The man looked dejected. "It's only been a few days. How could that much have happened? I've already told you everything I can!"
Ronglin nodded, then thought of a crucial question. "Exactly how many Devil Fruit users are there in the Beasts Pirates?"
The man's expression changed. He stared at Ronglin, suddenly too afraid to answer.
"Hey! Stop dragging your feet!" Ronglin nearly kicked him. "If you won't tell me, I'll just find someone else and beat him half to death. Someone will always be willing to talk. There's no point in playing tough here!"
The man hesitated, but he agreed with Ronglin's reasoning. Only then did he stammer, "There are probably around a hundred who make up the main battle units. As for the rest scattered throughout the various squads, I don't know."
Ronglin was taken aback. He had not expected that after changing the timeline and depriving Caesar of his Artificial Devil Fruit technology, Kaido would still have so many Devil Fruit users under his command. It seemed he had truly underestimated Kaido.
If they really went to war with the Beasts Pirates, then aside from the overwhelming individual strength of its elites, the Star Alliance's overall combat power was still inferior to that of the Beasts Pirates.
At that moment, Ronglin resolved to have Caesar speed up production of Artificial Devil Fruits while also accelerating the formation of his Phantom Combat Group.
Having obtained the information he wanted, Ronglin politely kicked the man unconscious instead of killing him.
As for Crocodile, Ronglin hesitated. Whether he should help was a question. Regardless of whether Crocodile had obtained the Poneglyph, there was no way he would hand it over to Ronglin.
And even if he did hand it over, Ronglin had no way of deciphering it.
Still, Crocodile might