Loa took immense pleasure in the sight of everyone staring at one another in confusion. He grinned.
"What did you think I sent Perona out for? She's a ghost who can't lift a finger! She talks too much even to be a mascot."
"Hey, I was the one who saved the day!"
Perona pouted and floated over to Drake. "I need comforting! Tell him off for me!"
Drake's mouth twitched. He turned his head away. "Sorry, my family's counting on me to carry on the bloodline!"
Crack!
A thirty-thousand-point critical hit!
"Wait, something's not right, Loa!" Tony glanced at Perona's gray-white form, baffled. "If she got the Pluton Blueprints ages ago, why didn't she tell us?"
"You looked so fierce. You scared me."
Perona pursed her lips and muttered unhappily.
Fine, I admit I looked a little scary. But you disappeared for half an hour! Was I supposed to fuss over you when I was leading the team?!
"Well, it worked out in the end, didn't it?"
Loa leaned back in his chair with his hands behind his head. "And I'm sure this little adventure showed you what makes the Straw Hat Pirates special."
Tony fell silent. Loa was right: as long as things had worked out, there was nothing to complain about. In that situation, if they hadn't escaped, Perona couldn't have crossed the ocean and brought the blueprints back alone.
And any account of their escape had to mention the pirates who had worked that miracle—and the captain who had led them, Straw Hat Luffy!
Seeing Tony's expression, Loa smiled knowingly. "Get yourselves ready. On December third, I'm going to pay Marine Headquarters a visit."
"Marine Headquarters? Are we attacking the Marines?"
Arudo asked in a daze. In truth, he was deeply opposed to all-out war with the