The sea's high waves, hurricanes, lightning, monsters, and pirates can all threaten the safety of a merchant ship—a merchant ship's disappearance isn't worth much attention.
Weeks and half-months go by, one merchant ship after another vanishes, particularly with survivors jumping overboard to escape, reaching Watchtower Port to recount the terror of pirates. Finally, people began to realize that pirates had reemerged on the once-quiet Flash Sea.
If it weren't for that Undead Admiral voluntarily visiting the Volcanic Island, Leon wouldn't care about pirates at all. As long as they didn't provoke him personally, he'd remain indifferent about those pirates looting merchant ships—after all, his philosophy of life has always been to mind his own business and stay above the fray.
