An hour later, at the No. 3 sea entrance of the Sabaody Archipelago.
After Islands No. 1 and No. 2 had suffered severe damage, the No. 3 sea entrance had undoubtedly become one of the most important supply docks for nearby pirates, merchants, and others.
Of course, some pirates, in order to avoid Marine pursuit, would stay away from Dock No. 3 and choose to land at other docks beyond Marine control.
Only the exceptionally bold pirates who believed themselves strong enough would choose the closest Dock No. 3.
However, the dock, usually bustling with supply personnel, had become unnaturally quiet at this moment.
Across the vast dock, only merchants and civilians remained to watch the heavily armed forces stationed there in full battle readiness.
The formation of hundreds, even thousands, of Marine soldiers immediately made them sense that something was amiss.
"Vice Admiral Chaton, are the Celestial Dragons really unwilling to take a detour?" a vice commander standing behind Chaton was the first to lose his patience and ask.
As soon as those words fell, the Marine soldiers present instinctively turned their eyes toward Chaton.
It could be said that the soldiers Chaton had brought this time were all his trusted men from the G-9 Base.
They knew very well that Chaton, as an Admiral candidate who had pursued Momousagi relentlessly for more than a decade, had long been eyeing the position of Marine Admiral.
Three days ago, when Qin Yu proposed a worldwide recruitment drive to increase the number of Marine Admiral positions, Chaton's first reaction had been opposition.
However, upon second thought, he had only opposed the worldwide recruitment drive and had not said a word against expanding the number of Admiral positions.
After all, faced with the current three Admirals and their Logia Devil Fruit powers,