Several days later, at Marine Headquarters, Marineford.
After holding his wife's funeral, Zephyr no longer had any heart for his work.
He had begun to deeply doubt the justice he had upheld for so many years.
Only when caring for his child did he show any response. Most of the time, he simply stared blankly into the distance.
Left with no other choice.
Fleet Admiral Kong granted Zephyr an extended leave.
Then he assigned personnel to keep him company and look after him.
Admiral Zephyr's tragedy sent shock waves through Marine Headquarters and the World Government.
He was the first Admiral in history whose family had been attacked.
The uproar it caused was easy to imagine.
After several days of discussion, the higher-ups issued an order.
A section of Marineford would be set aside for a residential district, where officers of flag rank and above could bring their families to live.
The pirates also grew more brazen in the wake of the incident.
Attacks on Marines became frequent.
In the latter half of the Grand Line, the New World.
An enormous pirate ship with a white whale figurehead sped toward the Marines' G4 Branch in the New World.
Whitebeard stood on the bow deck, gazing into the distance with a slight frown.
Marco, who had only recently joined the Whitebeard Pirates and was still an apprentice, quietly asked Whitey Bay beside him:
"How did the Marines capture Theodore?"
Whitey Bay, still very young, had red-rimmed eyes, as though she had just been crying:
"Those rabid dogs in the Marines have been slaughtering people at sea lately because of what happened to Zephyr."
"When we went to Rose Hill Island to collect this year's protection money, we ran into a Marine Vice Admiral who was resupplying there."
"Theodore was captured