The location was somewhere deep within the Sea Forest, where a fresh grave stood quietly.
Garp forcefully planted the hastily made tombstone before the grave.
Among the coral forest, the group from Navy Headquarters that had come to Fish-Man Island stood scattered before it.
This was the funeral of Fleet Admiral Sengoku. Bright and Jinbe were also present.
Tesoro had little interest in dealing with the Marines, but Jinbe had voluntarily asked to attend the funeral. In his words, although they had once been enemies, he still held a measure of respect for this Fleet Admiral.
"Wait for us in that world for now, Sengoku."
Vice Admiral Tsuru stood before the grave, looking down at the words on the tombstone. She gently wiped the corner of her eye with her sleeve. "From here on, we'll lead the Marines down the path they should take."
"Rest assured, Mr. Sengoku!"
Vice Admiral Chaton silently lowered his head. "No matter what, we'll completely overthrow the World Government's rule and make sure that bastard can never strut around again!"
Bright merely watched calmly.
Who could have imagined that the famed Buddha Sengoku would now be lying here in silence?
At least he had been left with a grave. As for the others at Navy Headquarters at the time, not even their bones remained.
Human lives truly were fragile.
The simple funeral soon came to an end.
Fleet Admiral Sengoku now rested quietly amid this coral forest. It might be somewhat cold, but at least the scenery was extraordinarily beautiful.
"Bright."
On the way back, Vice Admiral Tsuru asked Bright, "What did Zephyr say?"
Bright had naturally informed his two companions about what had happened at Mary Geoise. When Mr. Zephyr learned what had happened to the Marines, he had been incredibly agitated. If he