"What did you say?!"
At the Holy Land of Mary Geoise, Saint Mendsbin, one of the Five Elders, was so shocked and furious that he could barely make out Gandor's voice coming through the Den Den Mushi.
He slammed the Den Den Mushi shut. His breathing grew ragged, tinged with a nervousness he didn't want to admit... Something terrible had happened!
What was this? A mutiny! In over 700 years, the Navy had never mutinied before!
How had things come to this?
Damn Gaston Figo!
Damn Aokiji!
Had they gone mad?!
His mind still working, he immediately summoned the other four Five Elders to assemble. When he told them about Aokiji and Figo gathering more than three hundred Marines and heading for the Holy Land, the other four were just as shocked—and then furious.
"Saint Mendsbin, is this how you manage the Navy?! I told you long ago not to give Aokiji so much leeway! Things have reached this point because you let him do as he pleased!"
Saint Mendsbin did regret it.
But he felt he was innocent, too. If it were only Aokiji... Damn it, the real problem was that Gaston Figo! First Doug, now Aokiji—he'd influenced both old men!
He could only accept the blame. "This isn't the time to discuss responsibility. This was indeed my fault. I'll apologize to Lord Im. At this point, we have no choice but to alert Lord Im."
"Alert Lord Im? Absolutely not!"
"The eight-hundred-year mark is approaching. Uranus and Poseidon are both about to awaken, and those bearing the Name of D are growing more active. At a time like this, you want to disturb Lord Im over something like this?"
"Besides, this is the Navy! Not some pirates who've broken into the Holy Land before and could be wiped