Two days later, at the third Endpoint.
The island where this Endpoint stood was different from the first two. Its Volcano was active too, but it was remarkably stable.
Even when it erupted, the eruption was small, so the island remained a decent place to live.
As a Volcano island, its soil was exceptionally fertile. The civilians were not wealthy, but they had food on their tables and clothes on their backs.
More than a dozen enormous warships patrolled the waters around the island, and large numbers of Marines had been deployed there.
Akainu truly intended to destroy the New World, so the Marines naturally threw everything they had into stopping him.
This was different from what had happened with Zephyr in the original story. Back then, the Marines had sent only Kizaru and a few Marine Vice Admirals.
Those men were all Marines, but they shared another connection: every one of them had been Zephyr's student.
They had gone less to stop Zephyr than to see him off.
"Have the civilians been evacuated?"
Garp's face was grave, without a trace of his usual easygoing manner.
"Inspector General Garp, the civilians have been evacuated to nearby islands. Only Marines remain here now, though there are scouts from other factions in the surrounding waters."
Garp frowned. Anyone outside the Marines could become a source of trouble.
"Who else is out there?"
The Marine officer hesitated before answering.
"There are scouts from more than a dozen factions in the nearby waters, all from the Underworld. We've also spotted a group that appears to be working for the Big Mom Pirates.
"We found suspected Beasts Pirates scouts nearby as well. Almost every major faction in the New World has sent people, but they're unlikely to interfere. Their own territories are in the New