Whole Cake Island changing hands was, to countless ordinary people, nothing more than another topic of conversation after meals.
People were only shocked when the news first broke, and then that was that.
For the people of the Four Blues and the first half of the Grand Line, the New Marines rising in the New World were simply too far away. No matter how the New Marines developed, it would not affect their lives.
However, Whole Cake Island changing hands was something many major powers across the world had to take extremely seriously.
Regarding what had happened in Whole Cake Island, Sengoku personally convened a secret meeting of influential officers from Marine Headquarters. Even Aokiji, Kizaru, and Tsuru, who were still far away in the New World, attended through a "video conference."
The meeting centered on discussing how to deal with the New Marines rising in the New World. Only after the Marines' upper ranks reached a consensus could those beneath them act with proper restraint.
And avoid harming Marine interests.
Inside a conference room at Marine Headquarters, Brannew held a thick stack of documents and gave the attending Marine higher-ups a detailed introduction to the New Marines and the specific situation in Whole Cake Island.
"The New Marines currently controlling Whole Cake Island are, in fact, the result of the Dawn Sword faction splitting away from Headquarters back then."
"The core figures of the New Marines are former Marine Admiral Tsugikuni Yoriichi, his most trusted deputy, former Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral Issho, and former Marine swordsman Dracule Mihawk."
"These three are not only the New Marines' core figures, but also their strongest combat forces."
"Based on the reports we have received, the combat power of these three rivals that of the three Admirals."
The conference room was dimly lit.