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# Chapter 696: What's Wrong With You Guys?
Marine Calendar 1502, January 1st.
The World Government turned another page in time.
On this day, Esdeath, accompanied by the twin sisters Akame and Kurome, as well as ten Able-Bodied Youth Warriors personally selected from the Baltars Tribe, returned to Noah's Ark located in the Titan World.
She had initially expected the process of requesting personnel from the Imperial Capital to involve quite a few twists and turns. After all, her disappearance followed by her sudden return with the identity of a World Government Heavenly Empress would surely cause dissatisfaction among many within The Empire.
However, from start to finish, she received the Highest Level treatment in the Imperial Capital.
The Emperor himself, along with the Empress, Imperial Prince, and Civil and Military Officials, came out to welcome her airship.
Later, during their pleasantries, she learned that they hoped, seeing as she was also a person from the Imperial Arms World, that she would look out for The Empire more with the Celestial Dragons in the future.
Yes.
In the eyes of the Emperor and others, the fact that The Empire's former Marine Admiral Esdeath had become a Heavenly Empress was an Advantage that the Alchemy Kingdom and Divine Harmony Kingdom could not compare to.
As for whether Esdeath had committed Rebellion before, everyone present chose to ignore it.
Meanwhile.
Longinus, who had been studying Swordsmanship with Im for a month, had already left Noah's Ark.
Next, he would first follow the Ministers of Various Departments as a Trainee to familiarize himself with the operation process and intricacies of each Department.
Furthermore, after passing through each Department, he had to write an 'Internship Report', submitting his understanding and Thought on that Department to the Five Elders.
Only after receiving the Five Elders' approval could he move on to the next Department for internship. The entire process was expected to take about a year.
After that, he would also make a round through the CIPHER POL Headquarters, Marine Headquarters, Air Force Headquarters, and Army Headquarters.
After completing these two-plus years of internship and gaining a sufficiently comprehensive, though not overly profound, understanding of the Government, Troops, and Agents.
The Five Elders and the World Government would configure a certain number of Holy Land Garrison and CIPHER POL Members for him as personal guard troops.
Then, he would be sent to a certain Otherworld that had already been brought under Rule to serve as a 'Star Lord', responsible for assisting the World Government in its Management and strengthening Control.
The Authority of a 'Star Lord' was extensive.
Under the premise of adhering to World Government Policy and Law, a 'Star Lord' had the Authority to govern all Regime, Military Power, and Financial Power within that World, excluding Affiliated Countries.
Generally speaking, an Otherworld would only have one Affiliated Country. The Imperial Arms World having three Affiliated Countries was an exception.
In other words.
For a 'Star Lord'.
In their own World, only the 'World Government Branch' and 'World Government Member Nation' were beyond their interference.
Other than that, basically everything belonged to their Territory.
If Non-Affiliated Nations or non-compliant individuals appeared, the 'Star Lord' would need to figure out a Method to deal with them themselves.
However, the first 'Star Lord' would only truly appear two years later, after Longinus completed his internship in all Departments.
On Im's side.
With the arrival of the new year, new Small Stargate Activation Authority naturally appeared in the Star Map.
However, he had already informed the Five Elders of his plan. He would not open any new Star Gates for at least the next six months, allowing them to focus on handling the current Matters.
For example, the absorption and digestion of various aspects of Resources from the Imperial Arms World.
Another example was the 'Supreme Command Institute All-Forces Commendation and Award Ceremony' scheduled for January 11th.
Furthermore, September 15th was the date for the new 'Reverie' to convene, followed by the 'World Government Supreme Political Affairs Conference' on October 30th.
In summary.
This year was truly unsuitable for opening a new Star Gate, as it would only cause interference and various Accidents for the World Government's upcoming series of tasks.
Therefore, when the Five Elders received Im's Order, although they felt a bit of pity, they also found it reasonable.
And when this News was successively transmitted down to the various levels of the World Government Departments.
All Officials felt a sense of relief.
Furthermore, due to the sudden reduction in Psychological Pressure, their overall Administrative Efficiency even improved slightly.
This was because they had previously worried that the impending new Otherworld would bring an even more Despair-inducing Workload to their already overburdened selves.
The current Situation was that they had to manage Four Worlds simultaneously. Among them, only the Titan World aspect was relatively easy, as most of it was 'Absolute Freedom' Zone.
Aside from the CIPHER POL needing to occasionally Elimination some spontaneously formed organizations or forces, they basically didn't have to manage anything.
Marineford, as the Marine Headquarters, was located on a Summer Island in the First Half of the Grand Line.
Therefore, the Climate here was dry, hot, and prone to Heavy Rain year-round.
However, for the Marines on the Island, the changes in Climate didn't matter much, because no matter how hot it was, no matter how heavy the rain, not a single training exercise could be skipped.
Basically, behind that massive and magnificent Fortress of Justice.
Every day, one could see a group of bottom-level Marine Soldiers training desperately under the supervision of Officers, drenched in sweat.
Five hundred meter Runway, 200 Laps!
Complete Push-ups, 2000!
High-altitude climbing 200 meter Rope, 100 round trips!
After finishing, they had to immediately engage in Combat Training with another person, fighting until the opponent completely fainted and lost consciousness!
This was just the daily training intensity for Officers below the rank of Major. From Major upwards, the number of daily training exercises doubled. As for Flag Officers, there were no strict rules; they could decide freely.
At this moment.
In one of the Training Halls, which was about the size of a soccer field but seemed unremarkable on the Island.
Garp and his Adjutant Bogart were standing at the Main Gate. The area inside had been Frozen into a large Ice Vault, and tendrils of Frost even spread to their feet.
Every time Kuzan and Issho collided inside, surges of cold wind, Accompanied By streaks of Purple Light, would rush towards them, causing their pure white Coats of Justice to sway constantly.
"Ugh— do you think that Kid Kuzan's words are reliable?"
Garp seemed bored, yawning as he asked Bogart beside him.
But Bogart gave a Shake Head: "I'm not an Ability User either, but since Kuzan said he used it once before, he should have some confidence."
"However, if it is confirmed that Devil Fruits can imitate Techniques from Other Worlds, then their Value will definitely see a great increase, especially Paramecia System and Logia System..."
[Buzz!!]
Suddenly, just as Bogart finished speaking, a dazzling White Light burst forth from inside the hall, instantly enveloping the entire Training Hall.
It then continued to spread outwards, completely covering more than half of the Zone behind the Fortress of Justice.
"This..."
Those Marine Soldiers who were training in full swing and the Marine Officers who were supervising them, occasionally shouting urges from the side, were all dumbfounded.
This was because they saw that on the other half of the Training Ground, the people who were originally moving up and down, doing difficult Push-ups, instantly became motionless in an Ice Blue Space after being swept over by a beam of White Light.
Even the people climbing the Ropes back and forth above were stopped in place like lifelike Sculptures.
A Rear Admiral with relatively sharp discernment even noticed that the dripping sweat beads were completely Freeze in Mid-air.
[Swish!]
However, all of this only lasted for a very short Time, less than three seconds before automatically dissipating. Those who were affected continued doing their actions as if completely unaware.
It wasn't until they noticed the group of people next to them, looking at them with faces full of astonishment, that they raised their sweat-soaked faces and asked doubtfully.
"What's wrong with you guys?"
(End of Chapter)
Marine Calendar 1502, January 1st.
The World Government turned another page in time.
On this day, Esdeath, accompanied by the twin sisters Akame and Kurome, as well as ten Able-Bodied Youth Warriors personally selected from the Baltars Tribe, returned to Noah's Ark located in the Titan World.
She had initially expected the process of requesting personnel from the Imperial Capital to involve quite a few twists and turns. After all, her disappearance followed by her sudden return with the identity of a World Government Heavenly Empress would surely cause dissatisfaction among many within The Empire.
However, from start to finish, she received the Highest Level treatment in the Imperial Capital.
The Emperor himself, along with the Empress, Imperial Prince, and Civil and Military Officials, came out to welcome her airship.
Later, during their pleasantries, she learned that they hoped, seeing as she was also a person from the Imperial Arms World, that she would look out for The Empire more with the Celestial Dragons in the future.
Yes.
In the eyes of the Emperor and others, the fact that The Empire's former Marine Admiral Esdeath had become a Heavenly Empress was an Advantage that the Alchemy Kingdom and Divine Harmony Kingdom could not compare to.
As for whether Esdeath had committed Rebellion before, everyone present chose to ignore it.
Meanwhile.
Longinus, who had been studying Swordsmanship with Im for a month, had already left Noah's Ark.
Next, he would first follow the Ministers of Various Departments as a Trainee to familiarize himself with the operation process and intricacies of each Department.
Furthermore, after passing through each Department, he had to write an 'Internship Report', submitting his understanding and Thought on that Department to the Five Elders.
Only after receiving the Five Elders' approval could he move on to the next Department for internship. The entire process was expected to take about a year.
After that, he would also make a round through the CIPHER POL Headquarters, Marine Headquarters, Air Force Headquarters, and Army Headquarters.
After completing these two-plus years of internship and gaining a sufficiently comprehensive, though not overly profound, understanding of the Government, Troops, and Agents.
The Five Elders and the World Government would configure a certain number of Holy Land Garrison and CIPHER POL Members for him as personal guard troops.
Then, he would be sent to a certain Otherworld that had already been brought under Rule to serve as a 'Star Lord', responsible for assisting the World Government in its Management and strengthening Control.
The Authority of a 'Star Lord' was extensive.
Under the premise of adhering to World Government Policy and Law, a 'Star Lord' had the Authority to govern all Regime, Military Power, and Financial Power within that World, excluding Affiliated Countries.
Generally speaking, an Otherworld would only have one Affiliated Country. The Imperial Arms World having three Affiliated Countries was an exception.
In other words.
For a 'Star Lord'.
In their own World, only the 'World Government Branch' and 'World Government Member Nation' were beyond their interference.
Other than that, basically everything belonged to their Territory.
If Non-Affiliated Nations or non-compliant individuals appeared, the 'Star Lord' would need to figure out a Method to deal with them themselves.
However, the first 'Star Lord' would only truly appear two years later, after Longinus completed his internship in all Departments.
On Im's side.
With the arrival of the new year, new Small Stargate Activation Authority naturally appeared in the Star Map.
However, he had already informed the Five Elders of his plan. He would not open any new Star Gates for at least the next six months, allowing them to focus on handling the current Matters.
For example, the absorption and digestion of various aspects of Resources from the Imperial Arms World.
Another example was the 'Supreme Command Institute All-Forces Commendation and Award Ceremony' scheduled for January 11th.
Furthermore, September 15th was the date for the new 'Reverie' to convene, followed by the 'World Government Supreme Political Affairs Conference' on October 30th.
In summary.
This year was truly unsuitable for opening a new Star Gate, as it would only cause interference and various Accidents for the World Government's upcoming series of tasks.
Therefore, when the Five Elders received Im's Order, although they felt a bit of pity, they also found it reasonable.
And when this News was successively transmitted down to the various levels of the World Government Departments.
All Officials felt a sense of relief.
Furthermore, due to the sudden reduction in Psychological Pressure, their overall Administrative Efficiency even improved slightly.
This was because they had previously worried that the impending new Otherworld would bring an even more Despair-inducing Workload to their already overburdened selves.
The current Situation was that they had to manage Four Worlds simultaneously. Among them, only the Titan World aspect was relatively easy, as most of it was 'Absolute Freedom' Zone.
Aside from the CIPHER POL needing to occasionally Elimination some spontaneously formed organizations or forces, they basically didn't have to manage anything.
Marineford, as the Marine Headquarters, was located on a Summer Island in the First Half of the Grand Line.
Therefore, the Climate here was dry, hot, and prone to Heavy Rain year-round.
However, for the Marines on the Island, the changes in Climate didn't matter much, because no matter how hot it was, no matter how heavy the rain, not a single training exercise could be skipped.
Basically, behind that massive and magnificent Fortress of Justice.
Every day, one could see a group of bottom-level Marine Soldiers training desperately under the supervision of Officers, drenched in sweat.
Five hundred meter Runway, 200 Laps!
Complete Push-ups, 2000!
High-altitude climbing 200 meter Rope, 100 round trips!
After finishing, they had to immediately engage in Combat Training with another person, fighting until the opponent completely fainted and lost consciousness!
This was just the daily training intensity for Officers below the rank of Major. From Major upwards, the number of daily training exercises doubled. As for Flag Officers, there were no strict rules; they could decide freely.
At this moment.
In one of the Training Halls, which was about the size of a soccer field but seemed unremarkable on the Island.
Garp and his Adjutant Bogart were standing at the Main Gate. The area inside had been Frozen into a large Ice Vault, and tendrils of Frost even spread to their feet.
Every time Kuzan and Issho collided inside, surges of cold wind, Accompanied By streaks of Purple Light, would rush towards them, causing their pure white Coats of Justice to sway constantly.
"Ugh— do you think that Kid Kuzan's words are reliable?"
Garp seemed bored, yawning as he asked Bogart beside him.
But Bogart gave a Shake Head: "I'm not an Ability User either, but since Kuzan said he used it once before, he should have some confidence."
"However, if it is confirmed that Devil Fruits can imitate Techniques from Other Worlds, then their Value will definitely see a great increase, especially Paramecia System and Logia System..."
[Buzz!!]
Suddenly, just as Bogart finished speaking, a dazzling White Light burst forth from inside the hall, instantly enveloping the entire Training Hall.
It then continued to spread outwards, completely covering more than half of the Zone behind the Fortress of Justice.
"This..."
Those Marine Soldiers who were training in full swing and the Marine Officers who were supervising them, occasionally shouting urges from the side, were all dumbfounded.
This was because they saw that on the other half of the Training Ground, the people who were originally moving up and down, doing difficult Push-ups, instantly became motionless in an Ice Blue Space after being swept over by a beam of White Light.
Even the people climbing the Ropes back and forth above were stopped in place like lifelike Sculptures.
A Rear Admiral with relatively sharp discernment even noticed that the dripping sweat beads were completely Freeze in Mid-air.
[Swish!]
However, all of this only lasted for a very short Time, less than three seconds before automatically dissipating. Those who were affected continued doing their actions as if completely unaware.
It wasn't until they noticed the group of people next to them, looking at them with faces full of astonishment, that they raised their sweat-soaked faces and asked doubtfully.
"What's wrong with you guys?"
(End of Chapter)
