Chapter 83: Chapter 83: Naval Meetings, Front Page Headlines
When Shiro brought the Empress, Gloriosa, and others before the mountain that had completely turned into gold, everyone was stunned, including the Pirate Empress and Gloriosa herself!
Originally, with Hancock's Haki, mere gold would not have caught her attention. But now, what appeared in front of her was a whole majestic golden mountain! Moreover, there was golden light overflowing from beneath the ground, indicating that there was also a large amount of gold stored underground! What a treasure this was! Not even the treasures hidden in the so-called treasury of Roger the Pirate King can compare to them, can they??!
While the Pirate Empress was still in shock, the others were even more dumbfounded! As a closed country almost isolated from the rest of the world, the economy of Amazon Lily was quite modest, even poor, otherwise the Kuja Pirates wouldn't have to go out to sea regularly to plunder. Therefore, female warriors of the Kuja Pirates, like Sandersonia and Marigold, hadn't seen much Belly since they were born. It is conceivable how shocked they were to see a golden mountain appear before them!
"Gold... a whole golden mountain with an underground gold mine?!"
At this moment, Gloriosa's chin was about to hit the ground. She had experienced many storms in her life, but she had never been as shocked as she was now! This was an entire golden mountain! Even buying 1,000 islands would be more than enough!
What kind of terrifying ability does this young man, Shiro, possess?! To think that the uninhabited island at the foot of Amazon Lily had always been under their jurisdiction, and such a large-scale golden mountain had never been discovered. If it had existed before, it would have been impossible not to discover it!
That is to say, this golden mountain containing enormous wealth was created by Shiro alone! Terrifying! What a terrifying young man! At this moment, Gloriosa looked at Shiro with hope and enthusiasm. Perhaps, this young man in front of her could really change the world, and change the fate of Amazon Lily for a long time!
"Hancock, order it to be mined. With me here, there is no shortage of gold. It's time for Amazon Lily to expand its armaments and build an empire defense system!"
New World, Naval G-1 Base!
After experiencing an unprecedented and extremely tragic war, the former Navy Headquarter, Marineford, was destroyed by Shiro, the Rear Admiral who betrayed the Navy. Marineford simply cannot continue to be used as a base.
Fleet Admiral Sengoku the Buddha and the three Admirals have all moved to the G-1 Naval Base in the New World!
In fact, there are deeper reasons for the Navy to choose the G-1 base in the New World. The Navy wants to use this to proclaim to the world that although the Navy did not win the war that just ended, and in a sense suffered a disastrous defeat, the determination of the Navy to maintain justice and fight against pirates will be stronger! The Navy will still be a powerful force to maintain justice!
Of course, this can't completely cover up the shame of the Navy, let alone make up for the Navy's losses in the war at Marineford!
First of all, the target of public execution, Fire Fist Ace, was rescued, and the Emperor Whitebeard Pirates, along with the Naval traitor Shiro who made a scene at Marineford, left safely. Secondly, the Naval Headquarter was destroyed by Shiro, which symbolizes that the righteous Navy is destined to become the laughing stock of the entire sea.
Although the strength and heritage of the Navy have not been seriously damaged, Shiro's declaration in Marineford seems to have shaken the foundation of the Navy. This is a very scary thing! And for some radicals in the Navy, this defeat is enough to make them remember it for life!
For example, the seriously injured Admiral Akainu publicly stated that in the future, he will do everything possible and use all means to wash away the shame!
As for who the shame specifically refers to, it is naturally self-evident.
G-1 Naval Base Conference Hall!
At this time, the Navy's top brass was holding a post-war meeting. The process of the meeting seemed very noisy and a little depressing. Because the process and results of this war were too unacceptable, these seniors accumulated endless anger.
The first half of the meeting was almost all attacks and humiliation. The targets being attacked were Shiro, Whitebeard, Fire Fist Ace, Blackbeard, Momousagi, and Straw Hat Luffy.
Among them, Shiro naturally bore the brunt. There were even some Vice Admirals who didn't even dare to speak up in front of Shiro on the battlefield, but now made bold statements saying that Shiro should have been killed in the first place.
Besides Shiro, Blackbeard and Whitebeard were the ones most cursed, and there were many insults directed at Fire Fist Ace.
Momousagi was relatively spared because of her popularity in the Navy. As for Straw Hat Luffy, the complaints about him were significantly less because Naval Hero Garp was eating senbei at the meeting at this time!
"Quiet, all of you! Since the war has already been lost, don't you feel ashamed to blame the enemy now? You're all scolding Shiro, but if you seniors could have stopped Shiro from committing his extremely evil acts, how could this war have been so disastrous for the Navy?"
Finally, as the atmosphere became more and more uncontrollable, Fleet Admiral Sengoku the Buddha angrily rebuked with a very serious expression. He knew that he was responsible for the failure of the war, but the most urgent task now was to stabilize the turmoil within the Navy first!
Otherwise, once Shiro's declaration at Marineford spread to the ears of sailors all over the world, the prestige of the Navy would be greatly reduced!
"According to the order of the World Government, we need to formulate bounties for several major criminals involved in the war, including Shiro!"
Sengoku continued.
In addition to the war summaries, the World Government also issued missions to the Navy. In fact, the establishment of bounties does not necessarily have to be done by the Navy; it is usually done by CP organizations or relevant departments of the World Government. But the reason the World Government is taking over this task is naturally to reprimand the Navy. The mess that the Navy made must be cleaned up, such as the terrible acts committed and the world-shaking incident caused by Shiro, the Rear Admiral of the Navy!
After a whole day of mining, Amazon Lily easily recovered from the losses previously inflicted by the CP organization. By evening, the island held a grand banquet and sent extremely rich food and wine to the soldiers stationed on the uninhabited island.
And the 30,000 soldiers who chose to follow Shiro saw boatloads of gold shipped out today. Everyone was thrilled that they made the right choice. Shiro had announced that all soldiers who followed him would be paid tenfold!
That means even an ordinary sailor could now receive a salary equivalent to that of a Commodore! Who could resist such a reward?!
At the banquet, Shiro enjoyed delicious food and drank beer, taking this time to rest and entertain himself. But right then, Sandersonia and Marigold brought over the newspaper that had just been delivered.
The front page headline was about Shiro!
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