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New World, first half.
Marine G-5 Branch Base.
As the only important strategic location for the Marine Headquarters deep in the New World, what should have been an extremely magnificent military fortress looked as if it had suffered a considerable earthquake. Many buildings had collapsed, and some areas were in utter chaos.
Overall, the extent of damage to the entire fortress was not significant.
Countless Marine soldiers were actively rebuilding defensive structures and clearing collapsed houses on the island, but the central main building of the fortress, located in the very middle, which had several eye-catching giant cracks and had directly collapsed by nearly half, could not be restored in just a day or two.
"That Whitebeard bastard!!"
Wearing a Marine cap and a Marine "Justice" coat, Admiral "Akainu" Sakazuki, the Marine's highest combat power, whose physique appeared remarkably robust in his dark red suit, looked grimly at the ruins around him, visibly enraged.
"No choice, the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's ability is too astonishing. Even if that guy is a bit old, he still possesses world-threatening power..."
Aokiji, tall and wearing a white suit vest and a dark blue shirt, with a bitter expression on his face, shook his head helplessly.
"Isn't it because you stopped me from continuing to pursue the Grand Line? Otherwise, how could Whitebeard's pirate crew easily leave...?"
Sakazuki, with a stern face, stared coldly at Aokiji. His eyes seemed to burn with flames as he discontentedly spoke: "We should have directly gone to war with those pirates that day, without hesitation or cost! How could that arrogant old fool Whitebeard ever be allowed to leave?! How can Justice bow to pirates?"
With Aokiji's ability, no matter how much Whitebeard shattered ice, he could still freeze the sea in a short amount of time, restraining the opponent to buy time for his forces to catch up and eliminate them!
Even if he couldn't eliminate that Whitebeard bastard, he believed he could still take down a few commanders!
After all, Whitebeard Pirates don't come out in full force; it's only less than two thousand pirates from their own crew.
With over fifty thousand Marine elites, facing less than two thousand Whitebeard Pirates, and two of the Marine's highest combat powers, he simply didn't believe they couldn't bite off a few pieces of flesh from the opponent.
"Ah, come on, don't be angry, Akainu..."
Aokiji simply shrugged, chuckled, and said, "This is Fleet Admiral Sengoku's order!"
Since the start of the Great Pirate Era, the surge in pirate numbers has passed. Under the continuous suppression of the Marines over these years, the sea has just begun to stabilize. The Marines are currently in a phase of accumulating strength. If they were to go to war with the Whitebeard Pirates in full force, it would inevitably result in a large number of casualties.
If they could eliminate the Whitebeard Pirates, that would be good. At least they could brutally shock pirates all over the world and proclaim the Marine's military might and strength.
But if they couldn't eliminate Whitebeard, and instead ended up in a situation where both sides suffered, then under the guidance of external public opinion and certain ambitious individuals, the world's populace would certainly believe the Marines lost. What would happen then?
He feared that the sea would once again be thrown into turmoil, with large numbers of restless young people and ambitious individuals pouring out to sea, igniting a new wave of pirate frenzy. At that time, the Marines, having lost a large number of elites, would clearly be unable to effectively suppress the ever-increasing pirate forces. Perhaps, they would return to the chaotic situation of the Great Pirate Era again.
In troubled times, heroes emerge. Who can be sure that characters like the "Four Emperors" Shanks won't rise at that time?
In the position of Marine Fleet Admiral, unlike the aggressive Admiral Akainu, or rather, no longer possessing the decisiveness and ruthlessness to launch a Buster Call on Ohara, the famous archaeological holy land in West Blue (also translated as O'Hara), Sengoku, whose stance and methods gradually leaned towards gentleness, naturally did not wish for the Marine's hard work over these years to be in vain, and for the sea, which had just calmed down, to fall into turmoil again.
"Hmph, Fleet Admiral Sengoku is just too soft-hearted, that's why those pirates in the New World are becoming more and more arrogant, constantly praising 'Four Emperors' and such..."
Sakazuki snorted coldly. No matter how dissatisfied he was with Sengoku's decision, the other party was, after all, the Marine Fleet Admiral: "For those evil pirates, they should be eliminated without hesitation!"
"I don't want to argue with you, go tell Fleet Admiral Sengoku..."
Aokiji shrugged. He had no interest in arguing with Akainu, this hawk-faction leader.
Continuing the argument would only lead to potential conflict between the two, making the relationship between the aggressive hawk faction and the moderate dove faction even worse, and ultimately having no effect whatsoever.
If a few words could persuade the other party, then in the history of the Marines for hundreds of years, there wouldn't always be factional disputes!
"Admiral Sakazuki, Admiral Kuzan..."
"The Seven Warlords 'Heavenly Yaksha' Donquixote Doflamingo, ignoring all warnings, had already directly left the G-5 Branch a few minutes ago..."
A Marine Lieutenant Commander scurried over, his forehead slightly sweaty. After saluting respectfully, he hurriedly reported: "And 'Moonlight' Moria, 'Desert King' Crocodile, 'Empress' Boa Hancock, and the other Seven Warlords have all requested the Marines to immediately arrange warships to send them back to the first half of the Grand Line..."
"These damn sea trash!"
Sakazuki's face sank, and he couldn't help but let out a cold snort.
Although they had been psychologically prepared after "Hawk-Eyes" Mihawk, that self-willed fellow, left on his own, these restless fellows absolutely wouldn't meekly stay at the G-5 branch. Seeing these guys leave one by one at their own will, completely disregarding the World Government's orders, Akainu, as a soldier, couldn't help but feel a little angry.
"Just received news earlier. One of the Three Disasters under Kaido, 'Drought' Jack, directly led his Mammoth Ship fleet to attack Whitebeard's territory. Intelligence from CP indicates that Whitebeard may have already begun to return. That lunatic actually did something decent for once..."
Sitting directly on a nearby pile of ruined stones, Aokiji said to the Lieutenant Commander:
"Then arrange a warship to send them to Mariejois, saving them from causing trouble here. Anyway, even if it's truly going to war with the Whitebeard Pirates, they're just guys who are destined to show up but not put in effort. Keeping them here is just a waste of space..."
In the past few days, some of the pirate crews under the Whitebeard Pirates had successively arrived in the first half of the New World, engaging in several minor skirmishes and battles with the Marine G-5 Branch's fleet responsible for patrolling the surrounding sea areas.
Revenge on G-5 Branch has been carried out, and Whitebeard, who finally let out a sigh of relief, if the conflict escalates further before he makes up his mind to go to war with the Marines in full force, neither the World Government nor the Marines will tolerate it any longer.
Simply the damaged parts of the G-5 Branch stronghold have already made quite a few high-ranking internal officials feel that Whitebeard is directly challenging the authority of the World Government and the Marines, strongly demanding an all-out war with Whitebeard, and it's not just Admiral Akainu's hawk faction anymore.
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