Marine Headquarters conference room.
Following Fleet Admiral Sengoku's sudden summons, every Navy officer still at Marine Headquarters who had the time came over.
Once all the Navy officers had taken their seats, they looked at the document on the table with puzzled expressions.
At once.
A hint of surprise and bewilderment appeared in everyone's eyes.
Especially Kuzan and Garp, who had only recently returned. When they saw that familiar name on the document in their hands, the corners of their mouths twitched involuntarily.
What did that guy do this time?
He had laid hands on the king of an affiliated nation?
Kuzan's eyes flickered slightly, and his brow furrowed as a trace of gravity seemed to flash through his gaze. But then he returned to his lazy appearance, leaning back in his chair and relaxing.
As for Garp... after blanking out for a moment upon seeing that name, he simply continued munching on snacks with a cheerful grin, as though nothing had happened.
At that moment.
Apparently deciding that it was about time, Fleet Admiral Sengoku, seated in the enormous chair at the head of the table, looked sternly at everyone before him and said in a steady tone, "What do you think?"
As his voice fell, the Navy officers all raised their heads and looked at him with furrowed brows.
"Sengoku, isn't this making far too much of a fuss?" Tsuru, the Chief of Staff of the Navy, a somewhat elderly Navy Vice Admiral with graying hair tied into a simple ponytail, frowned at Sengoku. "Didn't the Moke Pirates just enter the Grand Line? Is there really a need to be this cautious?"
She had thought the sudden gathering of all the available officers at headquarters was for something serious.
Yet...
It was just to discuss how to deal