Ronglin turned to Shiryu with a strange expression. "I never intended to recruit Burgess. Back on the Lodun Islands, I wanted to capture you, but you ran too fast, so I only caught a half-dead Burgess. Later, little Jazz was watching from the side, so I didn't kill him. That matter was left hanging until now."
Shiryu was speechless. How many people had Jazz saved? Whenever Ronglin wanted to kill someone, as long as Jazz stood nearby, many people who should have died ended up escaping death.
"For now, this is how things stand," Ronglin said. "The Alliance still has a long road ahead. Our opponents must be removed one by one. I need to pave the way for the future first. I can't leave Jazz with a mess!"
Shiryu did not understand why Ronglin insisted on supporting Jazz and grooming him into the next Alliance Leader of the Star Alliance. But since Shiryu could not figure it out, he stopped thinking about it. It was not something he needed to worry about anyway.
Two days later, the BIGMOM Pirates, who had received no response to their provocations, issued a mocking statement, ridiculing the Star Alliance for hiding away like turtles and lacking the courage to face them.
Moreover, the BIGMOM Pirates once again announced that as long as the Star Alliance released Cracker and Alliance Leader Ronglin brought his people to surrender, one of the Four Emperors, Charlotte Linlin, would show mercy, wipe away the Star Alliance's past disrespect, and permit the Star Alliance to become a subordinate force under the BIGMOM Pirates.
For a time, the overwhelming pressure of the BIGMOM Pirates descended like a storm. With an aggressive posture, they lingered at the edge of the Star Alliance's territory, watching it like tigers. Their air of devouring