North Blue: Hawkins's Divination / Chapter 297: Germa: Landing

"Seriously? Weren't they on the Grand Line? How did they get to the North Blue?"

"Are they hiding from the World Government? Our luck is awful. How did we run into them..."

"Enough chatter! Go tell the captain!"

"Right! I'm going now."

A young man on deck, equipped like the lookout, rushed into the captain's cabin. He threw open the door and shouted, "Captain Hawkins! Trouble! We've run into Lin Mo and his crew!"

Hawkins was the Straw-Straw Fruit user Lin Mo and Enel had met in the North Blue after descending from Sky Island. He was also one of the Supernovas who would later reach Sabaody with a bounty exceeding a hundred million.

Hawkins was handling his cards. When he heard the report, his grip on them tightened.

Lin Mo's crew had caused a sensation when they killed a Celestial Dragon on Sabaody. Most people had gradually forgotten the incident, but Hawkins, who had met Lin Mo and Enel before, remembered it vividly.

"Captain Hawkins?" Seeing him lost in thought, the subordinate who had brought the news asked cautiously, "What should we do? Confront them or go around?"

Hawkins came back to himself and said unhurriedly, "There's no need to rush. Whether it brings fortune or disaster, fate will take its course. I won't die today."

Since his unfortunate encounter with Garp and Lin Mo's crew, Hawkins had taken to consulting his cards before going almost anywhere. Today, he was setting out from the North Blue for the Grand Line. Of course he had read his fortune before such an important voyage, and the cards had shown that they would pass through Reverse Mountain safely, despite a scare.

So running into Lin Mo's crew on the way did not matter. Whatever happened, he would make it through.

Hawkins had