Chapter 781
Pudora Kingdom, Royal Palace Hall.
The atmosphere in the hall was rather delicate.
Those gathered in the hall had divided into two camps.
One camp believed that the heavy cannons at Pudora Kingdom Port could inflict heavy losses on the Chris Pirates.
The other believed that the heavy cannons at Pudora Kingdom Port would be virtually useless against the Chris Pirates.
These were, in fact, two fairly extreme views.
Those led by Finance Minister Kyle-Pope and Big Bug Rodman, captain of the Giant Bug Pirates, naturally hoped that the Chris Pirates would suffer devastating losses.
Middle Camino and Louis Cajo, meanwhile, firmly believed that the heavy cannons would be useless against the Chris Pirates.
The argument between the two sides grew increasingly heated, until they began forcing those who had remained silent to take a stance.
Naturally, these included Captain Isaac, Bull Milo-Teach, and Old Blacksmith Smart.
They had disdained offering their opinions or judgments in the first place, because they disliked getting involved in pointless arguments.
But as the atmosphere in the hall grew more heated, they had no choice but to voice their opinions and take sides.
Bull Milo-Teach shrugged helplessly and said casually, "I don't know much about the Chris Pirates. I don't know exactly how strong they are."
"But I have seen Pudora Kingdom's heavy cannons in action."
"So I think Pudora Kingdom's heavy cannons should inflict some losses on the Chris Pirates."
As soon as he said this, Finance Minister Kyle-Pope jumped in. "So Captain Milo-Teach agrees with me!"
"You also believe that our kingdom's heavy cannons can inflict massive losses on the Chris Pirates!"
Kyle-Pope positively beamed as he spoke.
It never seemed to occur to him that he had turned Milo-Teach's "some losses" into "massive losses."
Just like that, Kyle-Pope pulled