"The Marines are here too!"
Someone cried out in alarm.
Everyone present was drawn to look once more toward the distant horizon.
The first thing that came into view was a battle fleet consisting of dozens of Marine warships.
The flags representing justice fluttered in the wind as well.
Seeing the various forces that had suddenly appeared, both Whitebeard and Charlotte Linlin sensed that something was amiss.
No!
Rather, everything before them seemed to confirm what Red-Haired Shanks had just said.
Was the final island, Laugh Tale, merely a trap, waiting for the bait to arrive before the net was drawn in?
"Fleet Admiral Sengoku, it's Whitebeard, Red-Haired Shanks, and Charlotte Linlin." Yamakaji lowered his telescope and was the first to report. "Aside from Kaido of the Beasts, who came back from the dead and has now vanished, the other three Four Emperors have all arrived."
"However, no members of the Blood Flag Pirates or Uchiha Qin Yu have been spotted among them."
"Only Gild Tesoro and Douglas Bullet, the Devil's Heir, have been found together."
Yamakaji paused, then swept his gaze over the scene again. "Also, there are more pirates here than we anticipated. A rough estimate puts their number at around one hundred thousand."
"Our Marine force only has nearly twenty thousand elites in total. That's a fivefold difference, and that doesn't even include the pirate crews under the three Four Emperors."
"If we count them all, the difference in our numbers will be even greater. If these pirates truly join forces in an unprecedented alliance, it will be a nightmare for us."
The lengthy report echoed across the deck, lingering for a long time.
The Marine soldiers present immediately turned grim.
They had come to fight for the final island, Laugh Tale, prepared to die.
However, they