"Heh... thanks to you, I'm no longer Fleet Admiral."
Sengoku spread his hands, his face taut, and answered with more than a hint of sarcasm.
Xie Wen spread his hands in return and said innocently, "You can't blame me for that. Sakazuki went out of his way to come looking for trouble with me. I'd never even met him before."
"It doesn't matter." Sengoku shook his head. "I'm retired now, anyway... I came here to see you about something else."
Xie Wen rubbed his chin...
"Rosinante?"
"You knew? So... that pirate called Trafalgar Law really was the kid who had Amber Lead Syndrome back then..."
Sengoku nodded in understanding, his voice filled with complicated feelings.
Garp, however, was utterly lost. "What are you two talking in riddles for? Why can't I understand a word of it?!"
But Sengoku had no interest in paying him any attention. He asked, "Then do you know Donquixote Doflamingo's identity?"
"Sure. A former Celestial Dragon, right? Doflamingo wanted to go back but couldn't, and he nearly got beaten to death in Saint Mary Geoise. So I don't think those Celestial Dragons will come after me over him... though those CP0 agents in Dressrosa did seem to be trying to keep him alive."
Xie Wen shrugged unconcernedly.
"Regardless, I still owe you my thanks for avenging Rosinante."
Sengoku, who had kept a cold expression all this time, suddenly gave him a friendly smile and bowed deeply to Xie Wen.
It gave Garp, who stood beside him, quite a fright.
"Sengoku, you..." He opened his mouth but didn't press him about who Rosinante was. Instead, he deliberately picked his nose and said with a disgruntled look, "I was wondering why you insisted on coming along with me. You're always so sick of me, you won't even share