Make the Tiger Devour the Wolf

"There are a lot of banned books!" Kong said with a wry smile. "They've already been transported to the Holy Land and stored in a dedicated warehouse. There are simply too many—over seventy million books!"

"I'm not taking them out of the Holy Land!" Miming said. "They're just sitting there wherever they are. Move them to my home."

"It would be fine even if you took them out of the Holy Land. No one would know!" Kong said quietly. "I don't want to go looking for trouble. How did you know about this, Saint Sanming?"

"Haha, old fox!" Miming said shamelessly. "I found out in a dream."

Kong breathed a sigh of relief. Dreams really did know everything.

Miming did not return home until late after meeting with Kong. The old man was extremely shrewd, and Miming cooperated well too. Whenever he needed to concede something, he did, taking the military's position into consideration. In truth, both sides were quite satisfied with their current method of cooperation.

As for future strategy, Miming revealed some of his ideas in advance. Kong's eyes lit up. Use pirates to deal with pirates? Make the tiger devour the wolf—this was an excellent move, and it should work.

"Saint Sanming, what a brilliant plan!" Kong spoke from the heart.

Over the years, pirates had grown increasingly formidable, and soldier casualties were double what they had been a decade ago. The Celestial Dragons only wanted results, but from the military's perspective, the situation was truly difficult to handle. If the Shichibukai strategy succeeded, many Marine officers and soldiers could avoid dying. As one side waned and the other grew, the scales would eventually tip.

Thus, preparations for the Reverie began in full swing.

Miming finally returned home as well. Only then did he have time to