# Chapter 460: Premonition
Thirty warships were enough to cover a vast sea area, significantly larger than the scope of the Deep Sea Current.
The Marines were confident they could detect the Roger Pirates the moment they appeared on the Great Sea.
Then, they would notify all warships, completely surrounding and blockading the Roger Pirate Crew, cutting off any chance of escape.
On the Great Sea.
With arms crossed over his chest, the Cloak of Justice on his back fluttered in the sea wind.
"Garp, what's wrong?"
A calm voice sounded as Tsuru appeared beside Garp.
For this operation, they weren't relying on a staff officer's command, so Tsuru chose to be on the same warship as Garp.
Of course, there was also a hint of surveillance involved.
The World Government didn't completely trust Garp; after all, his relationship with Roger was somewhat inexplicable, and there was suspicion that he had helped the Roger Pirate Crew escape.
The World Government could sense a little of this from the minor details, but there was no clear evidence.
The previous 'D' had caused the World Government untold losses, especially within the Celestial Dragons, who deeply detested the Family of 'D'.
This extended to a greater dislike for Garp himself.
Garp's attitude towards the World Government was already poor and difficult to restrain, evident from his multiple refusals of promotion to Marine Admiral.
Although such surveillance wasn't very effective, it was deemed necessary.
Garp didn't seem happy.
He was frowning, as if worried about something.
Tsuru, who understood Garp, noticed that something was wrong.
"I have a feeling that guy Roger won't jump into our great net so easily."
The Marines' operation seemed foolproof, but Garp couldn't guarantee it.
Having pursued Roger for many years, he vaguely sensed that Roger possessed something unusual.
After all, during the pursuit, especially in the early period of the Rocks Era, the Roger Pirate Crew was just starting out, and there was a huge gap in strength compared to Garp, who was already a Marine supernova.
Yet, despite this, Garp was repeatedly evaded by the Roger Pirate Crew, and accidents often occurred during these pursuits.
Therefore, Garp's instinct told him that catching Roger wouldn't be that simple.
"Is that so?"
Hearing Garp say this, Tsuru couldn't help but start thinking.
She knew that Garp wasn't lying.
When it came to matters of principle, Garp would not flinch.
Currently, within the Marines, capturing the Roger Pirate Crew was the most important matter, and Garp couldn't possibly help Roger at this juncture.
As an existence who was both enemy and friend, personally arresting Roger, rather than letting him go, would be the greatest respect he could show him.
Since Garp said so, there must be a reason for it.
As Roger's arch-nemesis, Garp was the opponent who understood Roger best.
Moreover, for a world-class Pirate Crew like the Roger Pirates to possess some special means was perfectly normal.
They couldn't be dealt with using conventional methods.
Therefore, Tsuru believed Garp's intuition.
She opened a Den Den Mushi to transmit a message.
"Okay, understood."
Sengoku nodded, then hung up the Den Den Mushi.
As the main leader of this major operation, Sengoku's mission was very heavy, carrying considerable stress.
After all, the results of the last operation were not good.
Although Byrnndi World was captured alive, the West Blue was rampant with chaos for half a year, thrown into turmoil, and various Factions suffered heavy losses.
It would take at least seven or eight years to recover.
The World Government was also dissatisfied because, after the war, the West Blue Member Nations united to reduce their share of the Heavenly Tribute, citing the need to restore their economy.
Coupled with the Byrnndi Pirates having absorbed a large number of Underworld Forces and Pirates in the West Blue, with the downfall of the Byrnndi Pirate Crew, more than half of the entire West Blue Underworld was cleared out.
The entire sea area fell into a long-awaited peace, and all Factions wanted to develop and achieve restoration.
Coupled with the rising Guild Forces.
From various angles, the West Blue's dependence on the World Government was greatly weakened.
Reducing the Heavenly Tribute could be said to be reasonable and logical.
With such heavy losses, being able to pay even a portion of the Heavenly Tribute was already giving face to the World Government.
After all, the Marines still needed to recover and maintain order on the Trade Route.
The Marines themselves didn't gain anything either; merely one Dynamite Rock caused the Marines heavy losses, not to mention the losses during the war.
This led to an overall decline in the strength of the West Blue Marines themselves and a reduction in their coverage area.
Especially during the time when they lacked warships, it was difficult to maintain influence, and they were further replaced by Guild Forces.
The gain from dealing with the Byrnndi Pirates was not that great.
In the West Blue, the reputation of the Guilds was even higher than that of the Marines.
After all, the Byrnndi Pirates being so rampant was, to some extent, a manifestation of Marine incompetence.
It was just that these Guilds were of mixed quality, some good and some bad, so the Member Nations still needed the Marines.
It's worth mentioning that during that chaotic period, one Faction constantly expanded and grew during the war.
That was the Dark Sun Church, which appeared like a savior.
By having faith in the Dark Sun Church, people could receive food and living supplies for free.
In the chaotic West Blue, how precious that was.
The Dark Sun Church seized the soil in the West Blue that was beneficial to their development.
After the war lasted for over a month, a group of Dark Sun Church elites arrived in the West Blue.
With the experience from the North Blue and a better starting point and manpower, the development of the Dark Sun Church was much faster than imagined.
They used the money they had to purchase grain and supplies, gathering more followers.
They organized manpower and relied on munitions to resist the Pirates.
Coupled with constant brainwashing, the Dark Sun Church's manpower in the West Blue grew increasingly large.
The arriving Pirates didn't dare offend this Faction and actively retreated.
This made the Dark Sun Church's reputation even higher.
They even occupied a Kingdom, and even the Royal Family Members were supporters of the Dark Sun Church.
This was a complete pleasant surprise for Shirek.
Compared to the North Blue, the West Blue, having experienced disaster, was more suitable for the Dark Sun Church's development.
The Dark Sun Church, which was doing charity, possessed extremely high reputation in the civilian world.
The development of the Dark Sun Church also didn't face too much obstruction.
After all, the Dark Sun Church only needed to establish a Church, which could also help stable public support and prevent domestic turmoil from occurring.
The war against the Byrnndi Pirates was a great failure for the Marines.
Even if there wasn't much public opinion on the surface, the higher-ups within the Marines knew clearly.
However, there were still results.
Looking back at the past twenty years, there weren't many operations where the Marines were able to achieve their goals, and capturing Byrnndi World counts as one.
It's just that the losses were a bit heavy.
This is also a record, although Sengoku doesn't fully recognize it; on the contrary, it is a disgrace for him.
Although there were some irresistible forces, who could have imagined that Byrnndi World, when the tide had turned against him, would take out a Dynamite Rock and take them down with him?
If Sengoku had been a bit more careful and cautious, those huge losses could have been avoided.
That was tens of thousands of military strength, just sacrificed like that, and they couldn't even find many corpses.
Sengoku's heart was extremely self-reproachful and regretful.
"Expand the patrol range."
Receiving Tsuru's reminder, Sengoku didn't hesitate much and directly issued the command.
The coverage area of the Marines' great net was further expanded.
(end of chapter)
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