"Huh? How could that be?"
"Do I, Carlos, lack the ability to solve problems on my own? It's just that I wouldn't have handled it so cleanly and decisively, settling it once and for all."
"Oh? I'd very much like to hear your thoughts."
"To shoot the rider, first shoot the horse; to capture the bandits, first capture their leader!"
"Without your help, I wouldn't sit back and watch the Sirius Pirates come after me, much less give them the chance to command other Pirates."
"I would have gone straight to the Sirius Pirates' headquarters, turned their lives upside down, and preferably killed their captain!"
"As long as the Sirius Pirates didn't join forces with other Pirate Crews, they would have been a serious nuisance, but still manageable with enough time and effort."
"Do you think I have that kind of strength?" Carlos asked with a proud smile.
"I definitely wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't come today."
The implication was obvious: now that he had come and seen it for himself, he believed it.
"With your six... six Pains, you might not be able to kill their Crewmates at the Sirius Pirates' headquarters, but causing enough havoc to keep them from attending to anything else would be more than possible."
Carlos nodded slightly. "The Sirius Pirates are no weaklings, whether individually or as a whole, but I'm confident they can't keep me there or do anything to me."
"As long as the stalemate lasts long enough, even after I leave, the Sirius Pirates probably won't have the energy to bother with me."
"Once the Sirius Pirates are thrown into chaos, how could other Pirate Crews not set their sights on them?"
"Of the two people we discussed earlier, they're the most likely to strike while the iron is