Being able to read minds really was convenient. Bright could easily confirm Vice Admiral Chaton's state of mind.
Bright was certain that the guy would take action next.
"Anyway, that was probably all we could do for now."
Bright stretched lazily. "Let's head back."
Miss Gion looked upward once more. All she could see were sheer cliffs and a night sky glittering with stars.
She nodded softly, then followed behind Bright into the water, returning toward Fish-Man Island.
Kaki, I can only count on you now.
Gion sighed inwardly, then swiftly descended into the deep sea, already moving far away from Marineford.
They had indeed left, but Kaki, standing on the terrace above, had fallen into deep confusion.
"Gion..."
The woman he had loved for decades had spoken with such sincerity that he found it hard to believe she was lying.
But if she had not lied, then it was the World Government that had lied, and that was even harder for Kaki to imagine.
If the Government had truly framed Gion, then what that meant was something Kaki did not dare consider.
Just thinking about it made his scalp tingle.
But precisely because the consequences were so serious, wasn't it more likely that this was a scheme by Gion and Teacher Zephyr?
Were they deliberately driving a wedge between the Marines and the Government so they could seize the initiative in the coming war?
He could no longer tell who was telling the truth and who was lying.
But Kaki knew that, in his heart, he leaned toward believing Gion.
They had known each other for decades. He understood Gion far too well.
She would never betray the Government so easily. There had to be some special reason.
"Besides..."
At some point, the previously melancholy man's lips had curled