Marine Training Camp,
Zephyr had also received news of Senga. At first, he had been just as astonished, but once he calmed down, all that remained was an intense sense of pride. Yes, he was proud of Senga!
Thinking back on all the moments he had spent with Senga at the Training Camp, Zephyr shook his head with a soft chuckle and muttered to himself,
"I never thought you'd reach such heights already. Keep it up. The future seas belong to you, Senga!"
In the girls' dormitory, a roommate eagerly handed Ain a newspaper and shouted,
"Ain, look! Something huge happened to that Uchiha Senga!"
Hearing that, Ain's listless eyes suddenly widened. Her roommate's words were clearly ambiguous, and she thought Senga's life was in danger.
She snatched the newspaper from her roommate's hands and read every word with trembling hands and a nervous heart. Only after finishing did Ain finally relax and let out a long breath.
As long as Senga was all right!
Her roommate found Ain's reaction strange and stubbornly added,
"That Senga injured Rayleigh! Silvers Rayleigh, the Dark King! The right hand of One Piece!"
Ain remained unmoved and merely nodded to show that she knew. Seeing this, her roommate lost interest as well and returned to her bed to rest.
After her roommate left, Ain sighed softly and secretly picked up the newspaper again. Senga's image was reflected in her eyes. As she stared at it, she unconsciously raised a hand and gently stroked the photograph, murmuring,
"Are we ultimately people from two different worlds? Could you slow down a little? Catching up to you is so hard, so hard..."
On a warship,
Gion was likewise gently stroking Senga's photograph in the newspaper. Then she pressed that page tightly against her chest and thought,
"The