"A, a warship?"
The moment he heard Storm's voice, Aokiji's heart nearly skipped a beat.
"Vongola Storm! What have you done now?"
Huh?
At that, Aokiji froze.
Why had he said "now"?
"Done what? Admiral Aokiji, don't you think you're being a little harsh on me?"
Storm sat cross-legged atop Blue-Eyes White Dragon's head.
Up in the sky, he didn't have to worry about anyone overhearing him, so he answered without the slightest restraint.
"As a member of the Sword Unit, I've always been dedicated to my work and law-abiding!"
Dedicated to his work?
Aokiji could agree with that.
But law-abiding?
How could those words possibly come out of your mouth?
In Aokiji's view,
if Vongola Storm hadn't joined the Sword Unit beforehand,
then just for the things he'd done in Impel Down, he could have been sent there himself!
"Anyway, let's not talk about that."
Aokiji rubbed his head, choosing to skip over a topic that was giving him a terrible headache.
"What's this about a warship?"
"It's like this..."
Storm gave him a brief explanation.
"A couple of days ago, I came to South Blue—"
"South Blue? Wait!"
Aokiji couldn't help interrupting Storm.
"What are you doing in South Blue?"
"I was flying along, and ended up flying out of the Calm Belt..."
Storm spread his hands. The Den Den Mushi made a "pouting" face along with him.
"What can I do? I'm desperate too."
Aokiji felt the blood vessels in his head throbbing.
It was like gulping down a bellyful of ice cubes at noon on the hottest day of summer.
A bone-deep chill shot from his stomach straight to his brain, so cold it made his nerves ache.
He'd forgotten that the report from Impel Down had clearly mentioned "Vongola Storm transforming into a dragon and