Sengoku yanked open the hidden drawer at the bottom of his desk, grabbed the faintly vibrating Cipher Pol Den Den Mushi, and pressed the answer button.
Bogard's urgent report immediately came through the receiver, his voice trembling despite his efforts to suppress it.
"Fleet Admiral, Vice Admiral Garp has been taken into custody by Admiral Akainu, Admiral Kizaru, and the CP0 Commander acting together."
"The World Government issued a written verdict on the spot stripping him of his rank and his title of 'Marine Hero.' He has now been forcibly transported to Impel Down aboard a Top-Secret Transport Ship!"
Sengoku nearly crushed the receiver in his hand, his facial muscles twitching violently.
At that moment, the heavy mahogany door was flung open, and Chief of Staff Vice Admiral Tsuru strode into the office.
"Sengoku, are the reports of unusual deployments at the Rear Harbor true?!"
Vice Admiral Tsuru hurried to the desk and planted both hands on it, her gaze fixed on the Den Den Mushi in Sengoku's hand.
Sengoku slowly lowered the receiver and braced both arms against the desktop, his chest heaving.
"They're true."
"Mary Geoise bypassed the Fleet Admiral's authority and directly deployed Sakazuki and Borsalino to intercept Garp at the Rear Harbor."
Vice Admiral Tsuru's pupils abruptly contracted, and her normally composed face instantly filled with shock and icy anger.
"How could they dare make such a decision?!"
"Garp is the strongest standard the Marines have had in eight hundred years of maintaining balance on the seas. Stripping him of his title and imprisoning him in Impel Down-the World Government is tearing out the Marines' very foundations!"
Sengoku slammed his fist onto the blackwood desk, instantly splitting its hard surface with several deep cracks.
"Those old men sitting in Mary Geoise have long seen the Marines