After thinking it through, Mousse finally set his mind at ease and sincerely felt happy for Charlotte Oven. "Congratulations, Brother Oven. Even if we don't achieve our original goal on this trip, it still won't have been in vain! Even Brother Katakuri might not match your attack power now, right?"
That said, it would naturally be even better if they could accomplish their goal.
Thus, inspired by Charlotte Oven's move, Hot Sea Hot Spring, Mousse decisively suggested changing their plan of heading straight for their destination. Since the Dressrosa Kingdom was already close at hand, they should pay it a visit first.
Although the Dressrosa Kingdom had remained peaceful for eight hundred years, it was still located in the war-torn New World. They had never dared to truly "beat their swords into plowshares and release their horses to the mountains." One only had to look at the grand arena within the country to understand that.
It was precisely because of this fierce and valiant spirit among its people that, despite having fewer than a hundred thousand citizens and merely three thousand regular troops, the Dressrosa Kingdom's national defense was not weak.
Furthermore, the Riku royal family had dedicated itself to maintaining friendly relations with its neighbors for eight hundred years. As one of the oldest World Government member states, it could seek aid from neighboring countries and the Marines whenever trouble arose. Thus, it generally did not fear pirates too much.
But the BIG Pirates were no ordinary pirate crew. Even if the kingdom's soldiers and civilians were given a hundred times the courage, they would never dare stop the Queen Mama Chanter from entering port, much less launch an attack against it.
The officials in charge of the docks could only force smiles and lead people forward to negotiate,