Chapter 162
"Very good!"
Before Naito could even speak, Gion Vice Admiral, standing to the side, had already spoken up, overjoyed.
"Oh! Gion- chan, are you cheering for me too?"
The bandages had been removed, but many new scars remained, Tokikake him look even uglier. Gion happily gave Gion a thumbs-up, "With your help Gion- chan, I'll definitely get everyone back safely!"
"No,"
Gion's disdain was undisguised. "I'm cheering because I don't have to go back to the New World with you."
"Hey!"
Tokikake shocked. "Gion- chan, you don't want to join me?"
"It's not that I don't want to,"
Gion a forced smile, her tone gentle, but what she said was completely different, "Just being near you makes me feel uncomfortable."
Don't misunderstand and think it's because you're too handsome and you feel inferior to be near me; it's because just seeing you makes me feel disgusted.
"Gion- chan!!"
Tokikake let out a piercing scream, clutching his head and shaking it frantically. "No! This isn't the Gion- chan I know! My brain is trembling!"
Everyone looked at Gion in surprise.
Gion has never hidden her dislike for Tokikake in the past, but she wasn't this aggressive before.
Gion turned her head and raised an eyebrow slightly at Naito.
Naito's lips curled into a smirk.
The conversation that night did have some effect.
Seeing Jiaji's Tokikake, Zephyr felt somewhat helpless.
He looked at Naito, "Naito, you and Gion will be responsible for escorting those kings from the New World back. Afterwards, we'll meet up near the G-5 Base."
"Are you going with Little Naito?"
Gion smiled, "That's no problem."
"Can."
Naito had no objections.
The New World is great! It means I don't have to wait any longer; I can give Doflamingo a big surprise right away.
Hmm, capturing a notorious traitor—I wonder if the credit will be enough to get me promoted to Vice Admiral?
He may have enough merit, but he was only recently promoted to Rear Admiral, so he probably lacks seniority.
Never mind, it doesn't matter anymore.
As long as you're willing to do it, you can claim a lot of credit.
Doflamingo is a bit too arrogant. Let's send him to Impel Down for a good reformation.
So the navy resumed operations, with officers reuniting with their respective royal escorts before heading to the airport to prepare for their return to the sea.
As Naito and Gion men were preparing to meet with the kings of the several Affiliated Nation under their jurisdiction, a father and daughter from Alabasta came to say goodbye.
"You are welcome to visit Alabasta anytime, Rear Admiral Naito."
Cobra is a really nice person, gentle, polite, tolerant and generous. He is genuinely grateful to Naito and always comes to say Naito before leaving.
Even if Naito was just taking a slap for his daughter.
"If there's a chance."
Compared to Cobra, Naito was quite rude; his attitude could be described as cold.
"Naito,"
The little princess stood on tiptoe, looking up at Naito, "You absolutely have to come! I want to hear your adventure stories!"
In the past few days, although they could only chat for a few minutes each day, Naito would occasionally share his stories with the lively and adorable little princess.
Naito just smiled and patted the little girl's head.
Nefit D. Vivi, a woman even Imu treats with special respect, what secrets do you harbor?
"Whee!"
The little princess boldly grabbed Naito's hand and made a pinky promise with him. Then she triumphantly made a face at Naito, "It's a promise, Naito!"
Cobra looked at his adorable daughter and a strange sense of crisis welled up inside him.
"Anyway, goodbye, Rear Admiral Naito!"
Vivi waved cheerfully at Naito, "Goodbye, Naito!"
"Goodbye."
One shouldn't hit a smiling face, so Naito also said goodbye to the father and daughter.
I don't know when we'll meet again.
After seeing the father and daughter off, Naito and Gion met the kings of the several Affiliated Nation they were escorting, and then went straight to the airport to take a bubble ship back to the Blue Sea.
Finally, we're back in the New World.
Finally, they returned to the Marine Guerrilla Unit No. 6, which was docked at Red Port.
"Is this the ship we'll be on later?"
Sanji stood on the deck, looking around in surprise.
What a huge ship!
It was much larger than the foreign warship I had been on in the East Blue.
"That's right, these are the navy's highest-class warships! Our Marine Guerrilla Unit only has six of them!"
Binz chuckled and said, "But when Naito was promoted to Rear Admiral not long ago, Professor Zephyr promised to transfer another ship over to Naito, so then we'll have two ships."
"Oh!"
Sanji let out a strange gasp.
The Baratie was already quite large, but compared to this giant ship, it was practically a doll.
Let's go.
Binz patted Sanji on the shoulder, "Haven't you always wanted to cook? Let me show you the ship's kitchen; you can work there from now on."
"Um!"
Sanji nodded excitedly.
He hadn't touched any kitchen utensils since Baratie left, and his culinary heart was now boiling.
Naito,
On the other ship next door, Gion Vice Admiral waved to Naito, "Let's set sail."
"Um."
Thus, two warships escorted several ships carrying members of the Affiliated Nation as they slowly sailed out of Red Port and headed towards the rear of the New World.
Luna has already gone to the front lines of the New World to provide support, so it's time for Wapol to make his move as well.
Time will come later.
On the other side of the Red Line, in the first half of the Grand Line, in this sea area known as Paradise, night has fallen.
On the sea, a warship escorted a large ship with a prow shaped like a hippopotamus as it slowly moved forward.
Inside the massive hippopotamus ship, in a luxurious room.
Wapol was fast asleep, wrapped in a thick blanket, with half a pillow in his mouth as usual; the other half had already been swallowed by Wapol.
Suddenly, Wapol opened his eyes.
The next moment, he flew off the bed, and his body vanished instantly.
The room door opened silently, then quickly closed silently again, even being thoughtfully locked from the inside.
Silence returned, but Wapol was nowhere to be seen on the bed.
The next morning, when the ship's servants came to bring the king breakfast as usual, they found that they could not open the room door no matter how hard they knocked.
In a panic, the servants could only summon a new captain of the guard—the old captain Dalton, was still imprisoned in the ship's hull.
The new captain of the guard knocked on the door for a long time without getting any response, and finally gritted his teeth and forced the door open.
Then all I saw was an empty room.
"Your Majesty Wapol!!"
His Majesty the King has vanished!
They urgently mobilized everyone to search the entire ship, but still found no trace of Wapol.
He's really gone!
This was no longer a problem they could handle, and the escort captain immediately summoned the escorting navy.
The escorting naval Commodore rushed over but found no clues.
King Wapol vanished mysteriously on the vast sea, even though the door to his room was still locked from the inside.
What on earth is going on?!
After reporting the matter to headquarters, the Commodore, sweating profusely, questioned everyone on the ship, but still found nothing.
King Wapol truly vanished without a trace!
The incident made the newspapers the next day. Although there were criticisms of the navy's inadequate escort, many newspapers labeled it a paranormal event, saying that they had encountered a ghost ship and that Wapol had been abducted by a ghost.
In any case, King Wapol of the Drum Kingdom did indeed disappear without a trace.
Not long after, in the sky somewhere in the New World.
The short, stout man who was flying in encountered Luna as she flapped her wings and approached.
"Then, we can begin."
Because of his special status, Doflamingo didn't have a Marine escort.
Furthermore, he has not returned to Dressrosa, nor has he made a public appearance, meaning there is no alibi.
Does he like to frame King Riku in order to seize Dressrosa?
Then let's fight fire with fire!
The next instant, a Doflamingo materialized in the sky beside him.
Consciousness transferred from Wapol's body and poured into this projected body.
Luna grabbed the falling Wapol and, before he could even wake up, casually tapped him on the head, sending Wapol into an even sweeter dream.
"Lord Naito, I'll take him back now."