They could not quite understand what Hayes meant.
So many of them turned to Bull Milo-Teach, Big Bug Rodman, and the others.
Bull Milo-Teach looked unruffled. He raised an eyebrow and said, "I've said it before. The only reason I came to Pudora..."
"Was because of the World Government and the Navy."
"So I'm on their side."
"Whatever they tell me to do, I do."
Big Bug Rodman burst out laughing beside him. He blew out a puff of smoke and said, "If you fall out with the Navy..."
"The three of us will leave at once!"
Big Bug Rodman made no attempt to hide what he thought.
The World Government was the reason they had come to the Pudora Kingdom in the first place.
If the World Government decided to break with the Pudora Kingdom, they had no reason to stay.
Haliya-Zina, captain of the Troublesome Pirates, brushed back her hair and smiled. "We like causing trouble."
"But that doesn't mean we like getting caught up in it."
"The war between the Pudora Kingdom and the Chris Pirates is already more trouble than anyone could ask for."
"If not for the World Government, I'd stay far away from it."
"Sorry. Whether we stay or go isn't up to us."
Now that they had said this much, there was no point holding anything back.
They did not mind outsiders learning that the three of them, captains of pirate crews that had made their names in the New World...
Had been forced by pressure from the World Government to cooperate with the Navy and fight alongside the Pudora Kingdom.
Until the war ended, none of them would truly be free.
Once Cipher Pol had its eye on someone, there was no escaping its gaze.
And since they could not take down