Today marked the tenth day since the Brat Pirates defeated the Big Mom Pirates, the Beasts Pirates, and the New World Navy's main forces, forced the Navy's G-5 branch fleet to surrender, unified the entire New World, and simultaneously shocked the whole world, leaving every race and nation in an uproar and disbelief.
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At the endpoint of the first half of the Grand Line, on the Sabaody Archipelago, the temporary headquarters of the Navy, Fleet Admiral Kizaru sat silently in his office, staring at the few vice admirals standing before his desk, not knowing what to say.
The five people standing dejectedly before Kizaru with their heads lowered were Chief of Staff Tsuru, G-1 Vice Admiral Gummier, John Giant, Ronse, and Dalmatian. They had gone to Impel Down to carry out a "Buster Call," only to fail to exterminate the demons and get exterminated themselves instead. After suffering a crushing defeat and being captured, they had somehow been released by Sabo, the Revolutionary Army's chief of staff, and returned to Navy Headquarters.
Of course, the five before him were not the only ones who had been released. However, they were the only ones qualified to come to Kizaru's office.
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After Chief of Staff Tsuru, Gummier, John Giant, Ronse, and Dalmatian explained the course of their battle, how they had fallen into the trap, and how they had ultimately been forced to surrender, they fell silent. They simply stood there with grim expressions.
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Although Kizaru still wore his usual languid expression, anyone could see that his face looked just as unpleasant. He had not said a word from beginning to end, and no one knew what he was thinking.
But in truth, Kizaru himself had nothing to say!
After all, the great battle in