20 Chapter 20 – Exposed

The Gran Tesoro.

"So, Carina has chosen to flee, huh?"

"Heh, does she feel that there's no hope of obtaining the Yae Miko's template from Arton anymore?"

"That's quite a wise decision."

"But then, if this woman really falls here, the future where she steals the Gran Tesoro won't happen, right?"

"This might well be considered changing the future."

"And the key factor in changing the future, is you, Arton."

Baccarat had just returned from a bath, wearing only a white bathrobe, her hair still damp.

However, upon noticing the new content that appeared in the diary copy,

She couldn't care less about her appearance.

Realizing that Arton's arrival could change the future events, she became excited.

Similarly, intelligent people like Nico Robin, Gion, Hina, Charlotte Smoothie, and Vinsmoke Reiju also came to this realization and paid special attention to the content that might appear next in the diary copy.

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[Speaking of the Black Cat Pirates, that reminds me of the beautiful and innocent Kaya.]

"Eh?!" Kaya couldn't help exclaiming upon seeing the new content in the diary.

Then she realized Klahadore was nearby and quickly shook her head at him, indicating it was nothing.

'Why would Arton mention me? I don't have any connection with the Black Cat Pirates, do I?'

'Wait, does my future have something to do with the Black Cat Pirates?'

Kaya, thinking she might encounter the notorious Black Cat Pirates, became nervous.

Her heart was filled with doubts.

Fortunately, Arton didn't stop recording in the diary.

Soon, matters regarding the Black Cat Pirates and Kaya surfaced in the diary.

[Although Jango is currently the captain of the Black Cat Pirates, that's only the case on the surface.]

[The Black Cat Pirates, after all, are still under the control of Captain Kuro.]

[This guy is also something else, tired of being a pirate, he used Jango's hypnosis to hypnotize a marine, making that marine believe they had captured Kuro.]

[In reality, that Captain Kuro was just a decoy arranged by the real Captain Kuro.]

[Heh, who would have thought, a seemingly unremarkable marine recruit would eventually become a marine Captain because of such a fake Captain Kuro.]

[Speaking of which, the former marine, the future "Axe-Hand Morgan," was arguably nurtured by Captain Kuro as well.]

[I really want to see it, the one who wounded Garp and made him bleed.]

[Tsk tsk, the name "Axe-Hand" is truly well-deserved for this person.]

"What, Garp will be wounded and bleed in the future?!"

Gion's beautiful eyes widened in shock, and she even accidentally crushed the feather pen in her hand due to the surprise while working at her desk.

"How could such a thing happen!"

"That's Marine Hero Garp we're talking about."

"Axe-Hand? I've never heard of such a person."

"And according to Arton, this Axe-Hand was or is still serving in the marines?"

Gion's brows furrowed tightly.

A wound on Marine Hero Garp is no small matter.

With Garp's strength, the only people Gion could think of who could injure him and then escape would be someone of the Four Emperors' caliber.

And yet, such a person was, or is, serving in the marines.

This made Gion even more surprised.

"A marine of no renown, yet wounded Vice Admiral Garp and chose to flee."

"Such a person must not be underestimated."

"'Axe-Hand,' does that mean this marine is someone who uses an axe?"

Gion's mind raced, considering the marines known for wielding axes.

However, try as she might, Gion couldn't think of anyone who could injure Garp.

"Can't Arton be more straightforward?"

Gion sighed, her gaze towards the diary tinged with a bit of resentment.

The already weak urge to sleep she had vanished in an instant.

Hina, Ain, and other navy officers felt a similar sentiment at this moment.

Not just the navy.

Among the pirates, Charlotte Smoothie, Reiju, and others also memorized the title "Axe-Hand" in an instant, inwardly curious about what kind of person the "Axe-Hand " could be.

[Got off topic, got off topic, how did I end up talking about the "Axe-Hand "?]

[Let's go back to the lovely Kaya and the conflict between her and the Black Cat Pirates.]

Seeing such content, Kaya's expression immediately became serious.

[Speaking of which, that Captain Kuro was really something.]

[With such a brilliant mind, his intelligence could be said to be just slightly lower than that of Benn Beckman.]

[But his way of retiring was to find a double to get caught by the navy in his stead.]

[Then he himself went to live in a wealthy merchant's house under a false name, spending three years to gain the merchant's trust.]

[In the end, to legally inherit the merchant's wealth, he even summoned the Black Cat Pirates to the merchant's house to stage a play of pirates forcing Kaya to give up her wealth, making it look legitimate to pass on to himself.]

[Tsk, this guy is either not as smart as he thinks, or his head got caught in a door.]

[With such a smart brain, three years would have been enough to start from scratch and make a fortune.]

[Or is it that the wealth of my lovely Kaya's family is more than I imagined?]

'This can't be real, can it?!'

Kaya's eyes involuntarily widened to their fullest upon reading this.

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