As the surging tidal wave soared upward, atop the Red Line, in the rebel camp of some unknown small country.
"Calm down, Sabo! Don't get worked up!"
"Let go of me, Koala! How am I supposed to stay calm? That's my little brother!"
An argument broke out inside the command tent. Sabo tried to rush out, but Koala held him tightly and refused to let him leave.
"That monster Azure Dragon—was everything he did to Ace not enough?"
"How am I supposed to calm down?!"
Luffy did not know that Sabo was still alive. These three young men, each with his own ambitions, were not shackled by sentimental attachments. If they were fortunate enough to meet, Sabo would naturally tell Luffy the truth. But if they did not meet, he would not deliberately seek him out.
Once they had set sail, they left everything to fate.
But that did not mean Sabo could stand by and watch Luffy get arrested!
Especially not by Azure Dragon!
The tragic fate of Ace and the Spade Pirates was still vivid in his mind. At the thought that Luffy might suffer the same pain, Sabo could not calm down at all.
"But if you leave, what will happen here? Are you going to abandon what Commander Dragon entrusted to you?"
Having witnessed that man's terror, Koala's eyes held lingering fear. Naturally, she did not want Sabo to risk his life.
Besides, as she had said, the Revolutionary Army could not do without Sabo right now.
"I..."
Sabo froze at her words.
That was right!
Ever since Dragon had been lost, the Revolutionary Army truly had not appeared in Azure Dragon's sight again, just as Sabo had expected.
But in the aftermath, some people's morale had wavered. They began to give up in despair and