Kuja

"Monster scientist!?"

Not only Gloriosa was stunned; even Rayleigh was somewhat baffled.

Ye Mu did not keep them in suspense. He brushed the droplets from his hair, and as steam rose, his body dried, his hair becoming smooth and silky. Then he spoke.

"He's a man named Vegapunk. I don't know the specifics either. You only need to know that he possesses technology five hundred years ahead of this world. He's currently working for the World Government, so I think that man should be able to develop the technology to let warships travel through the Calm Belt very soon."

This time, everyone was truly shocked.

"Vegapunk..."

Most of them had never even heard the name. Rayleigh, however, suddenly seemed to remember something. Stroking his beard, he said,

"Shakky seems to have mentioned that name before. I think he had some connection with Vinsmoke Judge of the Vinsmoke Family!"

"Yeah. They used to work together."

Ye Mu nodded, but clearly did not want to say more.

"He's an extremely capable fellow. That's about all there is to it. If there's nothing else, I'm going to continue training."

Gloriosa was genuinely at a loss. Because of Daughter Island's isolated environment, its people were naturally rather ignorant of the outside world.

When she was young, Gloriosa had betrayed her country for love and left Daughter Island. Only after traveling the seas had she learned about many things. Even so, after receiving the forgiveness of the current empress, Galan Anu, and returning to Daughter Island, gathering information had become difficult because of the island's isolation.

Just then, Galan Anu, who had been watching the scene with interest, extended the tip of her alluring tongue to lick her lips and spoke calmly.

"Training? Sitting there like an idiot hardly counts as training."

"Huh!!!"

Everyone was