Whether they were suspicious or simply couldn't believe it.
It was instinctive.
Everyone who had tangled with that man looked anxiously toward the Gaia Building.
Blackbeard's fury subsided. Suspicion and uncertainty crossed his face as he glanced past Crocodile toward the Gaia Building. There was no way to explain what was happening before his eyes—unless one particular possibility was true.
Gulp~
The atmosphere began to change.
Some of the pirates who had no idea what was going on swallowed nervously.
They had no clue why all those big shots were looking in one direction. Was another powerful figure about to make an entrance?
Rumble!!!
A brilliant blue bolt of lightning struck down. Several streaks of light flew over from the direction of the Gaia Building, finally coming to a halt in midair as they looked down over the entire Gold City.
Flashy special effects dazzled the eyes.
A host of divine and graceful figures filled the sky.
"Hiss~"
"Burning Representative, Sun King Don Archino."
"Sexy Representative, Dancing Queen Belo Betty."
"BUG Representative, Tyrant Bartholomew Kuma."
"Pervert Representative, Okama King Emporio Ivankov."
"Heavenly Punishment Representative, Thunder God Enel."
"Luck Representative, Queen of Luck Baccarat."
"Science Representative, King of Science Caesar Clown."
"And..."
"That's..."
"Impossible."
"Former Marine Admiral Kizaru—Borsalino."
"Why is Kizaru here? Could it be..."
As one figure after another appeared, all of Gold City erupted in an uproar.
Everyone from the Richest Group had shown up except its Appearance Representative, Queen of Joy Stussy.
But the most astonishing of them all was Borsalino.
No matter how you looked at it, it seemed as though he had joined the Richest Group.
"Borsalino, why are you here?"
Many in the Marine ranks could hardly believe it. They couldn't trust their own eyes. They so badly wanted Borsalino to be pretending, but the