"There's only one question: whether he wants to gather that many people!"
After a pause, Xia Le's eyes sharpened.
"But from the look of things, he clearly intends to fight us with everything he has!"
This was already different from the original story. Compared to Whitebeard's ten thousand troops in the original, his current force far exceeded that number.
"With everything he has?"
Sengoku murmured.
"But that works out just fine."
"The Whitebeard Pirates are strong, but our Marines aren't weak either!"
"He can muster a hundred thousand troops, but the forces at Marine Headquarters have already far surpassed that number!"
At this point, Xia Le's eyes gleamed.
"I thought this would be a dull war, one we could end quickly. I never expected things to turn out like this!"
"It should get my blood pumping!"
Sengoku also clenched his fists, an unreadable look in his eyes.
Time continued to pass, and another three days went by in the blink of an eye.
"Whitebeard's fleet has passed Hachinosu. Their forces have mostly assembled, and their scale is immense!"
"If word of their terrifying number of ships got out, it would be enough to make anyone tremble!"
Reports continued to arrive.
But compared to before, they contained little useful information. Most merely concerned the fleet's route.
"Pirates from Hachinosu have approached the Whitebeard Pirates with a fleet numbering several thousand men, declaring that they want to join this unprecedented war and teach the Marines a lesson."
At this report, the expressions of everyone in the Fleet Admiral's Office shifted slightly.
Under the Whitebeard Pirates' lead, the madness in certain pirates' hearts had been stirred, awakening their lust for battle and prompting them to join of their own accord.
This was undoubtedly bad news for the Marines, and it might trigger a