Chapter 3: The Great Admiral
Fleet Admiral Monkey D Kong stared at the papers on his desk, the last report of the Roger Pirates before their captain was 'captured' and executed. 'Fourteen navy ships destroyed', he read. Vice Admiral Yulia Devin had and was meticulous when it came to chasing down pirates. However when it had came to the Roger Pirates, she was thoroughly outclassed. Sighing, Kong allowed his mind to drift from his job to his family; his wife Milan D Kobayashi and his two sons, Garp and James. Both men were both great Marines like their father and grandfather, who had also been fleet admiral. Kong had been thrilled that his eldest son, Garp, had become the legendary marine and James had become the youngest Admiral since Lathrode Kahn nearly two hundred years ago. There was Something different; normally a strong conviction to uphold justice was what drew in marine cadets but James's drive had surprised his father as he had always said that he wanted to reform the system from within rather than draw ire and hatred through rebellion and sedition. Reckless actions had always been a trait of the Monkey D family, and that worried Kong as it did Garp as well was very protective of his brother. And yet the recklessness of Monkey D James was the thing that had Kong realised knew would probably advance his younger son further than both him and his brother.
His musings were broken by the sound of knocking at his office door and moments later the figure of Admiral Zephyr walked into the room. "Kong..." Zephyr began, " Zee I know why you are here" the fleet admiral replied smiling. "You want permission to after Newgate" Kong interjected. Smiling, the admiral looked at his friend, "yeah I want to take down Newgate before he grows too big and powerful". Kong knew that Newgate, or Whitebeard as his new crew called him, had the potential to become a hugely powerful figure amongst Pirates. So it was decided by the Five Elder Stars of the World Government that admirals Zephyr and Yukimora would go forth and either destroy or arrest the criminals Edward Newgate and the former Rodger pirate Silvers Raleigh respectively. "The Government gave the go ahead earlier this morning Zee, they also granted your request to name Aine the rank of Commodore". Zephyr grinned happily as he received his orders but as he turned around to leave he stopped and spoke again; "I hear that James has been promoted to Admiral whilst Garp remains a Vice Admiral. Garp is jealous, but I can see the pride in his eyes and yours old friend". Kong beamed but remained composed, yes his second son had become the second youngest admiral the navy has ever had, yet Garp was the one who was way more skilled in armament and observation Haki that his brother. However that being said, the one thing that James had that Garp didn't was possessing conquerors spirit. Before he had time to talk; Zephyr interjected again. "Unlike his brother, James is more controlled" he finished before walking out of the room.
One again left to his own thoughts, Kong returned to his papers, one of which immediately grabbed his attention: "The Seven Warlords of the Sea: Sayo Brinada, Rex Hiola, Arana Michu, Toro Di Veticular, Shun Tasha, Hideki Rio and Rahm Toto. - Devil Fruit Powers (in respective order) ; (Zoan) Bird-Bird fruit model Eagle, (logia) metal-metal fruit, (logia) rumble-rumble fruit, none (current greatest swordsman alive) , (paramecia) Weight-weight fruit , (Ancient Zoan) model T-Rex) and none Haki based pirate. Putting aside the document Kong picked up a small transponder snail and inputted a number; moments later the voice of Garp was heard through the receiver. "Father..." this wasn't what Kong wanted to hear from his son, worried stuttering. He wanted results. "Son, how did you as Sengoku handling the Golden Lion in the West Blue?" There was a loud smacking sound followed by Sengoku's voice taking over the receiver. "Fleet Admiral Sir, Shiki has been dealt with but unfortunately he...erm is dead". Kong facepalmed in annoyance, the World Government had specifically asked for the three top pirates to be captured alive so they could be 'put to justice', which was the Elder Stars' way of saying public execution. "I knew I should have sent James to take down Shiki" he muttered to himself, half-annoyed. "Fine just bring the body and the captured crew to G5 Marine base for identification and processing". Garp immediately retorted that the marine base G2 was more appropriate than G5, as the 'scum' of the Rodger era were now slowly being 'eradicated', they should be sent to the "closest base to Impel Down". Kong knew that Garp whilst loyal to the marines, believed that seasoned and hardened pirates should be locked away quicker than the more average lot. However, it was Sengoku that Kong had put in charge due to his astuteness and politically awareness of marine actions; and so Kong allowed the Vice Admiral a bit of leeway but at the same time he knew that the death of one of the top three Pirate Lords, the level below the Four Emperors, would throw the New World into chaos as smaller crews would seek to take Shiki's position. The next stage in the ever continuing saga of removing piracy from the oceans had to be different, and more to the point, stable.
