After Fisher Tiger, Jinbe, and Sig had finalized their plan, they announced it to the crew...
Just as expected, the Sea Bass had erupted in outrage. Arlong and Willy had both led the charge, demanding they go to Axe Island and fight the Giant Axe Pirates to the death.
But they couldn't go straight to Axe Island... It was the Giant Axe Pirates' base of operations after they had moved into the first half of the Grand Line. The Giant Axe Pirates strictly forbade the private sale of Eternal Poses to Axe Island.
The same went for the first two islands along the Log Pose route—Rona Island and Apt Island.
And their enforcement was much stricter than the World Government's ban on "private sales of Poses." The Giant Axe Pirates would deliberately go to the black market and "fish" for violators.
There were ways to get one if you were determined to buy, but it took luck and connections!
For the Sun Pirates, their only option for now seemed to be the previous island on the route—Mobech Island.
Ordinary pirates who got unlucky and ended up on this route would change course at Mobech Island. Following the Log Pose to Apt Island would only get them attacked by the Giant Axe Pirates.
That was why Eternal Poses to Mobech Island sold so well...
"Arlong, Makoro, you two take some men and Little Fei back to Water Seven. Look for clues about our people who may have been taken... Follow Little Fei's lead on the way!" Fisher Tiger said to Arlong.
"Back to Water Seven?" Arlong asked in surprise. He had only been thinking about fighting the Giant Axe Pirates to the death, and hadn't even stopped to sort out the clues. Now he realized their people might not have been