Pirate Mass Grave!

Chief Staff Tsuru recovered from her surprise and asked sternly, "Make yourself clear, Akainu!"

"Who died? Saint Charlos?"

The last incident involving the Celestial Dragon Ozfield Saint Charlos had shaken the government, but Tsuru had always suspected that Saint Charlos was not actually dead.

She had heard that rumor as well. Something unknown must have happened, causing the Five Elders to confine the Celestial Dragons to the Holy Land, even going so far as to fake their deaths to get away.

But...

"Why bring him up? Saint Charlos's death was confirmed long ago..."

As she spoke, Akainu suddenly understood and shook his head.

"You're overthinking it, Lady Tsuru. I'm not talking about any single individual, but every one of them besides the Five Elders."

At that, Akainu lowered the brim of his baseball cap and spoke solemnly, one word at a time.

"The Celestial Dragons have been exterminated!"

Clatter!

The sound of chairs toppling rang out. Inside the conference room, a crowd of stunned officers sprang to their feet, overturning tables and chairs, their faces filled with horror.

Kizaru pursed his lips in his usual lewd manner and steadied his breathing to calm himself before sighing.

"So, in the end... they couldn't hold on?"

"Do you know something, Kizaru?"

Aokiji looked at him gravely.

The Celestial Dragons were dead. This was an earth-shattering event!!!

Compared to that, Roger becoming the Pirate King was hardly worth mentioning.

Kizaru did not answer. Instead, he looked at Akainu.

"But Fleet Admiral, I don't think the Five Elders have formally notified us about this yet, have they? How did you find out?"

The best way to keep a secret was to kill everyone who knew it.

Inside that secret laboratory in the Holy Land, aside from Vegapunk, all the other researchers had been secretly