What?!
Caesar shuddered at those words.
Because of all the major incidents that had occurred earlier.
The Five Elders had Kong promote Zephyr, making him a Marine Headquarters Admiral a year and a half ahead of schedule.
They also kept Garp firmly tied down by his title of Marine Hero.
At this point.
Marine Headquarters had assembled its strongest lineup of this era.
Fleet Admiral Kong, Admirals Sengoku and Zephyr, and Garp the Hero.
Powerhouses of the same generation, such as Tsuru, had thus become elite Vice Admirals.
With pirates at the height of their arrogance, Whitebeard, Roger, and Golden Lion had also grown too powerful to be easily snuffed out.
As a result, a temporary standoff between the Marines and pirates had formed just after Rocks fell.
There were also many other great pirates clamoring everywhere, committing all manner of crimes.
Marine Headquarters was plagued by them.
They urgently needed new things and methods to maintain a semblance of balance.
Although there were still twelve years before Crocodile would become one of the Shichibukai.
That did not mean the Marines had never considered establishing the Shichibukai before then.
Obtaining more powerful weapons, equipping the Marines with stronger warships, and fully exploiting their advantages in numbers and weaponry had also become urgent priorities.
Kong was determined to complete these missions before stepping down.
Thus, pursuing Vegapunk's Seagull Laboratory, which held vast quantities of technological products and inventions, had become an urgent priority.
To that end.
Tsuru had been pursuing them for half a month.
Zephyr, meanwhile, happened to have just returned from the North Blue.
There was something odd about this, because Zephyr had originally always been stationed in the Grand Line, occasionally heading into the New World on missions.
Unexpectedly, this time, because of the upheaval Shane had stirred