The Marine fleet drew ever closer across the sea.
On the deck of a warship, Aokiji lazily sat up. "Hm?"
He blinked.
"My, my. Something seems off."
He stood and walked to the railing, gazing toward the distant island.
Though he still could not see it with his eyes, Observation Haki was a sense even sharper than sight.
Aokiji could feel that the shore of the distant island was unusually quiet.
Was this really what a pirate invasion was supposed to look like?
Even if the pirates had already finished plundering and left the island, the surviving residents should have shown some reaction.
There was no reason for it to be this quiet.
"What are you waiting for, Aokiji? Finish things here quickly so we can get to the real business."
A man stepped onto the deck and came up behind Aokiji. Frowning impatiently, he said, "I don't have all day to play around with you!"
"Ochoku's right. We answered the government's summons to take down that bastard Zephyr. Cleaning up these trash pirates isn't our duty!"
The sharp-voiced old woman also approached, with a towering man following behind her.
Aokiji frowned.
Why did he have to be the one leading these people?
Sakazuki had Kizaru with him, a dream lineup of two Admirals.
Aokiji, who led the other fleet, was naturally not acting alone either.
The two Shichibukai who had only recently been recruited by the government were aboard his fleet.
Ochoku, the former Rocks Pirates member who had been driven from Hachinosu by Kaido and wandered the seas like a stray dog.
And Edward Weevil, the culprit who had previously attacked the Marine training ship led by Zephyr, directly causing Zephyr to leave the Marines.
With two powerful Shichibukai accompanying Aokiji, their side was not much weaker than