New World!
Across a sea blanketed in dark clouds, a white whale-shaped pirate ship sped along at high speed.
In stark contrast to the gloomy weather, the ship was filled with laughter and celebration.
"Congratulations!"
"Brother Oden, from now on, you're the captain of our Second Division!"
"Come on! Drink a whole barrel!"
"A whole barrel!"
The people aboard chatted happily and drank.
Today was the day a samurai named Kozuki Oden became the captain of the Whitebeard Pirates' Second Division, and everyone was celebrating for him.
Though the heavens had not been kind, it did nothing to dampen the Whitebeard Pirates' enthusiasm.
Unlike the cheerful atmosphere around her, a purple-haired woman with a heavily pregnant belly stood behind the crowd, smiling all the while.
Yet her eyes were hollow, as though she had been preoccupied with something, unable to settle her mind.
The fingers of her right hand kept rubbing the blue ring on her left index finger.
"What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell anywhere, Toki?"
After downing several barrels of wine, Kozuki Oden finally noticed something was off with his wife. With a flushed face, he came over to her.
"Ah... it's nothing!" Tian Yue Shi paused for a moment, then smiled. "I might just be a little tired!"
"Then hurry back to your room and rest!" The instant he heard that his wife was tired, Oden hurried forward to support her, speaking as he led her toward the cabins.
"I can walk on my own!" Tian Yue Shi gently pushed Oden's hand away and said softly, "Go keep Marco and the others company. You're the star of the day. You can't be absent."
As she spoke, she held her protruding belly with one hand and placed the other on her hip, slowly making her way to her