After issuing orders to the Navy, the Five Elders paid no further attention to Sengoku and the others. This generation of Navy officers had left them increasingly dissatisfied. They had already decided that once this incident was over, they would replace the Navy's leadership with a new group of obedient, useful high-ranking officers. Of course, that was a matter for later. They still had more important business at hand.
"Garling..."
The Five Elders turned their gaze toward Garling.
"Take your men and clean out the Sabaody Archipelago. Remember this: what happened today, and what will happen afterward, must never be leaked!"
The Five Elders assigned Garling his task. This was their most important concern.
Whether it was the arrival of God's Knights today, their monstrous forms, or even the existence of Lord Imu afterward, none of it could be exposed to the outside world or learned by ordinary people. It had to be covered up.
And such a cover-up was exceptionally brutal. They did not trust the Navy with it and could only leave it to Garling.
"Understood!"
Garling's expression hardened, and he nodded heavily.
As if he had anticipated something, he looked at the Pentagram Teleportation Array beneath his feet, which had yet to disappear. Then, with a wave of his hand, a group of God's Knights spread outward in every direction under his command.
"Pfft—"
Not long afterward, the sounds of slaughter rose from every direction.
Garling and his men had a simple method: to prevent what had happened here today from spreading on a large scale, they would simply kill everyone who might have seen it.
Hearing the sounds of slaughter around them, Sengoku, Garp, and the other Navy officers all sank into grim silence. Aokiji's face turned ugly, and even Kizaru, who was usually so carefree,