As the audience cheered and celebrated the brat's victory from the stands, rejoicing that their lives and safety had been secured, the naval warships on the dark sea in the distance had already finished loading and aiming their cannons.
"All ships, attention!"
"Aim at the Sky Theater on the top floor of the Golden King's Hotel. Begin saturation bombardment there first. Duration: three minutes!"
"After the saturation bombardment ends, commence unrestricted shelling. Focus primarily on the waterline of the Gran Tesoro, while also saturating the Golden City aboard it. Make sure to sink it within ten minutes!!"
On the command platform atop the flagship of the naval fleet, a hooded CP0 member held a Den Den Mushi in one hand to transmit orders to every ship. Watching the distant Gran Tesoro setting off fireworks, he ground his teeth and issued his commands.
"Prepare..."
"Fire!!!"
Before the ships could even process his order, he decisively gave the command to open fire.
"No!"
"All ships, hold your fire!"
Fortunately, a naval officer rushed onto the command platform at that moment and shouted loudly, narrowly stopping the order to fire.
"Sir!"
"There are still tens of thousands of spectators in the Sky Theater!"
"We can't open fire!"
He immediately shouted his objection, making sure his voice would pass through the Den Den Mushi and reach every naval vessel and commanding officer in the formation.
"..."
"..."
"..."
Sure enough, after hearing the naval officer order them to stop, the naval vessels that had already aimed at their target did not fire. Instead, they all fell silent.
"Hm?"
"What are you doing here?"
"I'm in command here now!"
Seeing that the newcomer was the original commander of this naval fleet—and that the ships had actually ignored his orders—the CP0 member turned around viciously and