Division among the Whitebeard Remnants

Marineford.

Marine Headquarters!

Reconstruction was underway outside.

But inside the battered Marine Headquarters building, the Marines' senior officers were still holding a meeting!

Present were Kong, Sengoku, Garp, Sakazuki, Kuzan, Borsalino, Vice Admiral Tsuru, and two Admiral candidates.

Although Sengoku had resigned as Fleet Admiral, that did not mean he would leave the Marines.

Even without that position, his standing within the Marines remained among the highest.

Besides.

They had yet to select a new Fleet Admiral, so he was naturally still entitled to attend meetings like this.

What was more.

The situation was extremely urgent!

Of course, Kong was presiding over this meeting.

Bang!

Sakazuki slammed his hand down on the table, and the magma unleashed by his Magma-Magma Fruit instantly burned away one corner.

"I told you long ago!"

"These Shichibukai are pirates at heart!"

"Not a single pirate is any good!"

Sakazuki spoke with extreme fury.

Indeed! Their meeting centered on Empress Boa Hancock and Dracule Mihawk's announcement that they were leaving the Shichibukai to join Roya's Justice League.

After all.

The existence of Roya's Justice League did pose something of a threat to the Marines.

Now that it had poached the two strongest members of the Shichibukai, the threat it posed to the Marines was even greater!

"Enough!"

"Sakazuki, rein in that temper!"

Kong gave Sakazuki a warning.

Then he turned to Sengoku and asked, "Sengoku, what do you think about this?"

However.

Now that Sengoku was no longer Fleet Admiral, he seemed free of all burdens and had little to say.

"What is there to think?"

"Doesn't it all depend on how the people above us want to handle it?"

"And Kong, I imagine you've already received your orders, haven't you?"

Sengoku spoke with easy composure.

As a former Fleet Admiral, he knew better than