Chapter 716

Famous Marine ‘Golden Lion’ (1)

Kuro is now a Vice-Admiral candidate. In the Marine system, other than the Admiral, he is already at the top.

The Admiral and the Marshal are on the same level. Below them is Kuro, the Admiral Substitute.

He couldn’t get promoted either.

With the old man standing there, he could not rise.

Of course, he did not want to be promoted.

Promotion is not important now. What is important is safety.

In the past, he did not want to be promoted because the higher his position, the more things he would encounter and the less safe he would be.

But now that his position is at the top, he has to admit this fact, so he can only seek safety in another way.

The G-3 is a good place. There are many Marines and the fortress is high and deep. The little pirates dare not approach.

However, it might not be the same for the Great Pirates, especially these remnants of the era that escaped from the sixth floor.

“Chloe, tell me in detail what my current fame is.”

Kuro bit his cigar and looked at Crowe.

He had always thought that he was only at the level of a famous Marine Vice-Admiral in the West Blue and parts of the North Blue and the first half of the Grand Line, which was basically the same as what Bucky said in the War of the Best.

There are many famous people. Even if they are famous, as long as there are more people, they will become ordinary people and there will be no fame.

But from the fact that some remnants of this era came to find him, it doesn’t seem to be the case.

Crowe pushed up his glasses with the base of his palm and thought for a moment and said, “Mr. Kuro, your fame has been rising since the top, all the way to the propaganda of the Four Kings of the North Blue, your fame has been known by everyone in the world.”

“I know this.”

At the thought of this, Kuro gritted his teeth.

“After that, you were conferred the title of Vice-Admiral by Marshal Sakasugi in front of the World Marine live broadcast and was nominated as a Admiral candidate internally. From then on, your reputation began to deteriorate.”

Crowe thought for a moment and suddenly ran out again, but he came out with a newspaper in his hand.

He pointed to the newspaper and said, “This is the newspaper from some time ago. It has a picture of Marine Headquarters and your words…”

This newspaper was the one that Crowe wanted to tell him about, but Kuro was in a bad mood at that time and directly ignored it.

There was a large banner in the newspaper with a picture of the new Marine Headquarters and a sentence under it as the headline.

[Golden Oak: The old era is all residue.]

Below that, there was a detailed report on Sakasugi’s actions after he became a Marshal. There was also a report on the new Marine Headquarters and some words spoken by a Vice-Admiral named Kim Jong-un.

The most striking thing was a sentence.

“After the death of Whitebeard, the pirates of the old era should all withdraw from the stage of the sea. If they don’t, I will do it myself.” — The famous Marine who defeated Golden Lion, Lonely Red and World Destroyer, Vice Admiral “Golden Lion”.

By the end of the article, there was another picture below.

It was a picture of the War Of The Best. Kuro was flying alone in the sky facing Whitebeard and the close-up of his subordinates. The sky behind him looked gloomy as if he was a big villain.

Kuro looked at the newspaper in a daze and looked up. “Did I say anything about this? And who the hell took this photo!

“I don’t know.”

Crowe shook his head and said, “It has been two years at the top, and the impact should be gradually receding, but two years later, this picture is out again, and it is after you became a general candidate. The words in the newspaper are not complete. The world doesn’t know that a large number of criminals escaped from the sixth floor of Impelton. So… this is a means, Mr. Kuro.”

“Hiss.”

Kuro took a deep breath and pondered. “Someone set me up?”

“You can’t calculate.”

Crowe said, “It’s just a kind of attention, Mr. Kuro. If nothing goes wrong, you have been targeted by those criminals who escaped. Those people want your head to make the World Government and Marine lose face and attack prestige.”

“Wait.”

Kuro raised his palm to Crowe and stopped him. Then he picked up the Den Den Mushi on the table and made a new call.

“Rawr …”

The Den Den Mushi rang for a while, but no one answered.

Kuro redialed a number.

Soon, the call connected.

“This is Admiral Kizaru’s ship.” An unfamiliar Marine voice came from the other side.

“This is Kuro, put the old man on the phone.”

“Yes! Vice-Admiral Kuro!”

The Den Den Mushi gradually turned into Kizaru’s wretched face.

“Oh, Kuro, why are you looking for me again?”

“Don’t be like that! You just called a wiretap bug, right? I repeat, that black one can’t be called. Also, Old Man, explain to me what the newspaper means after I was promoted to Vice-Admiral? Didn’t anyone inform me in advance? Why didn’t the higher-ups help me? I have an opinion, I have a very opinion!” Kuro said like a firecracker.

“Newspaper…”

Kizaru pondered for a moment. “Oh… you mean the newspaper declaration used to attract the criminals on the sixth floor.”

“You said attract, you said attract, right!”

Kuro subconsciously stood up and said angrily, “It can’t be! I’m a Vice-Admiral. Even if I’m not a general, it should be something that all Marines should do together. Why did you choose me alone! Because of this, Marine soldiers also lost a ship! If I didn’t rush, my subordinates would have sunk!”

“Who did you meet?” Kizaru asked.

“No one! It’s just a shipwreck!”

Kuro changed the subject and continued to ask, “That kind of thing is not important. What is important is what you think.”

“Kuro, this newspaper has been out for a while. We thought you knew. You haven’t said anything, we thought you had acquiesced.

“Moreover, this is Sakasugi’s decision. We trust you very much, and when the news was given, we sent a lot of people to scout around G-3, just to give you the news as soon as possible. Even I personally came out. Didn’t I just give you the news?”

The news arrived so late that it was like an old granny crossing the road. Many cars passed by in the middle!

Kuro was speechless.

Say what?

What could he say?

He said that he did not look at all at that time?

“Kuro, the location of Fortress G-3 is at the front of the Yonkō (Four Emperors) position in the New World. From your position, the territory of Yonkō (Four Emperors) and the position of other pirates can be reached.

Those pirates who still have ambition will definitely have to go through you if they want to break into the New World. The purpose of sending this newspaper is not only to attract those criminals, but also to let those difficult guys go from a fixed direction. This way, whether we catch them or not, we have the initiative.”

Does that mean he has the initiative?!

That is the right to trouble!

“Then what’s the deal with the Old Era’s nemesis? Who did I jinx?” Kuro gritted his teeth.

“This… is not what we have created. Kuro, your battle record is known by those people. Maybe they have given you a nickname.” Kizaru chuckled and said, “It’s so scary. I seem to be from the old era.”