Charles took stock of the resources currently seized from the Garrote Pirate Crew: Golden Shells and the like.
He could even build a Teleportation Beacon right now.
The resources were sufficient, but Charles was thinking:
"The Garrote Pirate Crew really did me a huge favor. With so many Golden Shells and Water Magic Stones, I have enough to buy the right materials to build a Teleportation Beacon."
"However, building a Forward Base and a Teleportation Beacon is only the prelude to the Shadow Spy Wizard encountering even greater dangers."
"After activating the Teleportation Beacon, before Teacher teleports over, the backlash from the plane's will is also a dangerous matter."
"Resources alone aren't enough. I need sufficient military strength as well!"
"The Undertow Pirate Crew still needs to be trained further and continue honing its combat coordination!"
"Still, it is time to begin constructing the Teleportation Beacon and the Outpost Base!"
"Neither of those can be completed in a short time."
After thinking it through, Charles drew up a plan for what came next.
All subsequent actions would be carried out according to it.
The Black Pearl returned to another hideout.
From this point on, this place officially became the hideout of Charles's Undertow Pirate Crew.
To serve as a hideout, the harbor here first needed to be expanded.
Whether it was the former Garrote Pirate Crew or other pirate crews,
they all operated with the mindset of drifting from place to place, and managing a hideout was practically the same as not managing one at all.
First, they did not know how to manage a hideout. Second, once pirates had a hideout, they had a weakness.
If the navies of the three great kingdoms, or other kingdoms, came charging in and headed straight for their hideout, then years of