Buckingham suddenly let out a shrill cry, her voice cracking as she forcibly interrupted Edward Weevil, who had been about to strike.
Her eyes behind her sunglasses locked onto the purple-haired figure, and her heart sank. A terrible feeling shot from the soles of her feet straight to the top of her head.
"Zephyr! Why are you on this ship?!"
"I was wondering the same thing."
Zephyr clenched his fist, his knuckles cracking loudly. He looked unconcernedly at the scrawny old woman sitting on the big fool's shoulder, his calm tone carrying a hint of mockery.
"Didn't your daughter already latch onto one of the Four Emperors? Why are you still personally coming out to rob people over such petty gains? What, did you two have a falling-out?"
He paused, his gaze falling on the bewildered Edward Weevil as he raised an eyebrow.
"And what's with this big fool? Don't tell me he's your child with Newgate?"
Marine Headquarters had always regarded Stussy as Buckingham's biological daughter. There was nothing strange about a daughter resembling her mother.
The subject of Clone was still far too advanced for old relics like them from a bygone era.
And Buckingham's infatuation with Whitebeard back then was no secret to old-timers of Zephyr's generation.
Hearing that, Buckingham, who had already been considering retreat, immediately flushed red with rage and trembled all over.
Wouldn't she know whether she had given birth or not?
The one her old friends mistook for her daughter was merely one of her Clones—and a Clone that completely refused to obey her, always taking everyone else's side.
How could she possibly tell anyone something so humiliating?
In one corner of the Marine training ship, Dawn wore an Optical Camouflage Suit, completely suppressing his Haki and presence as he watched the opposing