An Extra Chapter

"What is it? Speak!"

Sakazuki took a deep breath and tried his best to calm himself. Once he believed he could accept any cruel reality, he sat down in his Fleet Admiral's chair with a smile, then looked kindly at the soldier before him.

"Gulp!"

The soldier swallowed, and recalling the contents of the report, he could not help but feel uneasy.

"Well..." The soldier stammered, while Sakazuki's patience was gradually worn away. The veins on his forehead slowly bulged before he finally forced a kind expression and said to the soldier, "Don't be nervous. Speak! In the name of justice, I guarantee I won't lose my temper!"

With Sakazuki's repeated encouragement, the soldier finally revealed the intelligence they had received just as Sakazuki was about to explode.

"It's not just the East Blue. Branches across all four seas—the North Blue, South Blue, West Blue, and East Blue—have come under pirate attack at the same time! The South Blue and North Blue were relatively better off, losing three branches. But in the West Blue, the invaders included many local gangs, and their methods were even more brutal. Of the four branches lost, one has become a dead zone. Those bastards used enormous amounts of explosives, and the entire island has been devastated beyond recognition. As for our comrades... there were no survivors..."

The soldier's tone was sorrowful. At this time, most of those who had not left the Marines still held to their own sense of justice. It was difficult for them not to grieve over the deaths of their comrades.

"What?!" Sakazuki was completely enraged! They already had too few soldiers, and every one of them was talent the Marines treasured! What those pirates had done was a slap in the Marines' face. More than that, a single branch