Marine Dawn Branch! A "D" Branch? (Two-in-One)
"Dressrosa?!"
Inside Fleet Admiral Kong's office, Tsugikuni Yoriichi raised his left hand and pointed the hilt of his sword directly at the sea chart.
The spot he indicated was an island nation in the middle of the New World. Kong turned to look, and his expression visibly froze when he saw the location.
He was not surprised that Tsugikuni Yoriichi had decided so quickly where to establish a Marine Branch. What surprised him was that the place Yoriichi had chosen was Dressrosa.
Dressrosa's position in the New World was practically equivalent to the Malacca Strait in the modern world.
Controlling that place meant controlling one of the New World's largest shipping ports. It held immense significance for the Marines' control over the New World.
"Dressrosa..."
"It's not as though we Marines have never considered establishing a branch in such an important location."
"But..."
"Tsugikuni Yoriichi, choose somewhere else. This place is beyond the Marines' ability to control."
"Even gaining a foothold in a place like Water Seven took considerable effort. If you hadn't stopped Golden Lion Shiki's attack, the G-ICE Branch on Water Seven would probably have been destroyed by pirates by now."
"Even branches at the far end of the New World suffer pirate attacks of that degree. If you establish a branch in Dressrosa, the threats you face will likely be even more terrifying."
"The pirates will never allow such a nail to be driven into their sphere of influence."
Kong looked at the sea chart, then turned to urge Tsugikuni Yoriichi in a grave voice.
The New World had always been regarded by pirates as their own backyard. The bizarre weather in the New World made it impossible for the Marines to conduct operations on an enormous scale there. If