From the moment the distress signal was received to the arrival of the grim news,
the entire process had taken only about ten minutes to reach its end.
In other words—
Bac D. Maud had just experienced an extremely intense war, yet he still had enough energy to rush to Enies Lobby.
And not only had he gone alone, he had sunk Enies Lobby—which housed as many as ten thousand troops—in only about ten minutes?
This report sounded utterly absurd, yet it was a cruel fact that had already happened.
The senior Marine officers who learned of the news all wore gloomy expressions.
The losses from the war had yet to be tallied, and Maud had already turned around and sunk Enies Lobby.
That was a true sinking in every sense of the word...
He had directly and completely erased every trace that Enies Lobby had ever existed, burying it all within the bottomless oceanic waterfall.
Looking throughout history, one could no longer find a second existence as cold-blooded and brutal as Maud.
Even Cross, who had been renowned throughout the world thirty-four years ago, could not have done something like this.
Akainu was furious. The rage within his chest was like a boiling volcano on the verge of erupting.
His uncontrollable elemental transformation inadvertently spread to the Den Den Mushi in his hand.
Hiss, hiss...
The innocent Den Den Mushi was melted into black residue by the scorching magma.
A pungent smell drifted through the air.
Akainu came back to his senses and glanced at the black residue in his palm.
"Damn you, Bac D. Maud..."
With nowhere to vent his anger, a murderous aura spread across Akainu's brow.
He had not been in the position of Fleet Admiral for long, yet he had immediately launched sweeping reforms throughout