"What... what are you doing?!"
Yamato jolted awake.
Feeling the touch on his head, for horned people like them...
That spot was absolutely as sensitive as the place between tightly clamped legs.
Qin Yu came back to his senses and looked at him. Though his mouth said no, his head instinctively tilted upward, and his two long pale legs tensed slightly.
He was just like a dog—his words said one thing, but his body said another.
"Why aren't you taking your hand away already? If there's a next time, I'm really going to get mad!"
"And could you go a little easier next time? You even destroyed the pirate ship. Now we have to find another one!"
As Yamato's voice faded over the sea.
Several thousand meters away from the pirate ship, a tiny black shadow sped through the depths.
It eventually plunged into the deep sea.
At the same time, at the heavily damaged No. 3 inlet of the Sabaody Archipelago.
An enormous black shadow rapidly surfaced from the sea.
As the waves it raised surged outward, Momousagi and the others who had remained there were instantly alerted.
Looking at the colossal object that had suddenly emerged, their expressions changed when they saw the pirate flag fluttering in the wind.
Especially the Marine soldiers and officers who had once traveled through the North Blue.
The moment they recognized what they were seeing, their nerves immediately tightened.
"Th-this is Germa 66. Why are they here?"
"Aren't they a massive military organization active in the North Blue? Why did they suddenly come to the Grand Line?"
"Look, they seem to be pouring out in full force!"
Urgent voices echoed across the dock.
The atmosphere instantly became oppressive.
The previously calm sea was broken as enormous black shadows burst from the water