Oak ignored the looks from everyone around him.
"Let's go. Take me to Neptune!"
He patted the shoulders of the two ministers beside him and gave the order directly. Too lazy to waste time with these people, he headed straight for his objective and took the lead toward Ryugu Palace.
Ryugu Palace.
Neptune had already arranged a banquet of the highest standard, waiting for his three princes to bring the guests back. A moment later—
"Tap, tap, tap~"
He heard a set of footsteps outside the door, followed by the sight of a young face pushing the doors open and entering.
"This is...?"
Seeing the young man who had pushed open the door and walked in, with short light-blue hair and a height considered tall among humans, confusion first flashed through Neptune's eyes.
Weren't the ones sent to greet them supposed to be Katakuri, the second son of the Charlotte Family, Bartholomew Kuma the Tyrant of the Shichibukai, and Trafalgar Law of the Supernovas?
Where were those people?
Why had an unfamiliar man entered first? And why had no one announced him beforehand?
Neptune glanced outside the palace. Other than this man, there seemed to be no one else. Even the soldiers outside the palace had disappeared for some reason!
His gaze began to travel up and down the young human.
The longer he looked, the more familiar the man seemed. He felt as though he had seen him somewhere before, yet he simply could not remember!
At that moment, Oak casually glanced behind him. From the palace gates to the square and all the way beyond the royal palace, Mermaid soldiers lay densely packed across the ground.
He had released his Conqueror's Haki all the way here. Not a single one of them had been able to withstand his