"This monster! He's like Garp with a Mythical Zoan."
The meeting room at Marine Headquarters fell silent. A veteran officer who had seen Garp fight at full strength voiced his amazement.
"Do we know who he is?"
Sengoku turned to Chief of Staff Tsuru and asked.
The combat power this general from the Kronos Kingdom had displayed had genuinely shaken him.
For now, the World Government and the Marines were not hostile toward the Kronos Kingdom.
But a monster with that kind of strength was someone they had to watch.
Both the Marines and the World Government had investigated the Kronos Kingdom.
Naturally, they had uncovered little of its true inner workings.
Most of the intelligence they obtained was superficial.
After all, the Kronos Kingdom was not cut off from the outside world. Merchants came and went in great numbers, so some information could not be concealed.
Though much of it was surface-level information, easy enough to learn, it was sufficient for the Marines.
They had no need to dig too deeply.
If the Kronos Kingdom noticed, it would affect its relationship with the World Government.
The World Government now relied on the Kronos Kingdom in many economic matters.
The port islands the Kronos Kingdom had established across the Four Seas were also vital hubs of the Trade Route—its beating heart.
Cyrik stood quietly near the back with the other staff officers, though he was intrigued.
He knew the Marines understood little about the Kronos Kingdom.
But as the Marines' Chief of Staff, Tsuru drew intelligence not only from Marine intelligence, but from the World Government as well.
Tsuru also held a position in the World Government's intelligence apparatus. Its intelligence forces and the Marines' had always been closely linked.
For now, Cyrik kept a low profile in the General