"Damn it, Roger got away again!"
Garp slammed a fist onto the railing, his face full of resentment.
Beside him, Zephyr was also gnashing his teeth:
"We were just a bit short! That sudden waterspout completely blocked our pursuit route... they even took the chance to sink my ship! Otherwise, we could have at least captured a few of their officers!"
The more he thought about it, the angrier he got, "That was my newly equipped ship!"
*Crunch*... So, you're here chasing Roger with me, *crunch*... what about your original mission target?"
The previously furious Garp had pulled out a bag of senbei from somewhere and was asking indistinctly while chewing, as if the person who was angry before wasn't him.
Zephyr had long since grown accustomed to the eccentric personality of this colleague who was two years his senior. He sighed, not finding it strange, and calmed his mind before answering:
"No clues at all. Ever since Charlotte Linlin turned into a white dragon and left Sabaody, she's completely vanished."
"*Crunch*... She wouldn't have gone back to the New World already, would she?" Garp speculated while chewing senbei,
"That woman is a Mythical Zoan Type ability user who can fly. Crossing the Red Line shouldn't be hard for her."
"She shouldn't have," Zephyr shook his head,
"Our mole on Beehive Island hasn't sent back any news of her return."
"It's not like she could have gone to the Calm Belt, right? *Crunch*!"
Zephyr looked toward the Calm Belt and pondered: "Hard to say... but the possibility isn't high. Other than Sea Kings, there's only Nine Snake Island in the Calm Belt."
"True, she couldn't have specifically gone there to look for women, right? It's not like Beehive Island doesn't have any." Garp shrugged.
Zephyr then remembered something and said with a hint of annoyance:
"However, I did receive another piece of news—another quite powerful Pirate Crew has officially joined under Rocks in the New World recently. The Rocks Pirates have grown stronger once again."
"Oh? *Crunch*! Which crew?"
"The 'Gourmet Pirates'. Although there are only two of them, it's said that each possesses strength at least at the level of an elite Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral."
"Oh~ it's that weird duo made of a woman and a shorty! *Crunch*!" Garp realized.
On the lookout tower, the Marine responsible for scouting suddenly discovered a strange object in the sky,
"That's... so beautiful, so elegant. Does this white dragon really exist? Wait! A white dragon!"
The Marine's marvelling voice instantly turned to terror as he seemed to remember something:
"Rear Admiral Zephyr, Vice Admiral Garp, in the sky... there's a white dragon!"
"White dragon?" Garp's spirits lifted instantly. He tossed the last of the senbei into his mouth, rubbing his hands together in excitement,
"Hahaha! Looks like our luck is good! Just as we were talking about that woman, she delivers herself to us! Who else could the white dragon be but her?"
Zephyr immediately pulled out his telescope and looked in the direction the soldier pointed. Before he could find the target, the lookout reported urgently again:
"It's gone! It's ascending rapidly! The direction... it seems to be the Red Line!"
Hearing this, Garp instantly deflated like a punctured ball, his fighting spirit gone. He sullenly fished out another bag of senbei and began chewing, "Crunch, crunch":
"Looks like she's going back to the New World. Zephyr, you've been busy for nothing these past few days, and you even lost a new warship. How pitiful~"
"You gloating bastard! Give it here!"
Zephyr was instantly furious and snatched the newly opened bag of senbei from Garp.
If his ship hadn't been helping this guy chase Roger, how would it have sunk? This guy actually dared to laugh!
"Hey! My senbei! Give it back!" Garp cried out.
"No!"
To prevent Garp from snatching it back, Zephyr steeled himself and stuffed the entire bag of senbei, packaging and all, into his mouth, swallowing it after a few fierce chews.
"My senbei!!" Garp let out a heart-wrenching scream.
"Wait... you even ate the packaging?!" Garp's eyes suddenly widened in shock, as if he saw hope,
"Then I still have a chance!"
Zephyr looked at him expressionlessly, and then slowly spat out a wet, saliva-covered transparent packaging bag from his mouth.
"I see~ So senbei can be eaten like that!"
Garp had a shocked expression as if he had learned new knowledge. He stared fixedly at the packaging bag, then suddenly grabbed Zephyr's shoulders, his eyes shining,
"Brother Zephyr! Quick, teach me this technique! Next time, Sengoku can forget about stealing even half a piece of senbei from me! Hahaha!"
Zephyr looked at this guy with a bizarre train of thought, his face full of black lines, even angrier now.
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