Before long, Jinbe had returned to the small boat.
"Not killing them?" Burgess walked out of the cabin and looked at the many lively survivors aboard the warship opposite them.
"No need. Leave a few alive to carry a message back." Ronglin said calmly, "Let the World Government know that if they provoke me again, they'll have to pay the price!"
Creating a Diversion!
"Let's go! Ignore them!" Ronglin did not even spare a glance for those desperately swimming toward them through the sea. A few tried to approach using Moonwalk, only for Burgess to knock them back into the water with a barrage of elbow strikes.
Jinbe returned to the helm, and Burgess set the boat moving again. Leaving behind a large group of people stranded in the middle of the sea, unable to call on heaven or earth for help and facing a beating if they caught up, they sailed away in a flamboyant display.
"Looks like they really did set an ambush ahead! Are we still going to walk right into their trap?" Seeing that Jinbe was not turning back but continued in the direction indicated by the Log Pose, Burgess asked Ronglin worriedly.
"Of course not. We're not idiots!" Ronglin leisurely lay back in his chair, turned over comfortably, and said, "I'm only putting on a show for those people behind us. Once they can no longer see us, we'll turn south and change course to avoid the trap ahead!"
At first, Burgess was excited by his captain's diversionary tactic, but then he suddenly remembered something, and his expression changed drastically. "Captain, to the south is the Sea of Thunderclouds! Lightning strikes there all day long. Aren't we just marching to our deaths if we go there?"
Ronglin smiled. "There are ambushers ahead, a sea of