"Randall! What the hell happened to you?"
Zephyr punched Randall on the head.
Everyone else in the Fleet Admiral's Office glared at Randall too, but concern lay hidden deep in their eyes.
"Teacher Zephyr, you can't blame me! That CP0 agent was the bastard here!
He deliberately led that Celestial Dragon over to me. Otherwise, none of this would've happened!"
Randall looked at Zephyr, the picture of wounded innocence.
Zephyr sighed.
Only heaven knew how frightened he had been when Kong called earlier.
This involved the Celestial Dragons! Randall had almost failed to make it back!
"All right, Zephyr. He's safe now, so stop worrying."
Tsuru offered some reassurance.
Then she changed the subject.
"But Randall, do you really not know why the Five Elders treated you so favorably?"
Tsuru was being far too tactful.
Favorable treatment hardly covered it. He had practically been granted special privileges.
At least at that moment, in the Five Elders' eyes, Randall mattered more than a Celestial Dragon.
Nothing like that had ever happened before. All the old veterans were stunned.
"Yeah, you're not a Celestial Dragon yourself, are you?"
Garp eyed Randall suspiciously.
His words sent all the other senior officers into thought.
It sounded absurd, but when they thought it through, it actually seemed quite reasonable!
If Randall really was a Celestial Dragon, someone whose strength rivaled the world's top fighters would certainly be worth more than a bunch of useless fools.
"How could that be?! Think about it for a second and you'll know it's impossible!" Randall rolled his eyes skyward.
Despite Randall's firm denial, everyone still looked at him with a hint of scrutiny.
Randall took a deep breath and decided not to stoop to the level of these old children.
"Enough. Whatever your background, you're a Marine now. What