"Extra! The Straw Hat Kid had returned, destroying one warship under one of the Four Emperors, Kaido, heavily damaging three others, and successfully withdrawing. According to eyewitnesses, Empress Boa Hancock was still closely accompanying him."
Ronglin flipped through the newspaper, his brows tightly furrowed.
After leaving the Sea of Thunderclouds, they had sailed for nearly another ten days before reaching a relatively prosperous island. They had come ashore to restock supplies and planned to recuperate there for a few days.
However, judging by the news in the paper, quite a few changes had indeed occurred during Ronglin's absence. Akainu and Aokiji had stopped fighting over the position of Fleet Admiral. Clearly, they had been intimidated by the deterrence of that battle and realized that they needed to be more united for now. Only by gathering the Marines' strength could they stabilize the turmoil in the New World, rather than continuing their internal struggle over the Fleet Admiral's position.
As for Bony-Sen's high-profile appearance, it had caused a tremendous uproar. CP0's involvement meant that the World Government would further intensify its suppression of pirates. If a force as formidable as CP0 entered the New World, those small and mid-sized pirate crews simply would not survive. Aside from joining one of the major powers, they would only have two choices: destruction or going straight. Even the once-famous Pirate Alliance had been crushed by CP0. No one dared test whether CP0's strength was real or not.
The Straw Hat Kid, Luffy, had surprised Ronglin. He had not expected Empress Boa Hancock to travel with him. Was she throwing herself at him? Ronglin sighed. If this woman had not been a Celestial Dragon's slave in her childhood, and if she were not so arrogant and conceited, Ronglin might have considered tasting her charms.
Still,