Minor Faction Joins Major Faction?!

Magellan watched Tsugikuni Yoriichi's departing back. Though he wanted to call out and stop him, after giving it some thought, he forcibly suppressed the impulse.

Standing alongside him were several hundred Marines. Behind them stood more than a hundred thousand soldiers from Marine Headquarters.

Now that Tsugikuni Yoriichi had reappeared before the world, the relationship between Marine Headquarters and the New Marines had to be handled with utmost caution.

Magellan had not forgotten that when the New Marines were at their strongest, they had even pulled off a "Minor Faction Joins Major Faction." The New Marines faction led by Tsugikuni Yoriichi had directly taken control of Marine Headquarters, becoming its de facto rulers.

And at the time, although the rank-and-file soldiers knew that tremendous changes had occurred among the upper ranks, the Marines as a whole had not descended into chaos because of it.

From that incident alone, Magellan could see that the relationship between the New Marines and Marine Headquarters was extraordinarily delicate.

The two sides were not enemies in the strict sense.

That was precisely why Magellan had suppressed the urge to stop Tsugikuni Yoriichi. He feared that his actions would bring irreversible and devastating harm to Marine Headquarters.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi's figure vanished from everyone's sight.

Watching Tsugikuni Yoriichi leave, the Marines present all let out breaths of relief. Once some of the soldiers finally relaxed, they even slumped inelegantly onto the ground.

The pressure Tsugikuni Yoriichi had brought them was simply overwhelming.

No one knew why. Tsugikuni Yoriichi clearly had not released any terrifying aura, yet merely standing there gave people an immense sense of oppression.

Even Magellan felt his heart loosen when he saw Tsugikuni Yoriichi leave, his previously tense muscles relaxing as well.

Turning his head toward Sabo beside him, Magellan's face was full of