Smoker naturally has some acting skills, and he is indeed not interested in these pirates in the North Sea, even the popular Doflamingo.

In his opinion, these navies from all over the world usually exaggerate the strength of pirates to prove that it is not that they are not good, but that the enemy is too strong.

As an elite member of the team, Smoker has just grown up, so there is nothing wrong with him being a little arrogant.

But as Meri Gray narrated, Smoker's face became solemn. Even though he was still very young, following Alan out of that small town from the East China Sea, he experienced experiences that ordinary people would never dream of having in their lifetime.

, and these experiences gave him a broadened horizon and insights beyond ordinary people.

What Doflamingo does is fundamentally different from ordinary pirates.

Ordinary pirates just plunder aimlessly, some yearn for Roger's so-called illusory secret treasure ONE PIECE, and some just want to rob others to survive. Most of these pirates are not worth mentioning.

The outcome is basically doomed, and not even one out of ten can really survive.

On the contrary, people like Doflamingo are rare. No, to be precise, Smoker didn't realize how far-reaching someone's plan was until he heard about it now. If he couldn't catch such a guy early, he might not be able to catch him in the future.

Able to become the pirate emperor like Whitebeard, Kaido and Big Mom.

Just like Beihai now, most people in the underground world have the last name Don Quixote.

Regarding Doflamingo, Merry Gray talked about it for a full twenty minutes. It can be seen that this guy caused a lot of trouble in the North Sea. From another aspect, Gray can be considered a thoughtful person. After all,

Doflamingo's main area of ​​activity is not within the jurisdiction of his branch base.

"How is it? After hearing what Brigadier Gray said, Smoker, what do you think?" Allen asked.

Smoker said with a serious face: "I was a little arrogant before. This Doflamingo really shouldn't be underestimated. He can do so many things in the North Sea. If he goes to the Grand Line, I'm afraid it will be even more rampant.

It will cause more casualties and chaos, and it will be even harder to catch. The best way is to directly eliminate the source while it has not yet fully developed."

After the Great Pirate Age began, the number of pirates in this world suddenly increased a lot, and no one knew which group among them could become truly powerful.

Moreover, most of these pirates are heading towards ONE PIECE in the new world. This sea is too vast. In an ocean without satellite positioning, trying to find each pirate group is comparable to finding a needle in a haystack. Even if

Even if you know it, it's not easy to really catch it.

In short, it is not that easy to really annihilate each pirate group. Otherwise, with the strength of the navy, facing a group of pirates who are scattered and even fighting among themselves, the pirates in this world will not be able to fight with each other.

The Navy World Government and others are fighting against each other.

Gray praised: "Colonel Smoker has far-reaching thoughts and is really wise. He is worthy of being the youngest genius colonel of Mr. Allen." At the beginning, Gray, who had been the top officer of the branch for more than ten years, was actually very unnatural when he praised him.

But in just a few days, he has practiced this skill very skillfully, and it seems that he thinks so from the bottom of his heart, not just as a compliment.

This licking skill is so amazing.

Smoker was still very young, so such straightforward compliments made him blush all of a sudden and felt very embarrassed.

Unlike Allen, although he is also young, he has been tempered by all kinds of praise over the years. If Gray said this, he would only smile slightly: "Comrade General Gray, don't praise him too much. This guy is still

It's far behind. If others don't tell me, there is a big gap compared to you. If he can be like Brigadier General Gray, I won't have to worry so much."

"Don't take it seriously, Sir Allen is really ridiculous. I, a brigadier general of the branch who will retire soon, compared with a young genius like Colonel Smoker, is like a firefly comparing the brilliance of the moon. I am not in the same place at all.

In terms of level, there is no comparison." Merry Gray said with some fear.

He secretly complained in his heart, Mr. Allen, it's okay for you to teach your subordinates a lesson, but if you compare yourself and be marked down by this genius, this is not a good thing, and there may be twists and turns.

Allen said: "Brigadier General Gray is too humble. Under your leadership, the branch base has made many achievements, captured many pirates, and greatly maintained the tranquility of the North Sea. This is all due to your good leadership. That's all.

A little bit is very hard to come by, and some people may not be able to learn it in their lifetime.”

Allen is not talking nonsense about this. Strong military force is certainly very important, but this does not mean that other abilities are not important. For example, Merri Gray, his strength is not ranked among all the branch bases in Beihai.

But under his leadership, this 110 branch base, which was originally not very good, has grown and developed little by little, and he himself has been promoted to brigadier general based on his merit, which shows that he has great abilities.

Allen himself is actually not very good at this kind of management. If he is placed as a commander in a base, he may not be able to do better than Mery Gray.

"But Smoker is right about one thing, that is, Doflamingo cannot continue to let it go like this." Allen continued, "We can all see how harmful he is. If we don't stop it now, maybe in the future.

It will become a big pirate that is more difficult to deal with. Since I am in the North Sea now, I will simply clean up the environment in the North Sea. If the pirates in the North Sea continue to be so rampant, they think the navy is easy to bully.

Let's do this. Brigadier General Gray will help me prepare the supplies I need. For specific circumstances, you can go to Bucky and he will contact you. When I am ready, I will stay in the North Sea temporarily to let these pirates understand that no matter where they are,

In any sea area, pirates can never ride on the navy's head.

I don't like shouting slogans like 'for justice', let alone those pirates who wantonly abuse ordinary people under the banner of freedom. Commodore Gray will sort out the pirate situation in the North Sea as quickly as possible

Come out and deal with a Doflamingo, hunt rabbits and take care of the other pirates at the same time."

At this moment, Allen's aura was just like the sunshine outside the window, and the bright light was so bright that it was impossible to look directly at him.

"Yes, Sir Allen." Meri Gray gave a standard military salute.

He understood that from now on, these rampant pirates in the North Sea would probably be in trouble.

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After Meri Gray left, Allen and Smoker continued their previous conversation.

Smoker asked: "Lieutenant General, are you going to let him go so lightly? Over the years, he has cooperated with the nobles of Bagala, and I don't know how many benefits he has received."

Speaking of this, he was still a little indignant.

There is no doubt that young Smoker is a very upright person. Not only him, but most of the other young people on Allen's ship except Bucky are such young people.

After Allen came to the 110 branch base, it was actually not peaceful secretly. In the past few days, some people had secretly contacted the elites of the branch brought by Allen and reported some problems.

Of course, the one with the most problems is Mery Gray.

After these days of secret verification, Smoker has obtained certain conclusive evidence, and there is indeed a problem with Meri Gray, and the problem is much better.

After grasping this situation, Smoker couldn't sit still. He took the initiative to find Allen and explained the situation, hoping to find this black sheep for the navy.

When Mery Gray came just now, he seemed to be having a seizure. Fortunately, he had been following Allen for a long time, and he still had some acting skills. He did not show this situation, and he looked like a arrogant and talented colonel of the headquarters.

.In fact, he has always had this image among the branch navy these days.

"Putting these things aside, what do you think of Meri Gray as the branch commander?" Allen looked at Smoker and asked.

Smoker was about to blurt out the words, paused, and finally told the truth: "Through my investigation, he is indeed a very capable brigadier general, and he even does a lot better than many brigadier generals and even at least generals in this department, but...

"

Allen raised his hand and interrupted Smoker: "So based on the evidence you have obtained now, what do you think should be done with him?" He patted the paper information on his desk.

"Of course, we will capture him back to the headquarters and throw him into the prison of the headquarters, waiting for the verdict of the military court." Smoker did not hesitate at all this time.

Allen sneered: "Do you believe that if these things are thrown into the court of this department, Brigadier General Gray will never get anything wrong in the end? Look at what your so-called evidence is, corruption? Did he accept it from

The bribes of many nobles in the Pampas Kingdom are definitely much more than the figures you found out. But what kind of crime is such a thing? The gentlemen in the military court of this department will probably be more cruel than Mery Gray.

.

As for the Navy's practice of escorting those merchant ships and then charging high fees for it, let alone Merry Gray, this kind of thing is not new in other places around the world or even the Grand Line.

Or is it the so-called reselling of weapons? Not to mention whether you have any concrete evidence, but according to the regulations of this department, these weapons have reached the time of elimination. Even if they are not resold to those people, they will be destroyed. Not to mention, since he can do this

If something happens, there will never be no countermeasures.

Another point, after our arrival this time, how many of the people who came to secretly complain were low-level soldiers? As far as I know, there is only one, and he is a bad gambler. What does this mean? It means that Meri Gray has absolute control at the branch base.

Quan, you should have clearly seen the attitude of those soldiers towards him. I'm afraid not many base officers can do this in such a situation.

I'm afraid there are some people here who are restless, perhaps because of ambition, or perhaps there are other circumstances we don't know about. In short, it is very likely that someone wants to get rid of Mery Gray. It might as well be replaced by a new chief.

Well, this can only mean that Merry Gray has hindered their interests. There might have been nothing they could do with the brigadier before, but my arrival has allowed these people to see an opportunity.

Smoker, don't be too one-sided when looking at the problem. Having a sense of justice is the best thing and must be maintained. But having a sense of justice does not mean that everyone is like you. Everyone lives in a different environment, and their attitude towards the world is different.

It will be different. In the future, you will not only be the one who leads the charge, but also manage a lot of people. At this time, you need to make a judgment. Do you understand?"

Is there something wrong with Mery Gray?

Of course there is.

But these problems of his may seem like big problems to Smoker or even Merry Gray himself, but they are not worth mentioning in the entire navy.

Not to mention the branches in the four seas, but also the branches in the headquarters and even the Grand Line. There are many admirals who have done more than Mery Gray.

This is an era of comparison. As long as you are not as bad as others, you are actually doing well.

Merri Gray's biggest problem is selling some weapons and ammunition that need to be destroyed or damaged in the branch base. Allen never believes that only those that are in danger of being destroyed or damaged, and many of them should be 'damaged'.

As for the other issues, they are not issues at all.

Smoker was deep in thought. He certainly didn't think that Lieutenant General Allen was trying to excuse Merry Gray. To be honest, this famous Commodore in the North Sea was not qualified at all.

As for why the Lieutenant General spoke so long, Smoker certainly understood. After all, Lieutenant General Allen almost wanted to tell him that he was training himself.

After half a day, Smoker seemed to have figured it out, but he still seemed a little confused.

"But, are you going to let Merry Gray go like this?" he asked weakly.

Allen almost laughed angrily at this stubborn guy: "When did I say I would let him go? Among other things, reselling military arms is something that I think is absolutely not allowed. But that's not the case now.

This is a good time to touch him, otherwise I am afraid that some people hiding in the dark will laugh out loud."

Of course it needs to be dealt with, and Allen is not completely idle these days.

He already knew enough about this place, whether it was the low-level soldiers in the branch base or the real situation.

Unlike Smoker, Allen has a deep understanding of the branch base. Ordinary soldiers in the general branch base actually have a hard life, especially if they meet an incompetent commander.

But the 110 branch base is different. The soldiers at the bottom generally live a good life. Even those soldiers who have retired due to injuries, Allen has visited them. Nothing too bad has happened, and their lives are quite satisfactory.

This shows that even though Mery Gray is very greedy for money, he is very measured or well-organized in his actions. He is not the kind of commander who treats his soldiers as pigs for the sake of his own wealth.
Chapter completed!