the meat slices on the plate, stirred them with the dipping sauce, and stuffed them into her mouth. Immediately, her eyes lit up, and she made a sound like a cat meowing. She stretched out her chopsticks like an afterimage, imitating
Kuro picked up the pieces of meat and stuffed them into the soup.
"Then. I'll speak first."
Crowe stood up, picked up the plate in front of Crowe, put a few pieces of meat into the pot, and said: "I am in charge of G-3 internal affairs. I don't know much about cruises, but the recent expenditures
, in addition to repairing the fortress, the biggest expenditure is Brigadier General Cass and Brigadier General Wilbur, I think this aspect should be reduced a little."
Before they arrived, Kuro had given the order to take advantage of his current 'injury period' to quickly close the loop on G-3 and start his 'retirement' career directly from then on.
But before that, he had to find out the purpose of these people so that he could assign them tasks.
The wonderful people in the province accomplish inexplicable things, especially Cass, this guy must be figured out for him.
But he couldn't say this, so he had to do it for Crowe. What Crowe said now was just a test.
Can he not know where the expenditure on this is?
Kuro himself accounted for one-fifth of G-3's expenditures. After replacing the guns and cannons allocated by the headquarters with new ones, he gave away all the old ones to the sky.
One-fifth of the profit was shared by other captains of G-3 Fortress, including Crowe himself.
There is nothing we can do about it. The entire navy has this habit, and Kuro can't change it even if he wants to. He has lived here for more than twenty years and has become corrupted. When he was an official in the East China Sea, he shared the benefits with him.
, although he is not short of money now, but he is not short of money, but he cannot let the people below him have no food to eat.
Salary is salary, benefits are benefits, they are different.
Besides, in addition to his own faction subordinates, there are also other school lieutenants here. They are dividing them among themselves. Do their subordinates only get a dead salary? How can any boss do this?
Apart from maintaining his conscience, Kuro's other behavior is no different from that of a warlord. This is the navy of this world, and there is no way around it.
"Abatement?!"
Cass frowned and looked at Crowe, "With all due respect, Commodore Crowe, we can't reduce it now. Although many pirates in the nearby waters have disappeared, our navy is not limited to this area. It should break into the chaotic areas of the new world."
, Catch all those pirates in one fell swoop and fill the sea with justice!"
"That's right! What Brigadier General Cass said is absolutely true! We should take advantage of the current chaos in the new world to spread our justice to the front!" Wilbur agreed from behind.
Yes, these are the two, that’s right.
Crowe directly threw out what Crowe had preset before and said: "Our navy, of course, is based on justice, but it must also be combined with the actual situation. The navy as a whole is accumulating strength and waiting for the results in the second half of the new world.
We should not violate this, so the current G-3 principles also require us to accumulate strength."
"Why don't you two try another way? The one-stop special tourist line of Dressrosa that Mr. Kuro and David are cooperating with also needs the navy. This is our own thing. Why not go there to provide long-term escort?"