The world focused on me! [Part two]

He had defeated a Shichibukai, then Drought, become the youngest Vice Admiral in Marine Headquarters history, and crushed Shiki when he came to Impel Down seeking revenge...

The man's record was simply too dazzling.

He had achieved all that in just twenty years of life. Even Sakazuki and Kizaru couldn't compare.

If he kept growing at this rate, perhaps one day... he might even surpass Dragon's old man?

Thank goodness a monster like him was no longer in the West Blue. Otherwise, even with everything ready to go, Dragon would have had to postpone his plans for the Agatha Kingdom indefinitely.

"Romanov Noah..."

Dragon brooded, his gaze seeming to pierce the dark outskirts of the city and reach distant Marineford.

When Kuma had contacted him, he hadn't merely offered a warning. He had also revealed something rather intriguing.

Apparently, much like Dragon's old man, Vice Admiral Noah held the Celestial Dragons in utter contempt. He had even beaten some of them up in the Holy Land of Mary Geoise.

If that got out, it would undoubtedly be another incident that shook the world.

Yet somehow, it had been suppressed. The Celestial Dragon siblings he had taught a lesson had actually swallowed the humiliation without pursuing the matter afterward.

Simply unbelievable.

"Kuma said I might try approaching you in private, but..." Dragon murmured, his eyes buried in deep shadow. "Just what sort of man are you...?"

Suddenly.

Footsteps interrupted his thoughts.

Turning his head, he saw a young woman with a heavily swollen belly struggling through the door, carrying a thick stack of documents.

"Why haven't you gone to bed yet?"

Dragon hurried to his feet, took the intelligence reports, and helped her sit down. His brow furrowed slightly as he gently chided her:

"You'll be giving birth in two or