Sabaody Archipelago.
Island No. 17.
A Marine Branch had just established a brand-new base here.
Even the ten warships docked at the port were merely a backdrop.
What mattered most were the powerful men stationed here.
The two were puffing out clouds of smoke in an office.
"Report! Vice Admiral Black Tanuki!"
"The Dragon Emperor Pirates have landed at the port. Their movements are suspicious, and they headed straight for Gourmet Island. They may have malicious intentions and want to destroy the entire island's food supply!"
The subordinate was only halfway through his report.
The man called Black Tanuki was already seething with uncontrollable rage.
Standing by the window, he shattered the desk with a slap.
"Admiral Candidate! What do you mean, elite Vice Admiral?"
"What the hell are you talking about?"
"Get out! Isn't he just some rookie pirate? Who the hell does he think he is?"
Black Tanuki had an especially unusual build. He resembled an enormous tanuki, with a jet-black sheen on his forehead.
Another man sat in a chair in the room with his legs crossed, gritting his teeth.
He tossed his cigar onto the floor and crushed it underfoot, then smashed open the cage in the office with his bare hands.
He grabbed the boy inside and slammed him onto the floor.
The boy in the cage had brown skin all over, white hair, and a pair of black wings.
He had been imprisoned here as bait in the first place.
He was meant to lure in Vegapunk's Seagull Laboratory, so they could capture them all once they arrived.
Now, it seemed the plan had already been completed. Zephyr and Tsuru had joined forces and accomplished the mission in the fog of the Florian Triangle long before.
In that case.
This Lunarians boy had lost