Marie Geoise, inside the conference room.
The Five Elders gathered once more.
For the first time, unprecedented gravity filled all five of their faces. The current state of the world had already slipped beyond their control...
It gave these five rulers a terrible headache.
No, it could no longer be called a headache. It was an inexplicable fear born from losing control of the situation...
This was the first time it had happened since they began governing the World Government!
Neither Rocks, the former overlord of the seas, nor Roger, who ushered in the Great Pirate Era, had ever placed such immense pressure on them!
The situation had never descended into chaos beyond their control!
Whether it was the Quincy or Nightblade, the strength they had displayed made the Five Elders wary and fearful. For the first time, the five of them had no confidence in victory when facing these two...
In the two wars at Wano Country and Music Island, Nightblade and the Quincy had both displayed overwhelming combat power, crushing everyone who stood against them!
As the upper echelons of the World Government, they naturally knew the details of the wars at Wano Country and Music Island very well.
They knew exactly what kind of enemies the Quincy and Nightblade had faced then!
At Wano Country, there had been Four Emperor Kaido and Bullet, who had fused with the Ancient Weapon Pluto!
At Music Island, there had even been Rocks, Roger, Golden Lion... powerful figures who had once been renowned across the seas!
Any one of them, taken alone, had once been a figure famous throughout the seas!
Not to mention that all of them had gathered together!
If such a force attacked together, even the World Government might not have been able to withstand their assault!
Unless