That night, Stussy returned, covered in wounds!
That left only Chaos, Crocodile, Archino, and Enel still unaccounted for. The situation seemed rather unfavorable.
And so they waited. Five days passed.
"Those four!"
Early that morning, Stussy received word. Her brows furrowed, and her expression darkened.
Just as she'd expected, those guys weren't unable to return. They simply didn't want to.
According to the latest reports, the fleet captains pursuing Crocodile, Archino, and Enel had all given up at one point.
But those three had turned around and started hunting their pursuers the moment they stopped chasing them.
They simply wouldn't let anyone leave!
Their attitude was utterly atrocious.
At present, they were all making waves out on the sea, though no one knew exactly what was going on.
In any case, they were all still alive!
The only other battle was between Chaos and the Golden Lion, and things were getting worse and worse for Chaos.
It had already been eight days. If Chaos hadn't been retreating as he fought, there was no way he could have lasted this long.
On a deserted island somewhere in the first half of the Grand Line, a mushroom cloud rose into the sky. A figure shot through a mountain and slammed into the ground, kicking up a storm of rocks and sand before being buried beneath them.
A powerful shock wave spread outward. Chaos's face was deathly pale, and he was so thin he looked like a skeleton. Exhaustion and dejection radiated from him.
He looked like he'd been completely drained.
A golden bundle flew down from the lightning-filled sky. Without even looking, Chaos pulled all sorts of powerful tonics from it—ginseng, fleeceflower root, and more—and stuffed them down his throat without chewing.
The golden bundle merged with the tattered battle armor on