The news about one of the Red Cloud Pirate's fleets! that mysteriously defeated at the Hot Lake soon became the headlines in every notice board in the city. Everybody knows that Red Cloud Pirate fleets are notorious lawless criminals who work and are often commissioned by powerful sects to do their dirty jobs.
Of course, the details about what they were actually doing at the mountain range was highly classified. This news was made in order to control the people with fear and eventually finding the culprits by forcefully extorting any witnesses for information.
To make it convincing that the Red Cloud Pirate was very serious about finding the real culprit, the notice board was signed by the Fleet Admiral himself!
[....From the evidence that we gathered, the culprit was heading east. Therefore, we will investigate the city. Any information regarding the possible culprit will be valued highly.]
"Which idiot dared to mess with Red Cloud Pirates?!"