Moby Dick.
This was an exceptionally massive pirate ship. Unlike the common two- or three-masted pirate vessels, it had four masts, three gun decks, and a displacement exceeding 3,000 tons. Aside from ships belonging to the Giant Race, it was unquestionably one of the largest pirate ships in existence.
Even in the Navy, only the highest-class warships could compare to this enormous vessel, like a "white whale."
This ship was a genuine behemoth!
Now, this old companion that had been with Whitebeard for nearly thirty years was docked at the port of Silver Iris Island for routine inspection and maintenance. Blenheim, Captain of the 9th Division of the Whitebeard Pirates, and Fossa, Captain of the 15th Division, were leading the crew's shipwrights as they worked with complete focus.
The enormous port was occupied almost halfway by the Whitebeard Pirates' massive Fleet. Yet amid the uniform pirate flags bearing skulls with crescent-shaped white mustaches, more than a dozen Golden Coffee Tree Flags fluttered in the wind.
This was the Fleet Aleus had brought.
Since he had arranged to meet Sea Knight Jinbe on the deck of the Moby Dick three days later, Aleus had simply had his Fleet follow the Whitebeard Pirates to Silver Iris Island.
They waited for Sea Knight Jinbe to appear.
This was Aleus's flagship.
It was only when the sun was high in the sky that Aleus finally crawled out of bed. After washing up and brushing his teeth, he finally sat down at the dining table and began enjoying the most important meal of the day—though judging by the time, it was almost lunch.
"Fran, is there any interesting news today?" Aleus asked between bites as he speared a piece of sea beast meat with his fork and wolfed it down.
It was a habit