Handling

Marine Headquarters—Marineford.

"Bilibli! Bilibli!"

Sengoku was studying their next move when he suddenly heard the Transponder Snail ringing.

Sengoku turned to look. It was Zephyr calling.

"Don't tell me it's bad news again," Sengoku muttered. Then he casually picked up the call.

"Enies Lobby has been destroyed!"

Zephyr's first sentence nearly shattered Sengoku's composure.

"The Blood Sword Pirates got away!"

"Zephyr, couldn't you just say it all at once?" Sengoku said helplessly, feeling as though he had been stabbed again.

"Fortunately, not everyone died. Some people survived!"

Hearing that, Sengoku did not know whether to be relieved or worried.

"Come back. I'll discuss this with the Five Elders," Sengoku said before hanging up.

"Ah, what troubled times," Sengoku murmured as he looked out the window.

Thinking of the impact Ryan's actions had caused over the years gave Sengoku a headache. It was not as if he had never sent anyone to capture him. Nearly every attempt had gone all out, yet Ryan had escaped every single time.

And as Ryan grew stronger and stronger, the difficulty and cost of capturing him also kept rising.

"Looks like we can only let him remain at large for now." Thinking that once his next plan was put into action, he would not have enough manpower left to deal with Ryan, Sengoku sighed.

Then Sengoku called the white-robed elder among the Five Elders.

"What is it, Sengoku?" A weathered, steady voice came from the other end of the line.

"I've just received word that Enies Lobby has been destroyed by the Blood Sword Pirates!"

"What?!"

The Transponder Snail erupted with several cries of alarm.

"Sengoku, I want their heads within three days!"

"That's right! We must capture and kill them!"

Two of the Five Elders spoke at the same time.

Sengoku: "..."

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