The movements of the World Government and Marine Headquarters quickly caught the attention of those with keen eyes.
This time, the Gorosei seemed determined to go all out and wipe out the New Marines, gathering all their forces scattered across the world.
As for Marine Headquarters, the senior officers, including the three admirals, received transfer orders from above and began ordering their troops to assemble at On.
Although Sengoku had not revealed the details of the mission to his subordinate officers, the high-ranking officers at Marine Headquarters naturally began to speculate when they saw elite troops arriving in Marineford from all over the world.
"What is Headquarters preparing to deal with? They're making such a huge move."
"We admirals haven't received any information at all."
"The elites of the Four Blues have practically all gathered in Marineford. The enemy we're facing this time must be incredibly powerful."
"Borsalino, do you know what's going on?"
In Admiral Aokiji's office, Kuzan stood by the window and gently parted the blinds. Through the gap, he looked out at the harbor, his brows clouded with lingering worry.
It was hard to imagine someone with his personality wearing such an expression.
Borsalino, who was sitting on the sofa clipping his nails, tilted his head in mild surprise at Kuzan's question and looked over at him.
"Of course I don't know."
"But there probably aren't many enemies in this world who would require Marine Headquarters to gather such overwhelming strength."
"Fleet Admiral Sengoku didn't tell us the specific reason. I suppose... some matters aren't for him to decide."
"So..."
"Kuzan, can't you guess who we're going to fight?"
Only Borsalino and Kuzan were in the office at the moment. Facing Kuzan, Borsalino spoke plainly, with no intention of concealing his thoughts.
"..."
Kuzan fell silent. After