Hearing Garp's words, the others present fell somewhat silent as well. Judging by the actual situation, pirates really did seem far more likely than Marines to break through.
Was it because of the word "Overlord"? Did one truly have to be an overlord? Come to think of it, the Navy had once been the overlord of the seas too.
Although everyone had their own private thoughts, no one would point them out. Some things truly were unsuitable to say in front of everyone.
For a time, a prolonged silence settled over the conference room.
"Deploy the troops according to plan. Garp, Sengoku, both of you head to the East Blue. While you're there, try to find out how Pande Lia took that step."
"As for the Grand Line, given the Oran Empire's disposition, they generally won't start a war on their own. You don't need to worry too much."
In the end, Kong broke the silence and issued his orders as Fleet Admiral.
"Yes, Fleet Admiral!" everyone answered in unison.
There really was nothing else to consider now. They just needed to carry out their orders.
"As for Darren... sigh! Sengoku, you notify him!" At the mention of Darren, Kong felt a headache coming on over that sly fox and passed the buck straight to Sengoku.
"All right, Fleet Admiral Kong. Leave Darren to me." Sengoku nodded and accepted Kong's assignment. As the next Fleet Admiral, Sengoku still commanded considerable respect from Darren.
With that, Sengoku took out a Den Den Mushi in front of all the senior Navy officers and called Darren.
"Hello, Darren speaking!" Darren's somewhat irreverent voice soon came through the Den Den Mushi. He only acted this way when answering Sengoku's calls; it was also one of his ways of building rapport with his superior.
"Well,