"Wait for Lord Imu's orders!"
Another elder shook his head and whispered, "Perhaps Lord Imu is considering whether to use that national treasure. It could be that he is only worried about the enormous impact... after all, we all felt that terrifying power just now..."
"Letting them run rampant like this?"
An elder holding a sword shook his head, spoke seriously, "What if I go out and see for myself, try to save as many people as possible..."
"Do you think you can kill them?"
"Keep sitting here."
"Wait for Lord Imu's orders!"
"We have already reported the incident to Lord Imu's maid, a result should come soon, nobody can defeat Lord Imu and that national treasure..."
Just as the group of Five Elders were still waiting, a maid ran into their room in a panic, her face full of horror, "Lords of Five Elders, something has happened in the flowers, Lord Imu... Lord Imu... is missing!"
"What!"
"What kind of joke is this!"
The faces of the group of elders were full of surprise.
At the next moment, the eyes of the elders suddenly changed, as if they thought of something, and hurriedly followed the maid into the depths of the flowers, where they found only the empty flowers...
Now...
Who will tell them what to do?
This group of Five Elders had always acted according to Imu's orders because they knew Imu's orders were never wrong. Now, did they think the person they relied on had escaped?
Everyone's expression began to show a hint of trepidation!
Because of Imu, the Five Elders did not act rashly. They believed Lord Imu would easily resolve this war.
The unexpected result was...
How did Lord Imu suddenly disappear!
One elder's face instantly turned somewhat unsightly, "Could it be... that even Lord Imu has no way to cope with this change?"
"Perhaps..."
Another elder grimly raised his head, suddenly thought of something, "Perhaps Lord Imu has already left, the energy released from that black hole we just saw... could have killed Lord Imu!"
"There is no time to pay attention to these now..."
An elder reached out to pull out a sword from the flowers, spoke seriously, "Ladies and gentlemen, what we should be considering now is how to retreat the enemy..."
"Why hasn't the Navy reinforcements arrived yet..."
"Maybe they have already been sent!"
"If Yakushi Kabuto has betrayed us, he might not allow the Navy to send reinforcements..."
"Can Sengoku not handle one treacherous Yakushi Kabuto?"
"Expecting reinforcements now is impossible, Lord Imu has already disappeared, then... ladies and gentlemen, we might have to truly fight to the death for the World Government we have maintained for so long!"
Just as the group of Five Elders were still discussing the next step, everyone felt a sense of darkness and instinctively raised their heads.
A shadow gradually appeared on the glazed surface above the flowers.
The next moment, a massive slash directly split open the flowers, and even shattered the World Government's Sky Throne, and each of the Five Elders agilely dodged away from this slash!
"Ma hahahahaha... Five Elders..."
BIG·MOM's figure slowly appeared here, her laughter piercing the ears like thunder, "Ma hahahahaha... what are you all doing here?"
As BIG·MOM appeared, Hundred Beast Kaido also showed up beside her, Uzumaki Naruto, Reanimation Uchiha Madara, and Senju Hashirama instantly appeared as well.
Five people...
Facing the Five Elders.
The Akatsuki organization placed the highest importance on the World Government's five leaders, as each one of the five is alone enough to stand at the top of the sea!
"So it's five against five then..."
Uchiha Madara clenched his fist, looked at the Five Elders in front of him, grinned and chuckled lightly, "Honestly, any one of us could deal with them, right!"
"Don't take it lightly, Madara!"
Senju Hashirama shook his head, seriously observing the Five Elders, "These people aren't so easy to handle..."
"The First Hokage is right..."
Uzumaki Naruto slowly nodded, and then shook his head, saying, "But we should deal with this problem as quickly as possible, and head over to Marinford..."
Because...
Uchiha Sasuke is at Marinford!
Just like Uchiha Madara, Uzumaki Naruto once thought he and Sasuke had become strong enough on this sea, yet he again felt the terror of Uehara Naraku, the former sense of helplessness reemerged in his heart...
Let's hope Sasuke doesn't do anything stupid!
The Akatsuki members were carrying out the final task, with five members strong enough to rival the Four Emperors facing the Five Elders of the World Government, while other members continued to hunt Heavenly Celestial Dragon.
The tragic cries of the Heavenly Celestial Dragon echoed through Mary Geoise as they lay dying.
A group of surviving Heavenly Celestial Dragon shivered underground, clutching their Radio Snails, hoping to contact the Navy reinforcements, those Admirals who, in ordinary times, could be summoned with a single call.
Until finally, one Heavenly Celestial Dragon could no longer bear it, left his underground shelter, stood on the street, waving his arm and shouted, "Not every Heavenly Celestial Dragon is born with sin, many of us aren't even on the list..."
Bang!
A gunshot rang out on the street!
"Hmph, garbage, just don't bother with it!"
Plague Queen grinned, put away his gun, puffed his pipe leisurely to blow a huge smoke ring, laughingly commanded, "Come on, guys, faster, we have a grand event waiting for us!"
"Queen-sama's gunmanship is too cool!"
"Of course, Queen-sama, your shooting and dancing are equally charming!"
A group of pirates cheered and waved their arms, while beside them, a group of ninja cast a disdainful glance at the ignorant pirates, continuing with their mission.
Flame Disaster King looked somewhat helplessly at his companion, instructed sternly, "Queen, stop messing around, tidy up quickly, wasting time, even if we are formal members of Akatsuki, it won't benefit us!"
"Got it!"
Plague Queen looked displeasedly at Flame Disaster, mumbling as he spoke, "Before joining Akatsuki, you kept ordering me, and after joining you still order me..."
Compared to the Hundred Beast Pirate Gang...
The BIG·MOM Pirates and Ninja Alliance were clearly more disciplined.
Katakuri, relying on his powerful Observation Haki, slowly searched underground of each building, looking for the hidden Heavenly Celestial Dragon...
As for the Ninja Alliance, apart from relying on the Byakugan and Perception Ninjutsu, some ninjas utilized Paper Bombs to turn entire buildings to ruins, then used Earth Release Ninjutsu to bring out the hidden Heavenly Celestial Dragon from the underground shelters...
The Alliance of over a hundred thousand didn't take long to bring out all of Mary Geoise's Heavenly Celestial Dragons.
With time advancing, the city soon was left only with the Five Elders still battling with Uchiha Madara among others.
The massive Alliance didn't linger long in Mary Geoise and quickly withdrew from the now-ruined city, each boarding the military ships at Mary Geoise's port, rushing to the Navy Headquarters Base at Marinford.
There...
Would be Akatsuki's ultimate showdown to rule this world!
This former Holy Land was just a small interlude in the war.
Besides the departing Alliance, some former World Government officials and guards also set out with the Alliance, albeit they would head to the Enies Lobby for temporary stationing based on their superior's command.
Marinford.
Navy Headquarters Base, the last message received from Mary Geoise via Radio Snail was Akatsuki purging the Heavenly Celestial Dragon, the World Nobles.
However...
The Navy had no response.
Sengoku the Buddha could only have Vice Admiral Tsuru, use a Radio Snail to send orders to the Navy stationed at the nearest Shampodi Archipelago and command Vice Admiral Uehara Naraku to attempt a rescue for the officials and World Nobles in Mary Geoise...
Beyond that, Sengoku couldn't do more.
Frankly speaking, Sengoku felt a bit lucky, thankfully he previously dismissed Uehara Naraku's strength as inadequate, thus assigning him to Shampodi Archipelago...
Now it seemed, the Shampodi Archipelago Base had become the last savior of the World Government, even if Uehara Naraku might not be able to do much...
Nevertheless...
Having a glimmer of hope was still better than facing despair alone.