Darren moved quickly. Within days of receiving Lind's message, he appeared on Oran Island.
Although the North Blue Freedom and Progress Party had just been founded and there was much to do, none of it mattered compared to his own strength.
Shiki's appearance some time ago had shaken Darren badly. Faced with Shiki's terrifying strength, Darren felt no sense of security at all, afraid that Shiki might take a dislike to him one day and casually crush him to death.
So when he learned that Lind could help him grow stronger, Darren did not hesitate. He swiftly handed his work over to his deputies, Krillin and Yamcha, and stepped onto the Teleportation Array to Oran Island alone.
A flash of white light swept across Oran Island's teleportation square, and Darren's spirited figure appeared before Lind.
As the most successful member of the Spark Project, Darren felt as though he was returning home in glory as he set foot on Oran Island again after ten years away.
Seeing Lind come to welcome him in person made him even more excited.
Although the four in the West Blue had done well too, they still fell a little short compared to him, the "King of the North Blue."
Besides, those four did not belong to the same system as ordinary Spark Project members like Darren. The West Blue quartet were more like undercover agents personally assigned by Lind. To some extent, they could even be considered Lind's disciples, and the resources and support they received far exceeded what Darren and the others had gotten.
Lazuli's Blue Route, in particular, had only built up its many fleets through funding from the Oran Empire.
Darren, on the other hand, had essentially started from nothing in the Marines, especially early on. Only after he worked his