Mary Geoise.
Room of Authority.
Footage of Rock officially being promoted to Fleet Admiral was delivered to the Five Elders.
In the footage, Sengoku personally removed his Fleet Admiral epaulets and handed them to Rock.
Marine Headquarters had convened its own highest-level meeting, completed its own vote, and carried out its own handover.
By the time Mary Geoise truly received the full report, Rock had already donned the white coat that belonged to the Fleet Admiral.
It was a done deal.
Even questioning it now seemed somewhat unnecessary.
At the center of the long table, eight letters declaring withdrawal from the World Government's allied system still lay there.
Saint Green stood before the table. His right hand, which had been resting on his sword hilt, no longer tightened as it had before.
Not long ago, his meaning had been simple.
God's Knights would descend, and all eight nations would be dealt with.
But now, Saint Saturn suddenly spoke.
"Stop for now."
Saint Green's brow instantly furrowed.
"Stop?"
"Eight nations have just betrayed the Holy Land."
"If we don't deal with them now, should we wait for a ninth, then a tenth, to appear?"
If those eight nations could leave the World Government and suffer no consequences, continuing to function normally,
then the entire world would begin reconsidering a question.
Was joining the World Government truly necessary?
Once that thought emerged, the fear maintained for centuries would continue to crumble.
But the situation now was completely different from yesterday.
Warcury Saint reached out and slowly pushed a freshly delivered newspaper to the center of the long table.
"Look at this first."
Saint Green lowered his gaze.
On the newspaper's front page was footage of Rock assuming the post of Fleet Admiral.
There was no lengthy speech beneath it, only a few