章 74: Chapter 74: Sakazuki's Foresight
(T/N: Exams are coming up, might stop posting or post fewer chapters for 3-4 days, will have to see)
Naval Headquarters Marineford.
In the living area, within the living area of the Marine senior generals, there is a courtyard, which is very quiet.
Sakazuki, who is on vacation today, lives in this garden.
Sakazuki's personality is very 'hot', maybe because of his fruit, in short, he is not a person who is easy to get close to.
As a Marine, especially a senior marine general, he really needs a certain amount of self-control for his hot temper, otherwise he might make a big mistake at some point.
So Sakazuki also intends to exercise his control in this aspect.
The so-called self-cultivation is just like this. His residence in Marineford is the most secluded, which is completely opposite to his irritable personality.
Not only that, Sakazuki also took the initiative to cultivate a hobby, which is gardening and potting plants.
The large and small green plants in his courtyard are all planted and cultivated by him himself, and what is a little outrageous is that as long as you step into this courtyard, all the green plants that you can see are basically treated like his children and meticulously arranged. It makes for a majestic atmosphere.
Because Sakazuki doesn't like crooked things, and thinks that's against justice.
In the street, there is a thin and tall figure wearing a Marine justice cloak, wearing a yellow striped suit, with one hand in his pocket and one hand touching his chin, his eyes are floating left and right, and his whole body reveals a slippery and wretched temperament. This is a Marine Vice Admiral, walking towards the yard of Sakazuki's house.
Naval Headquarters has tens of thousands of people with strange shapes, but there is only one whose temperament can reach his level.
That is Borsalino who is called one of the "Marine New Generation Three Monsters" together with Sakazuki and Kuzan.
The door to Sakazuki's house was open and unattended.
Borsalino walked in very naturally, as if he had been here many times.
In fact, he did come many times. Sakazuki doesn't have many friends, but Borsalino can barely be counted as one, because Borsalino is never an enemy. Kuzan, another one of the three monsters, hardly ever visits Sakazuki's house.
"I'm coming in, Sakazuki." Borsalino greeted in a strange, relaxed tone.
Passing through the secluded courtyard, Borsalino soon saw the main house, Sakazuki was not wearing Marine's clothes, and maybe because of the hot weather, his upper body was naked.
Showing off his strong muscles and the Sakura flower tattoo that occupies half of his body.
The lower part of his body is a pair of black loose home pants. At this time, he is sitting cross-legged in front of a square table, holding gardening shears in his hand, with a face full of attention, and he is building a box of emerald pine trees on the table, slowly snipping off the curving branches.
Seeing Sakazuki's anti-social operation, Borsalino couldn't help but rolled his eyes, and then complained: "Sakazuki, the curved nature of emerald pine, is itself a characteristic of this plant.
Usually, the pruning method of emerald pine is also based on its curved characteristics, making it appear more elegant. Your pruning method.....is too outrageous?"
Although Sakazuki heard Borsalino's voice, the movement in his hands did not stop, and with a click, he cut off the branch with the tendency of bending.
Then, he said very calmly: "You mentioned the term 'usually', isn't it?"
Seeing Sakazuki's unmoved appearance, Borsalino didn't bother arguing with him, and sat down at the table, casually took out a teacup on the table, and poured tea for himself .
This set of movements is smooth, and Sakazuki also looks like he has been used to it for a long time.
Taking a sip of tea, Borsalino breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, Sakazuki seemed to have finished his pruning and threw the branches on the table into the trash.
It was also at this time that Sakazuki asked: "If I remember correctly, you should be on duty today, right? Why did you come to me? Did you miss work again?"
"Don't slander people's innocence just out of thin air." Borsalino said with a broken face, "I have full attendance this month!"
Then, Borsalino changed his tone and said, "Mariejois has sent a special envoy today."
Speaking of Mariejois, Sakazuki seemed to be a little interested, and looked at Borsalino with a questioning look in his eyes.
Borsalino didn't beat around the bush either, and continued, "Two years ago, during the World Summit, someone from the sky came to participate in the World Summit as a bystander with the special approval of Mariejois, remember?"
Sakazuki recalled for a while, then nodded and said, "It's the kind of guys who have a pair of small wings behind them, but they can't fly, right? They call themselves Birka people."
"We are more accustomed to calling them Sky Islanders." Borsalino nodded.
The World Government has been aware of the existence of Sky Island for a long time. For a long time, the World Government has always wanted to project its influence on Sky Island, because the various resources of Sky Island are often unknown to the world on the sea.
Once the trade barriers and communication barriers between the two sides can be broken, the world government will undoubtedly be able to monopolize this resource exchange channel, and the benefits generated from it will be extremely huge.
Therefore, for a long time, the government of the world has maintained a certain relationship with various Sky Islands with a good attitude.
It's just a pity that so far, no Sky Island has chosen to join the franchise country system of the World Government.
And due to Sky Island's "geographical advantage", it is difficult for the government of the world to use powerful force.
After all, if you want to board the Sky Island, it is very dangerous and troublesome. You can choose to go straight up using a Knock-up stream, but this method only occurs once a year, and the success rate is not high, and it is easy to wipe out the entire army.
The second is the route connected to Sky Island that the government of the world has already opened up. Its name is 'Summit of High West'. Taking this route, you can also go to the sky. Although the danger is much reduced, the death rate is still very high.
In addition to the problem of the route, people from all over the world will experience 'altitude sickness' due to the thin air after they go to White Sea and the White White Sea, so their physical strength, athletic ability, and combat experience will also decline.
Finally, there are the troublesome problems of supplies and garrisons.
To sum up, if the World Government wants to take down Sky Island by force, break through trade barriers, and realize the exchange of resources, the cost to be invested in the early stage is really too high, which is large enough to shake the foundation of the World Government's current rule.
So long ago, the World Government ruled out the option of conquering Sky Island by force.
Compared with this method of force, it is undoubtedly the cheapest and the most convenient option to incorporate Sky Island into the system of the world government in a friendly way through negotiation and communication.
In fact, this matter is likely to have a high success rate, because Sky Island also attaches great importance to the unique resources of the blue seas.
This is also the reason why some powerful Sky Islands will send some envoys to Mariejois for communication from time to time.
Two years ago, at the World Summit, people from Sky Island "visited" the World Government, to attempt the beginning of this trade.
"Does this have anything to do with the envoy that Mariejois sent just now?" Sakazuki asked.
Most Marines are not very happy to have contact with Mariejois, but the higher the status of the Marine, the more they cannot avoid such contact, because the Marine is a violent organization attached to the world government.
Although it has a huge military force and an extremely powerful armed force, various seemingly invisible consumption resources such as logistics, military industry, and military expenses are all in the hands of the world's government. Therefore, although Marine is strong, it is tied. When facing orders from the world government, there is no room for resistance.
Sakazuki is one of the rare Marine senior generals who is interested in Mariejois. The reason is very simple. Sakazuki understood one thing very early on, that is, if he wants to reach the top of Marine, he must maintain a good relationship with Mariejois!
A Marine who does not want to be a Marshal is not a good Marine. If Sakazuki wants to realize the justice and goals in his heart, then he must regard becoming a Marine Marshal as his ideal. In this way, he needs to maintain a certain relationship with Mariejois.
As it turns out, Sakazuki was on the right track.
Twenty years later, Sengoku decided to step down from the position of Marshal Marine due to reasons such as the Battle of Marineford. For this reason, fierce conflicts broke out between the candidates for the next generation of Marshal. Kuzan and Sakazuki in particular lobbied hard for the position.
As the marshal, Sengoku supported Kuzan. Even among the general Marines, Kuzan had more connections than Sakazuki.
However, Mariejois did not take a fancy to Kuzan, who was indecisive and vacillating. They were more optimistic about Sakazuki, who had maintained a good relationship with them for many years, so they supported Sakazuki.
As far as Mariejois' support is concerned, it is enough for Sakazuki to fight against the "Kuzan support faction" headed by Sengoku and Garp. It can be seen how much influence Mariejois has on Marine.
In the end, Kuzan had to accept Sakazuki's invitation to "fight". The two sides fought in Punk Hazard for ten days and ten nights. Finally, Sakazuki won the position of marshal.
To be honest, if it weren't for Sakazuki's early layout and opening up a relationship with Mariejois, the marshal would definitely be Kuzan's. Sakazuki has no chance to fight Kuzan in this area.
Therefore, at this time, Sakazuki will be a little interested when he hears about Mariejois.
"Yes." Borsalino nodded, and continued: "This time, Mariejois' special envoy is planning to travel from the Summit of High West to the Sky Island, and will have friendly exchanges with several Sky Islands on the way, but you also know that this kind of journey is destined to be full of dangers, so Mariejois needs our Naval Headquarters to send enough forces to protect the envoy...."
Speaking of this, Borsalino paused and said: "Admiral is impossible to dispatch. Mr. Zephyr is busy with his school now, and Admiral Sengoku is very busy with other things. Mr. Garp is now bringing Kuzan all over the world to gain experience and looking for Roger's trail, as for me... Seriously, there is no overtime pay, I am not thankful for this kind of time-consuming and labor-intensive thing."
"I am not very interested, but you, Sakazuki..."
"I'll do it!" Sakazuki agreed immediately.
Upon seeing this, Borsalino said with a smile: "I knew it, you would agree, Admiral Sengoku asked me to inform you, get ready to sail."
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