Another secret of the world had been born.
It was not that the event itself had been particularly secretive, nor that someone had been vigorously suppressing the news...
The reason was simply that almost no one had been able to clearly witness the full picture of what had happened.
Where had that utterly terrifying clash of Conqueror's Haki come from?
"No comment."
Inside the Fleet Admiral's office, a cold voice came from a Den Den Mushi, its face wearing an indifferent old expression.
Sakazuki's face darkened, and even the cigar in his mouth seemed about to melt.
"As Fleet Admiral of the Navy, do I not even have the right to know? That kind of Conqueror's Haki nearly paralyzed Marine Headquarters at the time!!!"
"That is the Navy's incompetence, Sakazuki."
Facing the furious Fleet Admiral, Saint Saturn coldly shot back.
"And what are you supposed to be, daring to question our decisions?"
"You allowed the Revolutionary Army to successfully attack the Holy Land and even disturb us. That was the Navy's failure to begin with, and we have not even held you accountable!!!"
Sakazuki was rebuffed, and the Five Elders unceremoniously hung up the Den Den Mushi.
They had no time to indulge Sakazuki's pointless curiosity. They were more concerned with how to handle the aftermath of the earlier incident.
Saint Warcury looked grave as he turned to the other elders.
"Let us discuss what should be done next to clean this up."
"The development of this incident was completely beyond expectations."
"What should we tell the public? The scope of the repercussions was far too great. The clash of Conqueror's Haki between Lord Imu and Austin alarmed the entire sea..."
"We will offer no explanation. We will only say that Sabo of the Revolutionary Army and Ace, the King