Meanwhile, Golden Lion Shiki and the others had returned to the Flying Pirates' Main Hall with the thousand-plus prisoners they had rescued.
Most of those pirates would be absorbed into the Flying Pirates.
Wasn't it only natural to pledge loyalty to the Flying Pirates, who had saved them, and receive their protection in return?
Besides, this was the New World.
Many of the pirates had only sailed the first half of the Grand Line before.
The Flying Pirates had no time to take them back. Fighting for the crew in exchange for its protection was only reasonable.
On these seas, no one did favors for nothing.
Even if Golden Lion Shiki had rescued them on a whim, what would happen after they left the Flying Pirates?
"Captain!"
At the sight of Byrnndi World, Bingjack and the others rushed forward, unable to contain their excitement.
They had not seen Byrnndi World in ten years. They had missed him terribly.
Byrnndi World looked rather worse for wear, though. His collarbones and wrists had been pierced, and they would take a long time to heal.
Those wounds were hardly fatal. For monsters like them, they would barely affect their fighting strength.
In a major battle, broken bones were commonplace.
But monsters like them, people of remarkable constitution on these seas, could recover easily.
A glass of milk could even make their teeth grow back in no time.
What were a few broken bones?
Such restraints meant nothing to Byrnndi World.
All he wanted now was to recover as quickly as possible.
Until his strength returned to its peak, he would not feel safe.
"Did you get it?"
Shiki turned to Reinhardt.
This had been a transaction. The payoff was what mattered.
While Shiki brought the prisoners back to the Flying Pirates, Reinhardt had