First half of the Grand Line, Red Line.
Five large sailing ships flying the Pirate Flags of the Beasts Pirates slowly approached the massive breach in the Red Line. Torrential currents battered the ships without pause, as if trying to drag them into the bottomless abyss ahead.
"We can't get any closer. The currents keep flowing downward, forming a waterfall along the edge of the pit. There are currently no signs of any blockage, so there's no way to determine how deep it is..."
In the crow's nest atop the mast of one large sailing ship, a Beasts Pirates lookout used his telescope to observe the distant situation and reported what he saw to the helmsman.
Suddenly!
The telescope was snatched from his hands with force, immediately filling him with irritation. He was just about to curse.
However...
When he turned around and saw that the person who had taken his telescope was none other than Doflamingo, one of the All-Stars, he hurriedly swallowed the profanity that was about to leave his mouth.
Standing atop the mast dozens of meters above the deck, Doflamingo looked through the telescope and immediately saw the enormous breach in the Red Line, as well as the New World's Red Port in the distance, no bigger than a red bean.
After pondering for quite some time, Doflamingo jumped back down onto the deck and instructed Vergo beside him, "Pass down the order. Gather all the users of artificial Flying-type Devil Fruits in our pirate crew.
Have them carry people across the Red Line in batches later..."
Paradise and the New World were now cut off from each other, while most of the Marines' elite forces were stranded in Paradise, unable to reach the New World.
If the Beasts Pirates did not return to the New