"As for the supporting cast..."
Nia paused, then added:
"Vice Admiral Garp of the NEW Marines has also arrived in the Mermaid Kingdom."
"Oh?"
Shirahoshi raised an eyebrow and turned toward her with interest:
"Garp is here too? How interesting. How many people did he bring?"
She had been so busy with the celebration lately that she had no time to pay attention to anything else.
In her mind, she had a detailed order of priorities.
The celebration undoubtedly ranked above Luffy and his companions.
After all, the Mermaid Kingdom's twentieth-anniversary celebration was about more than opening its doors to the whole world.
Ross would be coming, and so would Otohime.
The two most important people in her life would both be there, which undoubtedly made this celebration more meaningful than Luffy, whose story was in no hurry to reach its end.
At this celebration, Luffy would be little more than an appetizer.
After all, this was not Alabasta. The Mermaid Kingdom was a nation Ross and Otohime had founded together.
"From what we've observed, he only brought two people. Admiral Kuzan and a young man said to be his disciple, named Koby," Nia answered truthfully.
"Only three people..."
Shirahoshi murmured softly, her slender fingers tapping lightly against the sofa's armrest with quiet, hollow knocks.
Rather few, but enough.
The celebration needs a vivid splash of red, but not too much.
"Yes." Nia nodded. "And Garp's group has already met Luffy and his companions."
"What a shame." Shirahoshi chuckled. "If I weren't so busy, I would have liked to see it myself. Auntie Nia, was there anything worth paying attention to?"
She did not want to go to the trouble of watching a recording over something so trivial.
Having Nia recount it would serve just as well.
"There wasn't much