November 1, 1501 of the Marine Calendar!

November 1, 1501 of the Marine Calendar.

The day had finally arrived.

Through the Otherworld Strategy Committee, the World Government had chosen this day for the "Accession Conference."

At this moment,

everything was ready.

Seka Fortress, once the capital city of the Northern Snow Region north of the Imperial Capital, had completely vanished.

In its place stood a city of roughly fifty square kilometers, without walls or guards, with roads extending in all directions and orderly rows of buildings.

The grand and imposing World Government's Teigu World Branch!

Although the area was filled with buildings and towers of varying heights, the construction teams had carefully designed them all with layered upturned eaves and gray-blue glazed tiles.

This gave every structure an ancient elegance that was orderly without being rigid, magnificent without being overly delicate.

Many military officers from Sea Star should have found this architectural style very familiar, since Marineford's buildings followed the same design.

The only difference was that this city had no structure as enormous and majestic as Justice Fortress.

At this moment,

the sun shone brightly, with neither wind nor snow.

Along both sides of every hundred-meter-wide main road in the city, an Army officer stood every ten meters. Each was two meters tall, powerfully built, with his hands clasped behind his back and an imposing, valiant presence.

Every one of them was a Major from Army Headquarters.

Their pitch-black Coats of Justice swayed gently behind them whenever a breeze passed by.

They remained silent, chests out and heads held high, their gazes sharp. Even when staring directly at the comrades across from them, none looked away, as though they were supervising one another—or perhaps competing to see who looked more imposing.

At the end of these roads,

three flags bearing the World Government emblem hung high