"Captain!"
Queen, one of Shane's biggest fans, knew he could not follow Shane to Marineford. Now that Shane had sent someone to save him, his eyes immediately filled with tears.
"All this whining isn't like you. Sing more when you have time. Don't waste your talent."
Shane hung up the Den Den Mushi.
That meant...
Once everyone left...
Hachinosu would be left in the care of the people from Seagull Laboratory.
"My people have pretty much headed all over the world. With so many battlefields, there was no other choice."
Only then did Shane turn cheerfully toward Roger.
Everyone who had been tense sighed.
"How many troops do you still have available to go to Marine Headquarters?"
Roger asked for one final confirmation.
"Just me."
Just as they thought!
Everyone had already suspected it, but hearing it confirmed still shocked them deeply.
"When it comes to sheer troop numbers, or attacking a single pirate crew at any cost, no one can win, however strong they are. They have absolute influence and the strongest forces."
"With equal numbers, I believe my crew would be stronger. But they have Marine Branches all over the world, Marine Headquarters with its elites gathered together, vast numbers of new Marines still in training, plus support from the World Army, Enies Lobby, the newly trained CP9, and Impel Down."
"I, Shane, am arrogant, sure, but not so arrogant that I think the Dragon Emperor Grand Fleet can fight a thousand to one."
Shane finished his last jug of liquor and tossed it aside.
"A day ago, no one dared provoke me. Now everyone's trying to get a piece of the pie."
"A bunch of idiots. They don't even stop to think. If the Marines are going to erase every trace of me, what are they fighting