The messages arriving one after another grew heavier each time. Buggy, who had been forcing a smile onto his face, now wore an expression uglier than crying.
"Should we change our tactical plan now?" Buggy asked miserably. "If this continues and Blackbeard breaks away from the fight and returns with his entire army, it'll disrupt your previous deployment. With the few men we have, we'll be facing Blackbeard's hundred thousand Pirates head-on!"
"Hmph! What are a hundred thousand Pirates?" Luo snorted from the side. "In the undersea world, we captured a hundred thousand Pirates without spilling a drop of blood. Numbers don't mean they'll necessarily win!"
Buggy was momentarily speechless. Uchiha Hiko's feat of capturing a hundred thousand Pirates in the undersea world had long been celebrated throughout the New World. Especially since he had only had a handful of men at the time, Uchiha Hiko's strength had already come to be regarded as among the very best in the world.
"Hey, hey, keep it down." Luo's shameless boasting even made Hiko feel a little embarrassed. "Those were just rookie Pirates trying to enter the New World. They weren't strong enough to be worth mentioning. Half of Blackbeard's hundred thousand Pirates are elite Pirates who have spent a long time in the New World. They're experienced, and far stronger than that group from the undersea world. There are also countless people among them with bounties over a hundred million. If we really encounter them head-on, we should run as fast as we can!"
Hiko's words immediately plunged everyone into silence.
"Then what do we do now?" Buggy asked. "Do you have a countermeasure?"
"Of course!" Hiko said with complete confidence. "Before I even set out to form an alliance with you, I'd already begun preparing for this move."
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