Carina, who had officially taken over the intelligence department, urged him anxiously. On the special-grade surveillance list in the intelligence report, the name Golden Lion stood out conspicuously.
"He's the legendary Pirate Admiral, a formidable man who served alongside you in the Rocks Pirates back then. How can you stay so calm?"
"Oh my, oh my. Little Fox has officially settled into her role. I'm deeply grateful for your concern, but there's no need to be so nervous..."
"Because Golden Lion, Kaido, and Charlotte Linlin are all the same. They're merely foes I've already defeated. They can't stir up any trouble."
"Quit flattering yourself. I just want to use this chance to steal your pile of treasure. Why would I possibly worry about you?!"
With a cold snort, displeasure filled her pretty face as Carina turned and left. Hanazuki merely stretched lazily and lay back amid the soft white clouds.
"Golden Lion, if you'd just retired peacefully in some corner of the world, your legend wouldn't have been tarnished. At your age, you're still coming out to fight? You're courting death!"
Above Totto Land in the New World.
Within the islands floating in the sky, countless beasts with blood-red eyes threw back their heads and howled. Their savage urges drove them to destroy everything before their eyes, yet some kind of drug forcibly kept them calm.
"Zehahahaha! After all these years, I never expected the two of you to form an alliance. Then again, it makes sense. You two were always the closest back then..."
The liquor in the large bowl before him rippled, then was drained in a single gulp. The old man with a ship's wheel lodged in his head, resembling a golden rooster, the former Pirate Admiral Golden Lion, burst into hearty laughter.
Across from him,