They only saw the Marines and the Revolutionary Army meeting worthy opponents, locked in one-on-one duels. Both sides displayed an incredibly high level of combat amid the chaotic melee, leaving both the Four Emperors' crews and the Shichibukai pale with shock.
The Big Mom Pirates even held a family meeting over this. More than a hundred children sat together for a tea party, eating desserts as they watched the show. Ever since Kaido had tried to sneak an attack on Marine Headquarters, only to be effortlessly ambushed by Marine Headquarters and beaten so badly he vanished after suffering grave injuries, the Four Emperors had abandoned any notion of profiting from the conflict between these two factions.
The main reason was that no one had the guts anymore—who knew whether the Revolutionary Army and the Marines were putting on an act for their benefit?
Even if they were not, the Revolutionary Army and the Marines shared the same goal: eliminating pirates.
Who could guarantee that, if the Four Emperors' crews appeared before them, they would not put aside their prejudices and conflicts to deal with their common enemy, the pirates, first?
So they had no intention of getting involved. They merely watched from Totto Land, thousands of miles away.
And now, they had finally discovered their own problem.
The Revolutionary Army and the Marines each had well over a hundred and fifty capable fighters. From Admirals down to lieutenant commanders, everyone knew either Armament Haki or Observation Haki. On the surface, they seemed similar to the Big Mom Pirates, but in reality, only seventy or eighty members of the Big Mom Pirates knew Armament Haki or Observation Haki. Most relied on Devil Fruits to fight and did not place much importance on Haki. Big Mom did not force them to train