The sky was a clear, brilliant blue, dotted with several thick clusters of white clouds. Seagulls skimmed over the rippling sea as the Going Merry sailed steadily onward.
On deck, Reiner lay spread-eagled on the grass with his eyes closed, while Chopper lay in the same position atop Reiner's chest.
"Comfortable~~" ×2
The sea breeze gently brushed over them, and beneath the warm sun and pleasant weather, both man and reindeer wore blissful expressions.
A day had already passed since they parted ways with Ace and the others.
As expected, they had taken the route stubborn Luffy chose and set sail for Dressrosa shortly after the Whitebeard Pirates departed.
From what Ace and Marco had told him yesterday, Dressrosa had undergone some significant changes after the Marineford War ended.
One thing that caught Reiner's attention was the man who had become the new Shichibukai after the war and called himself Whitebeard Jr.—
Edward Weevil.
He had taken Doflamingo's place and seized control of Dressrosa.
The details behind it were probably quite complicated.
Reiner remembered that the Donquixote Family had been extremely loyal to Doflamingo.
Human hearts were hard to predict, but it was unlikely that those people would serve another master, much less an idiot.
It was all because the plot after Dressrosa in the original story had dragged on for too long. Reiner had stopped following updates ages ago, and after putting it off for so long, he had forgotten where to pick it back up.
He had relied entirely on homework notebooks to help Oda continue writing it.
If Ace and Marco had not explained it to him, he would not even have remembered such a person.
According to Marco, after their old man died, a duo suddenly appeared on the seas and repeatedly attacked Whitebeard's territories.
Besides