Marine Headquarters had dispatched an Inspectorate Division to the North Blue!
Many Marine branch commanders in the North Blue had long known this news, but Marine Headquarters had not revealed the North Blue Inspectorate Division's true identity in the slightest.
This made those local-tyrant-like North Blue Marine branch commanders uneasy. They could not quite grasp Marine Headquarters' intentions, much less know what kind of person the North Blue Inspectorate Division would be.
After discussing it among themselves, these North Blue Marine branch commanders chose to wait along the most common route Marines took from the Grand Line to the North Blue, intending to welcome this important figure from Marine Headquarters, someone akin to a special envoy.
As expected, they did indeed manage to intercept him!
However, the North Blue Inspectorate Division did not seem to appreciate their grand and ceremonious welcome. The warship stopped far away and sent only a small boat over to ask what was going on.
Realizing that some sort of misunderstanding might have arisen, the eight Marine branch commanders, after some thought, chose to board the North Blue Inspectorate Division's warship alone by following that small boat.
Their hurried steps carried them through the somewhat dim cabin. As the eight North Blue Marine branch commanders suddenly felt a burst of dazzling sunlight, they arrived on deck.
Before them stood two rows of tough-looking, solemn-faced marine soldiers in formation. They exuded a chilling, murderous air that made the eight North Blue Marine branch commanders instinctively tense up and swallow.
When the eight North Blue Marine branch commanders looked ahead, they saw a white cape fluttering slowly at the very front. The two words "Zen" were written upon it, brimming with an iron-blooded aura that inspired inexplicable awe.
Instinctively, the eight North Blue Marine branch commanders slowed their