Ron: Keep Going, I'm Just Watching (14)

"Admiral, we found a stranded warship over there, and..."

At the edge of Thunder God Island, along a coast shrouded in ice.

The messenger took a deep breath and continued, "The pirate ship of Monkey D. Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates—the Sunny Go!"

Because he had been drawing so much attention lately, Monkey D. Luffy's name was widely known throughout the Marines. After repeatedly breaking through the Marine defenses at G-10 and Fish-Man Island, Luffy was now a Great Pirate with a bounty of 550 million.

"Monkey D. Luffy... I see. The plot was converging!"

Ron let out a sigh the messenger could not understand, then turned to Koby. "So that means Nami is here too?"

"Whatever the case, Master!"

Koby silently clenched his fist. Flames blazed around his right arm, radiating scorching heat.

"Since Nami chose to become a pirate, she is our enemy!"

"Oh? Is that so?"

Ron glanced sideways at him. "I'm very pleased that you have such resolve as my disciple... Really, I'm not lying."

Koby: "..."

The more he said that, the less convincing it was!

"Let's go. We probably won't find any clues outside. Tell everyone to prepare salt. We're going ghost hunting!"

"Yes, Admiral!"

Thunder God Island was enormous, but searching it was not particularly difficult.

On this hellish island, there were only a few patches of land where people could hide. From a high vantage point, any hiding place was obvious at a glance... provided one was not afraid of being struck dead by lightning.

Before long, soldiers found the valley, along with a highly unnatural-looking building.

Ron followed the soldiers into the valley and looked at the building before him.

"Honestly... I'll have to give them a proper warning when we get back."

"Even on Thunder God Island, failing