That night.
Intense combat occurred at the Rutherford Inn.
The creaking sounds of the swaying bed made even the innkeeper want to curse out loud.
But the woman had paid far too much.
100,000 Belly. He could completely renovate the inn a bit.
The next day.
When Rona returned looking refreshed and left behind the list of giants, Silas lay on the bed in silence.
Logically speaking, as a man, he should have profited from this arrangement.
But why did he feel like he was the one who had been used?
His relationship with Rona was less like a normal romantic relationship and more like a one-night affair where both parties would go their separate ways afterward.
Just looking at the bloodstains on the bedsheets, Silas could not help covering his eyes.
This woman had really been single for fifty years!
Nothing more to say about that night.
Rocks and the others were still being cautious, knowing that even if they executed a rescue operation, they had to wait until the Yarukiman mangrove resin arrived.
But now, the action plan needed to change.
Looking at the list in his hands, Silas saw that the giants sold to Acropolis Port were only a small portion of those listed.
The war at Elbaf had resulted in 163 missing giants in total, perfectly matching the number on the list.
Only ten giants had ended up at Acropolis Port. The majority had been used by the World Government as symbols of Elbaf's conquest, becoming slaves to the Celestial Dragons.
Rona's list could only roughly clarify the giants' whereabouts. As for those auctioned and bought giants, who they ultimately ended up with was beyond Rona's knowledge.
The White Wolf Pirates had rented a house on the edge of Acropolis Port. Though they had agreed to gather in two days, everyone still needed a common base.
When Silas returned to their temporary headquarters, he found everyone there.
"Yo, everyone's here."
Silas greeted them.
"I have a list here. To get this list, I really..."
"Captain!"
He saw Ripley looking at him with a serious expression. "Where did you go last night?"
"Ah, well..."
Silas had originally wanted to wave the list in his hand but saw Lily had already approached, sniffing around him.
"A woman's scent!"
"Could it be that Captain Silas knows someone at Acropolis Port?"
Kozuki Toki asked innocently.
"Damn it, I am available anytime if you just say the word, yet you went to find outside women?"
Stussy bit her finger, muttering to herself.
Four women made quite a scene, leaving Silas speechless.
"Sigh~"
Seeing this, Silas could only sigh.
"Since you all think I went to find women, what more can I say? So in your hearts, I am the type who cannot move when I see women?"
Silas casually threw the list in his hand, somewhat dispirited.
"This is the list of giants who went missing in that war at Elbaf. If you want to save those giants, go save them."
"The Marine Admiral will not be mobilizing."
The list in Silas's hand was a thick booklet containing not only the names of captured giants but also their portraits.
Originally still complaining inwardly that Silas ignored them and went to an inn with a woman who looked like that female Marine Admiral, but after seeing this list, Ripley was immediately speechless.
"Captain, did you spend the entire night searching for this list?"
"The truth no longer matters."
Silas looked at Ripley with a doting expression.
"As long as it helps you."
"Captain~"
Hearing Silas say this, Ripley immediately imagined him spending the whole night searching for the list, only to be misunderstood by them after working so hard. Her heart immediately filled with tremendous guilt.
"Captain, I am sorry! I should not have doubted you!"
"It is fine. After all, you are my most beloved crew member."
Silas rubbed Ripley's head.
"I am sorry, Captain Silas. I also had some bad suspicions earlier."
Kozuki Toki looked guilty. How could she have thought Silas was the type to abandon his female companions to play at pleasure districts?
"So it was not because I lack appeal!"
Stussy patted her chest, relieved.
Only Lily looked at Silas suspiciously. Though the list Silas brought back was definitely real, exactly how he had obtained it remained questionable.
It could not be that the woman Newgate mentioned, who looked like the female Marine Admiral, was actually that Admiral, could it?
A female Marine Admiral dragging Silas to an inn?
Impossible to imagine. That madwoman had always wanted to kill them all whenever she saw them. How could she have other thoughts about Silas?
"Brat, look clearly next time before speaking nonsense!"
Unable to figure it out after thinking, Lily directly gave Newgate, who had given false intelligence, a knock on the head, leaving the big kid looking wronged.
"But I really saw the Captain with..."
Before Newgate could finish, he saw Silas looking at him with a kind smile.
So it was you, kid!
At the time, with his attention fully on Rona, though Silas had noticed Newgate and the others' positions, he had not expected Newgate to witness him being dragged into the inn.
Fortunately he had been quick-witted, or his captain's dignity would have been completely lost!
Rocks on the side looked admiring.
He had not expected the atmosphere that seemed about to erupt into internal conflict to be pulled back by Silas's efforts alone. Could he have managed that?
Rocks felt the only solution would be having fewer female crew members on his ship!
Fish-man Dean looked out the window at the scenery.
On the same pirate crew and ship, arguments were very normal.
The most important quality for a captain was the ability to unite everyone.
However, though Dean did not oppose Silas finding new crew members, were there not too many among these new crew members who had feelings for Silas?
Ripley, Kozuki Toki, and Stussy.
Well, comparing it, maybe it was not that exaggerated.
At least there was still Linlin!
At eight years old, besides eating, she just ate, especially after starting Haki training.
With the giants' list in hand, Silas decided to revise the upcoming plans.
The original plan was for everyone to go underwater.
But now, Silas decided to have Lily and Stussy stay behind. The two would remain at Acropolis Port, responsible for rescuing the giants there.
Then the rest would continue toward Fish-Man Island.
Though the original plan was to capture the giant lanternfish to find Pure Gold, now, the plan had changed.
It was time to make the White Wolf Pirates' name ring even louder in this world!