Resigning as a Navy Admiral!

"Roya!"

"How did he end up here?"

Akainu Sakazuki spoke with obvious displeasure. After all, he had always been against Roya, and as things stood, Roya was indeed a criminal.

"Ooh, looks like things aren't quite so simple anymore," Kizaru Borsalino said.

Only Kuzan had his eyes on Zephyr. "Teacher Zephyr, why has he come back?"

Perhaps Kuzan, as Zephyr's student, understood his state of mind better than anyone.

Meanwhile, far away in the Sabaody Archipelago, all the civilians watching the battlefield on the giant screens were stunned. They knew perfectly well that Roya, the former Fourth Admiral of the Navy, was now a criminal.

After all, Roya had killed a Celestial Dragon in the Sabaody Archipelago, fought the three Admirals, and even destroyed several islands. Naturally, his reappearance filled them with fear and astonishment.

In the Sabaody Archipelago, Dark King Rayleigh stood among the crowd, watching the giant screen with a flask in hand. He smiled and said, "Roya, how interesting!"

Back on the battlefield, however.

Garp and Sengoku exchanged a glance, then smiled together in silent understanding.

"I never would have guessed!"

"That kid Roya has become even more skilled at using Haki."

Garp couldn't help praising the Haki Roya had just unleashed.

"Wait, Vice Admiral Garp, Fleet Admiral Sengoku, don't forget that Roya is a criminal now. You're not planning to rely on a criminal's strength, are you?" Sakazuki immediately saw what Sengoku and Garp were thinking and hurried to challenge them.

Neither Sengoku nor Garp paid any attention to Sakazuki's objections.

Garp gave Sengoku a meaningful look, and Sengoku immediately nodded in understanding.

Then.

Fleet Admiral Sengoku picked up the Den Den Mushi connected to the speakers throughout the plaza.

"Roya!"

"Welcome back to Marine Headquarters!"

**"You've already seen the situation here in Marineford. I've also