Breaking the Rules of the Game at Sea

Bang!

Kaido's massive spiked club crashed down hard onto the floor.

The dull impact echoed through the air, heralding the beginning of slaughter.

Some of the pirates immediately fled in all directions.

Many pirates who witnessed the scene along the way likewise chose to break through from other ports and routes.

News that Beasts Kaido had personally arrived in the first half of the Grand Line spread at the fastest possible speed.

For a time, after an interval of a month and a half, the entire Grand Line was once again thrown into a complete uproar by this incident.

Meanwhile, at Marine Headquarters.

Dozens of Marine officers had gathered in the enormous conference hall.

Faced with this emergency summons, every person present had a face full of questions.

Only two months had passed since the last operation to encircle Byrnndi World.

Yet during that emergency assembly, everyone present had clearly understood the purpose of the summons. This time was obviously different.

What was more, even officers assigned to patrol missions outside had been urgently recalled.

This completely overturned their understanding.

Although the Marine officers present were stationed at Headquarters and appeared to have more freedom than those stationed at branch bases—

That freedom also came with the responsibility of patrolling the Grand Line and ensuring that member nations were safe from pirate harassment.

Yet under this emergency summons, even those most basic duties had been temporarily abandoned.

The severity of the situation likely exceeded anything they could imagine.

"Vice Admiral Yamakaji, do you know why we've been summoned this time?" a Rear Admiral could not help asking.

All eyes in the room turned toward Yamakaji.

However, they soon saw him shake his head. After putting out his cigar, he said, "Everyone, please quiet down. I only received the summons at