The next day.
The battle report from Ink Tide Island arrived at Marineford and Mary Geoise simultaneously.
[Results of the Ink Tide Island Campaign.]
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[The Whitebeard Pirates were defeated and fled. Kaido of the Beasts intervened in the battle, only to be defeated and driven off.]
[The Sunken Ink Auction House was destroyed. Karma and all criminal forces under his command were purged.]
Just a few short lines.
Yet they were like a thunderclap, instantly striking at the core of the sea's power structure.
Marineford.
Fleet Admiral's office.
After reading the report, Sengoku slammed his fist down on his desk.
"Bang!"
A crack split the heavy desktop on the spot.
"Dammit!"
"Kaido went there too?!"
Veins bulged on Sengoku's forehead, and his expression was uglier than when he saw Garp eat all his rice crackers.
"Whitebeard!"
"Kaido!"
"Rock!"
"And the Shichibukai!"
"Ink Tide Island nearly became the starting point of an all-out war in the New World!"
Nearby, Tsuru sat on the sofa, far calmer than Sengoku.
She held a complete battle report in her hands as well.
Her gaze swept across the combat records of Kuma, Enel, Moria, and Bullet, and her brows furrowed slightly.
"Fortunately, Rock arranged for the Shichibukai in advance."
"Otherwise, the consequences of this battle would have been unimaginable."
"That was still far too reckless!"
In the corner.
Zephyr had remained silent all along, staring fixedly at a particular section of the report.
To be precise, he was staring at Ze Yi's section.
[Ze Yi forcibly held back Phoenix Marco in an aerial battle, sustaining severe injuries before falling. He was later rescued by Tyrant Kuma and is currently out of mortal danger.]
The veins on Zephyr's arms slowly rose, and the air seemed to grow heavy.
Only when he saw the