Throughout all this, the Marines, the World Government, and even the entire world were thrown into chaos.
In the New World, the Washington Kingdom was invaded by the Pirate Army led by "Gold King" Donovan.
The Adams Kingdom was invaded by the Pirate Army led by "Werewolf" Queiro.
The George Kingdom was invaded by the Pirate Army led by "Death Gun" Leon.
As though it had all been coordinated, the Lincoln Kingdom and the Wilson Kingdom in the first half of the Grand Line were attacked as well.
So were the Theodore Kingdom, the Harrison Kingdom, the Warren Kingdom, and the Herbert Kingdom in the Four Seas.
All of them were invaded by the Rocks Pirates' hidden armies, each led by an infamous pirate.
Including Rock Country, which had already fallen, ten World Government Member States had been targeted by the Rocks Pirates.
Not long afterward, the Pirate Army led by Kosa also invaded the Bailden Kingdom.
It was an operation on a staggering scale. The Rocks Pirates' true targets had never been the Marines, but the World Government Member States.
The world went mad! The Marines went mad! The World Government was about to go mad too!
The entire world had been played for fools by the Rocks Pirates.
The Marines had long since abandoned resistance and kept pulling their forces back, let alone rushing to the affiliated nations to save them and fight the Rocks Pirates.
It was already far too late.
Demands for accountability and pleas for help kept pouring in from the affiliated nations, leaving the World Government stunned.
The collapse of the Marines' overall war effort had already caught them completely off guard.
They had not intended to intervene when Rock Country sought help. A single affiliated nation could not seriously affect the World Government's