As for some kind of luxurious lineup, Hikaru had not actually decided exactly which subordinates he wanted to recruit. Still, he already had a rough framework in mind for the force he wanted to build.
Hikaru stood with his hands behind his back, listening to the endless false cheers around him. The sea breeze lightly lifted his hair. Dressed in white, he stood apart from the crowd, elegant and ethereal, with the bearing of an immortal. Baby5, standing behind him, was utterly captivated.
"You can take your time thinking that over!" Hikaru laughed freely. "But if the capable warriors under my command keep increasing, conflicts will probably increase as well. I only hope you can all get along."
"?" Law was puzzled. The four generals under Hikaru's command appeared to get along reasonably well at present. Even Drake, who had only joined recently, had integrated into the group nicely. After two battles, they had developed a certain degree of understanding between them. But from Hikaru's words, would they recruit some eccentric and difficult subordinates in the future?
The welcoming fleet stretched for dozens of miles across the sea. After all, they had dealt crushing defeats to fleets under the Four Emperors in two consecutive battles. There were only a handful of forces in the entire world with such strength. The important figures from these nations no longer dared to take them lightly, afraid that a moment of carelessness might once again offend the dazzling rising star, Uchiha Hikaru.
One had to know that every pirate at the level of a senior officer under the Four Emperors was, in any corner of the seas, a great pirate capable of stirring up bloody storms. Such people could often plunge an entire country into irreversible ruin all by themselves. Their terrifying threat and