Akainu and Garp had only just left when Leonard emerged from the captain's command room with Hancock in his arms, followed by a trembling Beyo Jack.
"Lord Barn! Are you all right?"
The moment she saw Barn, Hancock, who had been behaving herself until then, wriggled free of Leonard's arms, jumped to the deck, and ran toward him.
"Yeah, yeah, I'm fine."
Even as Barn spoke, Hancock had already jumped onto his back, wrapping her little arms around his neck.
"Lord Barn, I was sooo worried about you."
Hearing those words from Hancock sent a shudder through Barn...
What's going on... sure, I like the Pirate Empress, but right now she's just a nine-year-old kid. There's absolutely nothing sexy about this, damn it!
As Barn thought this, dark lines appeared on his forehead...
Leonard caught up with them then. Seeing Barn and Hancock getting along so well, he gave a faint smile.
If Barn could have seen Leonard's smile, I think he would definitely have lost his temper, because that smile was very... suggestive...
With Akainu and Garp gone, the fighting around them naturally stopped as well. Sebastian had taken a slash from Bastille, and Nanting was bandaging him up. Gairam also looked rather worse for wear after his fierce battle...
"Captain."
Gairam and the other two came over, respectfully addressing World, who stood beside Barn.
World glanced at them. His gaze was no longer so cold; there was even a trace of guilt in it, though it was not easy to notice...
"Leonard, it's a good thing you didn't come out earlier. Looks like Adam's been doing a pretty good job. The FFF Guild hasn't been fully exposed to the Navy yet."
Barn spoke to Leonard.
"Yes. Lord Adam has always been very careful about that. At least for