If it had been Nereus attacking the Sabaody naval base, Kong would have found it troublesome, but he would not have had this much of a headache.
Pirates attacking a naval station was indeed an extremely serious matter. It could not simply be ignored like the attack on the human trafficking auction house.
But in the end, there was still nothing they could do about Nereus.
He was a Fish-Man, a monster they could not deal with even on land.
According to the follow-up reports, Nereus had already slipped into the deep sea. Were they supposed to make a grand show of mobilizing a fleet to capture him in the depths?
That was meaningless. They knew perfectly well that Nereus would not wait for them to reach Fish-Man Island safely. He would attack them halfway there.
Fighting a monster like that underwater... they could not see any chance of winning.
Fighting Nereus underwater made the difficulty increase geometrically.
In the end, the Navy would express its anger, issue condemnations, make a few token gestures, and then nothing would come of it. Time would gradually wash it all away.
After all, when a naval base was attacked, it depended on who the attacker was.
The World Government's top combat forces were all the Celestial Dragons' private troops. It was unrealistic to expect the Celestial Dragons to stand up for the Navy.
They would only mock the Navy's incompetence before recruiting new sailors across the world.
Though the outcome looked humiliating, they could still muddle through it somehow.
Now that the one acting was Rocks, things became even more complicated.
Over the past year or so, the Navy had initially publicized Rocks's death for a short time to showcase its achievements.
After that, Rocks's name had been gradually downplayed, in hopes that