And... that was all...
Chapter 452: Kozaburo
Two days later.
On an uninhabited island in the New World.
Rustle!
Kuta unfolded the newly delivered newspaper, reclining in a lounge chair as he looked up and read it carefully.
Before him lay a deep, sheer cliff, its face as straight as if it had been cut by a blade.
Facing the morning sun, he could see the blue sea and sky merging into one and hear the roar of the sea rising from the abyss below.
Behind him, the Ahua Trio stood at a huge grill, competing to see who could grill the biggest, tastiest cuts of meat.
Elsewhere, Brook hummed a tune as he sat cross-legged on the grass, leisurely brewing coffee. He seemed to be in an excellent mood.
Beside him, Indigo waited for Brook's coffee, staring at the wisps of steam rising from the coffee maker with undisguised anticipation.
After Indigo had joined the crew, he had started drinking tea because Kuta and the others preferred it. Though he could brew coffee himself, he had always been a science and technology nerd. As for brewing coffee, well... even he couldn't stomach his own.
Ever since Brook, the coffee master, had come aboard, however, Indigo had rarely drunk tea.
After all, a mouthful of coffee perked him up far faster and more effectively than leisurely sipping tea.
"Captain, you were right. After we left, the pirates in the New World really started tearing into one another over Gran Tesoro."
Robin put down her newspaper as she reclined in another lounge chair, picked up the juice beside her, and took a gentle sip through the straw. Then she turned to Kuta with a smile. "Good thing the Marine reinforcements arrived quickly, or those children really would have had trouble escaping