Marine Headquarters.
Flag Officer Residential District.
Ever since his promotion to rear admiral, headquarters had assigned Xia Luo a small two-story villa.
It was not large. Including the small courtyard, it covered around two hundred square meters. It was more than spacious enough for Xia Luo alone—one could even say it felt empty.
After switching back with the Lightning Shadow Clone, Xia Luo had been about to go out and find Gion when he ran into Garp.
"Vice Admiral Garp, are you heading out to sea? You only came back a few days ago."
Garp was not surprised to run into Xia Luo. Their residences were not far apart.
Picking his nose, he said casually, "Yeah. That Sengoku bastard does nothing but order me around every day. I'm going to eat all his rice crackers later!"
Xia Luo's eyes flickered. "What mission is it this time?"
Garp said irritably, "Who else but Roger? Ever since he went to Wano Country a year ago, there's been no news from the Roger Pirates for nearly a year. Sengoku is worried, so he sent me to see what Roger is up to."
Xia Luo grumbled inwardly. It probably was not Sengoku who was worried, but the World Government!
Wano Country not only possessed a Road Poneglyph, but also the Kozuki Family, who could decipher Poneglyphs. The Roger Pirates had suddenly gone to Wano Country—there was no way the World Government could rest easy.
Still, the World Government's reaction was awfully slow. A whole year had passed before they thought to send someone to keep watch.
By now, Roger had probably already talked Kozuki Oden into joining his crew.
Wait, Xia Luo suddenly recalled that the Whitebeard Pirates seemed to be heading to Wano Country this year as well, and now Garp was going