What wind had blown Red-Haired Shanks here? Issho had no idea.
But everything happening at the port was far too humiliating for the Revolutionary Army.
He could not help but snap, "What kind of disgrace is this? Hurry up and lock all these merchants inside the harbor! It's wartime now; we can't let them run wild however they please!"
As the highest-ranking officer during wartime, Issho's orders were absolute.
Upon receiving his command, the Revolutionary Army staff at the port no longer hesitated. They immediately fired into the air and began driving back the chaotic crowd of merchants.
For the Revolutionary Army, sacrificing Jaya Island and a large number of merchants was entirely acceptable.
But for the merchants themselves, they only had one life. When faced with something like this, they had no desire to be buried alongside Jaya Island.
But just as Issho had said, it was wartime now. The merchants and the Revolutionary Army were grasshoppers tied to the same rope. The Revolutionary Army would not let the merchants act recklessly and block their formations and warships.
Long ago, Leo had told them about an empire with a powerful fleet. Because it had failed to send its warships out, the enemy had blocked the harbor entrance and sunk every last one of its vessels despite having far fewer ships.
The Revolutionary Army would not repeat that mistake.
The merchants were driven back, while the Revolutionary Army's warships began moving. Since all the main battleships were weapons meant to deal with powerful enemies on the Grand Line, none of the cruisers and destroyers headed for the Four Seas were main battleships. The eight Titan-class warships that had destroyed the Marines sailed out of the harbor one by one, forming a line toward the approaching Red-Haired Pirates fleet and standing