Chaos!
If you ask how to describe the battle happening right now in the Devil's Triangle sea area, Sengoku has only one word:
Chaos!
This "chaos" doesn't refer to a free-for-all battle on a practical level.
Because strictly speaking, there's only one battle happening right now: multiple Marine fleets encircling the Flying Pirate group of the Golden Lion!
These Marine fleets are all led by Vice Admirals from Marine Headquarters. These elite troops and strong generals have experienced real wars and are familiar with the characteristics of the Golden Lion's Flying Pirate group, so the tactics employed are very targeted.
Some Marine ships continuously fire cannonballs into the air, creating a scene like a meteor shower of cannonballs.
The goal is to block the airspace above the Flying Pirate group's ships at all costs, forcing the Golden Lion to fight the Marine fleet at sea!
The Flying Pirate group landing? Such an opportunity is rare!
At the same time, several Vice Admirals from Headquarters are ordering their ships to gradually approach, intending to engage the Golden Lion head-on.
Facing the man who almost destroyed Marine Headquarters, all the Vice Admirals from Headquarters dare not be careless in the slightest.
"You damned Marines, have you forgotten who I am!"
The Golden Lion roared angrily, controlling the floating giant rocks around him, and fiercely clashed with the Marines.
...
Marineford, Marine Headquarters.
Sengoku, while listening to the real-time battle reports, frowned and was filled with confusion.
The battlefield situation is so clear, why does he feel some "chaos"?
Sengoku has never been someone who relies on intuition to judge the battlefield situation, but at this moment, he trusts his intuition exceptionally.
Thinking this, Sengoku suddenly grabbed a Den Den Mushi and asked:
"What about the Four Seas Alliance? Did you see their ships?"
"No,"
The communicator on the other end of the Den Den Mushi replied, "We followed the opening that suddenly appeared in the thick fog and directly encountered the Golden Lion head-on!"
"Didn't see them?"
Sengoku was stunned, and then various questions and possibilities suddenly flashed through his mind.
The most troublesome aspect of the Golden Lion is his ability to move freely in the air, and the Flying Pirate group's home ground is also in the sky. This is why the Marines cannot successfully pursue the Golden Lion.
But according to the communicator, when the Marines encountered the Golden Lion, they were sailing in the sea within the mist!
Hiding their tracks?
Don't joke around, can any fog be thicker than the clouds in the sky?
If the Golden Lion truly wanted to, he could have relied on the clouds in the sky to successfully avoid all possibilities of his whereabouts being exposed!
Since that is the case, there is only one reason:
Something must have happened that forced the Golden Lion to sail on the sea!
And Sengoku is ten percent certain that the cause of this "something" is definitely related to the Four Seas Alliance!
Did the Golden Lion fight Ryan Rowan before encountering the Marines?
... No!
A far-fetched guess suddenly popped into Sengoku's mind.
After the Four Seas Alliance encountered the Golden Lion, they somehow managed to snatch Fish-Man Tom, and then the Golden Lion, while chasing the Four Seas Alliance, directly encountered the Marines!
When pirates and Marines meet, a huge battle naturally breaks out.
As for the Four Seas Alliance's ships, they have likely already retreated into the surrounding thick fog, and their whereabouts are unknown.
But then... how is this possible?
Sengoku was shocked by his own thought.
Because all of this requires several necessary prerequisites. For example, that terrifying power that split the thick fog of the Devil's Triangle in two, and the Marines' route of action, etc...
Numerous extremely complex prerequisite conditions must be met, and each one is indispensable, for this situation to arise.
Who could have calculated this far?
Ryan Rowan!
The name of that man suddenly sprang into Sengoku's mind.
Thinking of this, Sengoku suddenly picked up the Den Den Mushi and ordered:
"Immediately dispatch forces to reinforce the Devil's Triangle sea area, and if necessary, deploy Admiral-level combat power. We must capture the Golden Lion!"
——This is the only solution!
... Huh?
Why, even though Sengoku realized that Ryan Rowan caused all of this, is he still trying his best to capture the Golden Lion?
Because from the Marines' perspective, they have no concrete evidence that Fish-Man Tom is in the hands of the Four Seas Alliance.
Fish-Man Tom has not been fully cleared of his charges; he is only in the "possibly innocent" stage.
In this way, when the Marines demand the person from the Four Seas Alliance, the Four Seas Alliance can completely say they have never seen Fish-Man Tom, and that Fish-Man Tom was already rescued by the Golden Lion from the judicial ship.
And if they go further, they could even accuse the Marines of negligence for allowing the Flying Pirate group to be so arrogant!
At that time, the matter of Fish-Man Tom would descend into a lengthy period of back-and-forth bickering, endlessly.
Sengoku certainly does not want such a situation to occur, so the Marines must successfully capture the Golden Lion now.
Only in this way can it be "proven" that Fish-Man Tom is not in the Golden Lion's hands, and then the Marines will have a reason to demand the person from the Four Seas Alliance!
Of course... this will still be very troublesome.
Fish-Man Tom is a "Fish-Man"!
If the Four Seas Alliance insists that Fish-Man Tom jumped into the sea and escaped during the chaos, the Marines will have to continue dealing with them, as there is no concrete evidence.
"Ryan Rowan..."
Sengoku muttered the name, feeling a headache.
In short, let's deal with that troublesome Golden Lion first, and then think about the bigger trouble that is Ryan Rowan!
...
In the thick fog.
On the deck of the Four Seas Alliance's ship.
After confirming his guess with Rowan, Crocodile turned and went to the stern to smoke a cigar.
He indeed needed some time to adjust.
Rowan, meanwhile, was chatting with Tom, Hocka, Tiger, and others, and casually asked about the current situation on Fish-Man Island.
Nico Robin stood not far from them, leaning against the wall, lost in thought.
From the conversation between Crocodile and Rowan, Robin realized the terrifying nature of the man named Ryan Rowan.
Similar to Crocodile's previous assessment, facing Ryan Rowan was like facing a giant, bottomless abyss.
You couldn't see through him at all, and you didn't know how many gazes were hidden in that unfathomable darkness!
So Nico Robin dared not easily talk to Rowan.
But Rowan suddenly turned his head, and his gaze from under his helmet shifted to Nico Robin.
"Archaeologist."
Rowan asked with a smile, "There's something I need your help with."
Robin recalled Rowan's way of operating and decided to get straight to the point.
"Mr. Ryan Rowan, if you want my help, please answer me one question first."
"Alright."
"Why did you return to the present from eight hundred years ago?"
Robin frowned slightly and asked slowly, "You should have been a part of history. What attracts you to this era?"
"Well, I am indeed a part of history."
Rowan nodded, then changed the subject and said with a smile, "But so are you, and so is anyone here—we all are."
"What?"
Robin didn't quite understand Rowan's words.
Rowan sighed lightly, "For this sea, isn't a mere eight hundred years very short? And what we are experiencing is also the so-called 'history'."
"Every moment in this world is constantly creating new 'history'."
"For example, more than ten minutes ago, in the Devil's Triangle sea area, the Flying Pirate group and the Marine fleet erupted in a great battle..."
As Rowan spoke, he held his scepter, slowly stood up, and walked in front of Robin.
"Just like yesterday's 'you' and today's 'you', it's the same."
"I from eight hundred years ago, and I from eight hundred years later."
Rowan smiled:
"You, me, him..."
"We are all the scribes of history."
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