Just when the world was in panic, the Navy Headquarters released astonishing news.
The Navy Headquarters was about to undergo great promotions.
Former Admiral Kong was promoted to Navy Marshal!
Former Navy vice - admiral Sengoku, the Buddha, was promoted to Admiral!
Former Navy vice - admiral Zefa, the Black Wrist, was promoted to Admiral!
Former Navy vice - admiral Tsuru was promoted to Chief of Staff at the Navy Headquarters!
These four pieces of news shocked the entire world.
It had been a long time since the Navy Headquarters had the position of Navy Marshal.
Moreover, there were suddenly two more Admirals. Originally, there were supposed to be three new Admirals, but the plan was put on hold because Hero of the Navy Garp refused the promotion.
Following this, the two newly - promoted Admirals led their fleets to frantically hunt down pirates in the Four Seas and the first half of the Grand Line. For a while, pirates disappeared one after another. Some were captured, while others hid. Meanwhile, some pirate crews broke through the Navy's encirclement and headed to the New World.
"Damn it! We let Chinjao, the Cone, and Bondi Wald, the World Destroyer, get away!"
Kong, who had just been promoted to Navy Marshal, angrily roared after hearing the report from his subordinate.
But then he sighed.
"Send a message to Vice Admiral Garp! Chinjao, the Cone, and Bondi Wald, the World Destroyer, have entered the New World. Tell him not to always chase Roger and send them to Impel Down for me."
Kong said, looking at the messenger.
"Yes, Navy Marshal!"
The messenger immediately left the office and contacted Vice Admiral Garp.
"Hello! Vice Admiral Garp! This is the Navy Headquarters!"
The messenger's call was connected, but the voice on the other end was strange.
"Huff! Huff! Huff!"
Garp instinctively picked up the Den Den Mushi and then fell asleep again.
"Vice Admiral Garp!"
His adjutant immediately shouted when he saw Garp fall asleep.
Garp was instantly awakened.
"Huh? What's up? Have you seen Roger?"
Garp rubbed his eyes and instantly jumped up.
"Vice Admiral Garp, it's the Den Den Mushi from Headquarters!"
The adjutant reminded Garp with a look of annoyance.
Garp immediately noticed the Den Den Mushi in his hand.
"Huh? Why is the Den Den Mushi in my hand! Hello! What's the matter?"
Garp answered.
On the other side, the messenger was speechless after hearing the noise on the other end.
He thought the Hero of the Navy seemed kinda unprofessional.
The messenger quickly said, "Vice Admiral Garp, the Navy Marshal wants you to watch out for Chinjao, the Cone, and Bondi Wald, the World Destroyer, in the New World. They escaped from Admiral Sengoku and are now in the New World. The Navy Marshal wants you to capture them."
"Okay! Okay! Okay! I got it! I'll catch them when I meet them! I'm going to catch Roger now. I will definitely catch Roger!"
After saying that, Garp hung up the phone and threw it to his adjutant.
"Call me when you see Roger! I'm gonna take a nap first. After I'm well - rested, I'm gonna break the doughnut - eating record. Hahaha!"
Garp fell asleep right after laughing.
Looking at the bubbles coming out of Vice Admiral Garp's nose, the adjutant was extremely speechless.
But he still followed Garp's order.
"Have we found the location of the Roger Pirates?"
The adjutant looked at the intelligence officer.
"The latest intelligence! It seems that the Roger Pirates are searching for milk powder everywhere in a small town?"
The intelligence officer raised his eyebrows after looking at the latest intelligence. He just couldn't believe that such a large pirate crew was collecting milk powder all over the world.
The adjutant gave him a 'Are you kidding me?' look.
But after seeing the message sent up, he could only sigh helplessly.
"Set sail for the Roger Pirates!"
At the adjutant's order, the ship headed for the small town.
...
Kame Island!
Charlotte has been back for half a month.
During these half - months, Charlotte has been busy arranging things for his subordinates.
Many of his subordinates wanted to go home, and Charlotte helped arrange things for them.
As an important transit point for the King of Maritime Shipping in the New World, ships here sail all over the world.
Charlotte entrusted all the slaves who wanted to go home to the King of Maritime Shipping to take them home on the way.
It was just a piece of cake for the King of Maritime Shipping.
Such an act that could get him closer to Charlotte, he would do it even if it cost him money.
After dealing with these people's matters, Charlotte counted the subordinates who still remained.
There were nearly six hundred of his subordinates left. These were all homeless people who had voluntarily joined the Rock Pirates and became members of the Rock Pirates.
This made Charlotte quite happy.
Although nearly half of them were women, who said women couldn't fight?
Charlotte assigned Carter and the others to train these nearly six hundred subordinates.
He couldn't just leave them alone! As his subordinates, they needed to have some strength to survive.
After Charlotte handed them over to his original men for training, he was almost done with these things.
"Is everything arranged?"
Elena, with a big belly, looked at Charlotte tenderly, her eyes full of love.
"Yes! Everything is arranged. I don't need to take care of the rest of the things!"
Charlotte put his arm around Elena.
"Master!"
Martha and the others also walked over.
"Yes!"
Charlotte kissed each of them on the forehead.
Then he looked at the children in their arms.
"Where's Esdeath?"
Charlotte wondered if he had seen Esdeath.
"Oh! She's probably gone to play with the little friends on the island again!"
Jenny replied after hearing Charlotte's words.
"Really? Has she made new friends so soon?"
Charlotte asked with great interest.
"She's just like you! First, she beat up all the kids and then made them call her 'big sister'. Whether they were ten - year - olds or five - year - olds, they were all beaten by her. Now she's almost the king of the kids on the island!"
Jenny told Charlotte about Esdeath's "achievements" on the island.
Esdeath had been living on Hive Island before, where there weren't any kids to play with her. This time, coming to Kame Island, there were quite a few kids for her to play with.
Charlotte smiled.
"Beating ten - year - olds at the age of four. She's really my daughter, Charlotte!"
Charlotte said with a beaming smile, clearly quite satisfied with Esdeath's actions.
"You're just spoiling her! She'll cause trouble sooner or later!"
Jenny gave Charlotte a disdainful look.
"By the way! How well has Esdeath mastered her Devil Fruit ability? Is she able to control it freely?"
Charlotte suddenly remembered that Esdeath was a Devil Fruit user. If she accidentally froze those kids, it wouldn't be good.
With the cold energy of Esdeath's Cold Fruit, not only kids but even adults can't resist it.
"Don't worry about this! We've been teaching Esdeath how to use her Devil Fruit ability throughout this past year. We've also told her that under no circumstances is she allowed to use her Devil Fruit ability on others. Otherwise, we won't let her go out and play. Fortunately, Esdeath is quite sensible and hasn't used it in front of others!"