One Piece : From Slave to Fleet Admiral

Looking at the old newspaper in his hand, Sakazuki didn't say anything.

He just nodded slightly, then said.

"You've worked hard. Although the information from the adventurer's story section in newspapers generally isn't very credible, Devil Fruits are miracles of this world. Most Devil Fruits have fairy tale-like legends before someone eats them. This can indeed be one of the guesses about Jake's fruit ability. I will report it to the higher-ups."

"Yes, Vice Admiral Sakazuki! By the way, Tom's Workers have also recently reported to us about the completion progress of the first Sea Train railway."

"How much of the railway is completed? Tom's Workers rarely report proactively. Have they encountered some trouble this time?"

Hearing Sakazuki's words, T-Bone nodded, then immediately reported.

"The first Sea Train railway that Tom's Workers are responsible for building is basically completed. They probably just need the final debugging and test run phases. If there are no problems with these two phases, they can start operations.

But they are worried that the surrounding turbulent waters may cause the Sea Train to be attacked by pirates, so they hope we can dispatch some forces there during the test run period to prevent sudden pirate attacks."

After putting away the newspaper, Sakazuki said to T-Bone beside him.

"Dispatch about one-third of the branch's Marines over there. Just ensure the minimum number of personnel for routine patrols in the basic sea areas.

Our main task this time is actually this Sea Train. If the Sea Train can successfully operate, then the route between Water Seven and Enies Lobby will basically be a done deal."

"Fleet Admiral Sengoku is very concerned about this route. It involves some matters on the headquarters' side. You must ensure the safety of the route. Oh, and remember to bring those two kids Jake and Monet along when you go on patrol. The combat strength of those two is not inferior to ordinary officers now."

Hearing Sakazuki's words, T-Bone immediately answered affirmatively.

After T-Bone left, Sakazuki looked at the empty office, his expression somewhat calm.

After about two or three minutes of silence, he dialed the Den Den Mushi.

"It's me, Sakazuki."

As Sakazuki's voice sounded, the Den Den Mushi's expression began to slowly change.

In just two seconds, the originally serious-looking Den Den Mushi had already turned into the appearance of a lecherous old man.

"Hello~ This is~ Borsalino~ What's up, is there some official business~?"

Hearing that highly recognizable lecherous voice, Sakazuki also felt somewhat helpless.

This colleague who was two years older than him but from the same batch, had eaten the fastest and most dazzling fruit in this world, yet had the laziest personality and most lecherous face.

As a result, this guy couldn't add any prestige to the Marines at all.

Sometimes, because he looked so indecent, it even once caused a decline in the number of female recruits in Marine Headquarters.

It wasn't until Borsalino was suspend for about half a year that female recruitment gradually returned to the standard level.

Since then, the World Government and Marine Headquarters would strictly prohibit Borsalino from appearing during the recruitment of new soldiers, to avoid disturbing the established recruitment targets.

Although Borsalino was happy to be idle, he was still quite displeased with getting vacation time through this method.

The World Government's recruitment often selects from among ordinary countries' guards, making them personnel who work specifically for the World Government, unrestricted by any organization and completely obeying the direct orders of the World Government.

These are the basic operatives of CP and under CP's command.

Their recruitment time is mostly concentrated in the first half of each year.

Marine Headquarters' recruitment of new soldiers has almost no major restrictions.

Now at the peak of the Great Pirate Era, the number of pirates is completely uncontrollable, like carp crossing a river.

The higher-ups at headquarters wish they could pull in anyone to join the Marines and then go arrest pirates.

Even some idle street thugs or troublemaking bullies are completely acceptable to the Marines.

After all, if these people join the Marines, it would also indirectly maintain local public security.

It's similar to expanding student enrollment periods and numbers to reduce unemployment rates.

Therefore, Marine Headquarters is recruiting almost all year round except during the World Government's recruitment periods.

This means Kizaru is being send out again and unable to come out almost all year round.

But he can't not work and because he's the fastest, Kizaru's workload is actually the heaviest among the three of them.

Doing the most work but unable to show his face at all and sometimes even being verbally mocked, Kizaru was very unhappy.

And now, it just so happened to coincide with a fishman called "Fisher Tiger" who recently rampaged through Mary Geoise, reportedly freeing many, many slaves, causing the Celestial Dragons to be so angry.

To catch the culprit as soon as possible, Marine Headquarters naturally sent out the fastest Kizaru.

So Kizaru, who already had a heavy workload, now truly had no time for himself at all.

Just now, he had finally gotten some brief breathing room after eliminating a group of pirates.

Before he could even catch his breath, he heard Sakazuki's voice coming from his belt.

Obviously, receiving a call at this time, Borsalino was not in a good mood.

Sakazuki clearly understood the other party's current state, so he didn't waste words and said directly.

"Borsalino, if you have time recently, can you come to Water Seven? My subordinates recently recruited two very talented kids, one a Logia Snow-Snow Fruit user, the other a Mythical Zoan user. The Zoan fruit user seems to be able to manipulate light like you. I don't know much about light, so I hope you can come teach him a bit. It doesn't need to be long, just a day or two is fine."

Seemingly worried Kizaru would not agree to his request, Akainu rushed to answer before Kizaru slow speech could come out.

"As compensation, I can take care of a quarter of the tasks you're responsible for."

Hearing Akainu's words, the somewhat lecherous smile on Kizaru's face grew brighter.

"How scary~ Actually I had no intention of refusing to come in the first place~ But since you put it that way Sakazuki, let's do it your way~"

As their somewhat boring phone call ended, Kizaru stroked his chin, then smiled slightly and said.

"You really are ambitious, Sakazuki."