After Hina finished her set of procedures, Sengoku began to repeatedly award medals and encouragements, and then the next one.
Soon, everyone had a golden medal on their chest.
But it was not over yet, the next part was the highlight.
After handing out the medals, Sengoku held the radio Den Den Mushi and announced in front of everyone:
"Captain Luffy was appointed as the captain of the Marine Guerrilla's Squad a year ago and was ordered to go to the East Blue.
During the East Blue mission, he severely cracked down on the arrogance of local pirates.
He conscientiously completed the task of inspecting the East Blue Marine issued by the headquarters.
He purged the corrupt officers in each branch who had extremely bad influences such as corruption and bribery.
Half a month ago, together with the Grand Line Marine G27 Branch, he discovered the conspiracy of Crocodile, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, to overthrow the world government and allied countries. He bravely took the lead and successfully brought the villain Crocodile to justice without fear of danger.
Hereby, in the name of the Supreme Commander of the Marine of the World government, I appoint Captain Monkey D. Luffy to the rank of Rear Admiral of the Marine Headquarters."
After saying that, Sengoku immediately took the lead in applauding.
Tsuru, Zephyr, Aokiji and others who knew the news in advance also applauded and celebrated.
But the others who came to watch the ceremony were dumbfounded.
They guessed that Luffy would be promoted after defeating the Seven Warlords of the Sea.
But they didn't expect that Luffy would skip the Commodore and directly be promoted from Captain to Rear Admiral.
You know, he has only been at sea for more than a year.
This promotion speed is too outrageous.
Of course, although they were surprised, everyone still agreed with this appointment. After all, Luffy captured a Seven Warlords of the Sea, the seven who are known as one of the major powers of the sea.
In terms of strength alone, Luffy, as Rear Admiral, is completely sufficient.
Under the applause of the crowd, Luffy stood up again and spoke a set of standard official language.
Sengoku didn't care, and handed Luffy the appointment documents and a set of higher-standard marine uniforms and cloaks with a look of satisfaction.
After that, he repeated what he had done before, listing the events of Hina and others one by one, and commended them.
Among them, Hina was promoted to Rear Admiral, Ain was promoted to Commodore, Cook, Gavin, Binz and others were promoted to captain, and others were also promoted.
Even Zoro, who was not qualified to go on stage and Sanji were promoted two levels, from seaman first class to warrant officer.
Nami and Usopp were not so lucky, they were only promoted to Chief petty officer, still the lowest rank in the whole guerrilla team.
But even so, those marines who didn't know much about the guerrilla team were dumbfounded.
'The hell, how can whole team was promoted together?
It's ok that Rear Admiral Luffy was promoted for capturing the Seven Warlords of the Sea, Hina and Ain also played a key role for now.
But what about the others? No, we must protest to the Fleet Admiral.
What? You say the protest is invalid? Then at least let us join the guerrilla team..
We also want to be promoted, we also want to make progress!'
For a moment, the faces of all the marine officers in the square changed.
They all stared at Luffy's back on the podium with fiery eyes, and the fiery eyes made Luffy's whole body shudder.
He seemed to have become a hot commodity now, and everyone wanted to have a bite.
The awarding of honors and promotion activities ended in such a relaxed and happy environment.
When Luffy left the square and returned to the Fleet Admiral's office, he had a layer of cold sweat on his back. After closing the door, he sat down on the comfortable sofa in the office without hesitation, and said relaxedly:
"Phew~ It's finally over. Just now it felt like there were a group of ants crawling behind me.
My observation Haki kept giving warnings, and I felt like I was about to be torn apart at any moment."
Sengoku smiled and sat down in his office chair, crossed his hands on the table, and said jokingly:
"What, do you think being a Rear Admiral is too stressful?
Do you want me to remove your marine rank and position, so that you can go home and be a young master who just eats and waits for death?"
Luffy rolled his eyes at him in annoyance.
"Sure, but Grandpa Sengoku, are you willing to give me up?"
"Humph, what is there for me to be reluctant about?" Sengoku snorted heavily, and then changed to a gloating look, saying playfully:
"Thanks you for recommending Issho to me. He is quite capable and can fill the vacancy left by you."
"Nani——?"
Luffy sat up in confusion, then clapped his hands in sudden realization.
"Yes, where is Uncle Issho? I haven't seen him since I brought him here that day.
Where did he go? What is his current rank?"
"Humph." Sengoku smiled complacently, took out a signed document from his desk, shook it, and said:
"You should call him Sir now. After my application, the world government agreed to promote him to Vice Admiral.
Just yesterday, I sent him to the New World for a mission."
"What?! He really became a vice admiral?!"
Luffy jumped up and screamed. He didn't expect that Issho could be promoted to vice admiral in such a relatively stable period of time.
Originally, he just said it casually, thinking that it would be good if the Fleet Admiral could make an exception and arrange a Rear Admiral.
After all, Issho was a newcomer and didn't even have any achievements.
Sitting back on the sofa, he slowly digested this shocking news.
Suddenly, Luffy realized something was wrong and jumped up from the sofa.
"Grandpa, what did you say?! He went to the new world?
I, the captain, haven't even gone yet, how come he went to the new world?!"
"Is there something wrong?", Sengoku pretended to be puzzled
"Of course not!"
Luffy retorted loudly, and then counted on his fingers.
"Grandpa, I was the first one to know Issho, right?"
"Uh-huh, yeah"
"I was the one who brought him back to the headquarters and introduced him to you."
"Yes, this is your credit. This is one of the reasons why you were promoted directly to Rear Admiral."
"That's right." Luffy clap his hands, spreading towards the Warring States
"I brought him here, and it was thanks to my efforts that he joined the marine. How could you just throw him away to the new world after meeting him once?
He should be my subordinate, and he should follow me."
"Yes, you are right."
Sengoku nodded repeatedly, "And then?"
"Then what? He is mine, he should be mine!"
Luffy argued.
Sengoku shook his head with amusement and leaned back on the chair.
"After saying so much, you still don't understand one thing."
Luffy was at a loss,"What?" He calmly reached out and poked the table, and said in a serious tone:
"Remember, I am the Fleet Admiral."
Luffy:
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