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"Had this all been calculated from the very beginning?"

Upon hearing this, Nous was not as shocked as Ruri and Jesus Burgess.

He had long learned from Ye Liangnai's words that Ye Liangnai intended to leave.

Therefore...

He had already prepared himself mentally, so naturally he was not as surprised as Jesus Burgess and the others.

"But if you leave, what will happen to your massive pirate crew? Don't tell me you think that guy from the Marines will let the Lightning Pirate Group off!"

Fire Fist Ace asked in confusion.

He wanted to know...

How could someone as wise as Ye Liangnai suddenly become so muddleheaded over this matter?

Did he not care about the lives of his crew at all?

If that was the case...

Then bringing them here had been utterly irresponsible!

It was practically forcing them onto a dead end!

Perhaps if he had not brought these people here, the Marines would not have held a grudge against them.

But now...

He had defeated Sakazuki and made such a huge enemy of the Marines.

And then he was leaving?

Wouldn't the Lightning Pirate Group be buried alongside him?

Hearing this...

Ye Liangnai swept his gaze over the Lightning Pirate Group and the others. "Everyone, I would like you to form an alliance with the New Whitebeard Pirates. What do you think?"

"Nous will serve as captain, with Ruri as vice-captain!"

Then...

He looked at Marco. "What do you think? You're all wanderers of the sea anyway, so there shouldn't be any reason to look down on one another!"

Upon hearing Ye Liangnai's words...

Marco wore an expression that said he had expected this. "I knew you'd say that!"

"Fair enough. You're leaving, but you still offended the Marines before going. This is the only way to