Sengoku and Garp looked as if they had seen a ghost in broad daylight!
No... they were downright terrified!
Even Vice Admiral Tsuru, who was usually unshakable, stared in astonishment, her pupils trembling!
Rono?
Why was he here?!
Hadn't the Five Elders said he had gone to Sky Island? It should have taken him at least two days to return!
How could he have made it in time?!
What on earth was going on?!
"How did he get onto the battlefield?!"
"Damn it! Didn't the Five Elders say he wouldn't come?"
"Ooh~ The Most Evil Criminal~ What a terrifying man~!"
And it wasn't just the Marine veterans Sengoku, Garp, and Tsuru!
The three Admirals on the battlefield—Aokiji, Akainu, and Kizaru—
froze in shock the moment they saw Rono!
All three had witnessed the Battle of God Valley thirty-six years ago!
They knew firsthand how terrifying Rono was!
"Hey, hey, what's going on?!"
"Why do Fleet Admiral Sengoku, Vice Admiral Garp, and Admirals Kuzan, Kuzan, and Borsalino look like that?"
"And why is Pops so worked up?!"
"What happened?!"
Meanwhile, at Marineford,
everyone present—
Marines, pirates, and even the five Shichibukai—
sensed a sudden shift in the atmosphere of the battlefield!
Whitebeard, Sengoku, Garp, and the three Marine Admirals!
The emotions of the six strongest fighters present had changed violently in an instant!
It was as though they had all been struck by a heavy blow!
And it was all because that unfamiliar man had appeared!
Yet none of the others knew anything about him!
The people on the battlefield weren't the only ones bewildered!
"What on earth is going on?!"
"Am I missing something? Why do Sengoku, Garp, and the Three Admirals look so grim?"
"Hey, don't tell me the war's turning! Things were going well, weren't they? What happened?!"