"Ace-sensei!" A trainee supported the swaying Ace, "Are you alright?"
"Quick... go find Luffy..." Ace said weakly, "There is an important situation..."
Half an hour later, an emergency meeting of the Watchers Alliance convened.
"You're saying Mars has a consciousness?" Luffy looked at Ace's pale face, "And it even warned us that there is danger?"
Ace nodded: "Not just Mars, I feel that other reborn planets are trying to contact us too. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus... they are forming some kind of network."
Zoro tightened his grip on his hilt: "What kind of danger could make entire planetary consciousness feel threatened?"
Jinbe pondered: "If even Mars can sense a threat, it means the scale of this danger is beyond imagination."
"I need to contact Mars again." Ace struggled to stand up, "To understand more of the situation."
"No." Luffy pressed down on Ace's shoulders, "The communication just now already made you this weak, doing it again could be life-threatening."
"But if we don't understand the nature of the threat..."
"We'll think of other ways." Luffy interrupted Ace, "You said just now that other planets are sending signals too, right? Maybe we can train more people to participate in communication."
Jinbe's eyes lit up: "Share the communication burden, just like dispersing our strength back then."
"Right!" Luffy clapped, "We'll establish the Interstellar Communication Group, not just let Ace shoulder it alone."
The next day, the Watchers Alliance issued a recruitment announcement globally.
"Seeking volunteers with special sensory abilities to participate in the interstellar communication project. Requirements: possess flame, light, or sensory-type abilities, stable psychological profile, willing to take risks."
Applicants came in a continuous stream.
The first to pass the screening was a volunteer from Japan, Tanaka Keiko, who possessed the ability to perceive light waves.
"I've been able to see light