Holy Land, Mary Geoise.
Room of Authority.
The vast room was terrifyingly silent.
The five elders standing at the pinnacle of power wore grim expressions.
The blond Five Elder paced back and forth irritably, his leather shoes making dull sounds against the carpet.
"Sengoku that idiot is still constantly begging for reinforcements!"
"He has no idea what kind of monster we're facing!"
The bald Five Elder holding the First Generation Kitetsu sat on the sofa, his fingers absently stroking the hilt.
A lingering fear flashed through his cloudy old eyes.
"That man named Chiba is far too terrifying."
"Just one gaze across space made me feel as if my soul had frozen."
"Our Admirals and CP0 didn't even have room to fight back before him."
"Are we really going to watch the Four Seas fall into that Empire's hands?"
"How can the World Government's eight-hundred-year foundation be destroyed by a few people who appeared out of nowhere?"
The Five Elder with the figure-eight mustache gritted his teeth and slammed a fist onto the tea table.
The porcelain cups on the table leaped into the air, and tea splashed everywhere.
"This isn't something we can decide."
The long-bearded Five Elder sighed.
He raised his head and looked toward the door deep within the room.
It led toward the Flower Room.
"Lord Imu's attitude is truly incomprehensible."
"By all rights, a force like the Empire that shakes the foundations of the world should have long been erased by divine punishment."
"Yet Lord Imu has issued no orders."
"Even when we proposed using that weapon, the lord remained silent."
The Five Elder with the birthmark on his head adjusted his suit.
"Without Lord Imu's orders, no one is allowed to act rashly."
"Sending people to the West Blue now would only be sending