As the two barriers stationed on either side of the Red Line, Marine Headquarters Marineford and the G1 naval branch protected the Holy Land Mary Geoise atop the Red Line.
If the Holy Land Mary Geoise represented the center of all authority in this world, then Marine Headquarters and G1 represented the military and violent center of these seas.
In the 800 years since the World Government had been established, these two barriers had never been breached. Even the most vicious figures, such as Rocks and Golden Lion, had been unable to break through them. But now, everyone felt that history was about to be rewritten for the first time.
Because this very morning, the Marines and the World Government had received intelligence that the four great legions of Rainbow Country, which had lain dormant in the Calm Belt, had suddenly moved and vanished from the Calm Belt without a trace.
Just as the Marines and the World Government frantically searched for signs of those four great legions, the legions appeared before them of their own accord.
Marineford, Marine Headquarters, Fleet Admiral's Office.
Standing on the balcony, Sengoku peered through a telescope at the distant horizon.
In his field of vision, warships flying three flags apiece were anchored across the sea, stretched into a long line that sealed off the entire ocean.
Sengoku lowered his telescope with a grim expression and turned back into the room.
The Marine higher-ups had long since assembled there.
"What is the current situation?"
The moment he sat down, Sengoku impatiently demanded an answer.
After all, what the eye could see was limited. Especially over at G1 in the New World, where they had encountered the same situation.
"It's not good!"
With Tsuru, the Marines' chief strategist, present, there was no need for anyone else