In the hall of the Kuja Pirates' ship.
Galan Anu, the Kuja Empress, sat upon her luxurious throne, with the short Granny Nyon standing beside her.
Opposite the two of them lay a huge, thick, soft tiger-patterned cushion, and Ye Mu sat upon it.
After sending away the female warriors who had been watching the spectacle from the surrounding windows, Granny Nyon looked at the two who had clearly taken a liking to each other and were exchanging flirtatious glances. Unable to resist, she coughed once. When Ye Mu turned his gaze toward her, she cleared her throat and said,
"Captain Ye Mu, we already know why you have come. Although Anu has agreed to your request and led Kuja's warriors here, involving Amazon Lily in the conflict between you and the World Government—isn't that putting Amazon Lily in far too dangerous a position?"
Ye Mu had not concealed the origins of the people aboard the warships behind him, so Granny Nyon also knew how serious this matter was.
If the Marines and the World Government learned that Kuja was connected to the bloodline of the One Piece,
then, although Kuja had the Calm Belt as a barrier, whether it could truly stop an attack from the Marines and the World Government remained unknown.
Especially now that they had developed technology for sailing through the Calm Belt.
"I naturally understand that."
Ye Mu was not offended by Granny Nyon's words.
"However, Anu and all of you are the only people I can rely on right now."
Hearing Ye Mu call her name so familiarly, a crystalline gleam flashed through Anu's eyes.
"There are more than five thousand people aboard those two warships who are women and infants alone. Most of them are pregnant women. I can't possibly save them and