Damn Xi Yan!

"Hey, interesting."

"What is?"

Sabo glanced at Xi Yan in confusion. What was this guy suddenly laughing about?

"The Marines following an Admiral around are in plenty of danger too," Xi Yan said with a chuckle. "Who knows when they'll get taken out by one of their own?"

With a Marine Admiral there, the odds of being killed by the enemy were not high, but the odds of dying at their own superior's hands were not low.

At the very least, ordinary Marines had no way to dodge a meteor of that level.

"That's true."

Sabo laughed as well, agreeing with Xi Yan's assessment.

That was the drawback of the weak following a strong person—one stray shockwave from a battle might cost them their life.

Then Sabo turned his gaze to the Birdcage in the sky.

"Don't you think it's strange?"

"What?"

Xi Yan glanced at Sabo in confusion. What was he referring to?

"With those two's strength, breaking this thing shouldn't be difficult, right?" Sabo said.

He did not know how strong Smoker truly was, but the strength of a Marine Admiral was definitely on a monstrous level.

Under those circumstances, was smashing the Birdcage really so hard?

What was puzzling was that the other side had not done so.

So he was very curious—what exactly was their goal?

"They just don't want to, I guess."

"Don't want to?"

A trace of confusion appeared in Sabo's eyes. Why would they not want to?

"I'm guessing Fujitora wants to abolish the Shichibukai system, which is why he chose to stay inside for now," Xi Yan explained.

"You mean..."

The extremely intelligent Sabo immediately understood what Xi Yan was trying to say.

"Hmm. If my guess is right, that's what's going on."

"Hehe, interesting."

Sabo grinned. It seemed this Marine Admiral...