The entire world was, of course, deeply shaken by this news.
That was Navy Headquarters.
For eight hundred years since the World Government established Navy Headquarters, this organization had suppressed the entire sea.
They might have suffered defeats, but never such a crushing loss.
Not even the once-invincible Rocks Pirates, nor the Roger Pirates, who had achieved something unprecedented, had ever driven the Navy to such a point!
The two fleets led by three Admirals had been utterly defeated. Aside from Admiral Kizaru, who had narrowly escaped through his ability, every other participant in the expedition had been captured!
This even included two monstrous pirates who had only recently joined the Shichibukai!
Before this, everyone on the seas had undoubtedly believed that the Navy would ultimately win this war.
Who could have imagined that the final outcome would be like this?
The Navy had actually suffered such a disastrous defeat!
"Was Black Arm Zephyr really this terrifying?"
"Had he been planning this all along, hiding his strength while he was still in the Navy?"
People could hardly help but speculate, since the newspapers did not explain the role Bright had played in this battle. He had not even appeared in the reports at all.
The people of the sea had no idea that Bright had anything to do with this incident.
They were merely astonished that a man whose arm had even been cut off by a pirate before could suddenly become so powerful.
After all, among the people he had captured were not only the three Admirals of Navy Headquarters, but also the pirate who had cut off his arm.
Could that bastard have been putting on an act before?
It was a very natural assumption.
But speculation about Zephyr was not the point. The real focus was how