?”

"Did I give you permission to interrupt?"

Ignoring the old man's screams, Tulip slowly retracted her feet, crossed her legs again, snorted, and her face lost a lot of interest, "Just say something bad."

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New World, g1 branch.

"Are you already a lieutenant general?"

Quietly looking at the notification documents sent from the headquarters in the early morning, after a long time, Akainu raised his eyebrows and smiled, with a somewhat pleased look on his face, "What a terrible junior..."

At his age, he has never even stepped through the door of the Navy Headquarters and has not yet become a disciple of Master Zefa.

A twenty-year-old Lieutenant General of the Navy Headquarters.

In the past year or so, he has defeated William Shichibukai, Drought Galileo, and tied with Katakuri...

Akainu suddenly shook his head and sighed.

If only the navy could have a few more guys like this, how could the pirates on this sea be so rampant and arrogant? Why would their navy have to be exhausted and stretched thin in this era of great pirates...

but.

Maybe one is enough?

Akainu narrowed his eyes and focused his gaze on the document again. In the ID photo, Nosha smiled gently at the camera.

But he knew that this seemingly approachable black-haired boy was actually as ruthless as him in his heart, and he had never been merciful to pirates...

As long as he is given enough time to grow up, who can predict how much success this guy who has just turned 20 will achieve in the future?

"I'm looking forward to that day..."

He whispered to himself, "I hope you won't disappoint me, Romanov Nosha..."

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Paradise, g2 branch.

"What's wrong with this?"

When Major General Bulma went out after breakfast, he saw his deputy, Ghost Spider, who had just been promoted to brigadier general, squatting there numbly, holding a newspaper in his hand, his eyes dull, and his expression suspicious of life.

"After reading the news that Mr. Nosha was promoted to lieutenant general, it became like this."

Another female brigadier general couldn't help but chuckle, "It must have been too serious a blow. It seems that when Lieutenant General Noxia was still in the elite camp, Ghost Spider was already a colonel, and the two of them even competed.

, he had been working hard these days, thinking he could catch up, but he didn’t expect that the gap has become wider and wider now..."

"Oh? Is there anything else?" Major General Bulma became interested, "Who won?"

"It goes without saying..." The female brigadier shrugged, "It must be Mr. Nosha."

"..." Ghost Spider raised his head and glared at her fiercely.

"Ah? Did I accidentally hit you again?"

The female brigadier general pretended to be shocked, then looked at Major General Bulma with a suppressed smile, and begged:

"Hey, I'm so bad...Major General Bulma, you are his immediate superior. Say something quickly to comfort him..."

"Well, don't worry, this is what I should do."

Bulma nodded, came to the ghost spider, reached out and patted his shoulder gently, comforting:

"Don't take it too seriously. The differences between people are destined by nature. Think of the good things. Don't forget that you also have something to be proud of."

The ghost spider looked at her blankly, his dilated pupils gradually regaining their energy.

Before he could express his gratitude, Bulma heard him speak quietly again:

"For example, when others talk about Nuo Xia in the future, you can at least proudly stand up and say that you were defeated by him personally..."

Ghost Spider was so angry that he almost lost his life on the spot.

At the same time, hundreds of meters away, in the office on the top floor of the fortress.

The wretched old man in a yellow striped suit was leaning on the railing with his legs crossed, worrying about the newspaper in his hand.

"It's so scary..."

Kizaru rubbed his temples and said distressedly, "You are only twenty years old. Just like me, you have become a lieutenant general in the headquarters. Are you on equal terms..."

Damn it.

Doesn't this mean that he will never have the chance to bring Nuo Xia to the G2 branch and make him his subordinate?

Kizaru felt a moment of regret.

If I had known earlier that when the headquarters held the awarding ceremony, I should have run over to watch the ceremony, and along the way, I would have been trying hard to impress Teacher Zefa and Marshal Kong, so why did I have to let this guy be assigned...

-Look back.

A large pile of information documents stacked on the desk was flipping slightly with the sea breeze. Kizaru struggled for a long time, and finally sat back down behind the desk with a constipated look on his face...

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The news continues to fly all over the sky.

In a blink of an eye, it’s the end of October.

Nuo Xia, who had been delayed for more than ten days, finally had no choice but to leave after the third urging call from the headquarters. He reluctantly said goodbye to Taotu who came to see him off at the port. "Goodbye, Brigadier!"

After the last hug, Nuo Xia smiled and said, "Don't be too sad, it's only two months apart. We will meet again at Marineland at the beginning of next year!"

"..."

Taotu pursed her lips, nodded and smiled.

The two of them waved goodbye, and among the countless navy soldiers who spontaneously came to see him off, and the people walking by to see him off, Nosha finally boarded the warship and left in the sunset.
Chapter completed!