The World Government's powerful fighters, including the Five Elders, prepared to leave aboard warships and return to Mary Geoise.
They left the Marines behind to clear the rubble.
The war seemed to be over.
Everyone felt exhausted, both physically and mentally.
Tallying the casualties and dealing with everything else would take a great deal of time.
As for a meeting, that could wait.
Just then, a Den Den Mushi broke the silence.
The call came from Mary Geoise.
"What happened?"
Saint Nusjuro frowned as he asked, an ominous feeling rising in his heart.
"Things should be over on your end, right? Hurry back to Mary Geoise. This is an absolute disaster."
A voice filled with dread came from the other end of the Den Den Mushi.
"Switch over to the video feed."
Saint Saturn spoke from beside him.
Soon, the Visual Den Den Mushi's eyes lit up, projecting a screen.
The strange situation in Mary Geoise drew the attention of the Holy Knights and the Navy High Command.
They all gathered around.
The footage appeared clearly before everyone.
At the sight of what was happening, everyone was utterly stunned.
Mary Geoise, once a paradise on earth that could even be called the "world's greatest city," had suffered the destruction of countless buildings and had now become a living hell.
The corpses of wild beasts lay strewn across the ground.
There were even more of them than at Marine Headquarters.
That did not surprise them.
Since the Flying Pirates had prepared the Wild Beast Corps for Marine Headquarters, they naturally would not spare Mary Geoise.
But something else was far more terrifying.
Above them, swarms of mosquitoes resembling dark clouds blotted out the sky and sun, seemingly plunging all of Mary Geoise into darkness.
"There are too many. We can't deal