The Curtain Falls

"Zehahahaha—"

Golden Lion seemed to have heard some kind of joke.

"You want me to hand it over?"

"I took it by my own strength. What right do you have to make me hand it over?!"

"Because you're old? Because you're the World Government's lapdog?"

How could Golden Lion possibly give up something that had already reached his mouth?

Therefore, no matter how Steel Bone Kong threatened him, Golden Lion showed no fear at all, shouting that if they wanted a fight, then they would fight.

Taking advantage of the gap created by the Whitebeard Pirates' appearance, Golden Lion controlled his floating ships to rise upward and swiftly retreat from the battlefield. He alone remained behind; he could leave whenever he wished, and no one could stop him.

Facing the Marines alone, Golden Lion naturally had no fear of their threats.

In the end, Steel Bone Kong never made up his mind to start a war. He could only rage helplessly, and amid a barrage of verbal sparring, the conflict ended with more noise than substance.

The final result of this battle was that the Flying Pirates lost a large number of lower-ranking fighters and a small portion of their mid-ranking forces, but obtained nearly half of the Heavenly Tribute.

As for the Marines, their casualties were few and they suffered almost no losses in manpower. The biggest loser was the World Government, which only recovered half of the Heavenly Tribute.

Moreover, the Flying Pirates' raid on the Heavenly Tribute had undoubtedly delivered a vicious slap to the faces of the World Government and the Marines, grinding their dignity into the dirt and further damaging both of their reputations in the New World.

Somewhere in the New World.

Steel Iron Bone.

Inside the second-floor meeting room, smoke curled through the