The Confused Princess

Inside the enormous conference room at Marine Headquarters.

Fleet Admiral Sengoku sat in his seat, his sharp gaze sweeping over everyone present before he coughed heavily. "Ahem! I trust you all understand the purpose of this meeting. That's right! At the Five Elders' request, the Navy will use Ace's public execution as bait to launch an all-out war against the Whitebeard Pirates and, through it, reestablish the World Government's authority."

"If we go to war with the Whitebeard Pirates, won't Red-Haired, Beasts, and the Demon Pirates interfere? Sea Devil Allen in particular has been unusually active lately, and he even seized the Blueprint of the Ancient Weapon Pluton." Vice Admiral Momonga raised a question that everyone was especially concerned about.

After all, ever since the New World had formed its Four Emperors balance, the Navy's policy for a long time had been to let the pirates kill one another while maintaining the balance themselves.

If they were to confront one of the Four Emperor Pirate Crews head-on, there was no guarantee the other three crews would not take advantage of the chaos.

"There is no need to worry about that for now. According to the intelligence we have, Beasts Kaido has suffered severe injuries and will not leave Wano Country lightly anytime soon. Given Red-Haired's character, he likely will not involve himself in such matters. As for Allen, the only one worth worrying about, the Five Elders said they would handle him. That means the only enemy before us is the Whitebeard Pirates." Sengoku gave a straightforward explanation.

Though he also wanted to know how the Five Elders planned to ensure Allen stayed out of it, since they had given their assurance, he had no choice but to believe them.

"I see!" Momonga nodded thoughtfully.

"What about Aokiji? Is there