"Whew! Finally done!"
"All the treasure's been moved!"
Having just finished moving the treasure, Sabo ran back to the central forest, panting, and spoke to Ace, who had been watching the situation there the whole time.
"Ace!"
"Sabo! How'd it go? Did they go to where we hid our treasure?"
Ace's first thought was of the treasure he and Sabo had spent five years collecting, but the breathless Sabo told him something that left him stunned.
"Huff... huff... no, they didn't! They couldn't have! That kid Luffy... still hasn't said a word!"
"Huh?"
Meanwhile, across from the trash-filled Uncertain Terminal, an enormous pirate ship with a huge skull on its bow lay moored in the pirates' cove. Even without any wind, the enormous black flag hanging from its mast proclaimed its identity...
Whether it was because evening was falling or something else, the entire pirate ship gave off a terrifying air...
"They're taking forever... hey, who's in charge today?"
A balding face emerged from the darkness, with crooked, yellowed teeth and lifeless eyes.
"It's Porchemy, Captain Bluejam!"
"It's almost dark. No matter how much money they had to exchange, they should be done by now..."
"That bastard hasn't run off with the money, has he...?"
Captain Bluejam had already begun polishing his favorite gun. The men who had followed him for years immediately grew wary, because they knew their great Captain Bluejam was angry...
"That... couldn't be..."
"Then, Ace, we really should go save him. He didn't sell us out, after all."
Sabo and Ace sat on the ground, staring blankly at the treasure they had finished moving as Sabo spoke.
"Yeah."
Ace said nothing more. He simply rose to his feet, already gripping his trusty iron pipe.
"Hey! Hey, hey!"
"Ace, hear me out."
Sabo stopped Ace just as