"Sengoku, what is it?"
At Marine Headquarters, Chief of Staff Tsuru had received Admiral Sengoku's summons and asked in puzzlement.
Ever since Fleet Admiral Kong had stepped back from the front lines to teach young Marines alongside Zephyr, Sengoku had truly been handling everything.
Not just the fleet admiral's duties, but an admiral's duties as well.
He was now the only admiral at Marine Headquarters. It was fair to say that everything rested on his shoulders.
Aside from him, Sakazuki was probably the busiest.
The North Blue no longer needed him stationed there.
The North Blue Faction had grown strong enough to maintain order in the North Blue.
If anything truly went wrong, Sakazuki would not mind dealing with it himself.
For now, Sakazuki roamed the seas all day long, relentlessly capturing pirates to ease the pressure on Marine Headquarters.
Kuzan had returned to the South Blue to continue maintaining order there.
After completing his mission to escort Dido, Borsalino had been assigned to command a base in the first half of the Grand Line.
The first half of the Grand Line was now in chaos and short on manpower. Sengoku had transferred some personnel from the North Blue and East Blue.
It still did little to change the situation.
That was why they needed a highly mobile Marine like Borsalino to handle some of the trouble.
If anything truly went wrong, he could also provide timely support.
As the user of the Glint-Glint Fruit, Borsalino was the best possible rescue team.
This had also cost Borsalino his vacation, forcing him back to work.
Marine Headquarters was short-staffed, and so were all the bases in the first half of the Grand Line.
Taking a vacation was out of the question.
Even Chief of Staff Tsuru occasionally took her female Marines