Dream

?!

Sabo.

Sabo blinked reflexively, then lowered his head and glanced at himself, only to realize that his current position seemed somewhat... indecent.

For a moment, even Sabo, with his exceptionally steady personality, couldn't help but stiffen slightly.

It would have been fine if no one had seen him, but he never expected to be watched...

Wait!

Sabo suddenly thought of something and hurriedly raised his head to carefully examine the three people not far away.

The youngest little girl who had been speaking just now had golden hair, so Sabo ruled her out first. His gaze then fell on the two people beside the blonde girl.

Both had black hair, and their clothes looked somewhat tattered. Their features were delicate and rather similar, as though they were siblings...

Just as Sabo felt a surge of joy, he suddenly noticed that the two appeared to be around twelve or thirteen years old.

Yet the targets Sabo had been ordered to find inside the Pure Gold Lanternfish's stomach were supposed to be a pair of children around eight years old.

Sabo had no time to wonder why these three children had appeared here. Instead, he once again focused his attention on Ace.

Then...

Sabo steeled himself, tightly shut his eyes, and lowered his head to perform rescue breathing on Ace.

"Whoosh!!"

With his physique and lung capacity, Sabo blew with all his strength, causing Ace's stomach to swell at an almost visibly rapid rate.

The next moment, Ace's eyes suddenly flew open, and the first thing he saw was Sabo's face, mere inches away.

???

Ace.

Wh... what happened?!

Almost instinctively, Ace shoved Sabo away, his expression filled with sheer horror.

What did Sabo do to me while I was unconscious?!

Then, when Ace raised his head, he suddenly discovered three