The moment Dunn stepped through the door, his body turned into flames and vanished, while a tiny, Tontatta-like figure tumbled to the ground.
Aramaki recovered from his dizziness, looked around, and saw Dunn along with the others on the ship.
"It's over."
That thought flashed through Aramaki's mind in an instant.
From the looks of things, he truly had no way out this time.
He had actually been captured directly from Mary Geoise.
It seemed that the Dunn from before had not been the real body at all.
But the outcome was not much different now.
"How are you going to deal with me?"
After landing on the deck, Aramaki had no intention of struggling or running away.
He rose to his feet, looked at Dunn, and asked.
"Oh? I thought you'd try to find a way to escape."
Dunn looked at Aramaki in surprise.
"Or did you hide seeds somewhere else again this time?"
"No." Aramaki shook his head. "Now that I'm here, I assume you won't let me escape. Or would you spare me if I begged for mercy?"
"No."
Dunn shook his head.
"Since I'll die no matter what, it's only a matter of dying differently!"
As he spoke, Aramaki sat down on the ground.
"I merely made the wrong choice, but I did become a Celestial Dragon. Even if I became one only as a tool, that's enough."
"It sounds like you really yearned to become a Celestial Dragon."
"Yes. Ever since I saw them as a child, standing above everyone else and controlling everything, that was what I wanted to become."
Perhaps because he knew he would not live much longer, Aramaki had calmed down. Hearing Dunn's question, he nodded.
Robin and the others watched and listened from the side without interrupting.
"Oh, so you