"In a hurry to leave?" Cold sweat beaded on Vey's forehead as he looked at Gern and forced a faint smile.
"We... we just don't want to waste the Marines' time. You have a mission to carry out, after all."
"Is that so?" Gern chuckled, his gaze sweeping over the scholars hurriedly packing on deck and the bulging bags beside them.
"But I'm curious. Why would scholars from Ohara be in the New World? And near such a remote island, at that?"
Faced with Gern's intimidating questions, Vey was momentarily at a loss for words, his eyes darting about.
Just then, Olvia emerged from the cabin, holding a thick book.
The moment she saw Gern, her face went pale, and she instinctively hid the book behind her back.
Heavenquake? The Marine who came is Heavenquake? We're in trouble now...
Olvia gritted her teeth. She might have been able to fool another officer, but this man...
Perhaps noticing Olvia's intense stare, Gern instinctively turned his gaze toward her and narrowed his eyes slightly.
Tsk, she really is the spitting image of the future Robin! Only her hair is white.
At that thought, Gern looked at the book in Olvia's hands, and the corners of his mouth lifted slightly.
"That book looks interesting. May I have a look?"
Olvia shook her head in panic and backed away a few steps. "It's just ordinary academic notes. There's nothing special about it!"
At the end of the day, Olvia was still only a scholar.
No matter how composed she was, she could still lose her nerve when faced with someone truly powerful.
Otherwise, this expedition ship would not have been sunk at sea in the future after Saul, then a Vice Admiral, discovered its purpose, wiping out all thirty-three aboard.
Only she had made