Pangaea Castle.
The Five Elders' private conference room was not particularly formal, its atmosphere quite close to an English tea party on Blue Star.
A white tower chamber, an emerald dome overhead, and classical European decor.
The Five Elders sat casually on expensive sofas arranged in a loose semicircle, studying the latest intelligence just delivered to the round table before them.
The Visual Den Den Mushi was still playing footage of Bondrewd fighting Kizaru.
"...So...that fellow can even 'possess people remotely' now..."
Saint Shepherd Ju Peter, blond and dressed in a dark red suit, pinched the space between his brows. He leaned back into his armchair.
As the War God of Agriculture, Bondrewd's affairs did not directly concern his jurisdiction. But with that person having spoken, he could not stay entirely out of it.
"Before this, he used 'heads' to possess people, or projected 'new individuals,' but now..."
Saint Warcury, dressed in a dark green suit, irritably fiddled with his drooping mustache.
With his responsibilities as the Warrior God of Justice, all the commotion in recent years had left his bald patch threatening to expand further.
"It's almost like..."
Saint Saturn, the War God of Science and Defense, dressed in a black suit, set down his teacup.
He was about to say something, then realized it would be inappropriate. He swallowed his words.
The Five Elders fell silent.
From their perspective, Bondrewd was even more outrageous than that person, because this fellow was not "picky."
"...Are we still not considering using Shining's power?"
Saint Mars, dressed in a dark blue suit, with long, straight white hair, stroked his long beard.
As the War God of the Environment, he offered a suggestion that sounded rather like this was someone else's problem.
"I oppose that."
Saint Saturn immediately objected. With Shining holding