"Hahahaha, good wine, good meat, I didn't expect Golden Lion to prepare so many good things here!"
As the banquet began, Nox, Golden Lion, Kaido, Whitebeard, and the other Captains all sat together and began their journey of devouring meat and drinking wine.
"Jie hahahaha, of course, I, your old man, knew we would win a great victory this time, so I had already prepared the most top-tier food and wine to celebrate."
Golden Lion laughed loudly after gulping down a few drinks.
"Mama Mama, Shiki, although the cake you prepared is delicious, you can't speak nonsense with your eyes wide open. Could it be that you can predict the future?"
Charlotte Linlin ate large cakes one bite at a time and small cakes in her hand, her mouth full of cake oil.
"Jie hahahaha, only one of my three Executive Officers, Reinhardt, came. Didn't your subordinate Executive Officers also not all come? If we really reached a point where we couldn't hold on, we could send out the Executive Officers who didn't come, and we still wouldn't lose, right?"
"It's not me, Golden Lion, bragging, but if we combine all the strength of us Pirates, we might even succeed in attacking Holy Land Mary Geoise. How could we possibly not win a war against the World Government below Mary Geoise!"
Golden Lion analyzed confidently.
Hearing Golden Lion's words, everyone present acquiesced. After all, in their opinion, the World Government was just so-so. As long as they didn't attack Mary Geoise, they had nothing to fear.
As for attacking Mary Geoise, apart from Nox, Golden Lion, and the crazy Kaido, no one else had such thoughts.
It was fine for them to occupy the South Blue, but if they were really asked to attack Mary Geoise, they wouldn't do it.
After all, the Celestial Dragons have ruled the World for eight hundred years, so it's impossible for them to have no foundation at all. If they weren't careful, their Pirate Crew could be completely annihilated on Mary Geoise.
So, without absolute benefit, they wouldn't go at all. Furthermore, the current benefits were enough to make them full. Why would they go attack Holy Land Mary Geoise for no reason?
"Hahahaha, it's still too early to talk about attacking Mary Geoise. Let's first completely occupy the South Blue. By the time the World Government recovers, even if they want to snatch it back, they won't be able to."
Nox said with a smile.
"Urogogogogo, if they dare to come, I'll wipe them all out!"
"gura rara rara, Kaido kid, be careful you don't end up becoming some Dragon Slayer Hero!"
"Urogogogogo, Whitebeard old man, I heard your fists are very powerful. Let's see if you can kill me!"
"Jie hahahaha, do you want to fight? Don't fight on this island of mine. See that island next to it? Go fight there, don't disturb our banquet!"
"Mama Mama, it's very interesting to eat cake and watch you fight. Go quickly!"
"gura rara rara, Kaido brat, if you want to fight, wait until the banquet is over. I don't like being watched like a monkey when I'm fighting!"
"Urogogogogogo, Whitebeard, if you're a man, don't run away when the time comes. I will definitely defeat you then!"
Compared to the Pirates' grand banquet, the atmosphere on the Marine and World Government side was one of sorrow and silence, enveloping everyone with troubled faces.
Inside the warship's cabin, many high-ranking officials were all sitting there, waiting for the final statistics to come out.
"Fleet Admiral, the approximate losses have been tallied!"
At this moment, a Rear Admiral walked over with the compiled data.
"Speak directly!"
Sengoku said.
"Yes, Fleet Admiral!"
"According to the current statistics, the loss of warships and various ships combined is four hundred and fifty-five, the death toll is at least four hundred and fifty thousand, five top-tier combatants were lost, twenty Vice Admirals were lost, Rear Admiral..."
That Rear Admiral read out the data recorded on the paper one by one.
With each sentence spoken, the atmosphere present grew heavier. After the entire report was finished, Sengoku was like a deflated balloon, even his back was bent.
Such huge losses, although not all were Marine losses, the Marine's losses accounted for at least one-third of them.
This was simply draining all the accumulated wealth the Marine had built up over so many years!
Returning to the state before liberation, that's what the current situation of the Marine was!
"Buruburu, Buruburu!"
Amidst this heavy atmosphere, Sengoku's den den mushi rang. Seeing the icon, Sengoku knew it was the Gorosei calling, so he directly answered the den den mushi in front of everyone.
"Lord Gorosei, this is Sengoku!"
Sengoku adjusted his emotions, stabilizing them before speaking.
"Sengoku, why did this war lose? Why were the losses in this war so heavy? Why exactly? Give me a reason, why exactly?"
Scientific Defense Warrior God Saturn Saint suppressed his anger and questioned.
"Lord Saint Saturn, the specific process of the war was like this: At the very beginning, all the Limitless Pirates' steel warships and the Hades fired a weapon of super-standard power, causing over a hundred of our warships to be directly destroyed. After the full-scale war began, the Limitless Pirates used submarines that could dive into the Sea and underwater bombs, plus a hundred thousand Fishman troops to launch a surprise attack on our warships from the seabed, as well as numerous bombs falling from the air..."
"Relevant specific intelligence has already been assigned for compilation. It will be sent over to you immediately after it is completed."
Sengoku did not directly state the reason for the defeat but instead recounted the entire war process from beginning to end, explaining it completely.
Anyway, with the wisdom of the Gorosei, they would always know why the war failed.
Sengoku was still angry inside. If the Gorosei could have personally supervised the battle, then they would have had five more top-tier combatants. Perhaps even if the middle and lower ranks lost this war, they could have won back the top-tier battlefield.
Unfortunately, the Gorosei were too afraid of death. Not to mention not having to deal with Nox after coming here, the Gorosei now didn't even have the courage to appear before Nox. This made Sengoku very dissatisfied with the Gorosei!
"Sengoku, immediately lead the remaining people back. You will come up to Mary Geoise then, and we will discuss the consequences of this war's failure face-to-face!"
Saint Saturn wanted to question Sengoku again, but Nasujuro Saint stopped him, telling Sengoku to come back first before discussing further.
"Yes, Lord Gorosei!"
Sengoku said after a moment of silence, then hung up the phone.
"All forces reorganize, return immediately!"
Sengoku said calmly to all the high-ranking officials present.