So being Fleet Admiral really was no easy job. How many meetings had Sengoku called just since Loa got back?
If Kuzan ever volunteered to shoulder that burden, hell would freeze over!
This meeting, of course, was about Moria's Motion.
To be honest, of all the current Shichibukai, Moria was the only one whose departure would make Sengoku call a formal meeting.
For one simple reason: when something was this out of character, trouble was bound to follow!
Ever since becoming a Shichibukai, Moria had been a textbook shut-in! He had holed up in the Florian Triangle for years without budging, devoting himself entirely to tinkering with his zombie army.
Even Crocodile, who was just as rooted to one place, occasionally sailed around and cleared Pirates out of Alabasta.
Moria, on the other hand, had stayed put and never shown his face again.
If Kuma, that model Navy "lapdog," hadn't gone out for a look now and then, no one would even have known whether Moria was alive or dead.
And now that same shut-in had suddenly left his den. No wonder Sengoku was suspicious!
Moria hadn't brought Thriller Bark out with him, but even his departure on an ordinary sailing ship warranted Sengoku's full attention.
The meeting was mainly about assigning people to investigate. After all, Moria was one of the Shichibukai, a force that maintained the balance of the Grand Line alongside the Navy and the Yonko. The Navy couldn't take too heavy-handed an approach.
After weighing it carefully, Sengoku accepted Loa's offer to go. Of the Vice Admirals present, Loa was the strongest. Moria had earned his place among the Shichibukai, and with Loa there, they could handle any unexpected trouble.
Well, the reason Loa was the strongest was that Garp wasn't there.
Apparently, Garp had gone