Pollock Island, G-5 Marine Headquarters.
In the middle of the ruins, Kaido, with his club wrapped in purple lightning, slammed down on Sephiroth. Sephiroth couldn't dodge and could only block it.
Boom!
The weapons in their hands didn't touch at all, but the overflowing power of their Haoshoku Haki collided. The ground couldn't withstand the heavy pressure and began to crack and collapse. The howling wind blew sand and stones around.
Among the rubble, Vice Admiral William was lucky enough to be trapped under a stone slab. Through a gap between the stones, he observed the fierce battle between Sephiroth and Kaido.
Not far from him lay the two severed pieces of a blonde woman's body. The woman died in a terrible state. After her body was cut in half by a wind blade, her head was hit by a falling rock, her brains burst, and flowed all over the floor!
"Damn it! What did that man Sephiroth do to provoke Kaido!" Vice Admiral William called Fleet Admiral Sengoku's number while cursing in his heart. Because the action between the two was so great, Frank, who was not far away, retreated and fled.
Marineford, Marine Headquarters Building.
In the Fleet Admiral's office, Sengoku was leaning back behind his desk.
"Sengoku-san, please have some tea!" Rocinante placed a cup of tea on his desk.
Sengoku asked while drinking tea: "How well do you understand the personnel relationships between the various factions in the Marines now?"
"Ah, this…!" Rocinante sighed, "I've grasped the general situation. But the situation with the Marines is much more complicated than I thought…"
"Who says it isn't?" Sengoku also shook his head helplessly. The various family forces, the old and new admirals, and the admirals who had close contacts with the kingdoms. All of this had become an invisible chain that bound his tenure.
Suddenly, the sound of the military Transponder Snail on his desk rang. He picked up the microphone.
"Hey! Who are you?"
"I am Vice Admiral William, the commander of the G-5 Marine branch. Kaido suddenly attacked G-5 Headquarters and destroyed the entire base! Please ask Fleet Admiral Sengoku to send troops immediately!"
Poof!
Sengoku, who was drinking tea, instantly sprayed a mouthful of tea on his adopted son.
Rocinante: "…"
"Ahem! What! Kaido attacked G-5 Headquarters!?" Sengoku said in shock.
"Yes! Fleet Admiral Sengoku, please lower your voice, Kaido hasn't left! He is now at war with Commodore Sephiroth."
"What is going on?"
"Listening to what they both said, it seems that Commodore Sephiroth has killed Quinn, so Kaido came for revenge…"
"What!? Sephiroth dared to provoke Kaido recklessly."
Sengoku's expression changed, and anger arose in his heart. He had just taken over the position of Fleet Admiral and had not yet fully secured his position. On the World Government's side, many people were secretly causing problems. Akainu was his knife, while he was the one who did it, and Fleet Admiral Kong was the beneficiary behind it. Now Sephiroth had suddenly gone to war with the Beast Pirates without authorization. Sengoku felt a little pain in his head!
"Commodore Sephiroth… Beast Pirates…? I remember his father was killed by the Beast Pirates…" Rocinante thought.
"Oh my! This Sephiroth man… is a headache!" Sengoku rubbed his eyebrows. He remembered what Kong had told him: "Never push Sephiroth to the opposite side of the Marines!"
Given Kong's identity and strength, it was hard for Sengoku to imagine why he would attach so much importance to a junior Marine. In Sengoku's mind, Sephiroth was still slightly worse than the next three Marine admirals, Akainu, Kizaru, and Aokiji.
"That's not right!"
The strategic gap in Devil Fruits was no more than that! The Pika Pika no Mi, Hie Hie no Mi, Magu Magu no Mi, all three had large-scale attack capabilities. In contrast, Sephiroth's Devil Fruit ability seemed to only have one praiseworthy spatial movement ability.
Wait! Is it because Kong attaches so much importance to Sephiroth that he also has Haoshoku Haki and a domineering power!? Such an idea faintly flashed in Sengoku's mind.
"Oops! Fleet Admiral Sengoku, Commodore Sephiroth is defeated!" Vice Admiral William whispered.
"What!?"
Hearing this, Sengoku suddenly stood up from his chair. He never expected Sephiroth to be defeated so quickly. However, after weighing his options, he made the most sensible decision.
"Forget it! Since Sephiroth is defeated, take the other soldiers with you and retreat for a while. Be sure not to clash with Kaido again, the Marines are not ready for a war."
After saying that, Sengoku hung up the phone, his face looking grim. He had already made the decision to abandon Sephiroth. War meant dying and burning money! If the Marine siege and suppression failed and Kaido escaped, it would be extremely painful if the other party hid and sought revenge.
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