Full Declaration of War (Part One)

Marine Headquarters, Marineford.

"Alright, I understand, Sannei. I'll convene a council of all commanding officers. If nothing unexpected happens, proceed according to the plan."

Having made his position clear, he hung up the phone.

Sengoku, Fleet Admiral of Marine Headquarters, showed neither joy nor sorrow.

After contemplating for a minute, the slightly gray-haired old man reached into an inconspicuous drawer and found a thick stack of plans among a pile of top-secret documents.

[Full-Scale War]

Four large characters, black as night, were printed on the cover.

The signature beneath them belonged to Yatogami Long Yi, supreme commander of the "New World" Marines.

"So it has finally come to this."

Drawing a deep breath, the Fleet Admiral reopened the plan and carefully read every word upon it.

The more he read, the harder it became to calm his surging emotions. In the end, the old man could no longer contain himself, and the corners of his tightly pressed lips rose.

"The chaotic era Roger created can finally come to an end."

Setting down the plan, the old man unconsciously recalled his life, overcome with emotion.

He had enlisted in the Navy in his youth, just as chaos was beginning to spread.

Countless heroes had set foot upon the seas, stirring up storm after storm.

Back then, he had merely been an inconspicuous Marine. Aside from his fiery temper, all he had was the courage to fight and risk his life.

Then, as time passed and the world changed.

That hotheaded youngster had been tempered by the years into a "Tactician," becoming "Sengoku the Buddha" and rising to the rank of Admiral.

Yet his growth had been utterly insignificant to the era as a whole.

A man who conquered the seas had suddenly appeared. With a single sentence, he easily ushered in