"Come with me. The Five Elders want to see you in person."
When Fleet Admiral "Steel Bone" Kong's solemn words rang clearly across the silent harbor, the Marine officers who had only just recovered from Yas's overwhelming pressure erupted into an uproar once again!
The Five Elders!
They were the highest authority of the World Government! The five elusive "Kings of the World" who stood at the very pinnacle of the world!
They actually wanted to personally receive such a young Marine?!
What a staggering honor was this?!
Yet faced with this "distinction," enough to make any Marine faint with excitement, Yas's face remained a sea of unruffled ice.
His ice-blue eyes did not even glance at the Fleet Admiral before him. He merely gave a casual "Mm," as though an audience with the Five Elders meant no more to him than a greeting from a roadside shopkeeper.
He stepped forward and calmly walked down the gangway.
Wherever he passed, tens of thousands of Marines parted like the Red Sea before Moses, instinctively and reverently opening a broad path for him toward the deepest reaches of Marineford's fortress.
Marineford fortress, the top-secret conference room.
This was the most heavily guarded place in all of Marine Headquarters. Its walls were built from a special alloy mixed with Seastone, enough to block every form of eavesdropping and surveillance.
At that moment, there were only three people in the room.
Fleet Admiral "Steel Bone" Kong stood to one side, his expression grave.
Yas stood expressionlessly in the very center of the room.
Before him sat a specially made Den Den Mushi fashioned from gold, its design exceptionally antique and ornate.
Fleet Admiral Kong entered a complex passcode.
Click!
The Golden Den Den Mushi's eyes snapped open, but instead of mimicking one person's face,