After Ronglin began his slaughter, his spirits remained low. He drifted at sea for a while before catching up with Jinbe and the others, then quietly sat on the ship, thinking about many things he had never considered before.
The news that Ronglin had nearly wiped out the CP0 fleet spread throughout the New World. He knew it would cause a stir, and that all sorts of good and bad news—or people—would soon come looking for him. But he had not expected the first to come looking for him to be the Revolutionary Army again.
"Ha! You people really know how to stir things up." Sabo boarded Ronglin's small boat alone and spoke with him. "We leaked information to you internally because we hoped you would avoid the World Government's edge and gradually fade from their sight. Who would have thought you would actually take the initiative to wipe out a CP0 unit? That will definitely provoke an even fiercer response from the Celestial Dragons."
"They were the ones who attacked first. They attacked my subordinates." Ronglin gazed lazily into the distance. "CP0 wiped out an entire fleet of mine. Was I supposed to turn a blind eye and run away with my tail between my legs?"
"CP0 only sank two of your ships, and there were barely any people left aboard them!" Sabo corrected him. "The ones who truly ambushed and crushed the Coachman's subordinates were other pirate crews."
The newspapers had not reported in detail how Anrield's fleet had been defeated, nor had they described the ambush before their encounter with CP0. The reports credited CP0 with wiping out Anrield's fleet, yet almost no one knew the truth behind its destruction.
Ronglin withdrew his gaze from the distance and fixed Sabo with a piercing stare. "How did you