Longinus: I'm About to Start Spouting Nonsense!

"Wait, Longinus has been released, and we were deceived again. Now Pluton and Poseidon are also in their hands..." The long-haired Five Elders cried out belatedly. "Could it be that the Marines intend to move against us?"

The blond-haired Five Elder shot him a look as if he were an idiot and said irritably, "You're only realizing it now? The Marine Headquarters has completely and utterly rebelled!"

"Damn it! How dare Longinus do this?" the long-haired Five Elder said furiously. "We thought so highly of him, yet he has betrayed the government's expectations!"

"What use is there in saying all that now?" the blond-haired Five Elder snorted. "Before the rebellion's influence spreads, we must correct the Marines' mistake as quickly as possible!"

The bearded Five Elder looked troubled. "But with the power we currently control, changing all this is practically impossible. Could it be that we have to ask God to intervene?"

The blond-haired Five Elder looked just as grim. "Yes, but we have no other choice..."

Just then, a CP0 member rushed in frantically and reported, "Five Elders, Five Elders, something terrible has happened! Just now, Lord West and Admiral Fujitora led the Marines stationed here, along with some of our former CP0 colleagues, out of the Holy Land! Only then did we discover that the government's communications with the outside world had actually been cut off long ago. The intelligence we've received these past few days was very likely fabricated by those two lords!"

"Oh, right. This is the newspaper we found in Lord West's room!"

The Five Elders had no time to lose their tempers. They hurriedly took the newspaper and looked it over.

At a single glance, all five of them changed color.

"What? Things have actually deteriorated this badly?"

"How is this possible? Everyone is