Marineford.
Inside the office of the Minister of the Ministry of Police.
Dragon stood with a grave expression, staring at the virtual map projected in midair.
It was covered with all sorts of information marked by Skynet.
Beside it were satellite video feeds of every region of the Calm Belt.
The Calm Belts scattered across different locations had all descended into bloody chaos.
The fighting parties were sea beasts from the various seas attempting to cross the Calm Belt, and the Calm Belt's native Sea Kings.
The sea beasts of the East Blue and South Blue wanted to cross the Calm Belt and enter the first half of the Grand Line.
Meanwhile, the sea beasts of the North Blue and West Blue wanted to cross the Calm Belt and enter the second half of the Grand Line.
But why would the Sea Kings readily make way for these foreign creatures, a motley mix of water-element magical beasts and marine Danger Beasts?
Moreover, the map showed that quite a few Sea Kings were leaving the Calm Belt themselves and entering the Grand Line.
The collective movements of these massive marine creatures.
Had caused drastic shifts in seawater currents across many regions.
Over the past ten or so days, more than a hundred vessels had been overturned by huge waves, while nearby islands had frequently faced tsunamis.
Incidents of sea beast attacks were even more countless.
Fortunately, the residents of many small and medium-sized islands had already relocated to the Red Line.
Otherwise, the casualties this time would have been impossible to estimate.
But Dragon wanted to determine exactly what had made these marine monsters so restless.
And he had keenly noticed that their behavior seemed intermittent.
After a while, they would either settle down or grow violent again.
The key must