Chương 1569: After the War (1)

He felt extremely sad and grief-stricken in his heart.

You know, after the war, the elite troops of these branches were supposed to return to their respective branches to guard various sea areas.

However, the loss of more than 30, 000 people at once will undoubtedly lead to a significant weakening of the strength of each major branch, and may even lead to a void.

What's worse is that this battle not only made the Navy lose face, but with the demise of the Whitebeard Pirates, a power vacuum appeared in the paradise that they originally controlled.

Combined with what Whitebeard said before his death, Crane could already foresee that within a few days, naval branches in various places would definitely sound the alarm.

By then, pirates and ambitious people with ulterior motives will emerge like mushrooms after rain.

Faced with such a situation, the pressure on the navy will become extremely enormous, and it may even lose effective control over the area.

There was deathly silence in the conference room, so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

No one spoke, as if time had stopped at this moment.

Regarding the thrilling battle that just ended, everyone felt like their hearts were being weighed down by a huge rock, heavy and hard to breathe.

Originally, this should have been a sure-win battle.

The navy planned carefully and put in all their efforts to wipe out the Whitebeard Pirates in one fell swoop, break the pattern of the Four Emperors of Paradise, and pave the way for clearing out the pirates in the first half of the Grand Line.

However, who could have expected that the sudden intervention of the Rockefeller Kingdom would cause the entire war situation to take a sharp turn for the worse and eventually turn into such an embarrassing situation.

Although judging from the results, the Navy did complete its original plan - the Whitebeard Pirates were destroyed, and the pattern of the Four Emperors of Paradise was successfully broken.

However, the price of this victory was too high.

Ace, the man who was regarded as a thorn in the side of the navy, actually escaped from the navy in full view of everyone!

This was undoubtedly a resounding slap in the face to the Navy and made them lose face.

What's worse, the emergence of the Rockefeller Kingdom was like adding insult to injury.

Not only did they openly oppose the Navy, they also severely trampled on the Navy in front of the whole world, destroying the Navy's dignity.

This series of blows left the sailors with an unvented frustration in their hearts. They were all like deflated balls, dejected and listless.

Zhan Guo stared at the generals in front of him, feeling helpless and self-blame. He sighed deeply, his voice revealing a bit of heaviness: "All the problems in this battle are caused by me. It was my command errors that led to this series of twists and turns and accidents. I should have captured Fire Fist Ace in one fell swoop, but he finally escaped."

His words were like a heavy hammer, hitting the hearts of everyone present.

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing how to respond for a moment.

He saw this and quickly shook his head and said, "Marshal, this is not your fault. Who could have expected the Rockefeller Kingdom to suddenly intervene? This is a completely unexpected situation."

However, Sengoku did not accept Crane's consolation. He continued, "Curne, you don't have to defend me. If I hadn't been stubborn and insisted that Kizaru stop Tesla and prevent him from taking Trafalgar Law away, the situation wouldn't have developed to this point."

Zhan Guo's words caused many generals present to fall silent.

Although they were dissatisfied with Zhan Guo's decision, they could not say anything more in the face of the marshal's sincere self-blame.

After all, provoking a powerful enemy like Rockefeller Tesla for the sake of a Trafalgar Law is really not worth it.

Moreover, it also attracted the huge power of the Rockefeller family, which undoubtedly brought huge pressure to the navy.

The atmosphere at the scene was extremely solemn and dead silent.

At this moment, a sudden sound of Den Den Mushi rang out, breaking the silence.

Brubru…

At that moment, as if time had frozen, everyone's eyes were attracted by a magnet and focused on the golden Den Den Mushi on the table.

This tiny golden Den Den Mushi exudes a presence that cannot be ignored at this moment.

Everyone looked at each other, with solemn expressions on their faces.

They all knew very well that this was not an ordinary Den Den Mushi, but a special Den Den Mushi of the World Government.

The ringing of this Den Den Mushi means a call from the World Government.

However, what is surprising is that it is now late at night!

It was only five hours until the end of the war.

Why did the World Government call so urgently?

Without thinking too much, everyone can guess that this call is definitely to call for accusation.

Zhan Guo's brows were tightly furrowed, and an ominous premonition surged in his heart.

After hesitating for a moment, he reached out and slowly picked up the Den Den Mushi.

"Moses Moses, I am Warring States!"

Zhan Guo's voice was low and serious, revealing an unquestionable majesty.

"Zhan Guo, it's me!"

From the other end of the Den Den Mushi came a slightly old but powerful voice. It was that of Maz-sama, one of the Five Elder Stars.

"Ok!"

Zhan Guo's response was unusually concise, just a simple "hmm".

Perhaps because he is about to retire, his attitude towards the Five Elders is no longer as respectful as before.

Or maybe he felt that he had a clear conscience and did not need to explain too much.

However, Zhan Guo's indifferent attitude made the Five Elders on the other end of the phone frown at the same time.

They were obviously somewhat unhappy with Sengoku's response.

"Zhan Guo, don't you have anything to explain?"

There was a clear questioning tone in Mazsheng's voice, and he seemed a little annoyed by Zhan Guo's silence.

"There's nothing to explain. I've done my best!"

Zhan Guo said expressionlessly, his voice was cold and firm, as if there was no emotion at all.

However, this sentence exploded like thunder in the hearts of the naval generals.

Hearing Zhan Guo's straightforward words, the naval generals all looked at him with expressions of disbelief on their faces.

They were shocked by the Marshal's attitude, because before this, the Warring States were not like this.

Only Crane and Aokiji understood the reason, but they did not say anything and just watched it all silently.

"The limit? The limit you mean is that Fire Fist Ace is rescued, and the Rockefeller family tramples on the face of the Navy in front of the whole world?"