Arriving at Zephyr's courtyard, Randall knocked on the door.
"Come in!"
Randall pushed the door open and entered.
Zephyr was sitting in the courtyard, basking in the sun.
He was semi-retired now.
The instructors looked after the Recruit Training Camp, so he had no need to worry about it.
Whenever the mood struck him, he would still go over and teach a few things.
Zephyr's eyes lit up when he saw Randall.
Then he turned his head away, acting as though he wanted nothing to do with him.
"Well, if it isn't Vice Admiral Randall.
What made you remember this lonely old man?"
Enma, who swaggered across the seas and struck fear into everyone he met, now crouched beside Zephyr with a fawning expression.
"Hehe, I missed you, of course."
Zephyr snorted at that.
But a contented smile had already spread across his face.
Zephyr was in much better shape now than he had been in the original timeline.
That was largely thanks to Randall forcibly dragging the stubborn old man to the hospital before.
A little later, the two sat at a table.
Randall began brewing tea.
"I heard you found another Road Poneglyph?"
Zephyr suddenly asked.
Randall gave a casual grunt of acknowledgment.
Zephyr couldn't help marveling.
"Tell me, kid, what do you intend to do if you really collect all the Road Poneglyphs?
The World Government might make a move then."
It really was strange.
The World Government certainly knew Randall was collecting the Road Poneglyphs.
After all, he hadn't bothered hiding anything when he brought them back.
What surprised Zephyr was that the normally meddlesome, touchy World Government hadn't even asked a single question.
What he didn't know was that the Five Elders had wanted to demand an explanation.
But someone had stopped them.
Zephyr guessed