-Inside the Rainbase casino.
Sephiroth walked around with Baby 5. Although they drew quite a few looks, they behaved like ordinary tourists.
The tourists gradually relaxed, though few dared approach them uninvited.
The "Great Angel" had an excellent reputation, but he was the king of a non-affiliated nation and had even traded blows with Kaido, one of the Four Emperors.
For citizens of affiliated nations-especially those in "high society"-approaching him without any preparation was still a daunting prospect.
-He probably brought a girl here for some fun.
The guests discussed it among themselves.
After all, news reports of the Great Angel appearing on different resort islands with all sorts of girls were nothing new.
Not long ago, everyone had heard about the Great Angel taking the Empress on their honeymoon.
With that in mind, they looked at Baby 5, the beautiful maid walking gracefully behind Sephiroth.
...Damn it!
At that thought, quite a few gentlemen suffered severe emotional damage.
-Crocodile... Is that him underground?
Ever since entering Rainbase, Sephiroth had been trying to locate Crocodile with Mantra.
It was not that his Mantra had a short range. Even back in Nanohana Town, he had been able to survey Rainbase's "terrain."
But at such a distance, in a densely populated area, all he could tell was-there was a large crowd of humans here.
With something like Mantra, or Observation Haki, finding a target he had never met relied heavily on deduction.
Even after reaching Rainbase, Sephiroth had only found a "possible" target.
"Lord Sephi?"
Seeing Sephiroth pause briefly, Baby 5 softly called to him.
"No, it's nothing."
-Doesn't seem to be him. Not tall enough...
He had detected that "fairly strong" humanoid life signal, but judging by its "outline," the person was only a little over two meters tall.
Crocodile should