A pirate beside him asked, "Boss, should we stay here and watch, then move in to reap the benefits once they've both been badly hurt? Or should we charge in now and wipe them all out in one go?"
Kaido thought for a moment and said, "Let these people fight each other to the death first. We won't lose out either way!"
Jazz calmly watched as the Eight Treasures Navy clashed with Blackbeard, carefully observing the situation they faced.
The immense pressure had forced the Eight Treasures Navy to the brink of collapse. If not for the twenty Phantom Group ability users rushing about to patch up the gaps, the Eight Treasures Navy would have long since been swarmed and wiped out by the Blackbeard Pirates.
Momousagi was fighting Blackbeard and several of his capable officers alone. They were all major criminals released from the depths of the Great Prison. At first, Momousagi had been able to suppress them, but as Blackbeard gradually grew more familiar with his Devil Fruit ability, she too began to struggle.
Yet the quietest spot on the entire battlefield was where Jazz stood. Crocodile stood behind him. Many people knew Crocodile was no easy opponent, so they had deliberately gone around him instead of coming to bother him.
"The situation doesn't look good!" Crocodile looked at Jazz and teased, "At this rate, the Eight Treasures Navy may well be completely wiped out!"
"It's not time yet!" Jazz said with a frown. "The timing isn't right. No matter how difficult things get, we have to hold on! Otherwise, all the groundwork we laid before will have been for nothing!"
"You're quite patient," Crocodile said evenly. "But those idiots won't understand what you're doing. They'll only misunderstand you, blame you, and think it was your poor leadership