Once Ronglin's suspicions were aroused, he immediately activated his Observation Haki. His powerful senses instantly spread outward in all directions, probing everything around him.
Yet the information returned by his immensely powerful Observation Haki only left Ronglin even more puzzled. Within the surrounding waters that his Observation Haki could reach, there were no other presences besides the few of them.
Ronglin frowned. He suddenly remembered those people in the Ashil Kingdom's royal palace who had been able to evade his Observation Haki. They seemed to have relied on some kind of substance to block his sensing ability!
"Jinbe!" Ronglin called in a deep voice. "There's something in the sea, but I can't sense it!"
Jinbe's hands stopped turning the helm. He glanced back at Ronglin, then quietly removed his wooden sandals. His massive body leaped lightly overboard, and he plunged headfirst into the sea.
Not far away, Burgess felt a wave of shame at Jinbe's complete lack of hesitation in acting on Ronglin's words. Ronglin had only made a guess, yet Jinbe had gone straight to verify it. And him? He had been grumbling to himself the whole time, never truly trusting the Captain he had only just joined.
After diving into the sea, Jinbe swept his gaze around. Beneath the surface, the waters were empty. There was nothing there. Jinbe hesitated as he looked toward the deeper sea. Could something be hiding in that pitch-black, silent abyss?
Jinbe hesitated only briefly before flipping over and spinning rapidly through the water. He shot forward like a fired cannonball, without stirring a single bubble, diving swiftly into the deep sea at a speed that left Jazz far behind.
Before Jinbe had descended another hundred meters, a faint light suddenly flickered in the depths. Then the light grew brighter and brighter before