"Can we finally go outside?"
The little girl lay excitedly atop Bright's cloud, her childish face brimming with anticipation.
After spending two hundred years inside a fish's belly, anyone would yearn for the outside world, let alone an energetic little girl like her.
Could they really get out?
Mr. Ashiya was far less cheerful than his daughter. He remained deeply worried.
A Mythical Zoan user—one look was enough to tell he was not someone to be trifled with.
Now that his ability to extract Pure Gold had been exposed, he had no idea what fate awaited them next.
Bright understood his thoughts very well.
After all, the effects of Pure Gold were simply too heaven-defying.
Even if it really did have some unknown flaw, so what? The ability to let someone live for two hundred years without aging in the slightest was enough to drive the entire sea mad.
And Mr. Mischina Ashiya, possibly the only person in the world capable of extracting Pure Gold, was unquestionably of immense importance.
Bright said nothing, though. Anything he said now would only worsen the man's fear. They should get out first.
Bright picked up speed and soon brought the three of them back to the Lanternfish's first stomach.
At that moment, Bright released several bubbles around Tesoro and the father and daughter.
"Huh? Bubbles?"
The little girl reached out and bobbed her head about in surprise. Then she discovered that no matter what movements she made, the bubble remained tightly wrapped around her. "This is so fun!"
"Are these bubbles from the Sabaody Archipelago?"
As expected of an experienced father, Mr. Ashiya asked in surprise, "Is this also a Mythical Zoan ability? But why add bubbles?"
"Because—"
Bright curled his lips into a grin, accelerated, and shot straight into the Lanternfish's esophagus,