Akainu was the first to arrive at Mary Geoise.
Because he was stationed at Marineford, the journey to Mary Geoise was the shortest.
Having witnessed many bloody and cruel battlefields, Akainu didn't feel particularly sympathetic about the tragedy in Mary Geoise, only slightly bewildered by the identity of the dead.
A pile of shattered glass helmets...
A group of lavishly dressed Heavenly Celestial Dragons' corpses...
This scene made Akainu feel the world was filled with contradictions.
Even one of these corpses on the ground, if alive, could have demanded the Navy deploy an Admiral at the slightest danger to resolve their issues...
Now...
They had all become corpses.
To be honest...
It was a bit unsettling to look at.
Akainu wore a neat and splendid red suit, forming a sharp contrast with the tragedy in Mary Geoise. Along the way, he encountered many surviving Celestial Dragons who cursed him openly, questioning why the Navy didn't come to protect them in time...
Did these Celestial Dragons have any brains?
He wasn't the Flash-Flash Fruit ability Kizaru; how could he possibly come from Navy Headquarters so quickly? Wasn't it because the Celestial Dragons were a bunch of incompetents!
Not even the Divine Knight Order, formed by strong individuals among the Celestial Dragons, could delay enough for him, an Admiral, to arrive for support. Yet these Celestial Dragons had the audacity to question him instead of reflecting on whether they had trained hard enough, whether they had purchased powerful Devil Fruits from auction houses?
"Getting scolded quite a bit, Sakazuki..."
Kizaru's voice suddenly appeared beside Akainu.
As a Flash-Flash Fruit ability user, Kizaru was quickly dispatched for support. Even though he arrived a bit late, it wouldn't have made much difference.
"Your speed was too slow..."
Akainu turned to look at his colleague and fellow countryman, speaking in a deep voice: "The identity of the attackers has been confirmed. It's the Konoha Pirates, who uncovered the blank history in Alabasta and created a major incident..."
Akainu suppressed his anger, having learned the detailed information from some surviving Celestial Dragons: "The pirate group attacked here while the Five Elders were away from Mary Geoise. Many Celestial Dragons are dead, and many were captured by them..."
"Is that so?"
Kizaru pressed his lips and smiled indifferently at the Celestial Dragons' casualties: "This is an unprecedented major incident, even more troublesome than Alabasta, isn't it?"
"Hmm?"
As Akainu spoke, a deep look settled in his eyes: "Borsalino, you faced them in Alabasta, right? I read the newspaper. That pirate group managed to retreat fully intact from your hands..."
"..."
Kizaru hesitated as he nodded.
In truth, they hadn't just retreated fully; they had captured them all and even branded them with the mark of the Konoha Pirates. As Kizaru thought about it, he could almost feel the Curse Seal's cool sensation on his arm.
"Don't be too complacent, Borsalino."
Seeing Kizaru unmoved, Akainu frowned and cautioned: "Their retreat in Alabasta might have been a ploy. They didn't wish to lose strength by fighting you there. Instead, they intended to strike here at Mary Geoise..."
As Akainu continued, he coldly advised his fellow countryman: "They defeated Kong Admiral in such a short time and even breached the heavily guarded Mary Geoise, evidently possessing the power to fight us to the death. They are an extremely dangerous bunch..."
"..."
Kizaru could only press his lips and chuckle softly.
Akainu's vigilance was slightly lacking...
Few understood the danger of the Konoha Pirates more than he did.
Kizaru had seen Otsutsuki Kaguya in action with his own eyes, her power to shift space in an instant, and the overwhelming Haki that nearly sapped his will to resist...
It wasn't about a fight to the death...
It was simply the Navy's top brass being entirely captured by a pirate group...
Kizaru looked at Akainu in front of him, this highly vigilant fellow against the Konoha Pirates, ironically the only lucky or unlucky one to slip through the net...
"Many World Government officials have also died..."
Akainu looked at the gaps in each World Government official's body, his logic impeccably clear: "The events at Mary Geoise will certainly throw the sea into chaos. Right now, we shouldn't stay here; we need to use more decisive measures to suppress some troublesome elements, make the pirates understand one thing, that the authority of the World Government is something not many can resist..."
"Wait for the Five Elders and Fleet Admiral to arrive first..."
Kizaru shook his head, still in his leisurely demeanor: "These matters are beyond our decision..."
As news of the Holy Land Mary Geoise being attacked by the Konoha Pirates spread across the sea, the Five Elders and Sengoku finally returned to Mary Geoise.
Even though the Celestial Dragons' corpses in Mary Geoise had been collected, the Five Elders' fury hadn't subsided. Alongside the news of Mary Geoise's attack came the World Government's strictest bounty order in over twenty years!
However...
The Five Elders weren't entirely foolish.
For they understood very well what the destruction of Mary Geoise signified, and the World Government and Navy might not be capable of capturing the Konoha Pirates...