Time rewound to Marineford, before Yechen saw the bounty poster.
Sengoku sat at his desk with a headache. The seas were already in chaos, pirates were everywhere, and the Four Emperors held sway over the New World.
Just a few days earlier, he had received even worse news: Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral Onigumo had been killed in battle, and by a complete unknown at that.
Sengoku acted decisively, immediately suppressing the news of Onigumo's death and assigning Vice Admiral Huoshan to temporarily take his place and stabilize the situation.
Sengoku had confidence in Vice Admiral Huoshan's abilities. After all, they were old colleagues who had faced life and death together countless times, so they naturally knew each other's strength.
His sole concern was the identity of the person who had killed Onigumo and ruthlessly slaughtered every Marine aboard his ship.
With Sengoku's intelligence, he could certainly deduce that Onigumo had been killed aboard his own warship, which meant his opponent must have been terrifyingly powerful.
And this was certainly no ordinary person. Even pirates would not dare kill a Marine vice admiral just because their ship had been intercepted.
Later reports revealed that the attacker was extremely powerful, could walk across the sea, and acted with ruthless decisiveness. Reading the report gave Sengoku a headache. Someone like this was practically a born enemy of the Marines.
"Kizaru, an extraordinary figure has appeared on the seas. Apparently, she can walk across the water with ease, moves incredibly fast, and has flame abilities. It should be the power of a logia Devil Fruit. Take a look at the files."
Sengoku pushed the files toward Kizaru, who was sitting opposite him, almost asleep.
Kizaru was the only other person in the Fleet Admiral's office that day. Everyone else was away on assignments, and