Chapter 147: Sengoku's Conqueror's Haki
Marine Headquarters - Marineford - Fleet Admiral's Office
The heavy wooden door slowly closed, shutting out the hustle and bustle of the outside world.
The lights in the room were dim. The air smelled strongly of coffee and the ink of paperwork, yet it was as stifling as the dead silence before a storm.
Sengoku looked grave, his elbows resting on the desk. The white Fleet Admiral's coat on his shoulders seemed heavier than the mountain of battle reports piled on the table.
The topmost photo had been specially enlarged—
It showed Roy's fist slamming squarely into Kaido's chest. The black-red impact of his Conqueror's Haki tore the entire island into four pieces, as if the sky itself had been pierced by the blow. The scene was breathtakingly terrifying!
Sitting around the table was the core of the Marine power structure—
Vice Admiral Garp, Vice Admiral Tsuru, Admiral Kuzan (Aokiji), Admiral Sakazuki (Akainu), Vice Admiral Gion (Momousagi), and Vice Admiral Tokikake (Chaton). Every one of them held immense authority within the Marines.
Everyone looked at Sengoku, their expressions solemn.
Sengoku finally spoke, his voice low and powerful. "The intelligence has been fully compiled! Zephyr's intern group was ambushed deep in the northern seas of the New World by Kaido of the Beasts and King the Conflagration."
"Whitebeard subsequently intervened. The battle lasted two days and two nights. Reinforcements consisted of Roy and Borsalino (Kizaru). The fighting ceased after Red-Haired Shanks appeared—"
"—But before that, Roy suppressed two Emperors alone and beat Kaido to the brink of death!"
Dead silence filled the room for three seconds.
"BWAHAHAHAHAH!!!"
Garp slammed his fist on the round table, shaking the entire room. His beard trembled as his laughter echoed. "As expected of the kid I had my eye on! He's getting more and more ridiculous!"
But his laughter vanished instantly. His eyes turned cold, his voice rumbling like thunder. "But if I find out Luffy got hurt in that fight, I'm going to Onigashima right now to smash it apart!!!"
Gion and Tokikake flinched at Garp's aura, lowering their heads, not daring to speak.
Tsuru calmly flipped through the reports, her fingers trembling slightly but her face impassive. "Calm down, Garp. Roy brought Law with him."
"According to the report, the brats are severely exhausted, but their injuries are not critical."
She adjusted her glasses, her voice softening slightly. "This battle wasn't a calamity for them. It was a forging."
"Surviving is the greatest badge of honor!"
Sakazuki looked frustrated, magma-like rage bubbling in his fists. "Hmph. If I had gone, that dragon wouldn't have just been 'heavily injured'."
"This was the perfect opportunity to erase the Emperors, but it was buried by the dawdling higher-ups!"
"The World Government is too indecisive. It's a waste of opportunity!"
Kuzan leaned against the wall, arms crossed, whistling lazily. "Well~ you can't say that."
"The situation was urgent. Roy and Borsalino's abilities made them the fastest responders. By the time we mobilized, they'd have been done."
Gion and Tokikake, the Admiral candidates, exchanged glances, feeling an unprecedented pressure. They swallowed silently, not daring to interject.
At that moment, Sengoku slowly put down his teacup. The lid clinked against the cup with a crisp sound.
His gaze deepened as he looked at everyone, his voice slow but heavy as a bell. "Everyone—there is one more critical piece of intelligence."
Everyone straightened up instinctively.
Even Garp's gaze sharpened.
Sengoku scanned everyone present, speaking slowly and lowly. "The Five Elders... their attitude towards Roy—has changed."
The air in the room seemed to solidify.
Sengoku continued, "According to secret reports intercepted by Intelligence, after the battle report reached the Holy Land, a series of surveillance and restriction orders originally targeting Roy were urgently withdrawn."
"The official wording was: 'Suspend pressure'."
He paused, a gleam in his eyes.
"—They even explicitly noted one sentence: 'Do not provoke'."
Silence filled the room for three seconds, like the deep breath before a wave crashes.
Then, Garp's laughter exploded, shattering the oppressive atmosphere like a war hammer. "BWAHAHAHAHAHA—!!!"
He slapped the table, shoulders shaking, his old face red with excitement. "Those fur-wearing old foxes finally know fear?!!"
"I thought all they knew was giving orders and playing politics, and washing the Celestial Dragons' feet!"
Sakazuki sneered coldly, magma aura surging, unable to hide the fanaticism in his eyes. "...Interesting."
"This means that brat Roy has forced the 'World Government' to hesitate."
"That kind of deterrence... is more terrifying than killing Kaido."
Tsuru's expression remained stern. She spoke slowly, her voice calm and clear as always. "But be careful. Such a 'retreat' is never a concession."
"They've just changed methods... listing Roy as a variable."
"Future observation and interference with him might be more covert, and more lethal."
"They don't just fear Roy's 'power'."
"They fear his uncontrolled 'will'."
The room fell into thoughtful silence.
In the corner, Kuzan popped a mint into his mouth, his tone seemingly lazy but exceptionally clear. "A Vice Admiral who made the highest authority in the world withdraw a 'restriction order'..."
"Roy is no longer just a 'Marine genius'."
"—He's a nail, a spark, a variable that could break the old order."
The air solidified again.
Just then—
Sengoku stood up slowly. His movement wasn't fast, but it felt like a mountain rising, bringing with it a heavy, thunderous aura!
An invisible pressure rose from him, causing the air in the conference room to sink instantly!
His white Fleet Admiral's coat flared without wind. The golden epaulets and eagle emblem shone blindingly under the lights, like a war god's armor.
His gaze was sharp as a hawk, sweeping over everyone present.
The next moment—
BOOM!!!
A domineering, majestic wave of Conqueror's Haki erupted, sweeping through the entire conference room!
Black-red arcs of electricity flashed on the walls, papers flew off the table, and the Marine flag by the window snapped loudly!
It wasn't a wild, unbridled clash of wills, but the release of a long-suppressed, iron-heavy determination—
The Conqueror's Haki belonging to "Sengoku the Buddha"!
"The Marines—"
Sengoku's voice was like a war bell tolling, piercing everyone's eardrums and hearts!
"Are the force that executes Justice, not servants of the World Nobles."
"If even the Five Elders are starting to feel fear... then we should, in these chaotic times, leave behind for this era—"
"A TRUE BACKBONE!!!"
Haki surged, walls trembled, the floor cracked faintly!
Everyone's expressions changed!
Garp's usually careless eyes sharpened instantly, memories of fighting alongside Sengoku to suppress the seas flooding back.
Tsuru's gaze was no longer gentle, but sharp and cold like in her younger days, nodding slowly with respect.
Sakazuki clenched his fists, veins throbbing on his forehead. For the first time, his eyes held not just rage and dissatisfaction, but boiling hot blood!
Kuzan's lazy demeanor vanished. His gaze focused, a rare intensity appearing. He muttered, "...You old lion, you're not done yet."
Gion and Tokikake turned pale, cold sweat soaking their foreheads. They sat up straight instinctively, like cadets facing a general, completely suppressed by the high-level Conqueror's aura!
In that moment, they didn't see an aging Fleet Admiral bowing to orders from above.
They saw the Sengoku of decades ago, who suppressed warlords and commanded armies with iron blood—
The true pillar of the Marines, who "Ruled Battle with Wisdom, Settled Outcomes with Guts"!
His gaze swept over the room again, his voice like iron. "Roy and the New Generation are the future of the Marines."
"Not their puppets."
BOOM—!!!
That sentence pierced the sealed air of the conference room like thunder!
The aura surged like a raging tide, like mountains collapsing and seas overturning!
This was unquestionable authority, declaration, and responsibility!
Hearts shook, eyes focusing unanimously on Sengoku.
They finally understood—
This meeting wasn't just to summarize battle results.
It was a declaration, a stance, a sharp unsheathing of the sword before the old world shook!
This wasn't just Sengoku's resolve.
It was the awakening of the will of the entire Marine force!
Perhaps it was time for "Justice" to stop being just a tool of the World Government.
Perhaps it was time for the Marines to truly stand independent of fear and orders.
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