The Navy's Response

After receiving the distress call, they had swiftly gathered their forces and rushed over, but they were still too late!

At that moment, Zephyr thought of someone—his disciple whom he disliked most, Kizaru, who was currently detained and under interrogation.

"With Borsalino's speed, if he had been here, perhaps all of this could have been avoided," Zephyr murmured softly.

Akainu and the remaining Marines stood there in a daze. This was Enies Lobby, an island as famous as Marine Headquarters, and it had been destroyed just like that.

After being ravaged by lightning and fire, not a single patch of land on the entire island remained intact. The visual impact was simply overwhelming.

"Damn it!" Akainu's face turned ashen as his tightly clenched fists crackled from the sheer force he exerted.

Those pirates had actually trampled upon the justice in his heart. He was burning with rage and wanted to vent it, yet as he looked around with his sword drawn, he was at a loss.

Ryan had long since gone far away!

"Pursue them!" Akainu roared, striding toward where the warships were docked. He intended to chase down the Blood Sword Pirates.

"Sakazuki! Don't let anger cloud your judgment!" Zephyr hurriedly stopped Akainu.

There was no point in pursuing them now. Setting aside the fact that their warships could not match the flying speed of Ryan's ship, even if they wanted to give chase, they did not know where Ryan and the others were headed next. Where were they supposed to chase them?

Finding a single ship on the vast sea was simply too difficult. If they went after them now, it would delay the important matter ahead.

"But I can't accept this!" Akainu launched a magma punch at the distant sea, his voice filled with unwillingness.

Still, he