"Where's Akainu? Why didn't he make a move?" another of the Five Elders asked with a frown.
"Tiger said he was held up by someone else. But someone capable of stopping Akainu... could it have been Doflamingo?"
"If Doflamingo had come here, the commotion would have been far worse than this," the blond Five Elder said. "With his illusion abilities, he could turn Mary Geoise upside down all by himself. It shouldn't have been him."
"Indeed. I had my Devil Fruit ability users maintaining constant vigilance. If Doflamingo came within a few hundred kilometers of Mary Geoise, we would detect him immediately!"
"Then who stopped Akainu? It can't be that the Revolutionary Army reached an agreement with some Great Pirate, can it?"
"Don't forget, Joker has a good friend too."
"You mean that child Shanks? He wouldn't come attack Mary Geoise, would he?"
"And is Shanks really that strong now? He should still be a little ways from the highest tier of power, shouldn't he?"
"Then who could it be? Pirates on the seas were generally dealt with by the Navy. Few ever directly targeted our World Government..."
"It was Monkey D. Dragon!"
A somewhat cold voice rang through Pangea Castle. The three Five Elders looked up just in time to see Akainu walk in, his Navy coat torn to shreds.
"He should be the leader of the Revolutionary Army. On the surface, the Sun Pirates carried out this operation, but he was likely the one who planned it."
"Monkey D. Dragon? Garp's son? So it was that man." One of the Five Elders spoke with considerable surprise. Looking at Akainu's injuries, he frowned. "How strong is he?"
Akainu fell silent for a moment. "Dragon's strength is probably no weaker than mine. And he is a Logia Wind-Wind Fruit ability