The mysterious man who could hear the Voice of All Things.
Gold City.
Enel, Crocodile, and Archino's departure didn't affect anything.
Kuma kept playing mahjong, and Stussy and the other two women kept working.
As for that scoundrel Chaos, he was still living it up in the Red Light District.
Beneath the Gaia Building, Caesar was excitedly studying Blackbeard. He even wondered whether he should dissect him, frightening Blackbeard as soon as he woke up.
All kinds of curses spilled from his mouth.
Then came the struggling and begging.
Unfortunately, it was no use.
In Caesar's eyes, Blackbeard was just a lab rat on the operating table.
But Caesar had several other test subjects to study recently, so the dissection would have to wait a few days.
He was simply trying to scare Blackbeard on purpose.
That day.
The sun sank in the west.
The evening glow spread across the horizon. Gold City was ablaze with lights, its bustling, decadent nightlife so captivating it seemed like paradise.
Some people became rich in an hour, while others lost everything in the same time. Some even won ten consecutive matches in the arena, claiming more than a billion in prize money. With the bets placed on the side, they made an absolute fortune.
Others were infatuated with spending lavishly in the Red Light District.
But amid the glitter and glamour, an indistinct figure appeared without a sound outside the Gaia Building's glass windows, like a ghost. Through the glass, the figure could see Stussy, Baccarat, and Betty, who was cursing as she worked.
The three women didn't notice a thing.
Neither did Chaos, whose All-Weather Observation Haki covered all of Gold City.
The mysterious figure made no attempt to hide, appearing openly in midair, yet no one noticed.
It was as if