The next day.
The sky was clear.
It was a beautiful day.
A golden speedboat raced across the vast, rolling sea.
Baccarat wore a bikini and a sheer wrap, lounging on a comfortable sofa as the boat sailed onward by itself.
Its course had already been set.
As for the boat's power source, Caesar had come up with it by combining it with Sky Bellies.
One Sky Belly could keep the boat going for about six hours. Once it ran out, they could replace it with a fresh one, and the boat would be able to sail indefinitely.
Baccarat's destination this time was a country called the Liquor Kingdom. She needed to take care of some matters there.
And the Liquor Kingdom was only the first stop.
If the investigation proved accurate, it probably wouldn't be easy to deal with everything on this trip.
They might even need Enel and Archino to come back.
"I'm a little bored."
Baccarat surveyed the boundless sea, then glanced at the direction finder on her wrist. After confirming they were still on course, she couldn't help yawning.
Maybe she'd take a nap first!
Before long,
Baccarat had drifted off to sleep.
Time slipped quietly by.
Until she came across a pirate ship.
Something seemed wrong with the ship. It had clearly been hit by cannon fire, and from the looks of it, it was fleeing.
The damaged hyena Jolly Roger revealed that it belonged to the Dog Pirates.
Their captain was Dog King Bugga, who had first appeared in the Sabaody Archipelago.
Who would've thought that after all these years, they still hadn't been swept away by this turbulent age?
His bounty had once been 130 million. After years of fighting, it had climbed to 360 million.
"Captain, we've got something!"
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