Chapter 331: No Battles Today (12)
Chapter 330: No Battles Today
A smile inevitably appeared on Leo's face when he received the Marine bulletin.
He handed the Marine bulletin to the girl beside him and said to the others with a smile, "The Marines are trying to wage a war of public opinion against us."
"How shameless." Nico Robin immediately cursed after reading the paper, then passed it back. The others began cursing as well after they read it.
Clearly, the Marines' actions had deeply shocked some of them. They had never imagined the Marines could be so brazen as to claim Whitebeard's achievements as their own and publicize them.
They were taking advantage of the fact that Whitebeard and his people had no channel to speak out.
"So this is the Marines? I love it." Ace grinned as he passed the paper to Issho and the others.
"Ridiculous." Issho opened his narrow eyes, examined it carefully, then passed it to Jinbe.
"Heh..." Jinbe smiled faintly and shook his head. He had long understood exactly what kind of people the Marines were.
"Whitebeard simply has no right to speak through the newspapers." Leo shook his head. "More importantly, even if they spoke, no one would believe them."
"That is actually the most terrifying part. It is also the problem with the [righteousness] the Marines possess that I have always talked about."
"Those who possess and control righteousness have the authority to explain everything. Their words naturally carry credibility, and people will believe them. Pirates are far weaker in this regard; it is almost impossible to make people believe them. In a propaganda war against the Marines, they will obviously be at a disadvantage."
"Of course, the pirates may not care about such things at all. But once they reach the