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As she spoke, she gently tugged at Luo's coat.
Luo turned his face away and forced a few words out of his throat:
"...I'm sor...ry."
The instant that gaze swept over him, Chopper's entire body jolted, and he frantically waved his hooves.
"I-it's fine! Don't worry about it at all!"
Luo's gaze stabbed into him like nails. Chopper shuddered in fright, his hat and antlers bouncing up together.
Those were not apologetic eyes at all-they clearly belonged to a butcher sizing up the meat on his chopping block, deciding where to cut.
"Brother-"
Lami's voice was quiet, but Luo immediately reined in his expression.
He turned toward the reindeer, dutifully lowered his gaze, and repeated in a flat voice, "I'm very sorry."
Page One turned away and looked at the gray sky beyond the railing.
The other young officers exchanged glances and shook their heads.
They had seen this scene far too often to have anything left to say.
"Everyone here knows something of my current situation."
The consciousness occupying the left half of Luffy's face spoke again.
The people from both ships gathered on either side of the deck. On one side stood the fresh blood the Family had cultivated over the years; on the other were the young people he had once instructed.
As for Mont Blanc Cricket, the Chinaman, he was standing some distance away, talking with the warriors from Sky Island.
"After that battle a few years ago, Imu threw me onto the surface of the sun."
"Right now, my only option is to send my Observation Haki back as a signal.
But however unusual Observation Haki might be, it can't transmit thoughts directly."
Only those born with the ability to hear the "Voice of All Things"
could do something like that.
That gift could