Faced with Tsugikuni Yoriichi's assessment, Kyros could only nod reluctantly, his expression improving somewhat.
Kyros knew those were probably words meant to comfort him. During his years in the Marines, he had fought quite a few pirates, and the overwhelming majority of them would simply move on after every strike.
Flexibility was their defining trait.
And that was in the Four Blues, where the Marines had relatively strong control. Even there, it was difficult to find pirates who had fled out to sea. In the New World, where Marine control was weaker, it was even harder.
However, Kyros had overlooked the difference between pirates of the New World and those of the Four Blues.
In the New World, where Marines were barely seen, pirates were far more arrogant in their ways than those in the Four Blues.
Pirates in the Four Blues knew that if the Marines learned their location, they would come to arrest them. But pirates in the New World? If they learned Marines were coming after them, they might even order their ships to sail straight toward them.
Still, Yoriichi did not say much more about this to Kyros. At the end of the day, it was only Yoriichi's speculation. For them, the Marines, what they needed to do after arriving in Dressrosa was begin building their branch as soon as possible.
Through the soldiers stationed along the coast, Yoriichi and the others met Tank Lepond, the commander of the kingdom's army currently responsible for calming the public and guarding the port.
At the kingdom army's station, Tank Lepond met with Yoriichi and the others.
Only Yoriichi and Kyros had come ashore. Issho and Mihawk remained on the ship, while Koshiro led the Marines off the vessel to gather supplies.
Until the branch was built, they would