"Hao Qi began pacing back and forth, deep in thought. It was true—this was a factor he hadn't considered thoroughly before. Just like that department head in Haitian Country, who came from an aristocratic family; while his individual influence might not have been enough on its own, for all these years, the Shadow of the Blue Sea Pirate Crew had plundered countless people. Their victims were scattered across practically every small family and small faction throughout the entire Blue Sea. Perhaps those families kept their heads down, terrified of utter annihilation or the retaliation of the great clans and nobles, but that didn't mean they harbored no resentment."
"Yes, how could I have forgotten?" Hao Qi muttered to himself. "True, for the sake of their family's legacy, their kin, and their living relatives, they had to bury their hatred deep inside, not daring to show even the slightest hint of grievance. But if given the chance, they would inevitably join in the revenge. All we lack now is a catalyst, someone willing to stand up first—and we are that catalyst..."
"So, Linger, how do you plan to make them rise up together with us for revenge?"
Chapter 84