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OPI Chapter 282: Reforms, Rivalries, and Redemption
🕑 Added 2025-01-27 16:54:26 +0000 UTCFor the World Government, this was an opportunity to undertake reforms not only in the military, but also in its own administrative system and in the distribution of Cipher Pol's powers.
Last year, with the development of other worlds and multiple mega projects, the World Government departments had to desperately recruit talents from all areas, coming from different kingdoms and islands.
While this effort allowed them to barely manage to manage the administration of all four worlds, it also resulted in overly bloated departments and left Starfish World's reserves of qualified personnel depleted.
With the current education system of Starfish World, educational institutions only exist on a few islands that are advanced in terms of civilization. In most kingdoms and islands, outside of the areas inhabited by the nobility, most people do not even know how to read.
That is why the policy of four universal public institutions promoted by the World Government has been so well received by the population.
These institutions include public schools, police stations, world hospitals, and government offices.
These four pillars ensure the basic needs of life for the citizens and, to a certain extent, prevent the local nobility from oppressing the commoners without any scruples.
In this way, the World Government has gradually gained the trust of the people. Over the years, the fear that the population felt towards them has begun to transform into respect.
As for the Celestial Dragons, except for those who have been direct victims of their abuse and still hold a grudge, most people have chosen to ignore their existence. Not mentioning them seems to be the unspoken consensus.
That aside, the next step for the World Government is to redeploy the excess workers to other worlds.
The idea is that the World Government headquarters on the other worlds will handle most of the administrative matters, while the headquarters on Starfish World will oversee and control the main operations.
While this strategy might give too much power to the directors of the headquarters on other worlds, it is a risk they are willing to take for now.
After all, as long as the Starfish World maintains enough strength and controls the dimensional gates, any future problems will be manageable.
At the same time, an important challenge arises: if another dimensional gate opens and they conquer another world, what will they do then?
With current human resources, administrative capacity is already at its limit.
It is imperative to find a solution to dramatically increase administrative efficiency. Only then will the army be able to conquer other worlds without worrying about management problems.
Meanwhile, at Cipher Pol, the division of tasks between its departments has become chaotic.
The main problem is the lack of staff. With only one department, it is impossible to handle missions from several worlds at once.
In practice, any available department has been used, leading to a great deal of confusion over roles and responsibilities over the years.
For this reason, Ju Peter has decided to take advantage of this time to reorganize the internal structure of Cipher Pol and, at the same time, recruit talents from the worlds already conquered.
This is the reason behind the full incorporation of the Oarburgh assassin organization.
In the future, the Secret Police led by Najenda, the shinobi forces of the Kingdom of the Gods Islands, and the best agents from the intelligence departments of the countries in the Demon Slayer World will also join.
From Ju Peter's perspective, none of these worlds need intelligence agents. Instead, it is better to train them to serve the World Government.
To plan the new structure, Ju Peter called a meeting with key Cipher Pol leaders.
During the meeting, they redefined the boundaries of each department's responsibilities to facilitate the assignment of tasks.
CP-1: Protection and surveillance, both overt and covert, of senior World Government officials and key facilities such as the Academy of Sciences, the Academy of Medicine, and the Academy of Agriculture.
CP-2: Recruit, train and educate agents on Starfish World and other worlds. They also manage the construction of secret bases, including Guanhao Island.
CP-3: Monitoring and intelligence in the East Blue and South Blue, as well as the islands and kingdoms in the area.
CP-4: Monitoring and intelligence in the West Blue and North Blue, as well as the islands and kingdoms in the area.
CP-5: Monitoring and intelligence on the Grand Line and the Red Earth Continent. This included monitoring the nine new special zones being urbanized by the World Government, as part of the territories rewarded by the new Military Merit System.
CP-6: Supervision of military forces, focusing primarily on covert operations.
CP-7: Surveillance and intelligence gathering of affiliated nations on conquered worlds.
CP-8: Covert operations and infiltration of unconquered worlds. At the same time, the shinobi village of Umigakure also falls under its jurisdiction.
CP-9: Elimination of key targets determined by other departments, through assassination or neutralization.
Finally, CP-0 would retain its role as the elite force dedicated to protecting the Celestial Dragons and Mary Geoise. In addition, they would act as an intervention force in situations too delicate to involve the military.
...
While the reforms of the World Government were taking place, people's attention was focused on other matters.
Thanks to the propaganda department's push, news spread that the former captain of the Flying Pirates, the Golden Lion Shiki, has been pardoned by the World Government.
He will soon be joining the Air Force, news that has generated widespread debate and an avalanche of attention throughout the Starfish World.
This situation, as well as Bullet's promotion to the rank of general, has generated a series of controversies with the fact that pirates with a large number of crimes are now pardoned as long as they join the World Government's armed forces.
In the midst of this heated debate, the World Government has remained silent, not bothering to respond to what they consider a trivial discussion.
It was in such a lively atmosphere that Shiki, whose head had returned to normal and whose legs had recovered, walked out of the gate of the World Hospital while dancing a strange dance and humming a melody before the surprised eyes of many doctors, nurses, patients and their families.
Standing in the cold wind and snow of Drum Island, Shiki roared excitedly towards the clouds, venting years of pent-up frustration.
Only those who have lost freedom can truly understand its value.
At the top of Drum Rock Shiki let the wind flutter his robes and looked in the direction of the Marine Headquarters with burning eyes and whispered: "Garp, you're just an old soldier. You're not qualified to stop me from obtaining the rank of General or stand in my way!"
...
In the blink of an eye, the time finally arrived on February 1st.
At this time, on a desert island located in the first half of the Grand Line, the Navy had imposed a blockade on the surrounding waters with its fleet. In the air, several flying battleships belonging to the Air Force were slowly floating in formation.
Among them were some flying ships recently assigned to the Propaganda Department, intended exclusively to cover news events.
Now, a new titanic showdown was about to begin: The Golden Lion Shiki versus The Iron Fist Garp!
The audience knew well what was at stake: if Shiki managed to defeat Garp or resist five days without being defeated, he would be promoted directly to the rank of General of the Air Force.
But, if he failed... then he would only obtain the rank of Lieutenant General, remaining subordinate to Kaido.
For Shiki, this was a direct blow to his pride. After all, during his time as a high-ranking officer in the Rocks Pirates crew, Kaido was nothing more than a mere apprentice.
...
In the center of the island.
Shiki held his famous swords Oto and Kogarashi in both hands and laughed unscrupulously at Garp in front of him.
"Shihahaha!"
"Garp, I'm serious this time. I suggest you be careful. I don't want you to blame me later if I tear you to pieces~"
Although he was captured by Garp and Sengoku in the past and sent to Impel Down, Shiki considered it an unfair defeat, as both of them attacked him together.
Things were different now. This was a one-on-one fight, and Shiki was convinced that Garp had no chance against his fully recovered strength.
"Bwahaha!" After hearing this, Garp immediately laughed.
"Shiki, don't even think about becoming an Air Force General, it's too early for you to get this position!"
"You should first serve as Kaido's subordinate for a few years to train yourself!"
"Kaido?!" Shiki shouted in disdain. "When I ruled the seas, that brat was playing with mud in Hachinosu while wetting his pants!"
...
“Nonsense!!!”
On Zou's back, a furious roar from Kaido shook the air, shocking both those inside and outside the base.
In the commander's office.
"Shiki!"
"I'm not done with you!!"
Kaido was completely furious. His Haoshoku Haki gave off purple electric currents that crackled around him.
He never imagined that Shiki, during a world broadcast, could slander him in such a way. And the worst thing: now he had no way to publicly deny it.
Kaido's aura caused the entire structure of the building to tremble, leaving the air force officers in complete shock.
...
Meanwhile on the designated desolate island, Shiki's black sword, surrounded by red lightning, violently clashed against Garp's black fist.
The impact was like a nuclear explosion. A fierce wind and blinding light erupted in all directions.
At the same time, a whirlpool formed in the surroundings, creating a turbulent layer of air visible to the naked eye. Warships and flying ships in the area were forced to turn back to avoid being carried away by the currents.
In an instant, Shiki and Garp shot off in opposite directions, leaving sonic booms behind them.
The battle had begun!
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Jetson Yee
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