"Good night."
"Yeah, good night."
Nami got up and headed back into the cabin, while Reiner sat alone, gazing thoughtfully up at the starry sky.
Aokiji would probably come knocking soon. Reiner had been deeply impressed by the man who had displayed overwhelming strength the moment he first appeared.
He knew Aokiji had always been secretly keeping an eye on Robin. Some time had passed since they left Alabasta, so the man would definitely come looking for them.
Doflamingo was no weakling, yet Aokiji had only moved a finger. One exchange, and he was down. Another exchange, and Star was down. One more exchange, and several of Blackbeard's officers were down together.
His strongest one-on-one fighter was the Mage Undead that had just fused with Enel's template. If Aokiji did not open with a major move, it could barely trade a few blows with him, but winning was another matter.
Reiner still remembered Aokiji's first appearance. He had opened with Ice Age and frozen an entire stretch of sea.
This was fucking—
"Ah~~, my head hurts." Thinking of that, Reiner could not help shaking his head with a sigh as he reached into his shirt pocket for a cigarette.
Huh? Where were his cigarettes?!
He sat up with a baffled expression, patting himself from his chest all the way down to both trouser pockets before suddenly realizing something.
Flying Dragon Cloud-Seeking Hand?
Reiner: "."
Damn it!
What Reiner did not know was that, besides Aokiji, Doflamingo was also in the first half of the Grand Line.
Because of Crocodile's defeat, the World Government had convened a meeting regarding a replacement Shichibukai, and Doflamingo had gone to attend it.
After the Alabasta incident, he had arrived in the first half of the Grand Line, then followed the Straw Hat Crew to