Vice Admiral Chaton, swaying with every careless step, was leading a squad of Marines on patrol through the wilderness on the outskirts of Mary Geoise.
The white city of Mary Geoise stood atop the Red Line.
Yet this largest landmass in the world was devoid of much life. Few plants could survive in the crimson soil, considering this place stood nearly ten thousand meters above the sea, where the temperatures were remarkably low.
Not to mention that this crimson land had never possessed anything like rivers. Plants and animals had no foundation upon which to grow here, and even Mary Geoise's resources had to be transported up from the sea below.
Beyond prosperous Mary Geoise lay nothing but boundless wilderness. Though it was the world's largest landmass, it held little practical value.
Vice Admiral Chaton looked lazy, but inwardly, he was growing anxious.
There was nothing to be found in this empty wilderness.
Was the Science Unit's base really nearby? Or was Gion truly deceiving him?
The man was utterly at a loss.
He did not know whether he had simply failed to find it, or whether he had been deceived from the start.
But at that moment, his brow suddenly furrowed.
"I'm going to use the restroom. You guys keep heading forward."
He suddenly spoke up.
The Marines under his command had no doubts at all and simply continued onward.
After all, this was not the first time. Vice Admiral Chaton had always been very willful.
Vice Admiral Chaton walked to an uninhabited stretch of wilderness. After confirming that his subordinates had gone far away, he turned to look in a certain direction.
"Gion-chan! Come on out!" The man's face broke into a brilliant smile.
Chaton had kept his Observation Haki active, so of course he had immediately noticed