[Sea Circle Calendar 1520 · New World · G-5]
The sun rises and the blood flags flutter.
The G-5 branch, the iron fortress that towers over the turbulent waters in the center of New World, has been completely transformed.
It is no longer the rumored "alien base" with chaotic discipline and loose command, but a real - rectification battlefield.
There are no leisurely sentries or routine morning exercises here, only the constantly ringing battle alarms, actual combat training, and the ever-present breath of death.
The sea breeze no longer brought the smell of sea salt, but the smell of burnt blood and rust.
The core of it all - comes from one person.
G-5 branch chief Rogge.
Under Rogge's leadership, from the middle of Sea Circle Calendar 1518, G-5 began to implement a remodeling system codenamed "rectification".
All recruits must undergo 72 hours of uninterrupted combat training before joining the army. Those who fail to meet the requirements will be directly retired or demoted to logistics.
All commanders are required to submit their "beheading records" and "actual combat data" every month for public display and comparison. Those who rank low will be demoted to the "mopping-up team" for rotation training.
Intelligence officers are required to update the "Pirates Anomaly Chart" daily, submit it to Ain for review, and then immediately dispatch an attack.
There is no longer a clear division of labor between technical troops and armed forces, and both must master basic combat and tactical reorganization processes.
Rogge himself sets the standards:
"Soldiers are no longer passive gatekeepers—"
"But it's a proactive hunter."
Because of this, even if only one support ship of the current G-5 fleet comes ashore, it is enough to make the Pirates within 300 nautical miles automatically turn around and escape.
Whoever you are—
As long as you are wearing the skin of "Pirates", you will become a scarlet mark on the G-5 "Purge List".
What terrified everyone in Marine the most was this crazy plan, known only to a few high-ranking officials:
"Abyssal Blood Battle Training" - Impel down Level 5-6 confrontation mechanism.
"They're all so-called death row pirates anyway, so why keep them around?"
After reaching an agreement with Impel Down Administrator Magellan and getting Sengoku's approval, G-5 dispatched dozens of elite Marines to the depths of Impel Down in batches every month.
Fight hand-to-hand with the world's most dangerous death row inmates without any weapons or equipment.
The "rules" are extremely simple and crude:
If you win, the Marines will be promoted and the death row prisoners will be released (in theory).
If they lose, the Marine is rescued, and the condemned prisoner becomes a new "trap" for the next trial.
But in reality, no prisoner could get out of that door.
Even if someone managed to defeat the Marines, as long as he was still alive, he would see that dark shadow approaching like a ghost the moment he stepped out of the checkpoint.
Rain Shiryu.
The "Thunderstorm" would be quietly drawn out and a fatal blow would be delivered to the prisoner as he looked terrified and wanted to escape.
Impel down has now almost become an underground training ground for G-5.
The cells below Level 5 have been basically cleared and reorganized.
Only a few "undisclosed" old monsters are still dormant on Level 6.
In addition to the actual combat in the abyss, Rogge also developed a "pressure control drill" on another front of the war:
The G-5 combat team frequently roams the borders of the Four Emperors, continuously creating legal military harassment.
Every two weeks, a special forces team will circle the "Edge of Ghost Island" of Beasts Pirates, leaving behind ship shadows and flares as a provocation.
Every other month, Leiter leads the combat squadron to conduct "counter-route training" along BIG MOM's "Cake Route", claiming it is a "routine exercise".
Kaido was furious and sent out three fleets to try to fight, but they were wiped out by Enel's "Thor's Domain" within ten minutes, and their bodies were thrown back by high-altitude wind blades.
Big Mom's eldest son Perospero was even blocked from the entire Candy Port by Binz's "Poison Ivy Array" because of his pursuit of the G-5 reconnaissance team, which caused supply interruption and internal mutiny.
The Four Emperors sea area today is calm on the surface, but the undercurrents are roaring.
The core topic of the daily intelligence meetings of the major Pirate groups is reduced to one sentence:
"G-5, it's moving again."
Naval Headquarters: Sengoku ordered the G-5 "not to cross the line to provoke", but Rogge sarcastically retorted that "training activities do not constitute an attack."
Five Elders Meeting: In a new round of secret meetings, the Five Elders have officially ordered the Intelligence Department: "Record, observe, and temporarily refrain from interfering with the G-5 unless there is 'anti-World Government behavior'."
Revolutionary Army Baldigo: Monkey D. Dragon first mentions the "G-5" at a high-level meeting of the Revolutionary Army, his expression unusually solemn: "This person is even more uncontrollable than Sakazuki."
The word "rectification" is no longer just a Marine term.
It is the nightmare of every Pirate in the New World.
It is——
The precursor to a storm.
And Rogge, standing in the eye of the storm, watched the world tremble quietly.
G-5 Branch Main Office Building
The iron wind howled outside the window, hundreds of ships in the port were reorganized and repaired, and the bridge patrol officers kept reporting dispatch data.
Rogge sat alone behind his desk, dressed in his Vice Admiral uniform, his figure as steady as a mountain.
He was quietly flipping through the intelligence documents in his hand:
"Target Number: Straw Hat Luffy"
"Suspected formation of the Straw Hat Pirates group in East Blue"
Rogge frowned slightly, his eyes calm but sharp.
——Something is wrong.
East Blue's Pirates ecosystem had already collapsed in the storm of rectification.
No trace of the Golden Lion remained, Arlong was annihilated in Cocosia, and the remnants of the Kro clan were wiped out by Ain and Binz a year ago.
"...East Blue, where are the Pirates for you to fight?" Rogge muttered to himself.
He quickly turned to the survey notes page:
"The cause was discovered: After docking, the other party was actively approached by a 'sea merchant ship'. The merchant ship's crew suddenly drew their swords and attacked the fishing village. Straw Hat Luffy and his crew fought back, killing 13 people before their identities were exposed."
His eyes grew a little colder.
"really..."
"Someone is forcing him to become a Pirate."
This is a "scripted smuggling drama".
He closed his eyes and the picture appeared in his mind:
The boy had a smiling face and wore a worn straw hat.
"The hat... is his."
He slowly stood up and pressed the intercom button: "Ain."
"Here." A calm and rational voice came quickly.
"Every merchant ship, port of call, and informant the Straw Hat Pirates have come into contact with along the way... I want their backgrounds, sources, and capital flows over the past six months."
"The more hidden it is, the sooner we investigate it."
"Understood." Ian's tone was as firm as ever.
The moment he hung up the phone, the door was pushed open with a click.
Lei Te walked in with a half-stacked report, a hint of blood between his brows. "Boss, the next round of rosters for Impel Down have been finalized, but what were you looking at just now?"
Rogge gestured for him to look at the intelligence. Lei Te glanced at the photo and scratched his head:
"The Straw Hat Pirates? East Blue? Where did this kid come from?"
"Do you know him?"
"...I don't know it." Rogge whispered, "But I recognize this hat."
Lei Te's eyes lit up: "Could it be... Red Hair's hat??"
Rogge nodded, his tone turned cold:
"That man—wearing it on Roger's ship, shouting 'I want to be the King of Pirates'."
"And now, I want to tell a new generation—"
"This sea doesn't need a Pirates King."
During the one and a half years of the rectification campaign, the G-5 force structure has been completely updated:
Enel: Rear Admiral, has been mentioned by Sengoku several times for promotion to Vice Admiral, but has refused.
Leiter: Rear Admiral, whose combat beheadings have reached Vice Admiral standards: "I won't go overboard."
Trafalgar Law: Has a special connection with Sengoku, and his identity as Rear Admiral is hidden from the public.
Ion & Binz: The Commodore has become the G-5's "decapitation-infiltration double-edged sword."
Rain Shiryu: Special operations commander. Due to his special status in Impel Down cooperation, he is not listed in the organization but actually serves in the G-5 operation.
New Members:
Smoker: A year ago, I was completely disappointed with the original Marine system and took the initiative to apply to join G-5. I failed to transfer twice, and Sakazuki personally approved the third time.
He was dissuaded by Aokiji, but failed to change his mind.
He is temporarily appointed as the branch chief of Rogge Town, and Enel is instructed by Rogge to guide his "Fruit Development" + "Armament Haki".
Today's Smoker is no longer the "righteous mad dog" who could only spray white smoke.
His armament color has begun to take shape, and the smoke can be condensed into an armor-piercing assault gun.
There was a solemn light in his eyes.
Rogge stared quietly at the distant sky, the wind blowing through the battleship's anchor tower.
Leiter came over and grinned, "Do you want me to go and test the Straw Hat group?"
"No need." Rogge said lightly.
"I want to know more now—"
"Who is arranging his fate?"
"And fate..."
"I'll destroy this thing every time I see it."