Of course, the World Government wasn't the only one watching the Sabaody Archipelago.
Fish-Man Island had been keeping an eye on it as well.
So, when the battle here began, a phone call quickly woke Bright from his sleep.
He immediately rushed to the Sabaody Archipelago. Fortunately, it wasn't far from Fish-Man Island, and it seemed he had arrived just in time.
"Oh, Emperor of the Deep Sea!"
Though Kizaru's tone remained drawn out, beads of sweat had already appeared on his forehead. "Teacher Zephyr, you never told me you knew this man!"
This was the worst possible development!
Brat was already the strongest enemy the government faced. If Teacher Zephyr got tangled up with him too, things would truly become troublesome.
But of course, Zephyr himself was completely baffled as well.
He simply could not understand why Bright had come to save him.
Their only connection had been when Edward Weevil attacked them last time, and Bright had come to rescue them under the government's orders.
Could it be that he, the one who had received help, had remained unmoved, while the one who extended a hand bore him goodwill instead?
However, Zephyr realized that the instant Bright arrived, a faint surge of secret delight had risen from deep within his heart.
It made him feel ashamed.
Of course, he did not want to end things here, much less let his disciples fall into eternal ruin alongside him.
But accepting Bright's help because of that filled him with pain as well.
So—
"Bright! I didn't know we had that kind of friendship!"
Zephyr looked up at Bright, who had transformed into the Divine Dragon and coiled through the sky, and sneered.
"No need to be so distant, Mr. Zephyr."
Clouds wrapped around the crimson Divine Dragon as Bright swam