The Rocks Pirates had reached the height of their power!
They had more than a dozen Top Combatants.
That was enough to make both the World Government and the Superpowers wary.
At this point, the Superpowers had decided to pull out of the Rocks Pirates and separate their main intelligence networks from the crew.
In other words, they would withdraw their intelligence support.
By now, the Rocks Pirates had trained intelligence agents of their own: Shakky, Reinhardt—who served under Golden Lion Shiki and was being groomed as his right-hand man—and others.
Even without the Superpowers' help, the crew's intelligence network could keep growing, though it would certainly be diminished.
The Superpowers would leave only a small contingent to monitor it.
Beyond that, what happened next was no longer their concern.
They had already given enough. They had poured untold manpower, resources, and money into the crew's growth, with nothing in return.
Of course, they had also achieved their goal. The Rocks Pirates had lived up to their expectations.
The intelligence organizations parted ways with the crew's network peacefully—so quietly, in fact, that it was almost imperceptible.
Even Hades's mother, Nyx, the Night Lady, had begun to let go. She kept control of a small portion of the intelligence network and devoted the rest of her energy to expanding Dark Night.
She would direct things from afar, no longer managing the crew's intelligence network in person.
If anything went wrong, it would have nothing to do with her and would not affect her.
Under these circumstances, Bessolo, the Hunter King who had escaped from Impel Down, caught their attention at just the right time.
The Hunters Guild had the potential to strike at the World Government's power in a different way.
The major Superpowers had worked together for years, and it