"Marco!"
"Captain Marco!"
"..."
The clamor around him brought Marco back to reality. He looked around and found everyone's eyes filled with deep confusion and intense curiosity about the young man standing beside him, Pops included.
"Marco, who is this?"
Whitebeard spoke first, and everyone else pricked up their ears.
The main reason was that the way the two had appeared earlier was simply too strange. They had known Marco for so many years and could say for certain that he had no such ability. That meant all of this had been the work of the young man beside him, who remained utterly composed even in Whitebeard's presence.
"Ah, Pops, everyone, let me introduce you. This is the owner of the Wish-Granting Bar, Su Yu!"
Whitebeard had actually already had his suspicions. After all, before the two appeared, he had suddenly felt as though the heavens above had glanced at him. He did not think he had imagined it, mainly because the sensation had been so intense. He could even sense the nobility and absolute supremacy in that gaze.
The next instant, that passage-like black hole had appeared. Whitebeard did not believe the two events were unrelated. This was clearly some kind of means of travel, and that gaze from above was probably a way of locating someone, similar to Observation Haki. As the former World's Strongest Man, he figured that perhaps only Su Yu, who had just thrashed Kaido a while ago, could make him feel that way.
Still, after Marco confirmed it, Whitebeard could not help being momentarily dazed. The main thing was that Su Yu looked far too young, and his presence carried none of that intense, oppressive force. Instead, he seemed like an ordinary civilian one could find anywhere along the street. For a moment, Whitebeard