"This is the power of my bloodline, but your swordsmanship really has grown sharper than before." Lorne smiled and flexed his wrist.
"Carrot, your special training isn't finished yet. Once we're back on the surface, keep training in the gravity chamber." Kuina turned to look at Carrot.
"Huh? More training...?" Carrot's little ears immediately drooped.
"Haha, don't slack off, Carrot. In the New World, being too weak can cost you your life," Ryan teased loudly from nearby.
"Ryan, it looks like you aren't training enough. Want to give it a try too?" Kuina looked at him coldly.
"No, I'm not looking for a beating. I'll just stick to steering the ship." Ryan waved his hands repeatedly and shrank back.
"By the way, Captain, what should we do with those two in the lower hold?" Ryan suddenly asked.
"Jack and Smoothie?" Lorne rubbed his chin.
"Jack is Kaido's trusted subordinate. We can take him to Wano Country and use him as leverage to force Kaido to show himself," Lorne analyzed calmly.
"As for Smoothie, the Big Mom Pirates will send someone to ransom her sooner or later. Keep her alive for now."
"You've thought of everything, Captain. I'll have our people keep watching them." Ryan nodded.
"All right, Ryan, bring up that scholar we brought out of Titan Island," Lorne instructed.
"Yes, Captain. I'll go right away." As though granted a pardon, Ryan dashed toward the cabins.
A moment later, Ryan returned with a middle-aged man who wore thick glasses and was trembling slightly.
The man's name was Olsen. He was one of the scholars Lorne had rescued from Titan Island and was proficient in the Ancient Script.
"L-Lord Lorne." The moment Olsen saw Lorne, he prepared to kneel.
Lorne raised his right hand slightly, and an invisible force held him