"I want... you to help me save someone. He's been badly shot. He's dying!!!"
"Please, save him...!!"
"He's the most important person in my life. I can't let him die!!!"
Luo sobbed at the top of his lungs. Anyone could have felt the helplessness in his voice.
"Okay. Show me the way, and I'll carry you!"
The North Blue.
Half-hidden by the clouds, Atlas sped through the sky with Tesoro, keeping Vergo firmly locked in her Observation Haki.
Fortunately, Vergo had yet to awaken his Observation Haki. Otherwise, Atlas would not have found it nearly so easy to tail him.
"Phew. We're finally almost there. Vergo sure can run..."
Atlas let out a long breath. For more than half a month, she had followed Vergo at a steady distance. At last, they were nearing their destination.
"Mr. Vergo? The person you've been tracking is Mr. Vergo?"
Tesoro had joined the Marines not long ago and been assigned to Vergo. Vergo liked his subordinates to call him "Mr. Vergo," and Tesoro had a good impression of him. He was puzzled that Atlas was following him.
"Yeah. He's a traitor! No—more precisely, he's a spy sent by pirates."
"What!!? Mr. Vergo is a pirate spy?"
Tesoro was stunned, but out of respect for Atlas, he did not immediately defend Vergo.
"That's right. And now it's time to get to work..."
Elsewhere.
With Luo on his back, Vergo found Rosinante's hiding place.
"Mr. Corazon—! This Marine says he'll save you!!"
Luo shouted from Vergo's back.
"Huh!!?" Vergo stared in disbelief, then widened his eyes at the injured man before him. "Corazon? What are you doing here? And how did you get hurt so badly!?"
"Vergo!!!"
Rosinante could not help crying out. He had never expected to meet the Donquixote Family's previous