Forced Buying and Selling, Duke Eagle Eye

Doflamingo's betrayal and declaration of war, along with Hawkeye Mihawk simply walking away, directly infuriated the Five Elders.

"Damn pirates!"

"I knew you couldn't be trusted!"

"Damn it! We were going to have the Seraphim replace the Shichibukai!"

"But now both the Seraphim and Vegapunk have been taken by Wang Shi!"

The thought of Wang Shi taking both the Mother Flame and the Seraphim made the Five Elders even more frustrated and furious.

"Fortunately, the Seraphim's highest authority is in our hands. Even if Wang Shi has obtained the Seraphim, he won't be able to use them."

"What's most terrifying now is that both the Mother Flame and Pluton have fallen into Wang Shi's hands."

"We don't have any Ancient Weapons. What are we supposed to do?"

"Those two damn, useless Four Emperors were subdued by Wang Shi so quickly, and even submitted beneath him. They have no dignity as emperors at all!"

The betrayal of two Shichibukai made the World Government's situation even worse.

The Five Elders could only continue courting the powerful allied nations to make up for their lack of combat strength.

Even Kong received orders from the Five Elders to do his utmost to find Sengoku the Buddha and Vice Admiral Tsuru.

They even continued trying to win over naval higher-ups such as Akainu and Kizaru.

As the World Alliance's massive fleet gradually advanced from the latter half of the New World into its front half, the World Government truly began to panic.

Even the D Alliance and the Revolutionary Army frequently appeared in the latter half of Paradise on the Grand Line, showing up in the waters around the Lulusia Kingdom and G-2 Marine Base.

They had even reached the vicinity of the former Marine Headquarters, Marineford.

At that distance, they were already very