"Impossible, right? With a chance to take us down, would the Marine Headquarters really let us go?" Oven asked, somewhat incredulously.
"If it were only us, they certainly wouldn't let us off. But if you expand the scope to include the three Great Pirate crews, the situation changes."
Seeing that everyone still looked confused, Katakuri asked wearily, "Do you think the Marine Headquarters is powerful?"
"It should... be pretty decent, right?" Oven said, rubbing his chin.
"P-pretty decent?" Katakuri was nearly frightened by his little brother's bold claim.
"If Kaido and Apophis went all out, it would be hard to say what the result would be if the Marine Headquarters went up against our three Five Emperors' pirate crews." Clearly, Oven had already counted their own forces as one of the Five Emperors.
"Against four Five Emperors, they'd definitely lose. Against five, they probably wouldn't even be able to escape. And that's without counting Lone Red, Pluton, Scopper Gaban, and the other pirates active across this sea."
The Charlotte Family members all nodded repeatedly. That was right, the Marines were trash!
Thinking about it that way, even their inner fear was dispelled considerably.
Katakuri, however, sighed helplessly. "But you've all overlooked one thing. The Marines' greatest enemy is pirates, and the greatest enemy of pirates is also pirates!"
Everyone was visibly shaken. That was true! Pirates killing one another was even more ruthless than the Marines!
Just like this time, although Kaido and Apophis had both agreed to come and help, neither of them had ever truly trusted the other, since they were both pirates.
"Unlike the scattered pirates, the Marines... have always been a single entity! Even if they have ideological differences, they unite against outsiders whenever they face pirates." Katakuri's expression grew solemn. "That's the fundamental reason the