Meanwhile, at Marine Headquarters in New Marineford.
The urgent intelligence that Straw Hat Luffy had landed on Egghead Island and clashed with CP0 had reached the Fleet Admiral's Office immediately through the Marines' special channels.
Gern sat behind his spacious desk and calmly read the encrypted telegram.
There was no surprise on his face as Tesoro waited quietly.
He neither issued immediate orders to mobilize troops nor showed any eagerness to acquire Vegapunk's database.
Instead, he stood up and left the office alone.
He did not return to his private quarters or head to the operations command center.
Instead, he turned toward the heavily guarded temporary prison deep within headquarters, built from special alloys and seastone.
After his identity was verified, the heavy gate slid slowly open with a low hum.
The lighting inside was cold, and a faint smell of disinfectant and metal hung in the air.
Gern dismissed every guard and entered the isolated cell at the far end alone.
The cell was small, its four walls made of a special alloy mixed with seastone powder, giving them a dull gray-white sheen.
In the center of the room, a figure was shackled to a specially constructed stone chair by several thick seastone chains.
The chains wound around his wrists, ankles, and torso, suppressing all his Devil Fruit powers and physical strength.
At the sound of footsteps, the man slowly raised his head.
His dark green cloak had long since been removed, revealing short black hair and a weathered, sharply defined face.
The distinctive red geometric tattoo on his left cheek remained striking.
But now, the eyes that had once made the World Government tremble looked dim, burdened by the exhaustion of wounds that had yet to heal and the helplessness of captivity.
The Revolutionary Army Leader, Monkey D.