There would surely be countless small pirate crews rushing to pledge allegiance to the Star Alliance, wouldn't there?
"What a bold young man!" The middle-aged man believed he had already grasped Ronglin's intentions. He sighed and said, "Inform Wally. Disband the assembled forces, have all units withdraw separately, and lift the encirclement around the Star Alliance's Second Fleet!"
The Pirate Alliance's strategist hesitated for a moment before doing as ordered. "If Kaido does not pursue them, then with the Fifth Fleet's current strength alone, Wally probably won't gain any advantage by ambushing the high-spirited Star Alliance Second Fleet."
The middle-aged man smiled faintly. "It does not matter. We only need to quietly watch what the Star Alliance does from behind the scenes. Once they are locked in a fierce, inseparable battle with other forces, we will jump out and shoot them in the back!"
The middle-aged man had never considered that Ronglin's greatest target in this expedition was actually him.
After clearing out several merchant ships that had been monitoring them, Hawkins felt that his fleet had finally truly escaped the situation of being controlled by others. Without stopping, he followed Ronglin's orders, changed course, and left Kaido's territory.
Meanwhile, the Marines had already erupted into chaos.
After news spread that Ronglin was going to attack one of the Four Emperors, the entire Marine force treated it as a grave threat. Kaido's alliance with Charlotte Linlin had already caused enormous waves. The atmosphere throughout Marine Headquarters was incomparably grim. They knew full well how terrifying the combined strength of two Four Emperors could be.
But before the Marines could make any move, that troublemaker Ronglin appeared again. Leading his independent Star Alliance, he openly launched an attack on the CIGMOMG Pirates. The entire world was now in an uproar, and