Two days passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, the day of festivities in Elbaf, the land of giants, arrived.
Over those two days, Hiko closely followed and studied the changes unfolding in the New World. He paid particular attention to every development concerning the Uchiha Alliance. After all, he had built it from nothing with his own hands, step by step. It was the product of his painstaking effort.
The Uchiha Alliance's situation was far from optimistic. During the mere dozen or so days of his "misfortune," the world had undergone earth-shaking changes, and the Uchiha Alliance had suffered the greatest impact. Pirates everywhere had risen up in revolt, continuously attacking the affiliated nations under the Uchiha Alliance.
In order to protect themselves, countless countries had no choice but to withdraw from the Uchiha Alliance, publicly announcing their separation and seeking a peaceful, stable path of development. For a time, the Uchiha Alliance was on the verge of collapse, with only weaker nations and some of its earliest allies remaining.
Yet amid this great upheaval, the Uchiha Alliance displayed a remarkably hard-line response. Though its power base was unstable and its military strength still insufficient, it did not yield in the slightest before the swarming enemies. Germa 66 rushed thousands of miles to aid the Alliance's affiliated nations across the Four Seas, striking fear into the small pirates throughout those waters. In the New World, Luo, Urouge, Drake, and the others who had served under Hiko in the early days were responsible for handling matters, while Kuzan temporarily held authority over the Alliance.
Hiko was rather surprised that Kuzan had stepped forward to maintain order within the Alliance. After all, Kuzan had once been deeply resistant to him. Hiko had not expected that, at such a critical