"Speaking of which, the Oran Sea has been dealt with, so it's time to turn up the heat in the West Blue!"
"Over the past year, we weren't the only ones feasting in the West Blue. Our allies haven't been sitting idle either!"
"Increase our investment in the West Blue. We must establish a relatively stable order before the decisive battle, so it won't affect the showdown at God Valley."
"Especially now, with both Captain Rocks and the World Government busy preparing for the decisive battle, this is the best opportunity."
"Notify Zhu Feng, Linlin, Loki, Zeus, and the others. It's time to feast. There's no need to hold back anymore. Commit your forces boldly to the West Blue. The World Government has no time to deal with us right now!"
In the Conference Room at Dragon Chen Garden, Lind made his wishes known to his trusted subordinates. They could make bigger moves in the West Blue now.
They just couldn't look too greedy. Although they could take it all themselves, that would tie down a large number of troops and make it harder to maintain relations with their allies.
It would also be too conspicuous. It would be bad if everyone joined forces against them, and it didn't fit Lind's way of doing things either.
Lind had made such great progress in the West Blue over the past year partly because he had plenty of manpower and money, and partly because the West Blue was chaotic enough.
This wasn't the chaos of war raging everywhere, but a tangled jumble of factions. With Lind guiding things, who knew how many forces had secretly poured into the West Blue?
No one could say for certain who was behind the various companies and gangs. Even Lind's vast intelligence apparatus couldn't fully distinguish