At this moment, Tsuru stood on the deck of the Marine warship, the ocean breeze blowing her white hair backward.
The sea route from Loguetown to Shimotsuki Village was not particularly long, yet she had hurried for an entire day.
Along the way, she kept thinking about the matter of Tobias having his memories tampered with, and the more she thought about it, the trickier it felt.
A person capable of taking Devil Fruits and rewriting other people's memories—such a person would be trouble in any sea area.
"Vice Admiral Tsuru, ahead is Shimotsuki Village."
Just at that moment, a female marine pointed ahead and spoke.
Tsuru raised her head, just about to say something, when her eyes suddenly narrowed.
She saw that in the sky ahead, a golden ship was slowly flying forward.
The hull was entirely golden, glaringly bright under the sunlight, and at the bow was a huge golden dragon head with its mouth slightly open, as if roaring silently.
The entire ship had no sails, no oars, and no visible propulsion, just floating quietly in the air, moving slowly forward.
The female marines on the warship let out gasps of astonishment all at once.
"What is that?"
"A ship?"
"A ship flying in the sky?"
"Did I see that right? How could a sailing ship fly?"
"Look at the dragon head on the bow, is that a pirate ship?"
Tsuru stared at that Ark Maxim, her mind spinning rapidly.
Coming from this direction, north of Shimotsuki Village, and being such an unidentified ship capable of flight.
A name immediately popped into her mind, Naruto Uzumaki.
"All personnel, maintain vigilance."
Tsuru's voice was not loud, but it was very clear.
Hearing this, the female marines on the deck immediately put away their surprise and quickly moved into