They had originally thought that the Celestial Dragons had suffered an attack suspected to be the work of Golden Lion.
Marine Headquarters would surely dispatch an admiral to provide swift support.
But after Roy, Spandam, and the others had stayed at the Navy's Sixteenth Branch Base for two days,
aside from a few kings from the East Blue and some Navy personnel, they had not seen so much as a hair of any admiral.
Just as Saint Gareth grew furious over this and prepared to contact Mary Geoise through a Den Den Mushi to lodge a complaint,
a piece of Navy intelligence arrived, leaving Roy, Spandam, and the others silent.
At the edge of the Calm Belt in the East Blue, Kizaru had happened to run into Golden Lion.
A Navy admiral had encountered a legendary pirate.
Like gunpowder meeting a spark, conflict between them had naturally erupted at once.
According to witnesses from the World Economic Journal,
at the edge of the Calm Belt near Pearl Chain Island in the East Blue,
massive islands had repeatedly fallen from the sky, while blinding lasers relentlessly blasted across the sea.
In any case, the battle between those two powerhouses had turned that entire stretch of sea into a complete mess.
Moreover, due to their battle, in the waters directly beneath them,
Ronick Island, which had existed in that sea region, had already been sunk into the ocean.
And according to real-time reports, the battle there was still ongoing.
Roy was somewhat stunned when he learned the news.
After all, no one understood better than him what had truly happened with the attack on the Celestial Dragons.
Golden Lion had not only taken the blame this time, but had also suffered terrible misfortune because of Roy.
A man in his seventies, with