Incredible Victory, the World Erupts! (23)

Water 7, inside a tavern.

"Impossible... The Navy actually..."

Clang!

A pirate shot to his feet in utter shock, clutching a Den Den Mushi. It had already fallen asleep, but mere seconds earlier, it had delivered his friend's final words.

The entire message could be summed up in just two words.

"Run!"

Puff...

Sitting in the corner, Sanji silently exhaled a ring of smoke, his voice trembling uncontrollably.

"That... monster..."

Previously, the pirate alliance had surrounded Sabaody, gathering pirates who accounted for more than half of all ambitious men from the Grand Line and the Four Blues!

Half of the entire world!

Otherwise, they could never have forced the Marine Headquarters, then at the height of its power, into a defensive position, constructing a line of defense centered around Sabaody.

Even after much of the crowd had refused to stay and fight them to the death due to the news that Shanks had seized the Pure Gold, and some had dispersed, the remaining pirates still numbered in the millions!

Those were a million living people, not seashells on a beach!

"How did they dare?!!"

The numbers were so absurdly huge that the news itself felt unreal.

Faced with such an enormous pirate force, the Navy had actually deliberately let them in, then staked everything on a last stand, surrounded them all, and carried out a prolonged massacre and extermination.

And... they had succeeded!!

For a plan so audacious and impossibly difficult to execute, Sanji could think of only one person!

If Ron knew what he was thinking right now, he would definitely protest his innocence.

As everyone knew, Ron was known as an honest and reliable young gentleman. He only ever acted in self-defense after others came knocking to bully him; he never took the initiative to bully anyone.

Just