Chapter 420: Prelude to the Investiture Ceremony (7/8)
Compared with the chaotic and noisy new world, the Navy Headquarters has become a sea of cheers.
The Navy Headquarters, which is usually solemn and serious, rarely has a time so cheerful and lively as it is now.
Because, as everyone knows, the award ceremony will begin in three days.
The Navy Headquarters is also about to enter a new chapter.
This is a large-scale celebration that can only occur once in ten or even more than ten years, so in addition to newspaper reporters, friendly forces from all sides have also sent observers.
For example, Hiroshi Yu, the caretaker of Advance City, the three chief judges of Justice Island, the head of CP0's operations department, and King Kobra and King Riku of the major member countries.
In fact, Administrator Magellan also wanted to attend the investiture ceremony of his good friend Longinus, but unfortunately, his idea was protested by all the people in the city.
They don't want to be at that kind of big celebration with a portable toilet, it's a shame!
As for the three presiding judges of the Isle of Justice? Nominally, they are at the same level as the Admiral, CP0 Chief, and Advance City Chief, and no one cares at all.
Even the world government doesn't value justice itself, only cares about the process and the result, which makes the meaning of the existence of the three of them only as puppets.
Therefore, the purpose of the three of them is very simple, that is, to come to meet the big guy and hug his thighs.
And Sist, of course, he didn't come here to make trouble.
Just as there are dovish hawks within the Navy, there are also partisans within CP0.
Waste like Spendham can enter CP0, so naturally don't expect much harmony within the power structure of CP.
Just like the first meeting between Longinus and Sist, he obviously has the strength of CP0 but can only lurk as CP9, which is naturally the result of internal suppression.
And this kind of factional struggle is actually acquiesced in by the five old stars, and in peacetime, they don't want to see an overly powerful leadership appear.
Syst, on the other hand, is a different faction in CP0.
As for those kings, their purpose is as simple as the three presiding judges of Justice Island, yes, they also came to hug their thighs.
Although it is the duty of the Navy to protect the member countries, this protection still has a considerable scope of activity.
At the same time, the living forces of the Navy headquarters and major branches are also returning one after another.
Now, there are more than 100 admiral-level officers gathered in the Navy Headquarters, and there are so many powerful auras that they are about to break through the sky.
If you use a certain passage in Longinus's memory to describe it, that is, lieutenant generals are everywhere, major generals are not as good as dogs, and under generals, they are all ants.
In addition, the navy is unprecedentedly strong at this stage, and when these forces are gathered, it is undoubtedly so strong that even the world will be terrified.
Longinus clearly saw the horror and jealousy in the eyes of those "friendly troops".
"The Navy Headquarters is really a little too powerful!" Hiryu's face was unfazed, but in his heart he thought to himself.
"How do I feel that any rear admiral sent by the Navy Headquarters can push Justice Island flat?" The three presiding judges glanced at each other, and then showed a flattering smile, "With the protection of the Navy Headquarters, we don't have to worry about security on the Judicial Island anymore!" ”
"No wonder Benedict's idiots always want to overpower the navy, this kind of power is indeed terrifying!" Sistt was also secretly thinking to himself.
Everyone knows that the navy is very strong, and this year's navy is even more powerful than ever, and it is even more shocking than the golden generation of Kapu Konzawa.
The lineup that can be shown in front of them is still a little too strong!
"Fortunately, I prepared the Pirate Expo in advance before the award ceremony, and pulled out all the forces hidden under the tip of the iceberg." Longinus secretly rejoiced.
"With the Four Emperors, the Red of the Lonely High, the Devil's Heir, the Underground World, and even the Hunter Guild that is about to move as a foreshadowing, the naval power shown now should not be too unacceptable!"
He painstakingly made such a farce, but it was not to add to his own blockage.
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There are still two days before the start of the award ceremony, and the audience from all parties is almost there.
"Godfather!" A little girl with short blue hair, standing behind Kobra, poked out a small head and greeted in a soft and glutinous voice.
"In a blink of an eye, our Princess Vivi has grown so tall!" Longinus rubbed the little girl's shredded hair, then picked her up and held her high.
"Wow!" Wei Wei shouted excitedly, quickly forgetting the previous strangeness.
Longinus is more than half a body taller than Cobra, and Vivi can even look down on her dad when she is picked up, which is a novel and exciting experience for some mischievous little princesses.
Seeing that Vivi had adapted so quickly, Kobra was also very happy, "Lieutenant General Longinus is really as amiable as before!" ”
"Speaking of which, it's me, the godfather, who has failed too much!" Longinus shook his head and sighed, "I only go back to see Vivi once in a few years." ”
"Lieutenant General, don't say that, compared to guarding justice, Weiwei's matter is nothing at all."
Kobra became a little excited as he spoke, "I've heard that Lieutenant General, you have been working hard to fight pirates all these years, and even BIG· You have defeated both MOM and the Golden Lion! ”
Kobra's face flushed, he didn't really know much about the situation in the New World, but he still went to ask someone to really understand what these two names meant.
Vivi glanced back and forth between her father and godfather with a surprised gaze, it was the first time she had seen her father so excited.
That kind of excited and adoring gaze seemed to be the same as the first time she saw Bell transform into a big bird and fly into the sky.
"Fighting pirates is the duty of the navy, and there is nothing to praise about it." Longinus laughed.
"It's the lieutenant general, you'......"
"It's Lieutenant General, you're too modest!"
Kobra, who had been cut off, looked behind him dissatisfiedly, and it was a stout king who spoke.
This man he also knew, was King Riku of Dressrosa.
Behind King Riku was a combination of his two daughters, son-in-law, and granddaughter.
"King Riku, do you know Lieutenant General Longinus too?"
"Of course! Lieutenant General Longinus saved Dressrosa twice! ”
Longinus shook his head slightly, "If you say this, it will make me embarrassed." I only saved Dressrosa once, and I brought disaster to you. ”
"Lieutenant General Longinus, although I am a king of mediocre ability, I can still distinguish between right and wrong. It was the BIG· MOM, it's Lieutenant General you who brought peace to Dressrosa.
King Liku said movingly, "Moreover, I have also heard that it was the lieutenant general who won a large amount of post-disaster reconstruction funds for us, and even the lieutenant general himself donated all your property. ”
Longinus said without changing his face, "It's nothing, I'm not interested in money in the first place." ”