The Marines had been completely defeated. Both the former Fleet Admiral and the current Fleet Admiral had become prisoners, and the World Government had been utterly humiliated.
Even one of the Five Elders had been captured. Their authority had suffered a devastating blow.
In the palace of the Women's Kingdom on Amazon Lily, Empress Boa Hancock watched the broadcast with delight.
"I never expected that after Lord Luffy, someone else would dare lay hands on the Celestial Dragons. They even captured one of the Five Elders. What a delightful day."
Boa Hancock's sister spoke up beside her. "Sister, the World Government has sent word. They want us to head to the Sabaody Archipelago immediately, join the full-scale encirclement of the invaders from another world, and rescue the Marine higher-ups and Saint Nusjuro."
The moment she heard that they wanted her to provide aid, Hancock's face darkened. Just as she was about to refuse, she recalled the humiliation the Celestial Dragons had once inflicted upon her.
A glint of killing intent flashed through her eyes. Hancock said coldly, "Reply to the World Government. Tell them I shall immediately gather my forces and go assist them."
That was right. Boa Hancock would indeed bring the Kuja Pirates to help—but what they would be helping with, and whom they would be helping, remained to be seen.
If the World Government held the upper hand, she would secretly slack off at the sidelines, perhaps even sabotage them.
If that man who had started the broadcast truly could destroy the World Government, then she would stab the World Government in the back.
On a chaotic island occupied by pirates, Blackbeard Teach, one of the Warlords of the Sea, had also received a letter from the World Government.
As for the danger of this incident, Teach