Doflamingo was making a fuss under Impel Down, and in Mariejois, the five old men had also made up their minds.
"Yes, yes, okay, we know."
Between powers.
The five old men were still in the POSE position. The curly-haired old man sat there holding the microphone and listening to Den Den Mushi. Then, he hung up the microphone and looked at everyone.
The curly-haired old man said, "The decision has been made."
The remaining few people were silent for a while, and then the long-bearded old man spoke first: "Then it's settled, Kuro has also fulfilled his promise."
The old man with the knife nodded and said, "That's true. The world's number one swordsman… Although he didn't defeat the red-haired man, it's a result."
The red-skinned old man said, "According to the intelligence, Akagami (Red Hair) did not fight with Kuro and Kuro did not find an opportunity. In addition, Hawkeye is on good terms with Akagami (Red Hair). If they really fight, Kuro may not be their opponent."
"That's true."
The old man with a map on his head said in a deep voice: "Kuro is very smart and knows how to preserve his strength. He is reassuring. It's just enough to deal with one. Marine's people have become the world's number one swordsman, which is a good opportunity for our World Government to increase their prestige."
"Seconded." The other old men nodded.
"Then…"
The old man with the map looked around and said, "It's decided. Polusalino will retreat and Lucilu Kuro will take over."
… .
Headquarters.
"Brother Strawberry, you're here?"
At the entrance of a large conference room in the Headquarters building, Kuro stood at the entrance like a greeter, waiting for people to arrive.
"Kuro, are you here to welcome me?"
Strawberry was a little surprised, but then he thought of something and relaxed. He stroked his long beard and said with relief, "It should be you."
Kuro tilted his head and was a little confused, but he still said, "The old man asked me to welcome the guests at the door. You know, I can only welcome my superior."
His own subordinates did not bring him to the internal small gathering. The old man asked him to welcome people at the door. Since his superior had spoken, he could only do so.
"I'll go in first."
Strawberry laughed and walked into the conference room.
Kuro saw him go in and lean against the door. He took out the steam cigar from his arms and put it in his mouth. He took out a lighter and lit it, blowing out a white mist. "It's so troublesome. Why did you let me come to welcome people?"
"Vice Admiral!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a Rear Admiral ran over and saluted first.
"Okay, go in."
Kuro nodded and was not as polite to Strawberry as before.
With his current status, other than a veteran like Strawberry, there was really no need to be so polite.
Do whatever you want in your position. Don't make it seem like you are irresponsible. That would not look good.
Onigumo, Doberman, Stolobéry, Dalmatian, Momonga, and Burning Mountain. Six veteran elite Vice-Admiral. The first two are Sakasugi's faction, and the last two are the remnants of that idiot Kuzan. Dalmatian is neutral but does not belong to the old man.
Only Strawberry was the old man's former subordinate and also in his faction.
The others are ordinary Vice-Admiral and Rear Admiral that were brought out, and this kind of meeting is basically above Rear Admiral, the others are not qualified to participate.
As time gradually passed, Vice-Admiral and Rear Admiral entered the conference room one after another, which made Kuro a little shocked.
There was a period of time when this call was issued, and many people rushed to the headquarters from other places, but there were indeed a lot of them.
He knew that the old man, as a general, must have a lot of power in his faction, but he calculated a little. It has been almost three hours since the morning. One after another, Marine Generals ran over to greet him. The number of them is almost over 300.
This is not a cabbage, but at least a Marine Rear Admiral.
This faction's power is really amazing.
"Big Brother."
At this moment, a silly voice came from the front. Battle Peach-Mall walked over wearing a dudou and a cloak and said, "I'm here too."
"I'm not talking about you."
Kuro glanced at him. "No matter what, you are a major general. Can't you wear a formal dress? You wear this dudou every day. Are you so poor that you can't afford clothes or do you have too many dudou? When you were born, your family bought you a dudou that was buried in the ground, right?"
Zhan Taowan was stunned for a moment and said, "This is not a dudou, this is just my style of dressing. I really have a lot of clothes, there are three cabinets."
With that, he proudly stretched out three fingers.
Kuro rolled his eyes and raised his hand to hit Zhan Taowan's head.
"You're still so proud, aren't you!"
Sentomaru was 2.8 meters tall. In the past, he was about the same height as Kuro, but now Kuro was much taller than him, so he still felt like he was beating a child.
"Three cabinets! I'll give you three cabinets! Go and change your clothes tomorrow. If you don't wear formal clothes, I'll beat you up!"
Kuro kicked his butt and kicked him in. "It will damage the image of our faction. Go!"
Zhan Taowan touched her butt and turned back and said, "Big brother, I am the last one. Everyone else has gone in."
"Huh? You're the last one?"
Kuro exhaled smoke. "Okay, then go in."
With that, he walked into the dim conference room in front of him with Sentomaru. The old man had not arrived yet, but the rows of seats under the huge main seat were already filled with people.
Rear Admirals and Vice-Admiral, each biting a cigar or cigarette, were smoking there, and their sitting posture was also strange. Some had their legs high up, some were sitting sideways with their legs crossed.
Marine's sitting posture and Pirate's laughter are always a mystery.
Sentomaru found a seat and sat down, while Kuro frowned and walked straight to the main seat. He looked at these Marines who were sitting strangely and coughed.
For a moment, it was useless. Not only did he continue to sit in a strange manner, but he even turned on whispering.
Kuro's face changed, he gritted his teeth and growled, "Sit tight!"
This sentence made everyone's face become serious and they all sat up straight.
"What the hell are you guys doing!"
Kuro pointed at them and said somewhat resentfully, "It's fine if you sit in a strange way, but you smoke, you drink, and you wear a dudou. What are you doing? You are Marines! You should know shame, you know shame!"
With that, Kuro puffed out a mouthful of smoke arrogantly.
Marine Admiral: "…"
Sentomaru: "…"
Why did she bring him up alone?