"Boss, what's going on? You rarely contact me personally!" Sabo's voice over the Den Den Mushi was languid and frivolous, utterly lacking the bearing of a senior Revolutionary Army officer.
Dragon's expression was extremely grave. "A message will be sent to you shortly. Make the appropriate arrangements—pull all our personnel back, conceal all recent operations, and have everyone keep a low profile."
Hearing the seriousness in Dragon's voice, Sabo dropped his carefree attitude. "Has something major happened?"
"Marine Admiral Candidates Fujitora and Momousagi have defected from the Marines and are heading for the Star Alliance. There's a strong chance they intend to join Ronglin," the dragon said. "Go stop them. Do not let them appear in the Star Alliance at this time."
Sabo asked doubtfully over the Den Den Mushi, "The Star Alliance's reputation is growing by the day. If two high-ranking Marine officers show up and defect during the Ten Thousand Nations Alliance Summit, won't that draw even more attention? That's a good thing!"
Dragon said heavily, "They defeated the CP0 fleet led by Bony-Sen. Do you know what that means? It was an open provocation against the authority of the Celestial Dragons. Those idiots in Mary Geoise may very well deploy stronger forces to hunt them down. If they join the Star Alliance now, the Star Alliance will be surrounded by enemies on all sides and could very well collapse."
Sabo fell silent. Although the Star Alliance's momentum had recently been dampened somewhat by one of the Four Emperors, Charlotte Linlin, the Ten Thousand Nations Alliance Summit was imminent. Once the alliance of nations was successfully formed, the Star Alliance would immediately be able to overwhelm the BIGMOM Pirates with its immense prestige and might even launch a tactical counteroffensive.
And if two high-ranking Marine officers joined the