After the three fronts went to war.
Holy Land, Mary Geoise.
Inside the Room of Authority, the air was so oppressive it seemed frozen solid.
The Five Elders and Rock faced each other across the long table.
No one spoke, yet the churning thunderclouds outside had already issued their warning to everyone.
Above the Holy Land, purple-black lightning slithered through the clouds like chains, filling Mary Geoise's communications system with piercing static.
Countless Celestial Dragons looked up at the sky. They had never seen the Holy Land like this before.
The dwelling place of gods now resembled a cage besieged by lightning.
Rock stood in the center of the Room of Authority, his Marine Justice coat hanging behind him, his expression calm.
At that moment, an intelligence officer who had been granted entry dropped to his knees at the doorway.
His face was pale as he trembled and presented report after report.
They were fragments desperately sent back from the New World.
[Garp and Zephyr led a raid on Onigashima!]
[The Three Admirals have descended upon Totto Land's Whole Cake Island!]
[A Conqueror's Haki clash has erupted in the Red-Hair Waters!]
[Non-pirate civilians in Totto Land are being relocated en masse!]
One report after another.
By the time the intelligence officer finished reading, his voice had begun to shake.
The Five Elders' expressions changed completely.
They finally understood. Rock was not clearing out the outskirts at all. He was drawing in the net!
Onigashima, Totto Land, and the Red-Hair Waters had erupted across three fronts at once. The Three Emperors had all been seized by the throat!
Warcury Saint slammed his palm onto the table.
"Rock!"
The long table shook.
His eyes turned icy as he demanded, "What exactly are you trying to do?!"
"Are you trying to overturn the