"Should we report this to headquarters, Mr. Kuro?"

Seeing Kuro deep in thought, Kuro couldn't help but ask.

Kuro rolled his eyes. "I'm the captain-commander of 'Sword'. The old man gave me the power, so it's mine. What's the point of reporting to headquarters? I'm the one who makes the decisions, aren't I? Did that O. Kadi say where the 'Longsword Pirates' are now?"

"There's only just started moving; the whole operation hasn't even started yet," Kro said.

"Hmm... what's their purpose? What's their goal in going to the Grand Line?"

“I don’t know. O’Cardi didn’t go into details. He only said that he was an old pirate from the Longsword Pirates,” Kuro said.

"What's the configuration? What's the current size of the Longsword Pirates?" Kuro asked.

"Ten thousand people..."

Kuro said, "This pirate crew has a size of 10,000 men and women, all of whom are capable pirates and are quite strong. According to O. Kadi himself, their captain knows both types of Haki and is a qualified man, the strongest captain in history."

"He's got the potential, he's got Conqueror's Haki..."

These words made Kuro ponder.

A pirate captain with the potential to become a king, and a pirate crew of ten thousand...

Judging from the situation, these aren't just ordinary small fry; some high-ranking officials will definitely emerge from among these 10,000 people.

Kuro wouldn't underestimate the pirates from the four seas, after all, many pirates come from the four seas, and some of them have Haki even before entering the New World. Although their numbers are small, they are not nonexistent.

After all, many of those retired veteran pirates have returned to the four seas, but their experience is still there.

Should we send these people to the Grand Line?

It's not impossible. If such a century-old pirate crew's goal is the New World, Kuro would be happy to let them go to the Grand Line and cause trouble for the pirates in the New World.

But the premise is that such a large pirate crew won't cause trouble on the Grand Line.

But that seems unlikely. How could such a large pirate crew not cause trouble? If they were to come to the Grand Line together, the Navy would have to spend a lot of energy dealing with them once they started causing trouble.

After all, the South China Sea has the same geographical location as the East China Sea. It's possible to go to the Grand Line, but there's the Red Line separating them from the latter half. There's no other way but to start sailing from the Grand Line route. Otherwise, they could directly enter the New World without any problem.

But if we don't let it go...

With that number of players, the fighting would likely be very intense.

This isn't the kind of pirate crew that will split up on its own just by killing the captain. Even if you kill the captain, it won't do any good. You have to kill the flag and all the crew members to wipe out this Longsword Pirates.

"Forget it, I'll go there myself and call that O. Kadi, have him report his location in real time, and also send a telegram to the navy in the South China Sea to tell them to pay attention to the situation."

Kuro said, "Headquarters doesn't have enough troops to do this right now, so I'll do it myself. I can go and see the situation for myself. O. Kadi's explanation was too vague. Kuro, prepare the ship."

“Yes, Mr. Kuro.” Kuro nodded and turned to leave to prepare for the Golden Lion.

"Lida, let's go, to the South China Sea."

"oh."

Lida climbed off the golden lion tiger's soft fur, patted its head, then climbed onto its back and said, "Let's go, lick it."

“Its name is Dog.” Kuro repeated.

"Ouch..."

The golden lion-tiger roared helplessly, got up, and started walking outside.

For Kuro, getting to the South China Sea is simple: cross the Calm Belt to reach the Grand Line, then cross the Calm Belt on the other side of the Grand Line to reach the South China Sea.

Soon, Crowe assembled the navy, stationed the Golden Lion, and the ship set sail towards the South China Sea.

After entering the office, Kuro placed the bounty posters and information for the Longsword Pirates in front of him.

The wanted posters were a thick stack.

Kuro looked at the thick wanted poster, almost as thick as a finger standing upright, and raised an eyebrow. "So many?"

"These are criminals with bounties of over ten million from the Longsword Pirates; we didn't select any with lower bounties," Kro said.

That's the South China Sea!

With over ten million, they'd be considered 'great pirates' in the East Blue, and might not be weak even in the South Blue. This Longsword Pirates actually have that many...

"What's important?"

"Yes, I'm choosing."

Kro pulled out a few bounty posters and said, "First is their captain, 'Longsword' Robert Henry, whose bounty was 80 million Berries eight years ago."

The wanted poster depicted a cold-faced man with slicked-back hair, sinister eyes, and a long sword held horizontally in front of his face.

Eighty million...that's a very high figure in the South China Sea.

The title of all the captains of the Longsword Pirates has been 'Longsword', and every captain inherits this title.

After all, they are a legendary pirate crew from the South China Sea, so it's normal for their captain to have this level of bounty. As far as Kuro knows, none of the captains of the Longsword Pirates have ever had a bounty of less than 50 million.

“This is O. Kadi, with a bounty of 20 million Berries,” Kro said, pulling out another bounty poster.

The person above was wearing glasses, looked very refined, and appeared quite young.

"An old photo, isn't it? This is a picture from when you first joined the pirate crew?" Kuro asked.

"It should be; it hasn't been changed in a long time," Kro nodded.

Although the stated reason for O'Cardy's defection was the killing of a vice admiral, the actual circumstances are also noted in 'Sword's' files.

The vice admiral died unexpectedly, and headquarters used this opportunity to make O. Kadeer a defector and infiltrate the Longsword Pirates.

Of course, this kind of thing cannot be disclosed. In the past, the old man had the right to know, and now Kuro has the right to know.

Besides these two, there are several other officers of the Longsword Pirates with bounties exceeding 20 million.

What's particularly noteworthy is that these pirates' bounties are from several years ago, with the latest being five years ago. In the past few years, there has been no news about these people, except for the occasional appearance of pirates from the Longsword Pirates who come out to plunder.

They have always maintained a low profile, which is their tradition and one of the reasons why they have stood firm in the South China Sea.

Besides the inability to find the people and their locations, their low-key operations were also the reason why headquarters had not been able to make up its mind to eliminate them.

There are too many pirates, and there are simply not enough troops. When there are no spare troops, the priority is naturally to target pirate crews with a high degree of danger.

The Longsword Pirates have spies providing information to confirm their movements, so headquarters is aware of it but doesn't have the resources to manage them.

This thing is over a hundred years old. If they wanted to fight, they would have done it long ago. During the Warring States period, they managed to get someone in, but the Warring States period was also the height of the Great Pirate Era, so there wasn't much time for that.