"Eh?" Blackbeard froze. What did it mean that they had not been affected by the tsunami? Had the tsunami calmed before reaching the Eight Treasures Navy, or had the Eight Treasures Navy successfully endured it?
"They're not leaving?" Blackbeard asked suspiciously. "Why aren't they leaving? Have you scouted the area? Is there anything unusual nearby? Is Crocodile still aboard?"
"Captain! You'd better come over quickly!" The voice on the other end of the Den Den Mushi grew anxious. "There's nothing going on around them, but the Eight Treasures Navy is far too calm! So calm that it's making us uncomfortable! And it seems Crocodile isn't the one in charge anymore. The leader on the Eight Treasures Navy's flagship seems to be a kid?"
A kid?
Blackbeard was stunned at first, then his pupils widened as understanding suddenly struck him.
Reinforcements—the Star Alliance's reinforcements had definitely arrived. After dealing with the Eight Treasures Navy for so many days, Blackbeard had never seen any young man among them, and Crocodile had always been in charge.
Now, a young man had suddenly appeared and even replaced Crocodile as their leader. His identity was obvious. There were not many people in the entire Star Alliance who could command high-ranking figures on the level of Crocodile and the Eight Treasures Navy. And a young man with the authority to command the Eight Treasures Navy could only be the Star Alliance's legendary future Alliance Leader.
"Full speed ahead!" Blackbeard ordered sinisterly. If the Star Alliance had sent this kid as reinforcements, the forces accompanying him were probably terrifying as well.
Blackbeard had studied every scrap of information related to the Star Alliance. He knew that whenever this kid moved out, a large number of powerful experts always accompanied him.
Still suspiciously guessing what kind of reinforcements