While Garp and Staff Officer Tsuru were busy, Sengoku, in his office, immediately contacted the Gorosei to explain the entire situation, especially hoping they would agree to hand over a useless person like Spandine as leverage.
However, this was a massive loss, and Enies Lobby, which represented the authority of the World Government, was completely annihilated, leaving not even a small island reef behind. The Buster Call was destroyed, and Admirals and Vice Admirals were captured.
After Sengoku finished speaking, the Gorosei on the other end were naturally furious, and one of them immediately cursed, spluttering into the transponder snail.
Sengoku was speechless and his face was grim; he knew this would happen, but he still immediately said,
"Lord Gorosei, please calm your anger. Our Navy initially underestimated them because they were a new Pirate Crew and a group of young girls. However, their growth far exceeded our expectations. The opposing side now has at least three Vice Admiral-level powerhouses infinitely close to Reserve Admiral status, two Reserve Admirals, three Admirals, and one genuinely Four Emperors-level powerhouse."
"It is precisely because of this that our Navy suffered a great loss, allowing the other party to commit such heinous crimes. But the most important thing is that their captain, Luna, is truly difficult to deal with. Her Devil Fruit Ability is a rule-based ability, which makes her very hard for us to counter. We still haven't found an effective method."
Sengoku spoke a lot, and after listening, the Gorosei fell silent. Although it sounded like a small group, their combat power configuration was indeed very strong. In their eyes, in terms of strength, they were certainly no weaker than the Four Emperors.
What they lacked compared to the Four Emperors was merely a large number of people, their own occupied territories, strong influence and fame, and years of accumulated experience.
Especially since they had three Admirals—good heavens, they were already on par with the Navy, even if they were slightly weaker than the Three Admirals of the Navy and had less experience.
The Gorosei had never paid attention to the Pink Hat Pirate Crew before, so this was their first time hearing about them. They had no idea that Tornado already possessed the strength to contend with any Admiral.
Although Kuina and Shiro were still somewhat lacking, they would soon also possess the power to contend with the Three Admirals of the Navy.
But all in all, after hearing this, the Gorosei also began to take the Pink Hat Pirate Crew seriously.
At the same time, they also became curious: a rule-based Devil Fruit Ability?
"What kind of Devil Fruit does this little girl named Luna have?" one of the Gorosei immediately asked curiously.
"According to the information Garp brought back from the East Blue, this was our Navy's first encounter with her. Her ability is called Nothingness, or Void. She can release various energy attacks with powerful destructive force. It is said that she can also grow stronger by absorbing energy. This point is still unconfirmed, but I think she likely has this ability."
Considering that Luna had released Magma and Freezing abilities in the video, Sengoku actually had some suspicions.
Based on the intelligence they had gathered, Luna's energy attacks included lightning, darkness, and light, and Magma and Freezing were not ruled out.
However, there was another possibility: if Luna could absorb energy, could she also replicate those abilities?
Sengoku continued,
"But the most important thing is that the opponent can transform into nothingness, instinctively and quickly evading our attacks, or passing through them. Martial arts, swordsmanship, Haki, Sakazuki and Kuzan's abilities have all been tried, but they are useless against her. It's as if she is truly nothing, and we are fighting something that simply doesn't exist."
The Gorosei on the other side were stunned after hearing this. Void Ability, multiple energy attacks, immunity to attacks—what kind of terrifying Devil Fruit was this? How did they not know? They had lived for hundreds of years and had never seen anything like it.
"No, Sengoku, you still haven't said what kind of Devil Fruit it is. You should know by now, and you also need to mention her and her Pirate Crew's achievements."
One of the Gorosei suddenly spoke, which immediately made the other Gorosei realize, "Ah, yes, Sengoku, you old fellow, you still haven't said what kind of Devil Fruit this little girl has! And what achievements she has—we want to know that too."
"Borsalino was suppressed by Shiro and Kuina, who are the crew's 'Scientist' (third-in-command) and 'first mate' (swordswoman) respectively. Momousagi and Tokikake were beaten by Luna. Garp was completely helpless against her Void Ability. Momousagi and Tokikake were again suppressed by Kuina and Shiro at Reverse Mountain. Staff Officer Tsuru was also beaten by the opponent's sniper and Shipwright—one with lightning ability, the other with Space Ability."
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