For some shameless pirates, it was common to lower their flags to half-mast, or even fully lower them, deceiving merchant ships by disguising themselves as ordinary cargo vessels or passenger ships before closing in to plunder them.
East Blue Admiral Krieg, for example, often pulled this kind of stunt.
But the Four Emperors cared about their reputation. Not just the Four Emperors, either.
Even great pirates with bounties exceeding a hundred million had their pride. None of them would use such a deceitful surrender tactic.
In other words, after letting King go, Sabo truly received the surrender of Wano Country's most troublesome and powerful fighting force: the former Four Emperors crew, the Beasts Pirates.
This shocked everyone. The value of the girl Leo had brought out of Wano Country was displayed in full, and no one had expected that the girl Leo had taken from Wano Country years ago would turn out to be such an enormous piece of foreshadowing.
Even now, when King and the others had led the Beasts Pirates here to surrender, very few people understood Yamato's worth. She had personally persuaded an entire Four Emperors crew to surrender!
Sabo knew that all his achievements had only been possible because of the foundation Leo had laid years ago.
He had no intention of claiming this credit, but it gave him a new understanding of the Revolutionary Army's legacy and its plans spanning decades—ten years, twenty years, fifty years.
So this was what it meant for those before to blaze the trail, while those after enjoyed the shade?
Those without immediate worries must have concerns for the future. A Revolutionary Army capable of planning so far ahead was truly invincible!
After glancing at Yamato, Sabo inexplicably became fired up. As fighting spirit blazed within him, Conqueror's Haki erupted