The room fell silent. None of them had expected Sengoku to pull a stunt like that. Had he lured them in just to kill them?
Several of them grew uneasy. If a fight broke out, they would have to get past the entire elite force of Marine Headquarters to escape.
"Relax. This operation is a special case," Sengoku said with a smile, as though he hadn't just threatened them.
"A war? What war?" Boputis asked. His rasp sounded like sandpaper scraping across a table, sending a chill down their spines.
As a king, Boputis was clearly focused on something different from the others.
"You'll find out soon enough!"
"Here's mine." Kuma took out a Transponder Snail and tossed it to the Marine Vice Admiral behind Sengoku.
Damn it! Doflamingo and Moria cursed inwardly in unison as they watched Kuma.
Sengoku gave Kuma a slight nod. It helped to have someone he knew show him some respect.
With someone leading the way, things went much more smoothly. Everyone handed over their Transponder Snails—except Yasuo, who didn't have one.
"Now you can tell us, can't you? Fuffuffuffuffu!"
"We're going to war with the Whitebeard Pirates!"
Sengoku opened with a bombshell!
"What?!"
"Have the Marines lost their minds? That's the most powerful pirate crew in the world—the Whitebeard Pirates!"
"Kishishishishi! This is great!" Moria couldn't help laughing. If war really broke out, he would have a perfect chance to collect corpses afterward.
Only now did he feel that this trip had been worth it!
When the Marines first approached him, he had refused. But after listening to Absalom, he decided becoming a Shichibukai would make his upcoming plans easier to carry out, so he answered the summons.
"Do you mean all-out war, or something else?" someone immediately asked.
"All-out war. We plan to