After listening to the report, Ronglin frowned deeply.
"What's wrong?" Seeing the shadow on Ronglin's face, Shiryu instinctively asked.
In all the time he had known Ronglin, Shiryu had rarely seen him openly wear such a worried expression. Whenever this happened, it meant that some troublesome change had occurred in the New World.
"It's nothing." Ronglin said calmly, "Kaido has successfully shifted the Eight Treasures Navy's hatred onto Blackbeard. Next, we need to pull out and handle other matters."
Shiryu fell silent. In truth, Ronglin had always held sole authority over the Star Alliance's strategic development and determined the Alliance's direction. Even though Jinbe controlled all the Alliance's internal powers, Ronglin alone had always made the strategic decisions.
And that was not Shiryu's strong suit, so he usually kept quiet in such situations.
Ronglin raised his head and instructed the intelligence officer to find Jinbe.
Since the battle against the BIGMOM Pirates, the Fish-Man race's status within the Star Alliance had begun to gain recognition. Humans and fish-men had also grown more familiar with one another, and the barriers between them had nearly vanished.
During this period, Jinbe had remained busy making all kinds of preparations for the Fish-Man race to move from the undersea world to the surface.
In Jinbe's heart, Fish-Man Island had always been the most important matter. Now that Ronglin had helped him open up the situation, Jinbe naturally worked even harder, hoping to settle everything in one go.
Don't Ask What You Shouldn't!
By the time Ronglin returned to the barracks, the remaining members of the Third Division had long since gone down to rest, leaving only the on-duty personnel faithfully at their posts.
"Hello, Captain!" The on-duty members greeted Ronglin stiffly. Clearly, they still had difficulty accepting this young man who had only just