"Captain, No. 7 Resource Island is our most important outlying transfer station!"
"The hundred thousand Seastone Armor-Piercing Bullets old man Hyogoro sent over a few days ago, along with three thousand seastone weapons, are all piled up in No. 7 Island's underground warehouses, waiting to be loaded aboard!"
"The Cross Guild has deployed a full fifty large Armored Battleships this time, with Crocodile personally commanding them!"
"The island's samurai garrison and our Marines are fighting to the death, but the difference in numbers is too great. Their heavy guns have already shattered the entire island's outer defenses!"
"In another half hour, the underground warehouses will fall!"
Lorne tossed the intelligence onto the table and sneered.
"The Cross Guild, riding high these days?"
"A bunch of Shichibukai huddling together for warmth think they're worthy of coming onto my territory to steal."
Lorne stood and draped a heavy black cloak over his shoulders.
"I just announced the founding of the Fearless Empire, and these pirates are already rushing out to serve as stepping stones."
"Since Crocodile wants to use my resources to fight for supremacy, I'll go there myself and smash his bones one by one with my fists."
"I'll use the heads of the Cross Guild to show the entire sea who truly rules these waters."
Dragon stood as well, watching Lorne's utterly fearless figure.
"Crocodile has gathered tens of thousands of desperadoes under his command. Dracule Mihawk might be with him too."
"The Revolutionary Army has a few Reconnaissance Ships in the nearby waters. Do you need me to mobilize them to cover your flanks?"
Lorne turned his head and rejected Dragon's offer without hesitation.
"No need."
"A rabble is still a rabble. However many come, they'll only be coming to die."
"Dragon, remember the agreement we just reached. Just