Carlos was immensely satisfied with the power of the Ancient Weapon Pluton. In high spirits, he had Asura Path Pain use the Fusion Fruit's ability to store Pluton away, then headed home to Sun Moon Island.
From now on, the Ancient Weapon Pluton was his. It would be one of his trump cards!
Just as Carlos found the Ancient Weapon Pluton, Marine Headquarters discovered the unusual disappearance of every Marine in Gourmet City, including personnel from the Marine intelligence division. Marine Headquarters specifically dispatched people to investigate, but despite exhausting every effort, they found nothing useful. No one, dead or alive, could be found. How strange...
The only useful discovery was that someone had once heard sounds of fighting by the sea. However, it ended very quickly, and no Marine who entered there was ever seen again.
The investigators reported the situation to the Marine higher-ups, and it eventually landed on the desk of Marine Admiral Sengoku. Even Sengoku was baffled by the matter. How could they suddenly vanish without a trace...
Based on the sounds of battle that had been heard, Sengoku estimated that the missing people were most likely dead. But who could be so formidable as to wipe out an entire Marine force led by a Vice Admiral?
Wiping them out was one thing. There were few such powerful people in the first half of the Grand Line, but quite a few in the New World. Yet there had not been a single survivor. Even the hidden Marine intelligence personnel had not escaped. Wasn't that far too bizarre?
How had the other side wiped out the Marines in one fell swoop? Could there have been a traitor?
It was fucking bizarre!
Sengoku rose from his office chair, pondered for a moment, then suddenly called out, "Someone!"