On the other side, after being separated from Roy, Alethea was thinking about how to develop her Scarlet Crusade, and now she had three options.
The first was to return to Aicotse, but no one in the kingdom knew about the sale of her body to Roy, and returning there would certainly disgrace her, and that King Cid made her sick, so she gave up on the idea.
Secondly, joining the navy, when she had reached a certain rank, it was not impossible to create a special force, and joining the navy was the safest way to do it, with plenty of resources and a way to be an inside man for Roy. But you can't just join the Navy, you need a chance. This method is feasible, but too difficult.
Third, change your identity and join another kingdom. This method was naturally the most feasible.
Alethea was lying in her room in a small hotel, thinking about this, when suddenly there was a knock on the door.
At first Alethea thought it was room service, but when she opened the door and saw the other man dressed in a military uniform and a cloak of justice, two words popped into her head: "Navy"!
It was only after noticing the other party's uniform that Alethea noticed their appearance. There were five marine soldiers outside the door, led by a well-kept female admiral of nearly fifty, who, judging by the rank on her shoulder, must be a lieutenant general.
She hadn't blown her cover, had she?
Alethea thought worriedly.
At that moment, Crane at the door spoke slowly, "We didn't mean to intrude, and I understand the pain you've been in this time!"
Tsuru put on a full smile and then his face was solemn, "But the seriousness of the matter necessitates a proper chat with you, first introduce yourself, Lieutenant General of the Navy Headquarters, Tsuru, you can call me that!"
"A Crane ... Lord, please come in!" Seeing that the other party was still relatively friendly and did not look like they were asking for a favor, he put his mind down a little and raised his hand to invite her into the room.
"You guys wait outside, I'll be alone!" Tsuru said to the four minions closing the door to the room!
"Don't call me lord or anything, I'm not used to it, call me Lady Tsuru, or if you don't mind, call me Auntie Tsuru!" Tsuru said after finding a chair and sitting down.
"Yes, Auntie Crane!" Alethea had recognized the other woman, a big name in the Navy as well, the Chief of Naval Staff, Crane, on par with Admiral Warlord and Lieutenant General Karp.
"En!" Crane nodded, with a hint of compassion in his eyes, and asked Alethea, "I know this may touch a wound inside you, but I still want you to tell me something, Alethea!"
Crane called out the name that was still Alethea's back in the days of King Ekotse**, Alethea already had a vague idea of what the other man wanted to ask, and after inwardly forcing herself to calm down, she replied, "You want to know about that Roy, don't you!"
"Eh, I know about you through the Navy's channels too!"
For a woman, defiled by a pirate, this had to be a great sadness, but for the seriousness of the situation, one had to ask, who knew when Roy would come back for another massacre next time?
"Please tell me everything you know!"
To get the Chief of Naval Staff to say the word "please" was a treat that few people in the world could enjoy.
Alethea bit her lip, she had indeed been ... taken in by Roy that night, but now she was slowly coming to terms with the fact that, after all, Roy seemed more real to her than anyone she had ever met before in King Exeter**.
Most importantly, he was very powerful and could satisfy his own ambitions: "I was in the end nothing more than a tool to be used by the kingdom, knowing little, that night ..."
Alethea told Crane everything about her impressions of Roy and whatnot, and almost 90% of it was true.
But not a word about being under Roy's command already.
Finally, she told what she had experienced in the time since she left Aikotse, but of course all this was made up: "After I left the king**, I wanted to finish my life, and after jumping into the sea, I didn't think I would drift to an isolated island, and by mistake I ate a devil fruit, the superhuman system - the healing Fruits, the pattern on my face is also there after eating the Devil Fruit ..."
At Alessia's words, Tsuru was convinced, after all, she didn't think any woman could be calm and collected after something like that, plus, Alessia had been an actress for ten years and her acting skills were spot on.
"Is that so? It's the Navy's failure to apprehend such a vicious pirate!" Crane expressed his sympathy for what had happened to Alessia.
Seeing such an expression on Crane's face, Alethea also knew that she felt sympathy for herself, and suddenly an idea popped into her head.
After ten seconds of organising her words, Alessia stood up in front of Tsuru and gave him a military salute: "I hate the sea (world) pirate (world) roy (government) with a passion, please let me join the navy, and I ask for Lieutenant General Tsuru's approval!"
"Eh?"
A flicker of surprise passed through Crane's eyes and after a two-second span, he understood her reason for doing so, "You want to seek revenge on Roy?"
Having been robbed of what was most important to a woman, it was entirely expected that Alethea would act in this way.
"There is that reason, but now that I have the power of the Healing Fruit, I feel that by joining the Navy, I can save more people!"
Hearing Alethea's words after that, Crane's eyes flashed with a shining light as he got up and said, "Think of a new name and codename, your name is known to the whole world now and for your face, you can't use it anymore, and as for the codename, it will be needed for many missions."
By saying this, Crane said she agreed, Alethea was delighted, it was true that when you are sleepy you get a pillow, when asked for a new name and codename, her mind came up almost instantly and she then babbled on, "New name Sally Whitmayne, that was my mother's name when she was alive, codename Commandments."
"Sally Whitmayne, yes, that codename, Precept?" Crane thought the codename was so strange.
"No?" Alethea, no, now Whitmayne asked rhetorically, she was a preceptor priest herself!
With a flourish of the large naval robe behind him, Crane walked towards the gate and spoke to the Preceptor Maite Wynn behind him, "Alright, you'll use that codename from now on, come back to the Navy Headquarters with me, you should do well with your Devil Fruit powers, but it's too early to try and deal with Roy."
"Yes!"
Sally Whitmayne nodded her head in response and hurried to catch up, the Scarlet Crusade plan, step one, join the Navy, plan complete, then next, it was time to slowly gain the trust of the Navy and the World Government.
The World Government, sooner or later, will disappear into the flames of the Holy Light!