The stern words echoed across the vast harbor.
Faced with Sengoku's questioning, whether they were ordinary Marines or Marine officers, everyone present turned their gaze in unison toward Kizaru.
Not long ago, they had been watching Big News Morgans's Transponder Snail broadcast.
Then an urgent distress call from Enies Lobby suddenly came through.
Before they could figure out what had happened, the call from the other side had already been cut off.
As the user of the Glint-Glint Fruit, Kizaru was undoubtedly the most suitable—and fastest—Admiral to send as reinforcements.
Feeling the urgent gazes around him, Kizaru's face showed a trace of helplessness. "Fleet Admiral Sengoku, by the time I arrived, Enies Lobby had already been reduced to ruins."
"After repeatedly confirming it, the attacker and the methods used did indeed belong to Shiki the Golden Lion, the admiral of the Flying Pirates, who vanished twenty years ago."
Shiki the Golden Lion?
A wave of sharp inhalations swept through the enormous harbor.
For most people, they only knew that an emergency mobilization had been ordered.
They had no idea why they were being mobilized.
Yet the moment Kizaru, an Admiral, spoke, he delivered such shocking intelligence.
If they had not heard it with their own ears, who would have believed that Marine Headquarters had once again drawn the attention of a legendary great pirate?
Troubles truly never came alone.
"Are you really certain? Could it be those bastards from the Blood Flag Pirates impersonating him in secret?" Sengoku clenched his fist and pressed again.
For Sengoku and everyone else, the Blood Flag Pirates had already destroyed Enies Lobby once.
Destroying it a second time was not such a big deal.
At the very least, it meant their enemies had not increased as a result.
However, if Kizaru's report was true,