"So, judging by this..." The Snake Princess elegantly lifted her black tea and took a sip, then picked up the document and skimmed it. Her red lips parted slightly, her expression languidly amused.
"After this battle, Kaido of the Beasts has stronger forces and more territory. He really does have something of a claim to 'reigning supreme' over these seas now."
"That isn't what we should be concerned about." Gern set down his cup, his tone calm.
"Wano Country is far overseas and closed off from the world. Whatever happens in the fighting there has nothing to do with us for now."
Gern paused, tapping the tabletop lightly with a finger. "What we need to focus on now is dealing with the 'World's Strongest Man' right in front of us.
Don't forget, he's notoriously protective of his own.
Laying a hand on anyone in his pirate crew, even an affiliated captain on its fringes, is enough to provoke his fury."
Tesoro, who had been listening quietly, immediately caught his meaning and spoke up. "Admiral Gern, about that...
How should we deal with the Decalvan Brothers we arrested the day before yesterday?
They're being held in the base's temporary cells right now."
The Decalvan Brothers were the very pirates Tesoro and Lipo had personally captured during their patrol two days earlier.
The pirate brothers had clearly only recently placed themselves under the banner of the Whitebeard Pirates, flaunting their status as "Whitebeard's men."
Yet their pirate habits of murder, arson, pillaging, and abusing civilians had not changed in the slightest. If anything, they had grown worse.
They had even brazenly plundered island villages and towns within the waters under G-10's jurisdiction, swaggering with arrogance.
They were the classic sort of fools who relied on powerful backing to run wild despite having