At that moment, Ronglin was showing Jinbe, Shiryu, Crocodile, and the others Caesar's research, as well as the situation at the Phantom Group's training grounds. He deliberately wanted Crocodile to see the strength they had in their hands, hoping it might move him a little and make him impulsively decide to join the Star Alliance someday.
As Ronglin watched the scene in the training grounds, Burgess still wore that resentful expression, but when it came to training newcomers, he was genuinely stern. He handled every lesson and requirement perfectly, urging the Phantom Group members to keep striving and improving.
Jazz and Pig Head were also training in the field. By now, everyone in the Phantom Group had acknowledged Jazz's position as captain. Although they did not quite approve of Pig Head's strength, his seniority carried enough weight. Rumor had it that he had been among the first to join the Star Alliance, which was why the Alliance Leader had promoted him so exceptionally.
Such a generous Alliance Leader filled everyone with motivation. Even someone with strength like Pig Head's could be promoted by the Alliance Leader. Then as long as they achieved even a little military merit, would they not also be entrusted with important positions?
Watching the fiery training in the field, Ronglin was very satisfied. The formation of the Phantom Group was extremely important; in the future, it would be one of the great killing weapons in his hands.
"You even assigned Burgess specifically to train them. Aren't you afraid their overall strength will become too great to control?" Crocodile's tone remained cold.
Having once fought dozens of ability users from the Beasts Pirates alone, Crocodile understood very well just how terrifying the deterrence was when the combat power of an ability-user squad was focused on a single