Silence!
The people in the meeting room opened their mouths, but in the end, no one said anything.
They knew this intelligence couldn't possibly be wrong.
They simply didn't want to accept that some brat who had just entered the New World had accomplished what the entire Marine Headquarters had failed to do.
How were they, the Marines who represented justice, supposed to live with that?
Tap! Tap!
At that moment, slightly hurried footsteps sounded from the corridor outside the meeting room. Everyone inside exchanged glances.
Could more unbelievable intelligence be coming in?
They all looked toward the meeting room door.
"Uh!"
The third messenger had just reached the doorway when he felt the gazes of all the big shots. His body immediately stiffened, and he was a little frightened.
Not knowing what was going on, he looked at them innocently and aggrievedly, unsure what he had done wrong.
"What intelligence?" Aokiji asked directly. He too thought new intelligence had arrived.
"Ah!"
The messenger froze for a moment before recovering and saying, "I'm not here to deliver intelligence."
Whew!
Upon hearing that he wasn't there to deliver intelligence, everyone in the meeting room let out a long breath for some reason.
Then...
"..."
The atmosphere became somewhat awkward. They looked at one another and all felt a little embarrassed that a piece of intelligence had made them so jumpy.
After all, everyone present was among the Marines' top combat forces. Being afraid to hear some terrifying intelligence was truly hard to accept.
Fortunately, the messenger's next words quickly pulled them out of their awkwardness.
"What?!"
"Sending Vice Admiral Garp to monitor Eternal City's headquarters?!"
"Are you sure this really is an order from the Gorosei?"
They were shocked once again. The third messenger had come to convey a mission from