Sabo had spoken with Ivankov earlier and knew that Ivankov was aboard Maud's ship.
But the timing of the call had been inconvenient, so he had failed to ask about Ivankov's situation and had only arranged their next call.
Now, after seeing the contents published in the newspaper, Sabo immediately understood what had happened.
Maud and the others...
had actually joined forces with the Red-Haired Pirates and pierced through the Marines' defenses, which were no weaker than those during the Summit War, ultimately reducing Impel Down to rubble.
This left Sabo utterly shocked.
Before seeing the newspaper, he had never imagined that Maud would use a frontal assault to resolve the matter. Nor had he expected the Marines to mobilize such overwhelming forces to defend against Maud's threat.
Even less had he expected the Marines, with such an impressive defensive formation, to still be crushed by Maud and the others.
If that had been all, it would have been one thing. But Maud had actually pulverized Impel Down right in front of the Marines.
Sabo had no idea what the Marines must have felt at the time.
"This is unbelievable."
Koala wore a look of shock.
She had only come over to read the newspaper later, but she was the first to finish it.
Her current feelings were a mixture of shock at Maud's boldness and shock at the scale of this war, which had erupted so quietly.
There were thirteen people in the cave. Aside from Karas, who had already been shocked beforehand, everyone else reacted much like Koala after reading the newspaper. They were all so stunned that they struggled to speak for a while.
A war destined to leave a heavy mark on history, no less significant than the Summit War, had taken place without anyone receiving