"This was indeed a good idea." Ronglin nodded. "But some people do not care much about strength. They care more about authority; only holding power in their hands makes them feel fulfilled. Such people would rather start at the very bottom of the fleet and fight their way up than join the Phantom Group."
Jinbe said, "Selecting members for the Phantom Group cannot be done overnight. First, we should see whether there are suitable candidates within the Alliance. Then 14, we can search for suitable people in the New World as well."
Ronglin acknowledged him, then returned to Ashil Kingdom with Jinbe and the others.
The Star Alliance was still in its early stages of construction. Every department had taken shape, but compared to those major powers that had dominated for more than a decade, it was clearly lacking in foundations.
What Ronglin wanted was not a rousing war, only to ignore the world's destruction and the devastation left behind afterward. He wanted an intact world—one where he could crush his opponents so utterly that no one in the world would even think of resisting.
That was why he needed to perfect every structure within the Alliance and make it stronger.
"By the way, has there been any news from the Eight Treasures Navy?" Ronglin asked casually as he sat in the car, flipping through the latest newspapers.
As one of the officer groups that had joined Ronglin early on, the Eight Treasures Navy had somehow been out of contact for more than twenty days. That was far too abnormal. The Alliance's Den Den Mushi could not reach them, and there had been no news of any major New World power attacking the Eight Treasures Navy. It was as if they had vanished from the face of the earth.
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