"Look over there... there's something new happening!"
The Birdman chattered as he shifted his gaze, urging Arne to fly a little lower.
He'd spotted a somewhat familiar figure and tried to get a better look.
The figure wore a white suit and was tall. As he boarded the warship, the Marine Soldiers all fawned over him.
They'd have to get closer to see the mask he was wearing. It had a mournful face on a white background, very CP0 in style. But as they drew near, the Birdman caught a sharp whiff of sulfur.
His feathers stood on end.
"Ha! He actually came back!"
Morgans was more excited than anyone!
He'd once missed a major event, but now the former Marine Admiral Sakazuki had appeared on the battlefield as a member of CP0.
"Akainu's here too! This is lively—really lively!"
"What are they talking about?"
The Birdman tried to descend a little farther, but a cannonball barely missed them. Arne refused to go any lower.
After Sakazuki boarded Onigumo's warship, no one knew what they discussed.
All they saw was Onigumo dismembering one of the Beasts Pirates' Shichibukai into several pieces, splattering blood across the deck.
When Akainu stepped over it, the blood beneath his feet instantly dried up.
"He made his choice too quickly."
He must have been planning it for a long time.
Akainu didn't say the rest aloud.
His former subordinate's eyes were full of surprise and delight, but Sakazuki had no inclination to say much.
"The World Government won't tolerate a Marine like him."
To be fair, Onigumo thought Aokiji had handled things very efficiently this time, without delaying the battle at the front for even a moment.
And Akainu was talking about a real problem.
Whether they won or lost the battle, the World Government