Kaido frowned slightly. Wasn't he just going on a date? Did that warrant such a big reaction?
"Rocks," Kaido repeated slowly.
"With who?" Ron pressed.
"How would I know? I don't care." Kaido rolled his eyes at Ron. If it had been anything else, he might have been interested enough to ask, but romance? Sorry, not interested.
Indeed, at Kaido's current age, his head was filled with thoughts of how to find a powerful Devil Fruit and how to get stronger without putting in any work. He simply wouldn't bother with something as meaningless as gossip about other people.
Who was Rocks going on a date with? What did that have to do with him?
"I know." Annika suddenly raised a little hand.
"Please, do tell, beautiful lady," Ron said, turning around and asking with rare courtesy.
Annika froze for a moment. Right then, Ron looked almost exactly as he had when they first met aboard the ship.
"Alice," Annika said with a smile. Then she thought for a moment and added, "When I was passing by last night, I heard the captain ask Lord Newgate, 'How do you make a woman's heart flutter?'"
"Uh..." Ron's expression stiffened, then slowly turned into a look that said, Are you kidding me?
What an idiot! Rocks? Of all the people you could ask, you asked Whitebeard? Have you ever seen that guy take an interest in romance?
If he really wanted to ask, he could have gotten some useful ideas from Linlin. Unfortunately, Linlin happened to be away.
But on second thought, Rocks didn't seem so stupid after all. Apart from Whitebeard, there really didn't seem to be many reliable people on the ship.
The others... Just thinking about them made Ron sigh inwardly.
"Did you hear how Newgate answered?" Ron's interest