Gion's Reflection
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"Darrin!!!"
Gion stared angrily at the new North Sea Admiral in front of her, who was sitting with his legs crossed and a frivolous look in his eyes. She was almost grinding her teeth in anger, and her chest heaved violently with indignation.
Before coming to the North Sea, she had heard more or less about the various unsavory rumors about this man.
Lustful, decadent, corrupt, abusing his power, living a degenerate life, favoritism, and even having countless entanglements and connections with the political and business circles of the North Sea, as well as the Mafia and underground forces.
And she had mentally prepared herself in advance.
But she couldn't imagine that a navy that should embody "justice" could fall to such a level!
That kind of vulgar, indecent, and vulgar thing, in Darrin's mouth, turned into "caring for the people" and "military-civil cooperation"?
Gion almost couldn't bear to look directly at these two words that should have been beautiful and harmonious.
"Where is your concept of justice!? Can you do this and still be worthy of the navy cloak you wear? Is military discipline meaningless to you!?"
She angrily fired off a triple question.
"Your actions affect not only your own image but also bring shame to the entire navy!"
As if to prove her point, she turned to Tokikake for confirmation:
"Am I right, Tokikake?"
"...I really didn't expect that caring for the people could be so caring, it's a genius... ah, Gion, you're right!"
Tokikake, who had been muttering to himself in a daze, suddenly came to his senses, his wandering eyes immediately becoming "upright and righteous." He slammed the table fiercely and stared at Darrin:
"That's right, Darrin, you are a disgrace to the navy!"
Darrin looked at him with a smirk,
"So you don't want it, Major Tokikake?"
"Of course, I want... ah, no, I mean, of course, I care about the people!"
Tokikake stiffened his neck, his face turning red.
Darrin chuckled, exhaled a dragon-like stream of smoke from his mouth, and looked again at Gion's angry pretty face, speaking slowly:
"This kind of thing is all about mutual consent. Mrs. Marguerite is happy, and I am happy. It's a win-win situation."
Win-win, my ass!
Gion couldn't accept this "fallacy" at all and gritted her teeth:
"But the governor of the Yadis Kingdom will definitely not be happy! If he finds out about this, what kind of political impact will it cause!?"
"- Who says Governor Tyrell won't be happy? Darrin suddenly said with a smile.
Gion was stunned, and then as if realizing something, she froze.
Tokikake also opened and closed his mouth, looking confused.
An unbelievable thought surged in their hearts at the same time...
Could it be... could it be...
Darrin gently flicked the ash and continued:
"Besides, this kind of thing is not really a big problem. I won't hide it. Since you know, the headquarters naturally knows..."
"But why has no one in the headquarters ever impeached me? Has Admiral Sengoku ever held me accountable? Maybe you should think about such questions?"
He slowly stood up, his broad hand pressed on the conference table, his body leaning forward slightly, exuding an aggressive aura.
A faint, domineering, and cold breath gradually emanated from his body.
Looking at Darrin's gradually fading smile, for some reason, both Gion and Tokikake suddenly felt a chill in their hearts.
Darrin looked down at the two "second-generation" people from the headquarters and said lightly:
"Because I can get things done."
"You say I affect the navy's image. Then tell me, you come from the headquarters. Are the images of the navy generals in Marineford very good?"
As soon as these words came out, Gion and Tokikake were speechless.
They thought of the Admiral Garp who picked his nose and slept lazily,
They thought of the "Great Sage Pei" who talked to goats and mumbled to himself, Admiral Sengoku,
They also thought of the two "monsters" among the younger generation, Sakazuki and Borsalino,
One used the most brutal means to deal with pirates, even harming civilians to complete the mission;
One was always gloomy, saying "how terrifying" when seeing anything...
Thinking about it, they suddenly realized that the navy's image... doesn't seem very good either?
No, that's not right!
Gion suddenly realized that she couldn't let this guy bypass her.
But as soon as she was about to speak, Darrin directly waved his hand to interrupt.
"Let it be, the two of you, my training time has come. If you are interested, you can follow me, I'll be waiting for you on the training ground."
"If you have any opinions on my way of doing things, I am very willing to spar with the two of you from the headquarters."
He extinguished the cigar, then threw a box of brand new cigars to Tokikake, and then strode out of the base chief's office.
As Darrin stepped out of the office door, he paused.
"Oh, right, I forgot to say one more thing."
He turned his head and said with a smile:
"Although I smoke, drink, am greedy for money, lustful, like to kill, and have a strong desire for power, I think I am a good navy."
"Compared to those noble but mediocre and incompetent trash, I am much better."
He waved his hand, his face full of smiles.
After speaking, he walked out of the office, and the door slowly closed.
Gion and Tokikake sat there in a daze, and it took a while before Gion suddenly came to her senses.
"That jerk! I don't believe such fallacies!"
She gritted her teeth, took out the military telephone worm, and dialed the signal from the headquarters.
"Gion, what are you doing..."
Tokikake hid the box of cigars while curiously asking.
"I'm going to report Darrin's problem to the headquarters!"
Gion stared tightly at the "blu-blu" ringing telephone worm.
Soon, the telephone worm communication was connected.
"Blu!"
"Haha, little Gion, have you arrived in the North Sea? How is the environment there?"
A hearty laugh came out, and the telephone worm vividly simulated the appearance of Admiral Sengoku of the Navy Headquarters, wearing a seagull hat and round black-framed glasses.
"Report to Admiral Sengoku, I have arrived at the 321 branch."
Gion said solemnly:
"But in the process of performing the review task, I found that Colonel Darrin's personal style has extremely serious problems, enough to affect the navy's image and even cause political disputes!"
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"But in the process of performing the review task, I found that Colonel Darrin's personal style has extremely serious problems, enough to affect the navy's image and even cause political disputes!"
Gion's voice was filled with anger.
"Oh?"
The puzzled voice of Sengoku came out of the telephone worm:
"What's the problem? In my impression, that kid Darrin is quite capable..."
'Quite capable...'
I don't know if it was influenced by Darrin's "caring for the people," but Gion always felt a bit wrong when she heard this sentence.
She opened her mouth, her face gradually turned red, and she stammered:
"He... he... he..."
This matter is too shameful, so she can't speak it out.
Tokikake next to her directly took the telephone worm and said angrily:
"He actually slept with the governor's wife of the Yadis Kingdom!!"
Sengoku:...
On the other side of the telephone worm.
Navy Headquarters Marineford, Admiral's Office.
Sengoku looked at the telephone worm with a black line on his head, looking at Tokikake who was indignant and scolding:
"Admiral Sengoku, I strongly suggest that we should dismiss Darrin and investigate him!!"
"That is the wife of the kingdom's governor!! She is still charming and very beautiful!!"
Sengoku listened with a black line on his head.
No, we can discuss the dismissal and investigation.
Why do you always mention Mrs. Marguerite's appearance?
"Well, it turns out to be this matter."
Sengoku muttered.
Hearing Admiral Sengoku's reply, Gion and Tokikake were both confused.
"Hmm" is what the hell?
Just this!?
"Admiral Sengoku... Your attitude..."
Gion was a bit dissatisfied.
Sengoku scratched his head and said:
"Gion, there are some things you don't understand. Darrin does have many problems, and your Tsuru sister and I are very clear about this."
"You mentioned this problem... In fact, it's not the first time."
"On your Tsuru sister's side, the navy's administrative and review departments have received complaints and reports about Darrin, which have piled up like a mountain."
"Similar things, as far as I know,there are probably not a thousand but hundreds."
This sentence made Tokikake stunned and trembling all over.
Not a thousand, but hundreds!?
That means... Darrin that jerk has "cared for" hundreds of noble ladies and misses like Marguerite?
"Military-civil cooperation" hundreds of times!?
It's really... beastly!!
He took a few puffs of his cigarette fiercely.
Gion was even more incredulous:
"Why can he still be promoted to the North Sea Admiral? If he continues to mess around like this, the whole North Sea will be messed up by him."
Sengoku heard this and sighed in his heart that Gion was still too young and too naive. It seems that it is necessary to let her go to the North Sea to see the situation this time.
"Gion, do you have a fax machine nearby?"
Gion glanced and found a fax machine in the corner of the office.
"Yes."
"I'll send you a document, and you should destroy it in time after reading."
Soon, with the "dada" sound of the fax machine, a military document appeared in front of Gion and Tokikake.
"This is the performance report that Darrin submitted to the headquarters when applying for the position of 'North Sea Admiral', which includes his experience as the base chief of the 321 branch in the past two years."
Gion and Tokikake looked at each other, then opened the performance report and quickly flipped through it.
But the more they looked, the more their eyes widened, and their faces were full of astonishment.
"Do you understand now?"
Sengoku's voice was meaningful.
"The North Sea is very chaotic, the most chaotic sea among the four seas."
"This sea has a deep-rooted history of the Mafia, the crime rate is high, and many smuggling and black market trade routes that run through the Grand Line have important bases and residences here."
"In the countries of the North Sea, there are constant wars, and there is the 'evil army' leading the Germa 66, which always wants to dominate the North Sea and restore the glory of the Germa Kingdom."
"But take a close look at this performance report..."
"During Darrin's tenure, the crime rate and the number of pirates in the entire North Sea have been well controlled, the Mafia is at peace, the kingdom wars have ceased... the living standards of the people in various countries have improved significantly."
"This is the most stable era in the history of the 'Chaotic North Sea'."
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