Before Uchiha Hiko kidnapped them and took them to Fishman Island for several "exhilarating" days, the merchant ship had carried Merchant Caravans from several countries. After Hody Jones was brought to justice on Fishman Island, Uchiha Hiko had Jinbe send people to escort them back to sea. They had already made a verbal agreement for them to bring large quantities of supplies to Dressrosa and wait for him.
Yet even now, not a single hair had appeared. He had even bragged to Fujitora that support would arrive soon, only to get slapped in the face. Not one person had come by today, while the Kingdom of Prodence had already sent several batches of supplies.
"Could they have deceived me?" Hiko withdrew his hand from the Devil Fruit and slowly rose to his feet. "Logically speaking, I showed them my strength and Fishman Island's financial resources. With a guaranteed profit from doing business with me, why would they refuse? And they even made a promise."
Lost in thought, Hiko slowly walked to the door. Then a thought suddenly flashed through his mind: Could Pirates have intercepted them?
Impossible, impossible! Hiko shook his head. Even if Pirates were robbing ships, they could not possibly intercept several merchant vessels from countries all over the world at once, could they? If something like that had happened in the waters around Dressrosa, he would have gone over and sunk them to feed the fish long ago.
Unless...
Hiko's brows knitted tightly, and his gaze darkened. In the little over two months since he had appeared in the New World, his actions had offended many forces. If they were willing to join hands and blockade all ships carrying aid to and from Dressrosa in distant waters, then it was indeed very possible.
Blockading the seas and