Reunion After a Long Separation, Return to Marine Headquarters

After they returned to the G2 Branch, only nine days remained in their internship.

Those nine days flew by.

With the help of the Bounty Poster Detector, Noah still worked at peak efficiency. He completed four combat missions and took down several pirates with bounties of around fifty million Beli.

It added another impressive entry to his service record.

After his earlier feats, neither Instructor Brandon nor the staff in the strategy office found this surprising anymore. They were almost numb to it...

Perhaps they would muster a polite show of shock if they suddenly heard Noah had defeated another Shichibukai.

There was something else.

During that time, he found a chance to talk with Shiya at length and finally learned why those two New World kingdoms had stood up for him.

Lotte Kingdom's involvement was easy to understand.

It was Shiya's homeland, and King Clangard VI was her father. The old man was past sixty and apparently felt deeply guilty about recklessly arranging her engagement back then, driving her to leave without a word.

The moment Shiya asked for his help, he stepped forward without hesitation and took on Alabasta Kingdom.

Paja Kingdom, on the other hand, was a stranger case...

Its current king had only recently taken the throne, and he happened to be the very prince whose engagement Shiya had broken off.

He had loved Shiya since childhood. As soon as he heard what had happened from old Clangard, he joined in to cheer her on, apparently not minding in the slightest that the woman of his dreams was seeking justice for his romantic rival...

Noah stood stunned for quite a while. It took him some time to absorb the news.

He didn't know whether to laugh or cry. At a loss for words, he could only