Marine Headquarters, Marineford!
Bang... A thunderous crash came from the Fleet Admiral's office, followed by Fleet Admiral Kong's furious roar.
"What? Nangong Yan destroyed Impel Down on the sea's surface? He even took away thirty-one vicious pirates, and Shiryu of the Rain, who had only recently become Chief Guard, joined the pirates as well..."
"Damn it, that bastard holds one hell of a grudge! We just surrounded and attacked him, and he retaliated right away..."
"Fine, fine, I understand." Fleet Admiral Kong put down the Den Den Mushi and rubbed his temples with his thick hands. Magellan's report was giving him a splitting headache. He had no idea how to handle this...
Send Marines to pursue them? No matter how many ordinary Marines were sent, they would only be delivering themselves to their deaths. The gap in strength between the two sides could no longer be made up through numbers.
At the very least, Rear Admiral-level combatants would be of some use. Vice Admirals could serve as the main force, while Admirals alone could play a decisive role.
Yet Marine Headquarters currently had, including himself, barely four Admiral-level combatants. A large number of Rear Admirals and Vice Admirals had been deployed to the New World alongside Sengoku, where they would join Garp and Zephyr in preventing Roger from reaching Laugh Tale.
As Fleet Admiral, he naturally could not go into battle lightly. In his eyes, Akainu, Kizaru, and Aokiji were already qualified to be Admiral candidates and barely possessed Admiral-level strength. Even if he looked on the bright side and sent three Admiral-level combatants after them, it would still be difficult to achieve any results.
Demon Emperor Nangong Yan's strength had already surpassed that of an ordinary Admiral. In a one-on-one fight, none of the three could defeat him, and