"Could it be the street performance Lady Robin mentioned?"
No sooner had Shirahoshi said that than she hurriedly covered her mouth. Her father had told her that the name Robin was taboo and that she had best not mention it in front of outsiders.
"And you still deny it! You even know that woman's name!"
"Hehe!"
Shirahoshi gave a couple of awkward chuckles.
"Look. What's this?"
Seeing Shirahoshi's guarded expression, Gion brushed her bangs aside, revealing a flame-shaped mark.
Shirahoshi frowned slightly at the sight of it. Something about that mark felt very familiar.
Just then, Gion pointed at her Little Wooden Sword.
Shirahoshi froze. Their auras were exactly the same.
"Did Lord Dongze give that to you?"
On the Red Line, in the Celestial Dragons' senate in the Holy Land Mary Geoise, a balding old man wore a solemn expression.
"What exactly happened on Fish-Man Island? Jike and the other two went together, yet all three of them fell there. What the hell happened?"
"Lord Tian! We can't even get close to Fish-Man Island right now. Whitebeard and Garp fought a massive battle, and we've lost contact with our people!"
"According to the reports we received, no one has left Fish-Man Island during this time!"
"However, I've heard that Garp was the one who recommended Dongze for the Shichibukai. Now that he's fought such a fierce battle with Whitebeard, perhaps Dongze has something to do with it!"
"Linda is right. Otherwise, that old man Garp would have had no reason to fight Whitebeard. He's always done as he pleases and rarely obeys the World Government's orders. Sometimes he even deliberately defies them and does the exact opposite!"
"But most importantly, that person seems to have vanished as well! Judging by the current situation, she may very well have