On the calm sea, one small and one large pirate ship sailed slowly onward, the white moonlight finally shining down upon them.
It was Whitebeard's group, who had already left the Heavy Rain Sea and entered calmer waters. Three hours had passed since the great battle ended.
The Green Fork Pirates continued following behind them, not leaving because Luo Han had gone missing.
Others might have believed Luo Han and Cole were dead, but the Green Fork Pirates did not. Luo Han had told them before that he could handle it!
So those fools, Takk included, firmly believed that Luo Han and Cole had merely gone missing and would return. That was why they had not left, continuing to follow behind Whitebeard's group as they waited for Luo Han to come back.
On the pirate ship ahead!
Standing on the stern deck and gazing at the horizon behind him, Whitebeard's thoughts gradually drifted back to the battlefield.
When he sensed Luo Han falling into the sea and confronted Garp in fury, a mysterious voice had suddenly sounded in his ear.
Thinking of those words, Whitebeard's lips curled into a slight smile. That brat has developed his Devil Fruit quite deeply. Whitebeard silently marveled.
Footsteps sounded behind him. Whitebeard withdrew his gaze from the sea behind them and turned to look at Sister Shaku as she approached.
"Newgate! Are those two little ones really dead?" Sister Shaku brushed back her hair, looked up at Whitebeard, and spoke with doubt and sorrow in her voice.
"Probably not. That brat told me to leave first." Whitebeard was not entirely certain either. The two had yet to return, and he had never heard of an ability that could free a Devil Fruit user from the sea's curse.
"Oh! He even informed you!" Sister Shaku's