Inside the Marine Headquarters office, Fleet Admiral Sengoku was buried in a mountain of docunts, tirelessly working through the endless piles. Ever since the Great Age of Pirates began, the number of pirates across the seas had skyrocketed. The workload had beco so overwhelming that even he was struggling to keep up. Otherwise, he would never have agreed to establish the Shichibukai system in the first place…
"Mosshi mosshi…!"
"Mosshi mosshi mosshi…!"
Suddenly—
The Den Den Mushi on his desk began ringing frantically.
Setting down his pen, Sengoku's expression turned serious as he picked it up.
"Mosshi mosshi… Fleet Admiral Sengoku speaking!"
"This is Kizaru…"
The mont the line connected, Kizaru's unusually urgent voice ca through from the other side.
"The Ancient King—Gilgash… has refused the offer to join the Shichibukai. Moreover, he shows complete disdain toward both the World Governnt and the Marines!"
Kizaru's report made Sengoku's heart sink.
The worst-case scenario… had co true.
Adjusting his posture slightly, Sengoku asked in a low voice, "You didn't capture him?"
Kizaru's mission had not only been to recruit the Ancient King—but also, if recruitnt failed, to do everything possible to subdue him.
But clearly…
From Kizaru's tone, that hadn't happened.
"Fleet Admiral Sengoku…"
Floating midair, Kizaru recalled the events from earlier and spoke in a heavy voice.
"The opponent's strength… is at least Admiral-level. Perhaps… just like Morgans reported… he may have already surpassed the Four Emperors!"
"What?!"
Sengoku's expression changed drastically!
A being that surpassed the Four Emperors?
Impossible!
The ceiling of power on this sea had always been the Four Emperors!
Even the man hailed as the strongest in the world, Edward Newgate, was still one of the Four Emperors!
They stood at the absolute pinnacle of the seas—terrifying forces that no faction could afford to ignore.
And there were only a handful of individuals at that level.
Each one a legend whose na echoed across the entire ocean.
As for those who surpassed them—
There were none.
At least, not in this era.
And yet…
This man…
This self-proclaid Ancient King from four thousand years ago…
Possessed such strength?
Even Sengoku, fad for his composure and strategic mind, couldn't help but feel shaken.
"…No… he should only be at the level of the Four Emperors… not beyond them…"
Muttering to himself, Sengoku, for the first ti, found himself hoping that this unknown enemy—who might stand against the Marines—was only at the level of a Yonko.
Because if not…
Then he would be sothing even more terrifying.
A monster like Rocks D. Xebec…
Or Gol D. Roger.
Sengoku knew all too well what that ant.
And how terrifying such a figure would be.
"Not long ago, I arrived at Alabasta… and the mont I entered, I was imdiately attacked by the Ancient King!"
Holding the Den Den Mushi, Kizaru recounted everything that had just happened.
"Weapons manifested out of thin air?"
"They can threaten you without Seastone or Haki?"
Each revelation plunged Sengoku deeper into shock.
As the Marine's "Strategist," his mind raced, trying to piece together a logical explanation.
"Manifesting weapons from nothing… perhaps that's his Devil Fruit ability…"
"There are countless unknown Devil Fruits… maybe this is so kind of creation-type… or spatial-type ability…"
"But… how can it harm a Logia user without Seastone or Haki?"
"That kind of phenonon… should be impossible…!"
"For centuries, the law of the sea has been absolute—only Seastone and Haki can touch Logia users!"
Yet—
No matter how his thoughts raced—
Sengoku couldn't find a single reasonable explanation.
Compared to summoning weapons like the halberd or the Chain of Heaven…
The truly terrifying part was this:
That those weapons—
Without Haki.
Without Seastone.
Could still threaten a Logia Admiral.
That…
Was sothing that fundantally shattered the very rules of this world.
On the other end of the Den Den Mushi, Kizaru fell silent for a mont before speaking again.
"Fleet Admiral Sengoku… the rule that Logia users cannot be touched without Haki or Seastone… has held for eight hundred years since the World Governnt was established."
"No one has ever broken it."
"But…"
"What if… we're talking about four thousand years ago?"
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