The third time was this [Erudite] advancement quest. (Continued)

Some things could remain unsaid. Even if both sides knew perfectly well, they could still pretend nothing had happened.

But once everything was laid out without reservation, there would be no room left to maneuver!

Besides.

Adrian had bluntly turned down even Ship Doctor Crocus when he tried to trade on his personal standing.

Why would he agree to help Little Morn Isaac, a stranger he had known for less than half a day?

"But—"

"No buts!"

Seeing that White Ghost was adamant and had no intention of changing his mind,

Little Morn Isaac could not help sighing.

Shanks, this is as far as I can help you...

"Mr. Little Morn, aside from that matter, was there anything else you wanted?"

Adrian asked, his tone softening slightly.

Although he had ruthlessly rejected the scientist's request, that did not mean Adrian would immediately let the elderly gentleman leave.

After all, Golden Lion, the first old man to appear in the "Shanks Rescue Plan," had contributed four specialty abilities, and even his soul had to keep pulling its weight after he died!

As for the third old man to turn up, the scientist Little Morn Isaac,

what first caught Adrian's attention was naturally his name, whose origins he still could not clearly determine.

After all, a name like Morn, or "moon," made it hard not to think of the moon in the sky;

and the surname Isaac immediately brought to mind Sir Newton, that towering scientific genius who must constantly be turning in his grave.

The moon hid a truly enormous number of secrets in this world!

There were even some that Adrian did not fully understand despite having read the original story.

That damned Oda was definitely to blame!

Beyond that,

as a former scientist aboard the Roger Pirates' ship, Little