Karasu froze for a moment, then said nonchalantly, "Is that so strange? The two of you ending up together isn't strange at all."
"Huh?" Sabo asked, his face flushing. "You're really not surprised at all?"
Karasu asked with amusement, "What's there to be surprised about? Everyone figured it out ages ago. No one just said it out loud. All right, it's time to go."
As he spoke, Karasu transformed into his elemental form, becoming a crow.
Sabo glanced at Lin MuMu, scratched his cheek awkwardly, then tossed up the Supplies Karasu had brought back. He jumped onto Karasu's back first and held out a hand to Lin MuMu.
Lin MuMu grabbed Sabo's hand without hesitation and sat down behind him. She had sat this way before, too, but had always avoided touching Sabo as much as possible, holding onto Karasu's feathers instead. Now things were different. She wrapped both arms around Sabo's waist from behind.
Although Sabo said nothing, Lin MuMu saw that his ears had turned red.
Lin MuMu asked with a grin, "Are you already embarrassed?"
Sabo coughed. "N-no."
Karasu said helplessly, "Let's go. Be careful not to fall."
Karasu flapped his wings and carried the two of them at full speed toward Enel's location.
Because Karasu traveled day and night without rest, they finally caught up on the evening of the fourth day.
At that moment, Kizaru's Marine Battleship was docked beside a Deserted Island covered in Coconut Trees.
"Good thing we made it." Sabo studied the Marine Battleship and found it stranger the longer he looked.
Lin MuMu said impatiently, "I'll release Conqueror's Haki directly. Sabo, hurry and rescue Enel."
"Wait." Sabo immediately stopped Lin MuMu from releasing Conqueror's Haki.
Lin MuMu asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
Sabo patted Karasu. "Karasu, fly a little closer. Something's