"Which Admiral will make a move this time?"
"Zephyr? Or Sengoku?"
"Without Roger around, Garp will find an excuse to duck out. If they want to wipe away their previous humiliation, swooping in at the end is their best choice."
Shane rubbed his fists.
Under normal circumstances.
If multiple factions were watching, they would be waiting for both sides to wear each other down, and both combatants would be better off settling things peacefully.
Unfortunately.
This battle on Hachinosu was different!
This was the Dragon Emperor Pirates' first campaign in the New World, and a battle for territory.
Retreat was absolutely out of the question!
Every previous time, they could escape and lie low somewhere out at sea.
From now on, they would have a foothold of their own.
An anchorage they would have to defend to the very end!
Without territory or forces, they were destined to be nothing more than a great ship drifting on the sea forever.
Until they approached seventy, and the Old Era could no longer set foot on the shores of the New Era.
"Pirates, pirate ships, pirate islands. You can't do without any of the three!"
Shane stepped forward and leaped from the bow.
The two sides watching this war were Golden Lion's Flying Pirates, and a Marine Headquarters Admiral with reinforcements from the branches.
Whether any other fighting forces were present remained unknown.
For Shane, that was an intelligence blind spot for now.
The combatants were Wang Zhi's Pirate Alliance, which occupied Rocky Port and ruled Hachinosu, and the Dragon Emperor Pirates.
"You want to swoop in after the fighting, but I have to cut the ground out from under you!"
Shane tried opening an Air Door, confirming and locking onto every crewmate's location.
Once victory was decided.
He would hold this