Bang...
Sengoku's furious punch split the desk before him in two, and his roar filled the entire conference room.
"Damn it! What are these pirates trying to do? Whitebeard, Big Mom, Kaido—are they really going to war with the World Government for Fire Dragon Ye Mu?"
One minute earlier, in the Fleet Admiral's Office.
Sengoku, Garp, Zephyr, Tsuru, and Hammond, the head of CP0, had been finalizing their battle plan.
Fire Dragon Ye Mu had dared to challenge the Celestial Dragons and the World Government. Every extra day he lived was another blow to the authority of the Marines and the World Government.
Their plan had been largely settled. All that remained was final confirmation and the deployment of their forces. Then a newspaper arrived at the office and threw every plan and arrangement into disarray.
As Sengoku read through its articles, he finally lost control of his anger.
The paper passed around the room, and the others examined its reports one by one.
When Garp, the Marine hero, saw the photograph of the Four Emperors Alliance, his brow furrowed. His grave words made everyone in the room tense.
"Has the Rocks Pirates come back to life?"
Garp had good reason to ask. Whitebeard, Charlotte Linlin, and Kaido had all belonged to the Rocks Pirates. Enel had earned his current reputation by defeating Silver Axe and the others. And the man behind it all, Fire Dragon Ye Mu, had killed John, wielded the power of Shiki's Float-Float Fruit, and shared a connection to Rocks II—a family background known only to the Marines.
Tsuru sighed at Garp's words.
"The return of the Rocks Pirates isn't what frightens me. The Sky Pirate Crew is far more dangerous... Rocks was merely an ambitious man. Fire Dragon Ye Mu's strategy and vision send chills