After saying goodbye to Loa and waiting until he had flown into the distance, Momonga quietly asked Tony beside him, "What's wrong? Still can't reach Simon and the others?"
"Yeah. No luck." Tony nodded grimly. "Neither his private phone nor the Den Den Mushi aboard the Warship is answering."
"Damn it, that's trouble. Why did this have to happen now?" Momonga frowned, his head pounding.
Just as they had said, Simon and the others were missing. Missing on dangerous Ian Island.
But neither of them dared tell Loa.
They had lost contact with Simon's group, who had been sent to scout around the island, when evening fell the day before. In fact, Momonga's group had only discovered it when they tried to contact them.
Ian Island was tiny. At the Wavebreaker Warship's speed, a few hours would have been enough to count every reef along its shores. When no word came back after so long, Momonga naturally sent someone to check on them.
That was when they discovered the call would not go through!
This was no small matter!
Several people aboard, Simon among them, were the children of serving Navy officers. Even without that, losing members of the Elite Camp was enough to give Momonga a heart attack.
What was the Elite Camp?
The cradle of the Navy's true backbone! Even the weakest graduates of each class would eventually become officers. It was the lifeblood of the entire Navy!
And who were the Elite Camp's members?
Former Admiral Zephyr's students! Zephyr had already lost a group of beloved students only a few years ago. If another group vanished, never mind Momonga—even Loa would be torn apart by an enraged Zephyr!
Tony also knew that Loa had pledged to Zephyr that he would bring them back. He had no idea