The Holy Land had no shortage of troublesome matters. Aside from the issues that required Ron to make a decision after consulting him, there was also a mountain of trivial administrative work.
Fortunately, he temporarily had Kong and the two groups under Rob Lucci at his disposal. After delegating the tasks, Ron finally found some free time.
"Hey, Koby..."
On the other end of the Den Den Mushi, Koby had already been waiting for quite some time. At those words, he spoke eagerly.
"Master, something huge has happened!"
Ron frowned silently, his expression turning grim. "If you're telling me Lirisk escaped... heh heh!"
The threat was clear without needing to be spoken.
Koby shuddered and shook his head. "No. It's about Shanks."
"Oh? Now that's interesting!"
The news had not yet been made public. The Holy Land had only just suffered its upheaval, and Ron had only just taken over the reins of power. Apart from a few ambitious Affiliated Nations with spies in the Holy Land and Sabaody, no one knew about it. Could Shanks have already received the news?
Ron would have to carefully consider what was going on behind this.
After pondering for a moment, he asked, "What happened?"
Koby must have been truly anxious. He hurriedly replied, "Vice Admiral Dorte just informed me that Shanks accepted the Straw Hat Pirates' challenge on behalf of the Red-Haired Pirates. Both sides will send people to fight a month from now... Master, Big Sis Nami will die!"
Ron: "..."
He clearly felt several crows flying over his head, cawing as they went.
"Idiot... idiot..."
Suppressing his anger, Ron forced the words through clenched teeth. "That's... it?!"
"Uh..."
Koby did not understand. However, he knew Nami was a pirate, and that he had no business worrying about her.
But he