"They've planned this well."
The officers of the Rocks Pirates looked toward G-5 Fortress with cold smiles.
The Rocks Pirates had an Ear-Ear Fruit user whose ears could pick up every sound within thirty kilometers.
His Devil Fruit power was more suited to support, but he was a capable fighter in his own right and a Mid-Level Officer of the Rocks Pirates.
His ability had also made him stand out among the Rocks Pirates and earned him their attention.
The Rocks Pirates had overheard every word spoken in G-5 Fortress.
Anyone who had reached their level was no political novice.
They knew how the World Government and the Marines operated, so they could roughly guess what the World Government wanted.
The World Government did not want the war to end. Otherwise, what had all those forces come here for?
Even the Five Elders had reputations to protect.
If they came all this way only to slink off without doing anything, their standing within the World Government would take a hit.
At the very least, the Celestial Dragons would complain.
There was another major reason, too.
Saint Warcury and Saint Mars, who led this force, and even the Five Elders as a whole, whom they represented,
had already prepared for young Celestial Dragons in God's Knights Reserve to die.
Or rather, they welcomed it. Deep down, they hoped someone would die.
It was a chance to sound the alarm in the minds of those Celestial Dragon elites, put pressure on them, and force them to grow stronger faster.
Outstanding talent among the Celestial Dragons was growing scarcer.
Or rather, the Celestial Dragons did not lack people with great potential.
After all, every Celestial Dragon carried the blood of the Twenty Kings who had founded the World Government nearly eight hundred years