The news that kept coming in, each piece heavier than the last, made Buggy's forced smile look even worse than a cry.
"Should we change the tactical plan now?" Buggy asked miserably. "If this keeps up and Blackbeard breaks away from the fight and returns with his entire army, it'll disrupt your previous deployment. With so few of us, we'll have to face Blackbeard's hundred thousand pirates head-on!"
"Hmph! What are a hundred thousand pirates?" Law snorted. "We captured a hundred thousand pirates in the undersea world without shedding a drop of blood. Numbers don't mean they'll definitely win!"
Buggy was momentarily speechless. Uchiha Hikaru's feat of capturing a hundred thousand pirates in the undersea world had long been celebrated throughout the New World. Especially since he had only had a handful of men at the time, Uchiha Hikaru's strength was already considered among the world's very best.
"Hey, hey, keep it low-key." Law's brazen tone made even Hikaru feel a little embarrassed. "Those were just rookie pirates trying to enter the New World. They weren't strong, nothing worth mentioning. But half of Blackbeard's hundred thousand pirates are veteran elites who've been in the New World for a long time. They're experienced, and their Combat Power is far greater than that group from the undersea world. There are countless pirates among them with bounties over a hundred million. If we really run into them head-on, we'd better run as fast as we can!"
Hikaru's words immediately plunged everyone into silence.
"Then what do we do now?" Buggy asked. "Do you have a solution?"
"Of course!" Hikaru said with complete confidence. "Before I even set out to form an alliance with you, I had already begun preparing for this move."
Roalt Sea, Mishil Island.
The Blackbeard Pirates' grand fleet was stationed