"What? You will be responsible for the burial work?"
In the restaurant, Domino and Ellie sat on Vivian's left and right. Today, Vivian didn't want to cook at home, which was rare. Therefore, although the food in the restaurant was much worse than what Vivian made, the two girls were still very sensible and didn't say much. They just chatted with Vivian, who was in a bad mood, about some work-related things.
“Yeah.”
Vivian nodded, then shoveled rice into her mouth while pouring wine into her mouth.
"This is a bit too cruel, innocent people have to follow..."
Domino originally wanted to say "Damn Celestial Dragon", but because there were so many people in the hotel, he had to change his words and said, "Do we all have to be buried with that person?"
"This is an order from the World Government. Even though I'm an admiral now, I still can't disobey it..." Vivian said.
"What about the navy that was buried with them? Won't they fight back after learning of their impending fate?"
In Domino's opinion, since everyone knows that they are about to die, they might as well throw in the towel and rebel collectively. It is impossible for anyone to be so stupid as to stay where they are and wait to die, right
"Fight back? Those who tried to fight back have already been subdued in advance, and the rest have all willingly accepted this fate."
"How could it be?!"
Domino and Ai Li both showed puzzled expressions and said, "How could someone be willing to wait for death?"
"That's because... those people all have family records. If the government threatens you that if you dare to resist, they will bury your family underground with you, will you still choose to fight back regardless of the consequences?"
Vivian swallowed the chewed rice in her mouth and continued in a mocking tone.
After the words fell, Domino and Ellie fell into a long silence.
Using family members to threaten the other person's life and death
This is absolutely no different from an animal.
"Not only that, on this basis, I will also promise you that I will leave a very generous pension for your family and tell your family that you died gloriously in battle. With both coercion and inducement, some of the poor people who joined the navy to support their families will naturally agree to it."
There is no way. If you don't agree, your whole family will die with you. If you agree, only you will die, and the rest of the family will get a large compensation. Almost everyone who has feelings for their parents and relatives will choose the latter.
After all, born in such a deformed world, sometimes, death may be much better than living.
The dinner table suddenly fell into silence, with only the sound of Vivian still eating and drinking.
Until half an hour later.
"belch!"
Vivian burped, then stood up and said, "Let's go."
"Where are you going?"
"Vice Admiral Tsuru said that Sengoku-senpai and Garp-senpai will both attend my promotion ceremony today."
...
G1 headquarters base.
Training ground.
Looking around, there were at least tens of thousands of sailors in formal attire, some carrying flintlock rifles on their shoulders, some with sabers on their waists, neatly arranged in dozens of columns, their eyes cast towards the high platform in front of them with extremely solemn and serious looks.
At the same time, above the platform.
As the representative of the awarding ceremony, former Navy Marshal Sengoku walked up to Vivian, who was standing straight, holding a medal representing the highest honor of the Navy, under the gaze of countless sailors on the scene.
"Alfred Vivian, from today on, will officially become the new admiral of the navy under the name of 'Thunder'. Similarly, he is also the youngest admiral in the history of the navy!"
A naval colonel held a microphone at the front of the stage and announced loudly.
As soon as he finished speaking, with warm applause from the audience, Vivian, wearing a cloak of justice and a suit, let Zhan Guo personally pin the medal on him. The awarding ceremony reached its climax, and a large number of fireworks and firecrackers that had been arranged long ago were suddenly sprayed into the sky.
Right in front of the venue, a group of media reporters who were invited by the Navy to witness this moment set up their "guns and cannons" and began to press the shutter buttons frantically.
The other side.
Watching this historic scene, Smoker, with two cigars in his mouth, said softly: "That kid actually became an admiral of the navy..."
I still remember the panicked look of Vivian when he and Dashigi rescued her on the pirate ship more than four years ago. In the blink of an eye, less than five years have passed, and the kid who couldn't even use a knife has grown up to the point where he can serve as an admiral.
Time passes so fast.
I felt emotional in my heart.
Dashiqi, who was standing next to him, looked at Vivian's upright figure with burning eyes, feeling mixed emotions in her heart.
Has the boy who was once rescued by her and even needed her protection reached such a height now
Then does he still need me
The distance between us is getting farther and farther, right
When she thought of this, she couldn't help but lower her head, and her mood began to become more depressed.
But who knew that at this time.
"Lieutenant General Smoker..."
Holding a file bag in her arms, Eli timidly appeared in front of Smoker.
Smoker and Tashigi looked at her at the same time when they heard the voice. Because Vivian often took this woman out with him, they recognized her immediately.
"You are...Vivian's fiancée, Ellie?" Smoker said.
He had also heard from others the story about Vivian and the two female navy officers. Although before hearing this story, he had always thought that Tashigi and Vivian were a couple, it now seemed that he had been thinking too much.
"Yeah." Ai Li nodded, and then, in the slightly puzzled eyes of the two, she handed the file bag in her hand to Smoker, "This is what Vivian asked me to pass on to you. He said that after you read the contents, if you decide to help him, you should meet with him in his office tomorrow morning."
"Help him?"
Smoker took a long drag on his cigar and took the documents from Eli.
"Um."
Ai Li responded again, and then ran away quickly as if escaping.
Dashiqi was left alone, watching Aili's back disappearing into the distance. For a moment, she couldn't help but mutter to herself, "That girl is so shy."
The other side.
Smoker immediately opened the bag in his hand as if no one was around.
But when he saw the letter inside, his eyes suddenly widened and he was stunned on the spot.
"Lieutenant General Smoker, what's wrong with you?" asked Tashigi.
"Vivian is a really brave boy." After blowing out another puff of smoke, Smoker stuffed the letter back into the file bag and couldn't help but sigh.