"It was certain that he was heading toward the Sabaody Archipelago."
Sengoku handed the intelligence in his hand to Tsuru. After Vice Admiral Tsuru read through it, she passed it to Gion behind her.
Before long, everyone had passed it around and read it.
"If this man truly possesses Shiki's abilities, the Red Line will not be able to stop him."
Tsuru sat to one side and spoke with a grave expression.
Vice Admiral Tsuru was Marine Headquarters' chief strategist. There was no need to question either her wisdom or her personal strength; at the very least, she stood among the foremost tier below the Admirals.
She understood very well that a powerhouse like this would not be easy to surround and kill, no matter how many people were sent.
Moreover, the other party might be a powerhouse with extremely high mobility.
If Shiki had not stormed Marine Headquarters himself back then in an attempt to force the Marines to release Roger, he likely would not have been captured.
This was the consensus among the Marine higher-ups.
Tsuru's meaning was clear. Under these circumstances, unless they could truly take him down, launching a large-scale operation without capturing him would be an enormously severe blow to the Marines.
"This is the World Government's intention."
Sengoku fell silent upon hearing that, then revealed the truth.
At the mention of the World Government, the expressions of all the Marine higher-ups present darkened.
"Puhahaha, those Celestial Dragons really have some nerve. The Sabaody Archipelago isn't far from Mary Geoise. If the battle spreads there..."
Garp did not finish his sentence, but everyone here understood what he meant.
Once a battle of this level began, if the battlefield spread to Mary Geoise, the destruction would definitely be immense. A great many Celestial Dragons living in