Yamato and Ulti chased him into the backyard, only to find a scene of devastation.
The ground was badly damaged and buried in sand, with numerous crystallized "craters" left by intense heat.
"Heavenward did this. He made it after all."
Yamato smiled brightly. Judging by the still half-molten streams of quartz on the ground, he could not have left long ago.
"...Yes, yes, your Heavenward is the best."
Ulti had never said Sephiroth would fail to arrive in time. She had merely been poking fun at Yamato's thought process.
After all, aside from Teleportation and abilities like the Door-Door Fruit that allowed genuine instantaneous travel, she doubted anyone could match Sephiroth's response speed.
"So what now? Go after the little princess?"
Just as Ulti finished speaking, the communicator rang.
Baby 5's voice came through.
"We already have the king and princess in our hands."
As though acting on old professional habits, Baby 5 accidentally let the "truth" slip.
Listening inside the Maglev Aircraft, Cobra was left speechless, wondering whether he had boarded a pirate ship.
Across from him, Vivi gave an awkward laugh. She trusted Sephiroth and simply assumed the young woman with the peculiar personality had misspoken.
"It looks like the nearby Marines have come over too. I'm not sure what's happening, so come meet up with us first."
Baby 5 did not understand the situation, but Ulti understood as soon as she heard that.
-So that "Suzaku Reporter" really did bring them here.
"Understood. Young Master Yamato and this humble girl will be right over."
Ulti had a bounty, so under normal circumstances, meeting the Marines would be inappropriate.
Yamato, on the other hand, was not actually wanted, despite her rather sensitive identity.
The problem was that Babylon was not an affiliated nation and was also a recognized