With the practical difficulties removed, the so-called "bad influence" no longer mattered.
What the World Government needed most right now was to eliminate the threat of the BIG Pirates as quickly as possible. No matter what methods they used, let alone a mere Flanders Kingdom, even the Dressrosa Kingdom, which held special significance for the World Government's legitimacy, could be abandoned if necessary!
Having swiftly reached an agreement, the Five Elders immediately called Fleet Admiral "Steel Bone" Kong and instructed him to order Borsalino—who had just been given the codename "Kizaru" and would officially be promoted to Marine Admiral within one or two years—to head to the Pudding Kingdom and assist in battle.
However, upon receiving the call, Borsalino did the unprecedented and flew into a rage at his direct superior:
"What? You want me to wipe out a country? What crime did Flanders commit to deserve this? For the greater good? To hell with the greater good! You think you can keep trampling on my reputation just because it's already ruined?"
Because of his erroneous decision to split the forces in two back then, "Steel Bone" Kong's prestige had suffered a severe blow. With his own move to a secondary position approaching, he truly had no way to deal with Borsalino, someone the Marines currently could not do without.
Besides, the Fleet Admiral did not truly approve of having a future Marine Admiral do this dirty work. After all, this was different from protecting the Celestial Dragons. The latter might have had a bad reputation as well, but it was at least explicitly written into the law, giving them some semblance of a fig leaf.
Thus, after failing to persuade him twice, "Steel Bone" Kong could only bite the bullet and kick the ball back to the Five Elders.