"Whoosh!"
Two figures leaped out of the doorway and fell onto the deck.
"Lucci!"
Blueno called out in concern.
"I'm fine!"
Lucci gritted his teeth. Blood dripped from his body, pooling on the deck in the blink of an eye.
The other squad members nearby rushed over, their faces filled with shock and worry.
"Those four old men spotted us. I was badly wounded!"
"But getting the intelligence we just gathered back to headquarters is more important than my injuries!"
"Blueno!"
Lucci roared, his face contorted in pain.
"Understood!"
Blueno hurriedly nodded.
He was about to say more, but Lucci closed his eyes and lost consciousness completely.
Everyone's expression changed at once.
"Medic! Hurry, save him!"
Kaku shouted.
Koby strode toward the stern, his expression grave.
"Quick, get us out of here."
"The World Government has discovered us!"
Hearing this, the other squad members hurriedly turned around.
Sure enough, countless black dots appeared on the horizon within moments, speeding toward them.
With a grave expression, Blueno quickly dialed the Den Den Mushi in his hand.
"Marine Headquarters? This is the SWORD Squad!"
"I have important intelligence to report!"
"..."
Meanwhile.
Marineford.
"Tap, tap, tap, tap, tap!"
Hurried footsteps soon sounded outside the Fleet Admiral's Office.
Xia Le looked up. He had not heard such urgent footsteps in some time, which undoubtedly spoke to the importance of the news.
Sure enough, the door was pushed open without even the customary knock.
"Fleet Admiral, sir! Important intelligence from the SWORD Squad!"
The report was brief and direct.
"Speak!"
Xia Le said.
"Not long ago, SWORD located the other four members of the Five Elders. They held a seventy-nation conference on Nerwina Island."
"During the conference, they passed a resolution to unite the strength of all seventy nations and form the world's