One Piece: My Infinity Gauntlet!
Chapter 72 - 72 - The Three Admirals!

"It's the meeting again. The Pirates recently are restless in the New World. Is it really okay to call us all back at this time?"

In the conference room of the naval headquarters, Admiral Kizaru said as he put his leg over the table, not caring in the least about the gloomy face of Akainu across him!

"Nonsense! This is the Supreme Council of the Navy, and since it's urgent to call all three of the admirals back, that means something huge has happened, so put away that cynical look!"

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhh so scary~ so scary~"

Kizaru 'scaredly' said but actually did not take Akainu's word to heart. Even if he was one of the Admirals, even Akainu would not be able to take him, and they had worked together for so many years. If he wanted to fight him, they fought long ago.

 So Akainu was just a bit more gloomy and didn't continue to argue with Kizaru.

In any case, Kizaru did not seem to have any interest in the future Fleet Admiral position, and it was impossible for the Fleet Admiral to choose a person with an attitude like Kizaru.

At this point, the 'Blue Pheasant' beside him, who was wearing an eye patch and pretending to sleep, was instead very vocal, and even the top brass, such as Sengoku, seemed to be more optimistic about Aokiji taking over as the next Fleet Admiral..

And this is something that Akainu will never tolerate!

He is determined to win the position of Fleet Admiral!

While Akainu was wondering whether to try a little provocation, Vice Admiral Garp, The Fleet Admiral Sengoku, and Staff Sergeant Tsuru, who had been out chasing pirates, came together.

Such a meeting was obviously not a trivial matter to discuss for the three of them to appear.

When these people came in and took their seats, Kizaru barely managed to put down his foot, but the exaggerated look on his face was still very bad.

And Aokiji seems to have heard nothing and was still sleeping...

"Aokiji, wake up, it's about to start."

The good thing was that this wasn't the first time Sengoku and the others had experienced this situation, so they woke up the pheasant first as soon as they came in.

"Before the meeting begins, there is a document for everyone to look at."

After Sengoku said that, he passed everyone the information in his hands, one copy per person.

"What~ We weren't called back this time just to discuss a 'superhero' with a bounty of only 50 million, were we?"

As soon as he looked at the data, Kizaru couldn't help but shout in an exaggerated manner.

This time Akainu did not reprimand Kizaru for his rudeness, but frowned tightly, apparently unable to understand why the Fleet Admiral called them back urgently but first showed them a copy of the data.

What a... A waste of time!

Only Aokiji looked at it most carefully, and even when he read it once as if not enough, he looked at it again.

Finally, he looked thoughtfully and stared at Sengoku. 

When everyone's eyes were turned to him, Sengoku also began to explain.

"I know you've all been busy, but I had no choice but to call you back this time, because just recently the news of Crocodile, one of the Seven Warlords… Died!"

As soon as the words were spoken, everyone's faces were different.

Tsuru, who was already aware of the situation, and Sengoku were both indifferent, but if you look closely, you could see the seriousness in their eyes.

On the other hand, Garp, who had also been informed, had a foul look on his face, since whoever was called back urgently from their vacation could not look good either.

Among the remaining three Admirals, Akainu still had the same gloomy face, but with a hint of disdain, in his eyes it was just one of the weakest Seven Warlords, to put it bluntly, it was just seven pirates with some strength. What's so strange about them being killed? As long as the news was released, then there are plenty of pirates who want to be the governments 'dog'!

In the end, that's all there is to it!

Kizaru, on the other hand, started his exaggerated performance again, shouting 'so scary~', but there was no fear in his eyes, instead he was very jocular and unconcerned.

Obviously, he also felt that it was just a Warlord Pirate who had died, and it was unnecessary to call them all back. If one is missing, many pirates will be willing to fill that position.

Aokiji, on the other hand, was silent, perhaps thinking of something and began to meditate...

In the eyes of others, he was just sleeping...

The three Admiral's behaviour was obviously seen by Sengoku, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

He was getting old, and it was time to look for a successor, and in terms of strength, both Akainu, Aokiji, and Kizaru were qualified for the position.

But the position of Fleet Admiral requires not only the strength to convince the people but also enough means and conviction!

In this regard, he was more optimistic about Aokiji and Akainu, except that Akainu's 'justice' was too extreme compared to Aokiji, and he could easily bring the navy to an extreme or even ruin if he became the Fleet Admiral.

Aokiji, on the other hand, is a little more tactful, but he is not a man of many words, making it difficult for people to see what is on his mind, leading to many elements of uncertainty.

Now it seems that he will have to sit in the Fleet Admiral position for two more years…

"Maybe there's no need to call you all back if there is only one who died, but did you even read the information I just gave you?"

Sengoku was holding back his anger, but he still couldn't help but hit the table twice.

"Could it be that this 'big man' killed our 'Faithful' Warlord? That is really terrifying~"

Listening to Kizaru's tuneless ridicule, the frown on Sengoku's head couldn't be concealed anymore.

Both Akainu and Kizaru just flipped through them casually and didn't look at them seriously, and didn't care.

The only one who had looked seriously was Aokiji, who was still faking his sleep, not saying a word, which immediately put Sengoku on the verge of a violent rage!

"I know that you, as the 'highest' combat power in the navy, look down upon a little pirate with a bounty of only 50 million..."

"But I will tell you the truth, this man had a bounty of only 50 million because I deliberately suppressed it."

"And it's true that Crocodile died at the hands of this man..."

"But the point is not here, but that this man named Will is suspected to have used a variety of devil fruit abilities, and he is not afraid of seawater and seafloor stones. And whether Haki works on him is yet to be verified..."

Finally, Akainu and Kizaru had a serious look on their faces, and even Aokiji, who had been pretending to sleep, opened his eyes.

It was not until Sengoku with a serious expression uttered the last words the three of them made their exclamation!

"That's impossible!"

"Is it possible that the intelligence workers got it wrong?"

"Are you going to tell us that the iron rule that has been passed down for so many years was broken by a 'nobody'?"

"Compared to this conjecture, I'd like to believe that today is 'April Fool's Day'!" [TL/n: Really? They also have it?]

But from the beginning to the end, Sengoku faced their doubts with the same serious expression.

So everyone's face was filled with doubts and disbelief!