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Night had fallen, but the Sunny was still cruising aimlessly across the New World. It had no destination whatsoever.
Meanwhile...
In the girls' quarters aboard the Sunny—the large, spacious room now renamed the "captain's quarters"—a slender figure was curled up under the covers on another small single bed, her teeth chattering. She had pulled the blankets over her head and was trembling all over, muttering something under her breath.
"It's over, it's over, it's over, it's over..."
"I..."
"What did I do back there?"
"I'm finished!"
"I..."
"I'll definitely become a disgrace to the Navy, won't I?"
"Wah..."
"I definitely will..."
That's right. The person in question was none other than the female officer from the Navy's G-5 branch—and now the exclusive personal maid to the captain of the Brat Pirates—Tashigi!
"..."
(′?`*)zzz
Meanwhile, on the other side of the room, in the largest and best-positioned bed, a certain troublesome little brat was sprawled on her side, facing the wall and sleeping soundly. She had no idea that her earlier actions had made the newly appointed maid so consumed with guilt that she was about ready to crawl into a crack in the ship.
"What do I do..."
"What do I do..."
"What on earth do I do?!"
"What if word gets out..."
Tashigi didn't know why the two Navy admirals had fought so fiercely on Punk Hazard. She knew even less about why the Navy personnel aboard the two nearby battleships hadn't intervened. But she knew one thing:
Because of her "slander," when the Sunny approached the island, her mistress—the brat Annie Hastur—had boldly jumped into action. She'd gone to confront the two admirals fighting on the island and returned in less than half a minute. Not only had Tashigi failed to "escape," but the brat had also