Sabo hesitated, then asked cautiously, "What kind of favor? Tell me, and I'll see if I can help."
A cruel smirk appeared at the corner of Ronglin's lips. "Help me spread a rumor. Say that I'm ostensibly going to attack one of the Four Emperors, the BIGMOM Pirates, but that I'm actually going to Mary Geoise to pay those Celestial Dragons a visit."
Even Sabo's tone changed slightly. He clearly understood what Ronglin intended to do. "You want to use this rumor to redirect the Marines toward Mary Geoise? Even if it can draw the Marines away, Mary Geoise probably won't let this slide. You need to think carefully."
If the Marines kept patrolling the nearby seas, they would inevitably run into them eventually. That was why Ronglin planned to use this method to draw that Marine force away. If the bait was the Celestial Dragons, the Marines certainly would not stand idly by.
Ronglin chuckled. "It's fine. After I deal with the Pirate Alliance, you can correct the rumor. Once you've done this, the favor your brother Ace owes me will truly be written off. We'll be even from then on."
Sabo knew that Ace had once asked Red-Haired Shanks to repay the favor owed to Ronglin, only for Ronglin to refuse. Favors owed to others were difficult to repay. If possible, that favor might one day bring devastating calamity upon oneself.
That was why true powerhouses disliked owing favors.
"All right, I agree!" After hesitating for a moment, Sabo agreed to Ronglin's request.
Two days later, earth-shattering news spread through the New World. A fragmented Den Den Mushi transmission had been decoded and circulated, causing a massive uproar.
"I'm ostensibly going to attack one of the Four Emperors, the BIGMOM Pirates, but I'm actually going to Mary Geoise