"Emergency assembly! Emergency assembly!"
Alarms blared as piercing warning sirens echoed through the air. The G5 Branch, which had remained on the highest level of combat readiness, quickly assembled.
Looking down from the platform, he saw a dense sea of heads stretching below. Yet the scene was unusually quiet, every soldier holding their breath as they waited for the vice admiral onstage to give the order.
"Listen up, all of you! Today may be our final battle in the New World. Show me your strongest spirit and throw every last one of those pirates into prison! Move out!" Garp's blood burned even hotter than that of the soldiers. Naturally, he did not bother with a long speech. After that simple, direct encouragement, he took the lead and boarded his Dog-Head Warship.
Yet this blunt declaration suited the rank-and-file soldiers even better. Coupled with Garp's identity as a Marine Hero, the G5 Branch harbor instantly erupted into a sea of cheers.
"The Whitebeard Pirates and Big Mom Pirates have already gone to war. The Beasts Pirates are also showing signs of movement, and there are another five Great Pirates who were lured in. The War for Supremacy in the New World, brewing for two years, was finally about to erupt in full!"
Longinus walked at the front of the formation, reviewing the intelligence and plans from the earlier meeting. "The Marines' role in this operation is the same as Kaido's—to act as a shit-stirrer on the battlefield and make the situation as chaotic as possible. Therefore, aside from Whitebeard, Big Mom is also among our targets."
"Of course, the most important thing is preserving our own strength. Otherwise, forget about reaping the defeated—we would be fortunate not to be swallowed whole by those vicious pirates."
At that thought, Longinus became even