"Candidate general?"

Zhizi took off his glasses in surprise and looked up at Nuo Xia opposite.

"I heard related rumors last month from Marie Joa, but I didn't take it too seriously. How could it be confirmed so quickly?"

The other people around him also cast surprised glances.

Yesterday was a small gathering at Nuo Xia's house, and today it was a long-lost big party, held at Zhi Zi's house.

At this time, sitting around the dining table, in addition to Nuo Xia Zhizi's family, there were also Crane, Qing Pheasant, and Zefa who had specially taken time out to come from the elite camp to get together.

Quite lively.

"yes."

Nuo Xia took a sip of borscht, shrugged and said:

"To be honest, when I saw Marshal Kong in the morning, I was a little surprised. After all, the Holy Land had no intention of setting up a substitute general. They always insisted on letting Mr. Garp fill the vacancy of general first."

"Who said that guy Karp refused again last month and asked for leave again, and he hasn't come back yet."

Zhizi shook his head and stretched out a hand, "Where is the appointment document? Let us take a look."

Nuo Xia whispered a few words to Nami next to her. Little Nami immediately jumped off the chair and rushed to her backpack. After rummaging for a few times, she quickly took out the file and held her head high, feeling very proud.

He handed it to Zhizi.

"Na! Grandma Zhizi!"

"It's your father's honor, not yours. You smile so brightly."

Zhizi looked funny and scratched the tip of Nami's nose. The little guy didn't care, giggled and escaped, and went back to Noxia.

Nuo Xia smiled, ruffled her orange hair, and kissed her forehead as a reward.

The crane opposite also leaned on Zhizi's shoulder. The two old ladies opened the appointment document and read it together:

"...Lieutenant General Romanov Nosha, since he was promoted to Lieutenant General of the headquarters, he has repeatedly performed extraordinary feats and shocked the sea. According to the evaluation of the Supreme Council of the World Government, he has the preliminary qualifications to become a general of the headquarters..."

"After being reviewed by Lord Five Old Stars and informed by the Navy Headquarters, we reached a consensus and approved the appointment as follows."

"I hereby appoint Romanov Nosha, the original Lieutenant General of the headquarters, as the candidate for the general of the headquarters."

"This appointment will take effect from the date of issuance of the document."

"June 15, 1504 in the Haiyuan calendar"

"Supreme Council of World Governments (Seal)"

"Marshal Sora of the Navy Headquarters (Seal)"

…

"interesting."

Zhizi casually handed the document to Zefa next to him, "I estimate that you are not the only one to be promoted to general candidate this time. Sakaski, Kuzan, Porusalino and others are all involved."

"Eh?"

Green Pheasant, who was gnashing his teeth on a piece of rib-eye steak, raised his head in surprise: "Do I actually get a share?"

"Nonsense, your generation must have been promoted together, there is no reason for you to be alone."

Zhizi said lazily: "Besides, the three of you are qualified in terms of qualifications and strength. Rather than saying 'actually have a share', it would be better to say that you were caught up and promoted together by this boy Nuo Xia. It's really a bit embarrassing...

"

"..."

Qingzhi looked at her with a constipated expression, and after a long time he wondered: "Then why do I only see Nuo Xia's letter of appointment? I've been back to the headquarters for two days, and I haven't seen Marshal Kong summoning me at all."

"That's the subtlety of politics."

He held up the tea cup and said leisurely: "If nothing unexpected happens, the appointment documents for the three of you will be issued together in a month at most, but it will definitely be one step later than Nuo Xia."

The meaning of world government is obvious.

Naturally, the establishment of the three generals will not change. There will only be three vacant general positions in the future. Nuo Xia is determined to occupy one of them, and he will be promoted as an absolute core force.

As for the remaining two positions, the attitude is a bit ambiguous.

Both Tsuru and Shibako agreed that the World Government would set up four candidates for generals at once, and none of the three from Kuzan's generation would be left behind.

But who will get the position of general depends on the merits and military exploits of the next few people. The selection is based on the best, with the intention of creating a big pie first and letting them compete with each other.

"Is this so..."

Qingzhi scratched his head, "You have to compete with Porusalino and Sakaski for the other two positions? I feel so stressed..."

Noxia is better.

Lead the way without any competition pressure.

At this moment, Qing Pheasant once again felt the unevenness of the world.

But then again.

It's a good thing that Nuo Xia took the first step. Only a ghost is willing to compete with this monster on the same stage...

"That's amazing, Noxia."

Zefa also finished reading the document at this time. He heard that Nuo Xia was back and took time out from the tedious teaching affairs of the elite camp to attend the meeting. He shook his head and said with a smile:

"I have always been proud of myself as the youngest admiral in the history of the Navy, but now it seems that in a few years, this title will be handed over to you."

At first, he was known as "Black Wrist" and was famous throughout the sea. He made great military exploits at a young age and became a general when he was only 34 years old.

And now.

Nosha is only 23 years old, but he has already achieved such achievements, and has been designated as a general candidate by the World Government.

After a little bit of qualifications and a few years of hard work, even the most conservative estimate is that by the time he is promoted to general, he will probably be thirty years old at most.

It can't be compared.

Zefa looked at his most proud disciple with emotion on his face. He was a little bit disappointed at being surpassed by his younger generation, but more importantly, he was proud to see his disciple outperforming others.

"Then, cheers!"

He laughed and stood up, raising the filled wine glass:

"I'll have a rest today! For the sake of Nuoxia and Kuzan's safe return, and for the sake of these two brats, they finally became candidates for generals and can carry the future banner of our navy from now on!"

My letter of appointment has not been issued yet, teacher, if something goes wrong, it would be so embarrassing...

Qing Zhi grimaced, but everyone was already smiling and standing up. He also quickly put down his knife and fork, filled his own glass, and stood up.

Bang!

In the crisp collision sound, the wine glasses hit each other, and the hops splashed and rolled.

"cheers!"

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The alcohol content of the beer is not high.

But since it was a big gathering that was rare in a long time, everyone was in high spirits and started drinking and chatting. The dinner lasted for more than two hours.

At the end, not to mention Kuzan, even Zefa's face was glowing red and he was so drunk that he couldn't open his eyes.

Nuo Xia was also a little tipsy. Although he had the best capacity for drinking, he actually didn't like the state of blurred consciousness when he was completely drunk. However, the teacher was happy and simply drank with him.

In the meantime, I also tried to break down the wine directly in the body.

However, only the water part was completely decomposed, and pure alcohol was basically an insulator. If you didn't do this, it would be completely absorbed by him without even touching the ground.

He didn't drink much. After the table was cleared, Tina helped bring a stack of thick documents over. She put on her glasses again and started reviewing them at the table.

The chief of general staff of this headquarters is very busy after all.

Her marking speed was extremely fast and her writing was flying. In just a moment, half of the thick pile of documents was missing. But at this moment, her pen suddenly stopped and her brows furrowed deeply.

Zefa and Qingzhi were arm-in-arm, drunkenly talking to each other on the sofa, not looking at her at all, but Nuo Xia noticed her expression and walked over on her own initiative.

"What's the matter, Lieutenant General?"

He raised his head and glanced at him without hesitation. He sighed, turned the document around, and threw it over.

"Over the North Sea, the Don Quixote family's actions are getting bigger and bigger."

He rubbed his brows tiredly: "Almost most of the underground gangs in the entire eastern sea area of ​​​​Beihai are under their control. Various arms transactions have become more and more frequent, and they have even begun to interfere in the political situation of neighboring countries. This has reached a point that the headquarters cannot ignore.

To the point where we must start thinking about removing it.”

"Then remove it."

Nuo Xia shrugged indifferently, "It's just a Don Quixote family...what, lack of manpower?"

"Well, the manpower of this department is really tight recently."

He took a sip of tea, managed to cheer up, and said helplessly:

"A few years ago, when Doflamingo had not gained power, it would have been easy to say, but now the Don Quixote family, even the general lieutenant general of the headquarters, cannot completely eradicate him."
To be continued...