Garp, the Hero of the Marines, and Major General Rocca were killed one after the other. No matter how this battle developed afterward, the losses Marine Headquarters had suffered so far were already impossible to measure.
Granted, both Garp and Major General Rocca had long since stepped back from the front lines, but the value these two powerhouses held for Marine Headquarters could not be so simply measured.
The very essence of a powerhouse's existence was the foundation of an organization.
Marine Headquarters had stood firm in this world for so long, and Fleet Admiral Sengoku and Kong, the Commander-in-Chief of the entire military, had such a strong voice before the Gorosei not merely because of their own strength.
Intertwined forces and overwhelmingly terrifying powerhouses—those were the sources of authority.
Kong was not a purely selfless man. When making choices, he often considered his own interests, and the interests of Marine Headquarters were closely tied to his own.
Even setting aside his feelings for his comrades, he could not accept Garp and Major General Rocca dying here.
Rage had already clouded Kong's mind. He had originally believed that with the formidable strength of his group, they could smoothly capture Tsugikuni Yoriichi and avert a world-shaking war between Marine Headquarters and the New Marines.
But he had never expected Tsugikuni Yoriichi and the others to be far stronger than he had anticipated. With one misstep from Kong, the entire battle had been thoroughly overturned by Tsugikuni Yoriichi.
"Commander-in-Chief Kong!"
"If I cut off your head, might Fleet Admiral Sengoku finally learn to behave?!"
"From the very beginning, Marine Headquarters was never my target."
"Why exactly did you all rush out so eagerly to stand in my way?!"
"Could it be that even a powerhouse like you is being coerced by the