One Piece - I Am A Different Luffy! BOOK3!

[Chapter Size: 1900 Words.]

Third Person POV

New Word.

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A finally stopped after Luffy, while the Haki still spread beyond the Pangea Castle, making everyone feel the pressure emanating from it. All eyes fell upon him—even the Tenryuubito looked on with a hint of fear. Even they remained silent, only watching with cautious expressions.

"They are enraged... What really happened..." a Holy Knight murmured.

"We're not sure... We lost communication with the forces at sea, and even though we managed to reestablish it now, no one is responding to any communicator. It seems our attack has failed..." another knight responded.

"Eight Vivre Cards were destroyed... They killed everyone except for two... We've lost more than half of the twenty Holy Knights in just two years, not to mention that among the seven strongest, four are dead, and we have no idea what happened to two others..." the first one spoke with such anger that he released his Haki, though it was still overshadowed by the Haki of the Gorosei.

"How did those inferior beings manage to do this? Why did we allow things to reach this point? We held back, avoiding too much exposure, and in the end, it backfired... Our leaders should have used us to eliminate that threat back in East Blue," a third lamented.

"There's no point in complaining now..." the first one spoke again, while the others nodded. In the end, they would have to see what the Elders would do with this information.

The Conqueror's Haki continued to erupt inside Pangea Castle. The kings were suffocating, practically begging for it to stop with their desperate gazes.

Outside, Garp and the other security personnel, as well as the royal guards who were not part of the World Government, observed the situation cautiously, trying to understand what was happening. They were still not fully aware of what had transpired in that room that night.

Finally, the Gorosei decided to cease their release of Haki, seeing that the kings were on the verge of collapse. They understood the danger of unintentionally killing them just from the sheer pressure of such power.

"Let's calm down," one of them murmured, while the others withdrew their forces.

"What happened cannot be changed anymore, but we cannot lose our minds with rage. We must think carefully about our next steps... After all, many resources were invested in this operation, and it failed."

"Let's adjourn this meeting for now," another Gorosei said.

After that, everything returned to normal. Their eyes turned to the kings, who were still terrified.

"I know this has been a difficult night for you, as we deprived you of sleep for this meeting. For now, return to rest. We will officially announce what will be done next."

"Escort the kings and queens to their chambers," one of the Gorosei ordered through a Den Den Mushi before turning his attention back to the rest of the council.

Agents opened the doors, escorting those who composed the World Government out of the room. The kings and queens left the place still visibly shaken by what they had witnessed. Many cast wary glances at the Gorosei, unable to forget the scene they had just seen.

When the last king left the room, the Gorosei were finally alone.

"That was, at the very least, frustrating..." one of them commented.