"Thank you for what you did today!" Whitebeard said.
He was deeply grateful for Ryan's support today. If Ryan and his crew had not helped them through that gap, they might have been completely wiped out today, and the allied pirate crews that came to assist would have become meat on the chopping block, left for the Marines to slaughter.
"It was nothing."
"Go on, what is it?" Ryan did not waste words. He waved a hand and got straight to the point.
Whitebeard and Marco had not come looking for him merely to thank him. There had to be something else important, or they would not have waited until everyone else had left before speaking.
Ryan saw that much clearly.
Whitebeard and Marco exchanged a glance. Finally, Marco slowly said, "I want to ask you to save Namur tomorrow!"
Namur? Ryan thought for a moment. The name seemed familiar. When he had eavesdropped at Marineford before, he seemed to have heard it mentioned. This war had also begun because of him.
"The Fish-man tied to the great bell?" Ryan asked tentatively. He was not entirely sure.
"Yeah!" Marco nodded heavily, then looked at Ryan with a trace of hope in his eyes. The Whitebeard Pirates had discussed it as well. With their current strength, rescuing Namur was still too difficult. To put it bluntly, they could not even get close to him, much less save him.
So the two of them had set their sights on the Blood Sword Pirates. They were powerful, and since they were not members of the Whitebeard Pirates, the Marines would be somewhat less wary of them.
If they made the rescue attempt, the difficulty would be much lower, and the odds of success would rise accordingly.
Ryan lowered his head and pondered for