Elsewhere, Chief of Staff Tsuru and the other members of the Navy High Command wore grim expressions.
While they had been fighting, they had had no time to receive requests for aid from the other major bases.
After so much time had passed, the news they received was naturally far from good.
Four of the Navy's eight major bases in the first half of the Grand Line had been invaded by powerful members of the Monster Legion.
The Monster Legion's members had now withdrawn, but every targeted base had suffered devastating damage. The bases lay in ruins, and their personnel had sustained heavy casualties.
The G-15 Fortress had suffered especially badly.
The Marine Branch targeted by Mosquito Girl had been all but wiped out. Under the frenzied assault of the Blood Mosquitoes, fewer than one in ten had survived.
The Marine Vice Admiral stationed at the G-15 Fortress had also been killed in battle.
Cyrik looked grim as well, because his brother Chigral was stationed at the G-15 Fortress.
In terms of strength, Chigral fell somewhat short of him and Kyle. He also lacked any special Devil Fruit ability, making it difficult for him to contend with Mosquito Girl.
Having lived through the Bloody War, Cyrik knew just how terrifying Mosquito Girl was. Her destructive power could not be measured by combat strength alone.
Without some special means of countering her, someone could easily die beneath the endless swarm of Blood Mosquitoes without even being able to fight back.
Once the rapidly reproducing Blood Mosquitoes multiplied, they were every bit as terrifying as a natural disaster.
Still, when Cyrik learned that Chigral was now in charge of the G-15 Fortress, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Especially after hearing that most of the remaining Marines had survived under Chigral's command