Marine Headquarters, Marineford.
The impact of Roger becoming king was incalculable.
Warships packed the harbor.
Some could not even find a berth and had to moor alongside one another.
Sakazuki's warship returned rather late.
There was clearly no room left.
That did not stop anyone. They simply used Geppo to leave the ship and head for the harbor.
After giving an order, Sakazuki headed straight for the enormous headquarters fortress.
Inside the headquarters fortress's conference room.
The meetings had been running for four days straight, with personnel from every department constantly rotating in.
Sakazuki entered the meeting and found a corner to sit in.
After listening for a while, he learned that the broad policy had already been decided.
For now, the general approach was as follows.
Devote every effort to hunting down the Pirate King, "Gold" Roger.
Screen and interrogate everyone Roger had spoken with and everyone on the islands he had visited. Not a single person was to be overlooked.
Just then, a soldier ran over to Sakazuki and whispered a few words.
Sakazuki nodded, rose, and headed for the Fleet Admiral's Office.
He pushed the door open and entered.
A group of senior Marine officers greeted his eyes. Almost all of them were there.
Admiral Sengoku, Chief Instructor Zephyr, Vice Admiral Garp, Vice Admiral Morris, Vice Admiral Tsuru, and others.
Seeing Sakazuki enter, Kong said:
"Sit down, Sakazuki."
Two soldiers immediately brought over an armchair.
Kong glanced up at everyone and continued:
"Next, we need to discuss the repercussions of this incident."
"According to our intelligence,"
"people have been constantly setting out to sea as pirates lately."
"The number of pirates worldwide has increased more than tenfold."
"It's already beyond our control."
"Those damned newspapers keep glorifying Roger."
"The government has already sent people to negotiate with