Both Sides Face Off, Sengoku Breaks Out in Cold Sweat: Go Get Garp!
Newly Vice Admiral Lantuo's expression was solemn, his slender fingers gripping the hilt of the long sword at his waist tightly. His sense of danger, honed over years of roaming the South Blue and hunting pirates, was now issuing a frantic warning.
As the former chief of the kingdom's guard, he has witnessed the treacherous power struggles in the court and the brutal battles at sea. He has also led a team to hunt down a top-tier pirate crew with a bounty of 900 million Beli. He is a veteran of countless battles and has a resilient spirit.
But the aura emanating from the outer sea at this moment was domineering, ancient, and profound, carrying the deathly chill of countless battles—an unparalleled pressure he had never felt in his life.
His body was unconsciously filled with Two-Color Haki, as if he were always ready for battle.
The Shouya beside him was even more tense, his muscles taut and his meridians stretched to the limit.
The wild instincts of the Zoan Lynx Fruit were fully awakened, and its five senses were fully activated, keenly capturing every slight fluctuation of the sea surface.
A beast's instincts are best at sensing life-or-death crises. At this moment, he felt like prey in dire straits, his heart filled with extreme fear, and the power of the Devil Fruit within him was secretly stirring, ready to deal with any sudden battle.
No one spoke to break the silence. The lieutenant Vice Admiral suppressed all distractions and focused their gazes on the warships at sea, their hearts heavy with apprehension.
Everyone is well aware that the Sabaody Archipelago is now facing the most dangerous and unknown confrontation since the dawn of a new era for the ocean.
On the sea, Madara Uchiha remained indifferent at the bow of the ship, watching the naval force on the shore, which was on high alert and fully on edge.
He did not order the warships to approach the port, nor did he launch any offensive provocations, nor did he unleash his domineering Haki to crush and intimidate. He simply stood quietly, coldly overlooking the heavily fortified island, silently observing the navy's deployment and panic.
To him, the elite navy that commanded the entire ocean was nothing more than the hasty precautions of a tiny ant, unable to stir up even the slightest storm.
The sea breeze whipped at the hem of my clothes, and an ancient and powerful pressure silently permeated the air, firmly locking down the entire nearshore waters.
Thousands of miles away, at the Marine Headquarters in New Marineford, the atmosphere in the Fleet Admiral's Office was deathly silent and oppressive.
Sengoku was buried in mountains of intelligence files and conscription coordination documents, working day and night to wrap up the second Great Conscription and deploy subsequent naval operations, leaving him physically and mentally exhausted.
Just then, the Encrypted Den Den Mushi on the desk suddenly started beeping rapidly, shattering the office's tranquility.
He picked up the Den Den Mushi, and immediately Kake's hurried, flustered, and heavy voice came Tokikake the receiver, reporting the sudden situation off the coast of the Sabaody Archipelago, Kizaru's assessment, and his request for assistance in detail.
The Setsuna the words "Madara Uchiha" reached his ears, Sengoku froze on the spot, his pupils contracted sharply, his mind went blank, and he was completely stunned.
After a brief moment of distraction, his years of experience commanding the navy and overseeing the maritime landscape allowed him to instantly grasp all the advantages, disadvantages, and crises.
He instantly understood why Kizaru had lost his composure and why he had gone to such lengths to break with convention and urgently request reinforcements.
Madara Uchiha's combat power is an unknown and terrifying force capable of overturning the power structure of the seas. If the Admiral were to meet with misfortune at Sabaody, the Navy's top-level combat power would be directly halved, the Global Purge Plan would completely collapse, and the World Government's maritime order would completely crumble.
A bone-chilling cold swept over his entire body, and large beads of cold sweat slid down Sengoku's forehead, soaking his hair.
He suppressed the turmoil surging within him, daring not to hesitate for a moment, and solemnly issued a stern order to the Den Den Mushi, his tone grave and heavy:
"Notify Kizaru and Akainu! Headquarters has issued a clear order that neither of you is allowed to initiate hostilities or escalate conflicts! Hold the island's defenses at all costs, remain on high alert, and continuously monitor the situation. No matter what the enemy does, you are absolutely forbidden from initiating hostilities. You must stabilize the current situation!"
After quickly giving instructions on the frontline battle, Sengoku immediately hung up the current call, grabbed another Den Den Den Mushi) with both hands that connected directly to the family quarters, and, with a sharp expression and stern tone, issued a stern order to the head of the residential area on the other end of the line:
"Go to the headquarters' family quarters immediately and find Garp! Bring him to the Fleet Admiral's Office right now! Tell Garp that today he is not allowed to slack off, make excuses, or be willful and negligent!"
This matter concerns the lives of Admiral Sakazuki and Borsalino, and the very survival of the Navy. He cannot afford to ignore it any longer! Execute it immediately!
The urgent order traveled across thousands of miles of sea on the radio waves and was quickly transmitted to the Marine Headquarters' family quarters.
At this moment, the waters off Sabaody Archipelago were completely plunged into an extreme state of deathly silence and standoff.
On the shore, tens of thousands of elite naval troops stood at attention with guns at their ready, and the artillery emplacements locked the sea surface. The Admiral were on high alert, and all the Vice Admiral were on standby. The entire island was like a sharp blade ready to be unleashed, but it could only forcibly endure and hold its defensive line, daring not to make the slightest move.
Overseas, Madara Uchiha's massive warship lay quietly at anchor, its domineering aura enveloping all directions, silently observing all the movements on the shore, neither advancing nor retreating.
The Marine Headquarters, thousands of miles away, has mobilized all its personnel in an emergency search for Garp, who is supposedly retired and inactive, attempting to use the Navy's last trump card to counter this sudden and top-level crisis.
The calm sea is turbulent beneath the surface; a silent standoff conceals deadly intent.
The colorful bubbles in Sabaody still swayed gently in the wind, but the air in the entire sea had already frozen to the extreme. A momentous change that could shake the entire Grand Line was already brewing silently.
In the first half of the Grand Line, the suffocating and oppressive atmosphere of the Sabaody Archipelago permeated every inch of the sea breeze and land.
The colorful bubbles lost their former lightness, as if they were firmly imprisoned by an invisible, overwhelming pressure, hovering motionless in mid-air.
The construction noise across the entire island completely subsided. Tens of thousands of Navy Soldier, armed and standing in formation, held their weapons and breathed very softly, not daring to make the slightest unnecessary noise.
All the coastal batteries were aligned with the open sea, their dark muzzles standing menacingly, their cold metallic texture gleaming in the sunlight. All the defensive fortifications were at their maximum readiness level.
Above the open sea, the Uchiha Clan's giant warships remained steadily anchored, neither advancing nor retreating, neither attacking nor withdrawing, like ancient behemoths lurking in the deep sea, silently overlooking the entire Sabaody Naval Base.
At the bow of the ship, Madara Uchiha, his dark eyes sweeping indifferently over the dense naval formations, the continuous defensive fortresses, and the rows of military camps along the coast.
His overwhelming Observation Haki spread out freely, accurately capturing the life force of tens of thousands of marines on the island, the Haki fluctuations of dozens of admirals, and the metallic sharpness of countless cannons and guns.