Nami sat with her legs crossed, looking down at the nautical chart. With a sweet, innocent smile, she said, "At a branch, the highest rank is usually colonel. There aren't any admirals stationed there."
"For someone from the East Blue like me, what goes on at Marine Headquarters is even more confusing. I don't know anything about it!"
Mei Di swung her wooden sword, training hard as she said with a radiant smile, "I remember Chris mentioning it briefly. Above the Three Admirals is the fleet admiral."
"And above the fleet admiral is the commander-in-chief of all the armed forces—Kong!"
"Above the commander-in-chief are the World Government's highest leaders: the Five Elders!"
"As for whether anyone ranks above the Five Elders, Chris didn't explain. He only gave us one word—yes!"
Alvida stood her great iron club in front of her. Slender and graceful, she wiped the sweat from her forehead and said with a smile,
"Whoever's above the Five Elders is too mysterious. That's why Chris didn't reveal anything and kept quiet instead."
"That news alone was shocking enough. Everyone thinks the Five Elders are at the very top. Who would have imagined they were someone else's subordinates too?"
Robin was stunned by those words.
Her beautiful eyes widened, and astonishment spread across her face as though she had seen a ghost. She murmured, "Someone ranks above the Five Elders? How is that possible?"
"The Five Elders are the World Government's highest leaders. How could anyone be above them? They can't be someone else's subordinates!"
She shook her head gently, her eyes full of confusion, unable to believe it. "Could the ones above the Five Elders be the Celestial Dragons?"
Honey Queen leaned against the table, blinking her beautiful eyes as she said with a charming smile, "Don't overthink it.