That made the other members of the Seven Warlords Alliance quite envious.
There was no reason a Pirate Crew like this would not fill people with hope.
Bartholomew Kuma casually glanced around and said calmly, "The sea around us is a little too clean."
"It's clean to an unusual degree!"
Hearing this, Dracule Mihawk's hawk-like eyes swept across the surrounding sea as well.
Sure enough, it was just as Bartholomew Kuma had said. There was not a single pirate ship around the Chris.
The scene was rather eerie.
Dracule Mihawk narrowed his eyes slightly and said coldly, "Yesterday, pirate ships were still visible everywhere around us."
"Today, they've vanished without a trace."
"This is really interesting!"
Just yesterday, countless pirates had poured into the waters of the Pudora Kingdom.
Out of curiosity, some Pirate Crews had even boldly sailed their ships near the Chris.
The sight had felt somewhat like a gathering of stars around the moon.
Unlike today, when not a single pirate ship could be seen across such a vast stretch of sea!
Gecko Moria grinned, baring a mouthful of sharp teeth. "Perhaps this newspaper let them all know how powerful we are."
"So they're afraid that if they stay around us, we'll kill them!"
Doflamingo adjusted his sunglasses and frowned slightly. "I'm afraid it isn't that simple."
"If they were merely worried about angering us and being killed..."
"They wouldn't have needed to flee so far away."
"Looking out across the sea, we can't see a single pirate ship."
"That means they've probably left the central waters of the Pudora Kingdom entirely and gone to the outskirts."
Doflamingo was usually arrogant, but he remained highly vigilant toward danger.
He had also noticed that something was not quite right.
The behavior of the other Pirate Crews might be