Tensei's methods were not truly revealed until the day he left Marine Headquarters.
Sengoku and the other senior Marine officers had actually sensed that something was somewhat off about Tensei during their meeting that day. They had never lowered their guard around him.
They had thought that under such close watch, Tensei would have no way to cause trouble. But what Sengoku had not expected was that Tensei had never intended to "persuade" the other senior Marine officers to defect. Instead, he had gone straight for the root of the problem.
He had undermined Marine Headquarters' authority and credibility at their foundation, pushed Marine Headquarters to the opposite side of the people, and made ordinary Marine soldiers question the justice they upheld from the bottom of their hearts.
The blow and damage Tensei dealt Marine Headquarters even surpassed the harm it had suffered in its war against the Whitebeard Pirates.
The warship carrying Tensei did not sail toward the branch where he was supposed to take up his post. Instead, it turned and headed toward the Sabaody Archipelago.
As the furious Sengoku was preparing to order Aokiji to bring Tensei, who had leaked classified information, back to headquarters, Brannew hurried into his temporary office with a grave expression and reported, "Fleet Admiral, the Dawn has appeared less than thirty nautical miles from headquarters."
"It is heading toward Marine Headquarters!"
Sengoku's expression stiffened at those words. The Dawn Brannew spoke of was Tsugikuni Yoriichi's vessel. For it to appear in the waters near Marine Headquarters at a time like this, there was no need to think about it—the other side had come for headquarters.
"Is he here to extract Tensei?!"
"That newspaper is already under Tsugikuni Yoriichi's control. For Tensei to publish something like that in a New Marines publication, he