With the Affiliated Nations of the West Blue pressing so urgently, the World Government showed a rare burst of efficiency.
Less than three days after the Lanhe Kingdom was destroyed, Red Tiger set out for the West Blue with his first contingent of elite subordinates.
As soon as Red Tiger put to sea, Lind received the intelligence and notified Axel, asking whether he needed reinforcements.
He also told Axel that if he could not hold off Red Tiger, he should take the Kunpeng Squad to the Flower Country and seek protection from Zhu Feng and Chang Fengxia.
Axel, however, intended to first see whether he could handle Red Tiger himself.
Ever since Lind had crippled Red Tiger with a single slash, labels like fraud, all show and no substance, and paper tiger had been pinned on him.
Axel felt that although his strength had yet to break through that bottleneck, he might still be able to deal with a fraud like Red Tiger.
With Raditz, who had taken an unconventional path to power, at his side as well, Axel was brimming with confidence.
Since his last fierce battle with Chinjao, Raditz had grown considerably stronger thanks to a breakthrough in his state of mind.
He had gone ever further down the path of attaining supremacy through sheer strength. At full power, his raw physical strength had already reached the threshold of Admiral-level, just like Kaido's.
Against someone as fragile as Red Tiger, he would pose an enormous threat.
Considering how destructive Red Tiger's Fruit Ability was, Axel did not wait for his arrival in Dan'a City.
Instead, he took Raditz and several dozen members of the Kunpeng Squad straight to the vicinity of Reverse Mountain to greet him.
Like Loguetown in the East Blue, Munger Town in the West Blue