Jinbe still wore a calm expression as he said, "Probably. After all, if someone like Burgess can't be taken in, leaving him alone will eventually become a hidden danger. Boss has always preferred the principle of sparing those who can be kept alive. If Burgess hadn't sincerely submitted, he probably wouldn't be smiling so happily."
Jazz looked toward the small boat with reverent eyes, full of admiration. "Boss Ronglin really can easily accomplish things that ordinary people find difficult!"
Inside the cabin, Caesar was continuously diluting medicine and carefully researching Devil Fruits when the laughter made his hand tremble, nearly dropping the test tube. His eyes blazed with anger.
"Hmph! Another simple-minded fool has been duped." Caesar spoke with utter disdain. After calming himself down, he returned to his research with full focus. He did not actually care about any changes outside.
After the Second and Third Fleets deployed their defensive formations, the Lodun Islands made no attempt to retake the small islands and instead fell silent.
Ronglin watched as night quietly descended, constantly considering every step he would take next. Attacking the Lodun Islands was merely a way to bare his fangs. How many prey he could catch with those fangs afterward was the question that truly occupied his mind.
Several small boats suddenly approached from the direction guarded by the Third Fleet. Ronglin swept his gaze over them and activated his Observation Haki, instantly grasping the situation aboard those boats.
They were several unfamiliar presences he had never encountered before. Ronglin smiled. The prey had arrived!
Before long, those small boats reached Ronglin's ship. Looking down from above, Ronglin saw from the evasive looks in the strangers' eyes that these were people who wore their pessimism about the current situation plainly on their faces.
"Lord Ronglin, we have