The Battle Begins

"Full alert!"

In the plaza of Marine HQ, a large number of elite Marines had gathered, while the star of this execution, Kaido of the Beasts, had yet to appear!

Although the Marines could not compare to the lineup from the Paramount War in terms of numbers, the number of top-tier fighters far surpassed the past!

Marine HQ Fleet Admiral, Akainu Sakazuki!

Marine HQ Admiral, Kizaru Borsalino!

Marine HQ Admiral, Fujitora Issho!

Marine HQ Admiral, Ryokugyu Aramaki!

Former Marine HQ Fleet Admiral, Buddha Sengoku!

Former Marine HQ Vice Admiral, Iron Fist Garp!

There were countless vice admirals and rear admirals, and colonels and majors were as plentiful as hairs on an ox! Countless Marine elites had gathered here. Even Marines with barely any local reputation had been summoned, yet even so, their numbers still fell short of those during the Paramount War!

But—

The Marines had another weapon! Dozens of Pacifistas stood side by side, radiating a chilling aura! Some World Government soldiers stood ready as well, though their discipline was even stricter than the Marines'. It was not that someone was managing them; rather, that strictness seemed carved into their bones!

There were not many of these soldiers, only around a thousand, yet the aura they gave off when standing together surpassed that of several thousand Marine HQ elites!

Most eye-catching of all were the three children standing before the Pacifistas. They had the builds of seven- or eight-year-olds and gave off no astonishing aura, yet every Marine looked at them with reverence! For no other reason than that the three of them were Vegapunk's newest creations—the first-generation Seraphim!

"Hey, are those the Seraphim said to rival the Shichibukai? They look so strange!"

"They should be! They look like ordinary children, but supposedly they can even take down pirates