News of Uchiha Hiko's return to the New World spread swiftly. In the blink of an eye, the entire New World learned what had happened on the abandoned Punk Hazard. Caesar, the deranged scientist wanted by the World Government, had been captured by Uchiha Hiko. He then blew up the dark research facility there and rescued many children.
However, former Marine Admiral Aokiji had also appeared in this incident. He helped Uchiha Hiko deliver a group of children who had been maliciously used for experiments to the Marines for treatment.
As for who was behind the Punk Hazard research base, the Marines kept their lips sealed, and not a single piece of information leaked out. What surprised people was that Uchiha Hiko, who had always been quite obsessed with bounties, had not escorted Caesar in to claim the reward this time. Some sharp-eyed people sensed that something was off.
Marine Headquarters.
"So that's what Kuzan said?" Akainu stood by the window with a cigar between his teeth, thick smoke billowing around him. Behind him stood the White Hunter, Smoker, also smoking a cigar, leaving the entire room shrouded in haze.
"I investigated afterward, and it was basically true." Smoker said, "But the base had already been mostly destroyed by the explosion. Even though Kuzan stopped the massive blast, he still couldn't preserve the base. The data inside couldn't be recovered, so we could only infer from the remaining traces that Kuzan was telling the truth."
Naturally, Aokiji could not take a group of children across the sea to a Marine base on his bicycle. Instead, he called his old acquaintance Smoker and asked him to come pick them up. The children's symptoms flared up during that time, which did surprise Aokiji, though it was nothing he could not handle. He