Sengoku's gaze remained fixed on the falling meteor.
The fireball tore a dazzling trail hundreds of kilometers long through the atmosphere.
His pupils contracted.
The meteor was too big.
Bigger than the entire island of Marineford.
His voice came from the Golden Great Buddha's enormous mouth, carrying unprecedented fury and alarm.
"Everyone!!"
"Evacuate Marineford immediately!!"
"This is not a drill! This is an order!"
"All Marines, all officers, all soldiers, evacuate! Now! Immediately!"
Through some means of communication exclusive to the Marines, his voice thundered across the entire battlefield, echoing in every corner.
Vice Admiral Momonga was the first to react.
His face turned deathly pale in an instant, then he immediately turned and roared at the Marine soldiers behind him.
"Didn't you hear Fleet Admiral Sengoku's orders?! Everyone, evacuate! All ships, leave port immediately!"
"Forget the supplies! Forget the equipment! Get the people aboard first!"
"And carry all the wounded onto the ships."
Vice Admiral Onigumo rushed out from another direction at the same time, all eight arms moving as he directed the soldiers around him.
"Third squadron! Fifth squadron! All units on the left flank, retreat to the harbor!"
"Hurry! Stop dawdling!"
Vice Admiral Yamakaji stood on the ice, his sword sheathed. His gaze swept across the battlefield, then he roared at the nearest group of Marines.
"Go! Everyone! Get off this island!"
"I repeat, get off this island!"
Vice Admiral Doberman, Vice Admiral Strawberry, Vice Admiral Comil.
All the surviving Marine officers began directing the retreat at once.
Marineford's entire harbor became a boiling sea in an instant.
Soldiers swarmed toward the harbor like ants whose nest had been disturbed. Warship engines roared one after another, and white sails rose swiftly in the wind.
Smoker stood at the edge of a fractured sheet of ice.
His cigar