"That giant squid! It reacted to your power! I couldn't make it obey, so I could only trick it with your image and coordinates!"
Bai Zhu pointed at the photo of himself.
"Couldn't you have used a more handsome one?"
Milluki lowered his head and looked at the terminal.
"This is the clearest one in the Association records!"
"Bullshit! I'm with you every day, and you couldn't pick a better-looking photo? I'm right here now—hurry up and take a handsome picture to replace it."
After saying that, Bai Zhu immediately struck what he considered a very handsome pose.
"You look like you were just fished out of a pot. Even if we take it, it might not recognize you!"
Piyu turned her head away, her shoulders trembling twice.
Bai Zhu turned and glared at her.
"What are you laughing at?"
"Nothing."
"Your shoulders are about to shake apart!"
Morel couldn't hold it in either and coughed.
Bai Zhu got even angrier.
"Morel, you're laughing too?"
"No."
"Your pipe is clenched crooked!"
The embodiment of terror in the sea gave them no time to keep bickering.
Hundreds of golden tentacles rose from beneath the water, all aiming at the Gatekeeper Giant Squid. Their tips opened, revealing human hands, harpoons, water blades, and several Nen constructs Bai Zhu had never seen before.
Milluki hugged the terminal, but the smug look on his face didn't last long.
One of the Gatekeeper Giant Squid's tentacles rose from the seabed and swept toward the golden particles crawling up the shore.
A huge wave crashed into the breakwater.
Milluki's feet slipped, and he sprawled across the squid's head. The terminal flew from his arms and spun several times in midair.
The screen turned toward the harbor.
Bai Zhu's ID photo filled the display, automatically framed in