Although Mousse still had little interest in Laugh Tale, if he happened upon clues while doing something else, he would look into them to satisfy his curiosity. If it was too troublesome, he definitely would not have the spare time for it.
"I have my own way of overthrowing the World Government. There's no need to follow some so-called 'fate' that was supposedly arranged eight hundred years ago."
Thinking that, Mousse could not help but laugh. If that "fate" had truly been arranged, would it be his turn, an outsider who had crossed over, to "follow" it?
After confirming that those who stayed behind would almost certainly die, Dr. Clover expanded the list of those leaving as much as possible. Yet the objective limitations remained, and even including Nico Olvia, there were only thirty-four people.
By coincidence, that number was exactly the same as the expedition team she had previously led out to search for Poneglyphs. No matter how one looked at it, it felt somewhat inauspicious.
However, Ohara's scholars had no mind to dwell on such miscellaneous matters. Every one of them was swamped. Deciding which books to take required painstaking thought, and everyone had a mountain of preparations to make.
Charlotte Mousse was making preparations as well. For instance, he shaved off his hair, which had grown long again, and used lotus-leaf water to darken his complexion a little. That way, he looked like a young monk from the Flower Kingdom rather than merely a young monk.
Since Totto Land had already made peace and agreed to a ceasefire with the World Government, the bounties on the BIG Pirates' officers had naturally been withdrawn. Even without disguise, Mousse did not have to worry about being arrested. Cipher Pol might still make a move in secret, but at least