Nine-Character True Words

"Alright, I'll go back and inform them right away!" Tiger still insisted, "But you will always be the leader of the Freedom Alliance!"

Seeing the sincerity in Tiger's eyes, Ryan truly could not bear to refuse. "Alright!"

"Then let me tell you about the Freedom Alliance's development strategy for the next few years!"

"Build strength in secret, make many friends, expand slowly!"

Ryan explained at length.

"What does that mean?" It was not just Tiger—Fujitora and the others did not understand either. Even Robin, who usually saw everything clearly, was confused.

The other two were easy enough to understand, but what did "make many friends" mean?

Seeing that everyone was confused, Ryan began to explain.

"Building strength in secret means that from now on, we must continuously accumulate our strength in the shadows. We cannot let the World Government discover us. We must put what the World Government wants to see out in the open, acting both openly and secretly. Understand?"

"I'm still a little confused!" Tiger scratched his head.

"Let me put it this way. The Freedom Alliance has two main branches. Out in the open, we are an organization that rescues slaves. In secret, we send people out to establish merchant associations and use them to relocate our people. In the future, those merchant associations will become branches of the Freedom Alliance. This cycle will continue. On the surface, we'll keep our numbers at around ten thousand, so the Freedom Alliance the World Government sees will merely be a small organization that poses no great threat."

"That would be like endlessly replicating ourselves. And we don't have to establish only merchant associations. Gangs, guilds, even mercenary groups can all become our fronts!"

"This will not only increase our sources of income, but also train our people."

"Brilliant!" Robin's