"Taking a bath at this hour?"
Akainu shot Rindou a cold look. His suspicions only deepened. It was already late at night, and Onigumo had said Hancock was asleep when he was pursuing Ye Chen. Would someone really wake up halfway through the night just to take a bath?
"Get out of my way!"
Akainu strode toward the room. Rindou and the others could not stop him, so Sandersonia and Marigold hurried to block his path.
Akainu snorted in disdain and clenched his fists. Even through his black gloves, they suddenly turned red, and scorching magma began to bubble from them.
With a cigar between his teeth, Akainu glared coldly at Sandersonia and Marigold. "Move!"
Sandersonia and Marigold were much stronger than Rindou and the others, but they were still no match for Akainu when he was on the verge of losing his temper. Just then, a voice came from inside. "Let him in!"
"Sister..."
Sandersonia and Marigold cried out together.
"It's fine. Admiral Akainu wants to come in and look, doesn't he? He's an admiral from Headquarters. I never imagined he'd be so interested in watching a woman bathe. Hmph. He's forcing his way into my room without a shred of evidence. I'll take this up with Fleet Admiral Sengoku."
"Sandersonia, Marigold, let him in."
Hancock's cool, displeased voice drifted from the room. Sandersonia and Marigold exchanged a glance, then both gave Akainu a fierce glare before stepping aside. Akainu went straight in.
He entered the sitting room and saw steam rising from the inner chamber, its doorway veiled in mist.
He could not see much, but he still paused. Even the air was filled with a delicate, intoxicating fragrance.
Akainu gave a cold snort, as though warning Hancock that he was coming in. He took a few more