The captains of the Pirate Crews opposite them all smiled.
Morantesi, captain of the Silver Bear Pirates, laughed. "Your Majesty is too kind!"
"If the Pudora Kingdom hadn't given the Silver Bear Pirates refuge back then, the Marines would have wiped us out long ago."
"Now that the Pudora Kingdom is in danger, of course the Silver Bear Pirates will do our part!"
Tobias, captain of the Tank Pirates, had also received help from the Pudora Kingdom. He nodded.
He grinned. "That's right. I said long ago that if the Pudora Kingdom ever needed me, I'd come!"
"The Tank Pirates haven't been sitting idle all these years, either."
"This is the perfect chance to see what the so-called Chris Pirates can do."
"I want to see just how formidable these Chris Pirates really are—the ones everyone claims can rival a Four Emperors Pirate Crew!"
Tobias clearly wasn't one to believe the hype.
He had always scoffed at rumors.
The more people talked about how powerful the Chris Pirates were, the more he wanted to take them on!
Ricky Davis looked at the two men who had spoken up first. "Who are these guys?"
"They seem awfully confident!"
Kyle Pope curled his lip and sneered. "They're all talk. They just like the sound of their own voices."
"Of all the Pirate Crew captains here, those two rank near the bottom."
"That's Morantesi, captain of the Silver Bear Pirates. He ate the Zoan Silver Bear Fruit and has a bounty of 230 million Beli."
"The other one is Tobias, captain of the Tank Pirates. He ate the Paramecia Cannon-Cannon Fruit and has a bounty of 270 million Beli."
Arinas raised an eyebrow and chuckled. "Those bounties aren't low."
"Any pirate with a bounty over 200 million Beli is dangerous!"
"Among us, only