After Wang'er left Fish-Man Island, Akainu led the Marines in completely sealing off the island. The workers who had once come and gone through the docks had disappeared, all replaced by heavily armed Marines stationed there. Five Marine vice admirals guarded the island.
Onigumo took charge of the entrance with one other person, while Doberman and two other Marine vice admirals guarded the exit. Aside from the Transponder Snails, Fish-Man Island had completely lost contact with the outside world.
Akainu, meanwhile, followed the CP8 agents to Fish-Man Street. According to their intelligence, the remnants of the Whitebeard Pirates' Eighth Division were hiding there.
"There!"
A CP8 member pointed toward a dilapidated house.
Akainu strode in openly.
"Marine Admiral!"
Enemies meeting again were bound to see red. The moment the Eighth Division members saw Akainu, they completely forgot Wang'er's parting instructions not to engage the Marines directly.
A minute later, Akainu walked out of the house alone. He flicked a lump of magma at the wall with one finger, then left Fish-Man Street under the fearful gazes of its children.
The house caught fire, but no one dared to put it out, because Akainu had not gone far yet. The yellowed photograph on the wall turned to ash along with the dilapidated house, vanishing from the world completely.
As the Marines began taking over Fish-Man Island's security one area at a time, Neptune could no longer sit still. He had never imagined Akainu would move so quickly.
As the Marine Headquarters' third-highest priority location, the area outside Ryugu Palace was already packed with Marines. Under Akainu's orders, two horned Transponder Snails had also been placed outside the palace.
These were Transponder Snails with the ability to interfere with radio waves, allowing them to block communications. Akainu was taking precautions against Neptune