Phoenix Reborn In One Piece-Chapter 309: Akainu: Damn, we’re getting ambushed!

Fujitora was a bit surprised.

He already knew that the Marines were doing a global draft and had actually been thinking about joining them, but he hadn’t had the chance to act on it yet.

After all these years,

He’d come to realize that if you want to change the world, you need your own power—or in other words, authority.

Only when you have enough power will people start to listen to what you say.

But he didn’t expect Aokiji to come in person to invite him. That surprised him and caught him off guard.

"Marine Headquarters Admiral Aokiji... so it was you," Fujitora turned toward him, now much more serious. "Then... the people who’ve been following me these past few days—were they from the Marines?"

Aokiji shook his head and said, "They’re not from the Marines. They’re from the Dream Exploration Team.

Speaking of that, there’s something else I should tell you. It was the Dream Team who told me about your whereabouts.

Actually, I’ve been working with them to some degree.

The reason I know about you is because of their recommendation. They said your sense of justice might be... a better fit for today’s Marine."

"The Dream Exploration Team?" Fujitora’s face showed clear shock. "I didn’t expect... it was them..."

"That’s right."

"And it seems like they know quite a bit about you. But I’d like to ask, Fujitora—what do you think about what they’re doing now?" Aokiji asked with curiosity.

"Even though I haven’t met them and I don’t know how they learned about me... I think they must be some very kind people," Fujitora said, closing his white eyes with a gentle smile.

Even though he was blind, he knew everything the Dream Team had been doing since they set sail.

Anyone with a kind heart would naturally feel warmth, even admiration, just thinking about them.

After all, out on the sea today, no other group is willing to spend so many resources to take care of poor orphans left behind by war.

The orphanages they built are known as the most loving places in the entire ocean!

Hearing Fujitora’s words, Aokiji smiled in relief. "Looks like the Dream Team was right—your sense of justice really does match what the Marines need now."

"Hehehe~"

"My justice, huh..." Fujitora felt content. After all, his sense of justice had already been acknowledged by that group long ago. freewebnσvel.cѳm

"Then... Fujitora, would you be willing to become a Marine Admiral?" Aokiji’s tone grew serious again. "Of course, this is still a personal invitation from me. To officially become a Marine Admiral, you’ll need to go through the Headquarters’ tests."

"But with your strength, I don’t think that’ll be a problem."

"A Marine Admiral, huh..."

"Since that group and Admiral Aokiji both invited me so sincerely, there’s no reason for me to say no," Fujitora replied slowly, his voice full of calm determination.

Hearing Fujitora’s answer, Aokiji smiled in relief.

"Then, Fujitora—should we set off now? I can’t wait any longer," Aokiji asked right away.

This time, he had come alone—not even Garp knew about it.

Right now, the top brass of Marine HQ is probably very curious about why he came to the New World. But since the Marines are busy with a large-scale recruitment drive, they likely don’t have the time to look into his reasons.

"I’m not done yet. I had some good luck today and won a lot of Beli. Could you, Admiral Aokiji, help donate this money?" Fujitora hadn’t forgotten that he won everything in the casino today.

Aokiji shook his head. "I really can’t help with that right now. After all, the Marines don’t have a base in this country. But... if you don’t mind, you can hand it all over to the Dream Exploration Team."

After speaking, Aokiji glanced at a few men hiding outside the casino.

"Oh?"

"That’s even better. I trust them more," Fujitora raised an eyebrow and agreed as soon as he heard the money would go to the Dream Exploration Team.

Seeing Fujitora agree, Aokiji waved his hand toward the outside.

Soon, a few casually dressed men walked in. The one in front respectfully greeted them, "Good day, sirs. We’re intelligence agents from the World Economic News. It’s an honor to be of service."

Aokiji nodded. "Take the Beli and handle everything here. Also, deal with this casino. Give all the money you get to the Dream Exploration Team. What they’re doing now costs a lot."

"Thank you for your trust, Admiral Aokiji!" the leading man said gratefully.

Right after that, the men got to work. The money Fujitora had won was taken out first. The leader also began working on taking care of the casino.

Watching the boxes of Beli being loaded into the car, Fujitora smiled with satisfaction.

"Well then... Admiral Fujitora, let’s head out. First, we’ll take a merchant ship to the closest G5 base, and from there, we’ll board a Navy ship to Marine HQ," said Aokiji, ready to return as soon as possible.

Even though he could take Fujitora on his bike, the thought of it just felt... awkward. He decided not to do anything that weird.

"I’ll follow your lead," Fujitora replied.

Then the two of them went to the port, hired a merchant ship, and started heading to the G5 base in the New World.

It took them a whole day, but the ship finally reached the G5 base.

This base... well, let’s just say its discipline was all over the place, since everyone stationed here was basically the troublemakers of the Marines.

When Aokiji arrived at the G5 base, a call was made to Marine HQ.

At Marine HQ, Akainu wasn’t around, so Vice Admiral Tsuru took full charge of the recruitment campaign.

When she heard from the G5 intel team that Aokiji had brought a blind swordsman with him—someone he seemed to treat as an equal and was having a good time chatting with—she instantly understood.

"So that’s what Kuzan’s up to... He’s thinking ahead and trying to recruit the third Marine Admiral early," Tsuru thought.

At that moment, she couldn’t help but give Aokiji a mental thumbs-up.

Among the three Marine Admirals, Kizaru acts like a lazy slacker. If the new Admiral teams up with Aokiji, it’ll be hard to say whether Akainu’s orders will go unchallenged in the future...

Akainu: I was only gone for a few days and someone’s already trying to steal my position?

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