One Piece: Obtaining the Black Dragon King Fruit at the Start

Chapter 113 Important Meetings

Steel Bone Kong slowly opened his eyes, glanced at everyone, and instantly exuded a powerful and chilling aura.

After a long silence, Kong Kong spoke in a low voice: "I never expected that I would return to Marine Headquarters in this way."

Steelbone Kong's deep voice made many naval officers uncomfortable; it was too imposing.

At this moment, Garp, seeing the overly tense atmosphere in the meeting room, burst into laughter: "It's been so long since I've seen Marshal Kong. He's still as majestic and imposing as ever!"

Kong looked helplessly at Garp, who was still laughing heartily regardless of the occasion, and said, "Garp, you haven't changed at all, have you?"

Upon hearing this, Garp burst into laughter and said, "That's all thanks to Marshal Kong's care, that's why I am who I am today."

Kong was speechless at Garp, that old guy. He had completely ruined the already tense atmosphere.

Steel Bone Kong glanced at everyone and said in a deep voice, "I am also aware of what has happened recently..."

At this point, Steel Bone Kong paused for a moment, but everyone's attention was drawn to him, and they all looked at him.

Kong nodded secretly and continued, "The World Government is increasingly dissatisfied with the Navy, which is why I came back from the World Government specifically to take a look."

Steel Bone's words made the already relaxed atmosphere serious again.

Even Garp and Zephyr looked grave. This shows just how impactful Cyborg Kong's words were.

It's like this: someone asked you to do something, but you failed to do it well multiple times, and now they're becoming increasingly dissatisfied with you.

Kong looked at the grim faces of the crowd and sighed helplessly: "Don't worry about this. The World Government won't abandon us now. After all, they need us to do things for them."

Even now, Steelbone Sky still considers us, not you. You can imagine how much care Steelbone Sky has for the Navy, and how deep his feelings are for them.

With a bitter expression, Sengoku said, "I'm sorry, Marshal Kong. I have failed your trust."

Kong looked at Sengoku, whose face was full of bitterness, and said calmly, "Sengoku, you don't need to blame yourself. Although you made mistakes, the most crucial mistake was not yours."

Kong Kong changed his tone and said, "However, the disappearance of the Celestial Dragons is the most important thing right now."

Kong's words were like a bombshell in the huge conference room. Aside from Kizaru, Garp, and Sengoku, no one else in the Navy knew about the Celestial Dragons' disappearance.

At first, they did read Morgans' newspaper, including the last small article about the disappearance of the Celestial Dragons.

At the time, they thought Morgans was just saying that to get attention, but they didn't expect that Sky Marshal Steelbone would also mention it.

That means what the newspaper said was true; a Celestial Dragon really did disappear.

Meanwhile, various whispers were also taking place in the large conference room.

What? So the Celestial Dragons really did disappear? I thought it was just a hoax!

But Fleet Admiral Kong has already said that the Celestial Dragons have indeed disappeared.

But who on earth has the audacity to kidnap a Celestial Dragon?

Wow, that's impressive! He actually dared to kidnap a Celestial Dragon. Isn't he afraid of dying?

Hearing the various whispers, Sengoku quickly interrupted, "Um, Fleet Admiral Kong, what is the World Government's opinion or decision regarding the disappearance of the Celestial Dragons?"

Upon hearing Sengoku's words, Kong immediately turned his gaze to Garp and Kizaru standing to the side.

Kong's action drew the attention of everyone else in the conference room to Garp and Kizaru.

Kizaru felt immense pressure under everyone's gaze, while Garp remained unfazed, as if none of it concerned him.

Kong, his gaze fixed on Kizaru, spoke calmly: "This time, besides coming to see the Navy, the other reason is that the Celestial Dragons have mysteriously disappeared from Sabaody Archipelago."

Kong glanced at everyone and slowly said, "The World Government doesn't know the specifics either. When I was preparing to send the Navy over, the Five Elders asked me to inquire about the specific events that happened at Sabaody Archipelago with Kizaru and Garp."

After Kong finished speaking, his gaze once again turned to Kizaru and Garp.

At this moment, Kizaru felt utterly overwhelmed. Sure enough, this matter was very complicated; they had already traced it back to him.

Compared to Kizaru's helplessness, Garp was much calmer. He seemed unconcerned about the public's gaze, and even less worried about whether this matter would affect him.

Kizaru looked at everyone's gazes and said bitterly, "I don't know what happened either! At the time, I was fighting Minos with Vice Admiral Garp!"

Kizaru's words also made Chenggong turn his gaze to Garp's face.

Garp scoffed, "I don't know either. At the time, Kizaru and I were fighting Minos. We didn't have time to worry about any Celestial Dragons."

Sengoku roared in anger upon hearing Garp's impolite words to the Celestial Dragons: "Garp, watch your words!"

Garp snorted coldly and said nothing more.

Kong was quite helpless. Asking Garp was practically the same as not asking at all.

Steel Bone remained silent, and the atmosphere in the conference room was heavy.

After a long while, Kong looked at Kizaru seriously and said, "Kizaru, why don't you briefly tell us what happened in the Sabaody Archipelago? That way we'll have a direction to investigate."

Sengoku quickly added, "Kizaru, tell us about the Sabaody Archipelago first!"

Kizaru glanced at the anxious Fleet Admiral Sengoku and understood that he was worried that he and Garp would be ostracized by the World Government because of this.

Kizaru gathered his thoughts and said bitterly, "It was like this back then..." (◣_◢)

Kizaru continued, "And then it happened like this..." (◣_◢)

Sengoku, Kong, and the others fell silent after hearing Kizaru's words.

The events at Sabaody Archipelago are truly outrageous. Whether it's Rayleigh's appearance, or the Shadow King and the shadow soldier who appeared later.

It's like one day, a soldier suddenly tells you that there are actually six people with the strength of an emperor fighting a great battle on the Sabaody Archipelago.

Who can believe that? Who would believe it?

After a long silence, Kong Kong spoke in a low voice, "I never thought that Rayleigh almost died. Times have really changed."

With a bitter expression, Zhan Guo said, "This is the result of the ever-changing times; the strongmen of the old era are gradually passing away."

The words of the Warring States period express pity for these powerful figures of the old era, as if the new era is gradually becoming unacceptable to them.

Kong glanced at the bitter-faced Sengoku and said helplessly, "Sengoku, you are the Fleet Admiral of the Navy, how can you say such discouraging things!"

Staff Officer Tsuru quickly comforted him, "Yes, Sengoku. You are the backbone of the navy; you can't appear so helpless!"

Sengoku looked at the encouraging and comforting gaze of the strategist Tsuru and tried to calm himself down: "I'm sorry, I was just suddenly feeling sentimental about how much the times have changed."

P.S.: I absolutely have to get a close-up. (◣_◢)