Ronglin frowned and voiced his discovery and speculation. "That blood letter was written not long ago before being placed there. What happened on Erebus Island these past few days is known all over the world. There's no reason for someone to deliberately do this, is there? The Dark Exchange wasn't held, and the Pirate Alliance should have withdrawn from Erebus Island. What would be the point of going back?"
Following Ronglin's train of thought, the three of them could not figure out who had deliberately placed the blood letter there, nor whom they were trying to mislead.
Ronglin carefully recalled the contents of the blood letter. The words Aishier Kingdom surfaced in his mind once more. When he had gone to Dressrosa, the ship that had taken him there had been a merchant vessel from Aishier Kingdom. That captain had clearly recognized him as a wanted criminal, yet he had still pretended not to know and helped him land on the island.
Ronglin suddenly understood. "What if the person who placed the blood letter wasn't trying to get whoever found it to go to Erebus Island, but to Aishier Kingdom? After all, the Pirate Alliance's mission and the potential profits involved are both extremely tempting. Now that they've failed their mission, what would happen if someone else took it over?"
Jinbe considered it and said, "What could the person who placed the blood letter be after? They wouldn't know who would find it. Besides, we might not even go! Aishier Kingdom isn't in the direction indicated by our Log Pose."
"Maybe they knew we would definitely be the ones to find it?" Caesar spoke up then. "If they have access to enough intelligence, they could grasp the general movements of every ship in these waters. With careful calculations, someone could