Perospero nodded in satisfaction, then turned his gaze back to Blackwater Valley.
Looking down at Chris, he murmured, "Just as I thought, in this war..."
"The Chris Pirates still haven't used their full strength."
"Perhaps they never considered the Pudora Kingdom an opponent on their level in the first place."
"In their eyes, the Pudora Kingdom is probably nothing more than a minor obstacle!"
Perospero had come to understand the Chris Pirates and recognize their formidable strength.
The only reason the fighting in Blackwater Valley was so fierce, with both sides seemingly trading blows,
was that the Chris Pirates weren't taking it seriously.
If they did get serious, Chris could probably incapacitate the Pudora Kingdom's hundreds of thousands of soldiers with a casual wave of his hand!
None of the other Chris Pirates would even need to act!
Katakuri's pupils narrowed slightly. Folding his arms across his chest, he said calmly, "The Chris Pirates will certainly be a troublesome enemy in the future."
"Those people don't look like they intend to fight at all."
"Chris probably didn't summon the Seven Warlords Alliance for reinforcements."
"To put it bluntly... the Seven Warlords Alliance is just a smokescreen!"
With events having progressed this far, Katakuri had finally figured out a great many things.
At first, almost everyone in the world had believed...
that the Chris Pirates had gathered every member of the Seven Warlords Alliance to bolster their strength and make attacking the Pudora Kingdom easier.
To some extent, this had left everyone astonished by Chris's ability to rally others.
At the same time, however, that shared assumption had also indirectly suggested that the Chris Pirates lacked confidence.
It had led many people and factions around the world to believe that the Chris Pirates simply weren't strong enough on their own.
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