"What the hell! This is nonsense!"
Not long before, Kong had still been furious over the pirates and the incident at Hachinosu. Who could have imagined that Zunesha would protect them at the crucial moment?
He had planned to send more powerful fighters to take Zunesha down once and for all, but then a ship under his command monitoring the Black Pearl sent back a report.
The person who should least have been alive had returned!
"He just won't stay dead!"
In a towering rage, he smashed the desk with a punch.
This was already the third time this week.
Ever since Garp and Shane had ostensibly perished together, Marine Headquarters had been missing a crucial fighting force.
Fortunately, quite a few more mainstays had emerged. Over the past two years, Zephyr's personal instruction had produced two powerful rookie pirates, each strong enough to overpower the other Marines of their generation!
Both had risen all the way to Marine Headquarters colonel!
It would take at least several more decades for anyone to break that rate of promotion.
"Keep investigating! I want to know the whole story. Where exactly did they go, and what did they do?"
"We know nothing about the Dragon Emperor Pirates' route or experiences during this time. That brat Shane played everyone!"
"What exactly is he trying to do? Does he really think those tens of thousands of people can take on the whole world?"
Kong slapped his own head, utterly baffled.
Shane's forces could dominate the New World without any problem, since they were all elites, but extending his reach across the entire world would be far too presumptuous.
This world was too vast!
The New World was merely the latter half of the Grand Line. Viewed from the sky, it was no more than a