In space, Little Azure carried Leo toward the moon at full speed.
At first, seeing space with his own eyes felt fascinating and novel to Leo.
The distant stars looked like lights nailed to a black cloth, twinkling away.
Space was silent and vast. With his extraordinary eyesight, he could see meteoroids streaking past at distances he could scarcely fathom.
Two hours later, Leo started getting bored.
It was simply too monotonous.
There was nothing but dead silence-no changes, no sounds, no wind, not even anything that could be called a stir.
The stars merely shone quietly, so quietly that he began to feel those points of light were fundamentally no different from white dots drawn on paper.
The moon had grown noticeably larger in their field of vision, going from a tiny bright speck against a black backdrop to the size of a watermelon.
At their current speed, he still had about two days of flying ahead of him.
"Two days. All I can do is wait."
He muttered to himself, then adjusted his posture, leaning more comfortably against Little Azure's scales, and closed his eyes to rest.
"Little Azure, tell me if you get tired!"
"Roar!"
Little Azure let out a howl to show the message had been understood.
Meanwhile, in the One Piece world.
Monkey D. Dragon of the Revolutionary Army approached the Hunter Association.
He came alone. After explaining the purpose of his visit, he was led into the reception room by a member of the Hunter Association's staff.
Morel, Kastro, and Sophia received him from behind a long table.
Dragon paused in the doorway for a moment, then walked in, removed his hat, and gave the three a slight nod.
He looked a little awkward.
Originally, he had intended to ask the Hunter Association for