At Entrance A,
A gentle breeze drifted by,
Black Long Hair and yellow bangs fluttered softly,
Austin, dressed in a white shirt, snapped his fingers, and the friction sparked a flame that lit his cigarette,
He took a drag and slowly exhaled smoke,
"Father..."
Before seeing Austin, Sanji had had a lot he wanted to say, but now that he was seeing this "dad," who looked almost exactly as he remembered and appeared to be around his own age,
Sanji did not know what to say.
Should he thank him for taking care of him before?
Or bring up the tragedy of Alabasta?
In the end, Sanji said neither. He merely reached for his lighter, intending to have a cigarette as well,
At that moment, a cigarette was flicked toward him.
Sanji caught it instinctively. Looking closely, he saw that it was an extremely expensive-looking cigarette,
"Long time no see, Sanji."
Austin, carrying neither a sword nor a gun, stood with one hand in his pocket and a cigarette hanging from the corner of his mouth as he smiled and said,
"You should know what it means for me to appear here. The sea is not a place rookies like you can venture into.
Go back. Don't make Sora worry."
Sanji fell silent,
But after a long while, he still did not take a step back.
"Robin-chan, Franky, go find Luffy and the others. I'll hold Father back here first."
Sanji stepped forward,
With that step, he had already made his will clear: he would not yield.
"Sanji..."
Franky wanted to step forward and say something, but Robin stopped him,
Robin's pupils trembled as she forced herself not to panic too much.
"Franky, calm down. Since we encountered him first, we can only hurry and find Luffy and the others