Pirates: When Buggy breaks the human limiter!

Chapter 82 Shanks, Undercover!

"Although I am very happy to receive your recognition of my abilities," Shanks smiled, but his tone was extremely calm, "But I am a pirate!"

"Letting a pirate become the admiral of the navy, neither the navy nor the people of the world will approve of this! Even if the pirate's ability is outstanding!"

Saint Satan glanced at Shanks and said calmly, "You are wrong, Shanks. It is not up to you to decide whether you are a pirate or not. It is not up to those inferior people to decide! The decision is in our hands!"

Shanks was stunned when he heard this and frowned.

Saint Maz continued, "The Celestial Dragon Fergaland Shanks Saint has been receiving special missions since he was a child and has become an undercover agent on the ship of Pirate King Roger!"

"Over the past few decades, Shanks has made great contributions to maintaining world peace and stability in the ocean! For example, he added chronic poison to the daily diet of Pirate King Roger, causing Roger's health to deteriorate, and he was eventually arrested by the navy!"

"For example, as a pirate, you can kill a large number of pirates, become one of the Four Pirate Emperors, and maintain stability in one area!"

"You have never robbed caravans or killed civilians over the years, so your reputation is pretty good. We can give you as many merits as you want!"

"This is also one of your assets to become the Admiral of the Navy!"

"If they choose the latter, then we wouldn't mind hastening their demise and building a whole new navy on their framework!"

"But the new navy's admiral is still you, Shanks!"

"They will!" Nasu Shoulang Sheng said with certainty, "They are not qualified to refuse now!"

The expressions of the Five Elders did not change at all when they heard this, as if they had already expected Shanks to refuse!

"To be frank, the current navy is just an empty shell! Without our support, it would be a pipe dream for the navy to recover!"

"With 100,000 elite navy soldiers, including the wounded they were able to rescue after the war, there would definitely be no more than 20,000 who could continue to fight!"

"So they either accept the fact that you become the Admiral of the Navy, or they will perish!"

Shanks looked extremely ugly, and he retorted: "You can deceive people temporarily, but not forever! Even if the civilians and ordinary marines believe this, what about the high-ranking marines? They will not be fooled by such tricks! They will never agree to let me become the admiral of the navy!"

Maz Saint added: "You just came from Marinford, you should have noticed the casualties of the Navy Headquarters this time, right?"

Shanks closed his eyes with a heavy expression. The Five Elders kept retorting to him, leaving him speechless!
It seems that the Five Elders have already made up their minds and considered all aspects carefully!
However, Shanks always felt that the Five Elders must have deeper considerations behind their actions, but he couldn’t figure out what they were yet!
Shanks thought about it, then suddenly opened his eyes and said, "What if I say no? I don't want to be a marine admiral!"

"More than 70% of the combat power of major generals and lieutenant generals was lost, and even the Navy Marshal Zhan Guo was killed on the spot!"

Maz Saint coughed lightly and said, "Shanks, how do you think the world will change after the news of what happened in the Marine Headquarters today spreads?"

Shanks raised his eyebrows, and instead of answering Maz Saint's question, he said in surprise: "Oh, so you want to appeal to my emotions and reason? I thought you were going to threaten me with some means!"

Satan said coldly: "There are many ways to threaten you, for example, the Straw Hat Boy is a good choice! But we still hope that you can sit in that position willingly!" Shanks' eyes flickered, and he remained silent without saying a word.

Maz Saint continued, "The Navy Headquarters can be said to have been destroyed in this war! Although the Whitebeard Pirates, one of the Four Emperors, has also withdrawn from the stage, don't forget that there are still three forces like the Whitebeard Pirates on the sea!"

"At the same time, the group of people that Buggy the Clown brought out from Impel Down are all elite. It is a foregone conclusion that he will replace Whitebeard as the new Four Emperors!"

"That is to say, there will still be four Four Emperors on this ocean from now on, but the Navy Headquarters that can compete with the Four Emperors has been abolished!"

"The balance we have worked so hard to create has been broken! The world will fall into unprecedented chaos!"

"Unless, we can take a weight of sufficient weight from the pirates' side and put it on the navy's side!"

"And Shanks, you are the crucial weight!"

Shanks pondered, he had to admit that what Saint Maz said made sense, but this matter involved too much, he had to consider it carefully!

Maz Saint paused and continued, "Of course, we don't want you to be the Admiral forever. Even if you want to, we don't trust you!"

Shanks was startled, looked up and asked, "What do you mean?"

Maz Saint said calmly: "After you take office as the Admiral of the Navy, we will devote a lot of resources to help the Navy recover. At the same time, we will continuously select talents from the World Government to serve in the Navy until the Navy recovers to the point where it can continue to check and balance the pirates on the sea!"

"This process will probably take a few years, and then you can step down as Admiral of the Navy!"

Shanks' eyes flashed with a gleam, and he understood something, and said, "You want to completely control the navy in your own hands!"

Mazishen had no intention of hiding it, and nodded and admitted directly: "In recent years, the navy under the governance of the Warring States has done a lot of things that are hypocritical to us, and some of the navy even have thoughts that they shouldn't have!"

"They have forgotten why the navy exists! As the knife in our hands, they are becoming more and more disobedient!"

"So we decided to take this opportunity to correct their thinking!"

What Mazsheng said was the truth, but he left out a crucial point!

Once Shanks steps down from the post of Admiral of the Navy, his identity will become very embarrassing!

By then, they only need to use a little trick and Shanks will become unacceptable to both the navy and the pirates!
I just hope Shanks can be more sensible by then, otherwise his best outcome will be to return to Marijoa and become a "Celestial Dragon" who just eats and waits for death!
Shanks' expression kept changing, and he was having a fierce ideological struggle in his mind!

The Five Elders did not urge them and waited quietly for Shanks' answer.

After a long while, Shanks finally raised his head and said with a firm look: "I've decided!"

(End of this chapter)