Friendly reminder: novice driver on the road, enter with caution. (Dog head for protection)
Day and night alternated, and time flew by. In the blink of an eye, four days had passed.
It was another clear morning. The breeze threaded through the streets and alleys, skimming over the crisscrossing waterways and stirring faint ripples.
In the backstreets, in a residential building near the Water Gate Elevator, Reiner sat on the second-floor balcony smoking. A cup of coffee and a newspaper rested on the small wooden table beside him.
Below was the edge of the commercial district, where pedestrians bustled about, all discussing the sensational event published in the latest newspaper.
He had bought this house a few days ago. While the Going Merry was being repaired, he and Nami came here to rest at night.
"Hey, the Log Pose seems to have finished recording."
A crisp, pleasant voice came from inside the room behind him.
Nami had only just woken up when she discovered that the Log Pose was already pointing toward the next island.
With her clothes in disarray, she lifted the blanket and got out of bed. She casually picked up a sheer white shirt and draped it over herself. The loose gauze had no buttons fastened, hazily concealing her graceful figure.
She came out onto the balcony and stretched lazily, then bent down and hugged Reiner from behind, looping her arms around his neck and resting them against her chest.
Nami pressed her face against his head. The fresh scent of the girl wafted from her skin as she looked at the newspaper in his hand and exclaimed in surprise,
"Our information is in there?!"
"Yeah. They pinned the crime of destroying Enies Lobby on us," Reiner replied.
Looking at the report in the newspaper, Nami looked