On the Grand Line, atop the Red Line, stood the World Government's center of power-the Holy Land Mary Geoise.
Inside a solemn conference room, a meeting of the Marines' highest-ranking officers was underway.
Fleet Admiral Buddha Sengoku sat at the head of the table, his expression grave.
Beside him sat Marine Headquarters' Chief of Staff, Vice Admiral Tsuru, along with several other senior officers from Marine Headquarters.
On the other side of the conference table, three figures sat casually, each with a different presence, yet all radiating immense pressure.
They were members of the Shichibukai who had come to attend the meeting in response to the World Government's Mandatory Summons.
The towering "Tyrant," Bartholomew Kuma, held a Bible and wore a wooden expression.
The "Heavenly Yaksha," Donquixote Doflamingo, wore a pink feather coat, a sinister smile on his face.
And... the World's Greatest Swordsman, "Hawkeye" Dracule Mihawk.
"Fufufufu..."
Doflamingo broke the silence first with his signature strange laugh:
"Fleet Admiral Sengoku, did you specifically summon us busy men all the way from the New World just to discuss the mess that idiot Crocodile left behind?"
"This really is... getting more and more interesting."
Fleet Admiral Sengoku ignored Doflamingo's mockery. He simply tossed a document onto the table and said gravely:
"Shichibukai Crocodile's plot to overthrow the kingdom of Alabasta has been exposed."
"The World Government has decided to strip him of his Shichibukai title immediately and imprison him in Impel Down for life!"
"And the one who defeated and captured Crocodile..."
Vice Admiral Tsuru spoke slowly, handing another set of documents to the others:
"Was a young man calling himself a Pirate Hunter. His name is... Ye Chuanliu."
"Oh?"
Doflamingo picked up the documents and read them with interest:
"An unknown Pirate Hunter actually managed to take down Crocodile? What