Pressing the Advantage

Back aboard, the ship set sail and left the area. The injured were treated, while the cooks prepared food. After such an intense battle, they had to replenish their strength—and since they had defeated members of the Big Mom Pirates, they naturally had to celebrate properly.

Ye Han was also enjoying Robin and Hancock's attentive care. This battle had drained his body too severely, and both Robin and Hancock were massaging him.

Skinny Monkey reported to Ye Han, "Captain, the news has been released as you instructed."

"Ye Han, why did you deliberately release that news?" Robin asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Yeah, I don't understand either. What benefit do we get from publicizing it?" Hancock added from the side.

Ye Han smiled faintly. "There isn't much benefit—at most, it'll raise the Blood Eye Pirates' reputation a little. But it does have some drawbacks for the Big Mom Pirates. Pirates are a greedy bunch. Even a massive pirate crew like Big Mom's has plenty of other crews trying to challenge it, though the results usually aren't very good."

"Then there are those who have been keeping their ambitions hidden, their eyes fixed on the title of One Piece. Those major pirate crews are also targets they want to defeat, like Crocodile and Gecko Moria."

"There are quite a few people like those two in the New World. The sixth level of Impel Down is practically full of pirates like them. Their individual strength and influence may be limited, but once their numbers grow, they become a force that can't be ignored."

"The main thing is to make use of that force. If we work to create the impression that the Big Mom Pirates are constantly suffering defeats, these people will start getting restless. They'll take a large part of the pressure off