With the deaths of Big Mom and Kaido, the Red Hair Pirates vanished, and the Whitebeard Pirates announced their disbandment.
The Four Emperors who dominated the New World had all perished within two days.
The newly established Monster Country Federation had taken the place of the World Government.
All the World Government's allied nations were filled with apprehension, unsure of what this new power thought of them.
As for the Seven Warlords of the Sea, they instantly lost all their privileges and became ordinary pirates.
Inside the former Five Elders' office, Zhong Chen and Rimuru, along with other idle members, formed the new Five Elders, staring at each other with serious expressions.
"Hmph, Sengoku's little tricks are getting more and more frequent. I propose we replace him with a new Fleet Admiral!"
Lord Chen spoke first, his expression serious.
"Agreed! Not just Sengoku, Garp's little tricks are also quite numerous. We can't let that guy off either!"
Rimuru said, resting his chin on his hands, a cold glint in his eyes.
"I, the great me, also agree!"
"I agree too!"
"I'll listen to my master!"
Seeing that everyone present had voted in favor, Lord Chen nodded with satisfaction, then looked to the side with a serious expression and said:
"Heh heh! You should already know the outcome, right! Do you have anything else to say!"
"Hey, hey, hey! All I did was eat a few extra bags of senbei! How did that become 'little tricks'?!"
"I've been eating them openly the whole time!"
Sengoku, wearing beach shorts and crunching on senbei, spoke loudly with a helpless expression.
"Exactly! Exactly!"
Garp chimed in from the side.
"Does what you eat matter!!!"
"What matters is that your superiors are here, and you didn't even offer us a few bags! That's where you're wrong!"
Lord Chen, hearing Sengoku's words, immediately stood up in anger, slammed the table, and shouted.
"Huh? I bought these with my own money!"
"I don't care, not giving us any is unacceptable! Starting today, you are no longer the Fleet Admiral!"
"That's right, it's your fault we didn't get any!"
Sengoku looked at Lord Chen and the others, who were acting like rogues, and couldn't help but roar:
"Wow! You guys are too shameless! Publicly soliciting bribes from subordinates, are you?!"
"I'm going to appeal! I'm going to report you!"
Hearing Sengoku's words, Lord Chen's lips curled into a mocking smile, and he said softly:
"Is that so? Alright, I accept your report! Speak, who from below is accusing this official!!!"
"Oh my goodness!!!"
Garp was truly stunned by the scene unfolding before him.
When had he ever seen such a shameless superior?
But for some reason, seeing Sengoku in a pickle made him very happy.
"Alright, alright, I give up, here, here, take it all!"
With that, Sengoku threw the senbei he had hidden behind him towards Lord Chen and the others.
"Heh heh, that's more like it! Sakuya, could you please make me a cup of black tea!"
Rimuru took the senbei and gently asked Sakuya, who was nearby.
"Of course, please wait a moment, Lord Rimuru!"
After speaking, Sakuya turned to prepare the black tea.
Sengoku then showed a serious expression and spoke:
"Lord Chen, who do you intend to appoint as the next Fleet Admiral?"
Hearing Sengoku's words, Lord Chen stopped joking and answered seriously.
After all, they were discussing the candidate for the next Fleet Admiral; everything before was just a joke.
"Hmm, Sakazuki it is! After all, now is a good time to deal with all pirates!"
"Hmm, since Lord Chen has already decided, I won't say any more!"
"Anyway, I'll be a retired old man soon!"
Sengoku showed no surprise at hearing Sakazuki's name; instead, he looked relaxed.
After all, given the current situation, Sakazuki as Fleet Admiral would be better than Aokiji.
"Huh? Retired! What are you thinking!"
"You and Garp are being transferred to the Air Force starting now, serving as Air Force Fleet Admiral and Air Force Admiral, respectively!"
Hearing Sengoku's talk of retirement, Zhong Chen, the capitalist, indicated that he couldn't possibly let go of such experienced workhorses.
"What!!! Air Force Fleet Admiral!"
"Why do I have to go with Sengoku too!"
Garp, who had been enjoying the drama only to find himself involved, also stood up in shock and shouted at Lord Chen.
"Oh, that! Zephyr recommended it. He said he hasn't retired, so he can't let you guys be idle either!"
"Those were his exact words! If you have any objections, go find Zephyr!"
Lord Chen shrugged, indicating it had nothing to do with him, and that if they had objections, they should take it up with Zephyr.
"Zephyr, you old scoundrel! I swear we are irreconcilable!!!"
"Damn it! Bastard Zephyr!"
At this moment, Zephyr, who was sitting at the dining table, suddenly couldn't help but sneeze.
"Achoo!!!"
"Husband! What's wrong, you're not getting sick, are you!"
Zephyr looked at his still young and beautiful wife sitting beside him, a hint of disbelief still in his eyes.
But he still replied with a smile:
"Haha! I'm afraid Sengoku and Garp are probably cursing me right now!"
"Why would Uncle Sengoku and Uncle Garp curse Father!"
Zephyr's son asked with a puzzled expression.
"Hahahaha! You'll understand later!"
Hearing Zephyr's words, Zephyr's son nodded obediently and didn't ask further, instead continuing to eat his meal.
Watching this scene, Zephyr felt a wave of contentment. He had never felt life could be so wonderful.
All of this was thanks to that man who, though seemingly unreliable, always brought immense peace of mind.
Zephyr secretly swore in his heart that he would definitely cultivate countless elite officers for the Monster Country Federation as repayment... Knock knock knock... "Come in!"
Click... Thud... "Oops! My apologies, my apologies!"
The man, who went from opening the door to falling on the ground in one smooth motion, apologized to everyone present with a smile.
"Rosso, why are you still so clumsy!"
Sengoku looked at Rosso, who was on the ground, and spoke with a helpless expression.
"Heh heh! Sorry, sorry!"
"Alright, what brings you here?"
Hearing Sengoku's words, Rosso quickly stood up and saluted Lord Chen and the others:
"Report! The intelligence department says they've found traces of the Red Hair Pirates! But they've now changed their name to the Red Hair Adventure Group!"
"Red Hair, huh! What are they doing now?"
Lord Chen heard Red Hair's name and, thinking of the 'Face-Face Fruit' user, asked with curiosity.
"Uh... they seem to be working odd jobs everywhere to pay off debts!"
"Debts? What kind of debts?"
Now, not only Lord Chen but everyone else looked at Rosso with surprise.
"Intelligence says it's because they ate at a barbecue restaurant in the Monster Country Federation and couldn't pay the bill!"
"While trying to skip out on the bill, they accidentally damaged a lot of tables and chairs! So they are currently working odd jobs everywhere to pay off the debt!"
Hearing that Red Hair had fallen to the point of not being able to pay for a meal, he couldn't help but ask:
"No way, how could Red Hair and his crew not even be able to afford a single meal!"
"Besides, it's just some tables and chairs, it shouldn't cost that much!"
Rosso provided an explanation for Lord Chen's question.
"Well... eating in the Monster Country Federation requires lime coins! So..."
"Hahahaha! So that's it! But they don't all need to go out and work, do they! How much do they owe in total!"
At this point, Rosso said helplessly:
"Five hundred thousand!"
"Huh! A rip-off! What kind of tables and chairs cost that much, are they gold-plated?"
Lord Chen expressed his surprise, saying it was too much of a rip-off.
"Uh... well... the proprietress is Kochou Shinobu!"
"What? Shinobu! Why did she only ask for five hundred thousand!"
"My chairs are all made of old elm wood over ten thousand years old! One alone costs two hundred thousand!"
"How could you let them go for less than five million!!!"
Lord Chen blatantly demonstrated a complete change of face in front of everyone.
"You're even greedier than anyone else..."