Ian didn't say anything else. He simply stood up, picked up the Den Den Mushi, and said: "What should we do now?"
"Doflamingo isn't someone to be underestimated. If you go back now and run into him, Ain won't even have time to receive treatment, especially since we don't know what's going on in G-5 right now."
Zephyr's Den Den Mushi frowned, as if lost in thought. "As for Marine Headquarters... It's too far from G-5, and you're not a marine now. Don't go to Marine Headquarters until this matter is resolved. As for the other branches..."
At this point, Zephyr seemed to have thought of something, and his eyes lit up. "Punk Hazard! Go to Punk Hazard now. They can definitely treat Ain there. I'll apply to Marine Headquarters right away!"
With that, before Ian, who had been stunned by the word Punk Hazard, could say anything else, the Den Den Mushi was hung up.
Ian blinked, then raised an eyebrow.
Without saying anything further, he tossed the Den Den Mushi to Binz: "Did you hear what your teacher said? Let's go to Punk Hazard!"
"Well..."
However, Binz, who took the Den Den Mushi, smiled wryly at Ian's words. "I'm not familiar with this area. Although I've been to Punk Hazard with Zephyr-sensei before, without Punk Hazard's Eternal Pose, I have no idea which direction I'm in, especially since this is the New World."
Ian: "..."
Ian frowned, his sharp gaze fixed on Binz until the latter lowered his head again in embarrassment.
Then Ian sighed and looked up.
He knew it wasn't Binz's fault.
The magnetic fields of the New World were incredibly chaotic; even navigators would get lost without an Eternal Pose, let alone someone who wasn't one.
Then, as if sensing something, he looked into the distance and said: "The G-5 should have an Eternal Pose for Punk Hazard, right?"
"Of course! Punk Hazard might be a World Government secret facility, but it's still in this area, so they would definitely have one prepared. It's just that the G-5's warship…"
Binz's face flickered with confusion. Then, following Ian's gaze, he saw a familiar silhouette approaching their small boat.
In an instant, panic crossed Binz's face. "Damn it! Why are the G-5 Marines catching up? Let's run! These are probably spies lurking within the G-5, sent to capture us!"
"Run? No need, just sit tight."
Without waiting for Binz to react, Ian leaped into the air.
Moonwalk!
And then, under Binz's stunned gaze, he charged directly towards the warship. "Damn it! I've been meaning to ask, how far can you even go with Moonwalk?!"
As Binz shouted in disbelief, he saw Ian already land on the warship, and seconds later, the sound of screams echoed across the sea.
Soon after... Countless G-5 marines were seen jumping toward the sea as the entire warship slowly began to sink to the bottom of the ocean.
Ian also flew over, seemingly clutching something in his hand. It turned out to be the Eternal Pose!
Binz: "..."
Now he understood a little of what Zephyr had said.
This damned fellow will definitely become a renowned man across the seas.
No, he probably already is one!
Just as Binz was still in a daze, Ian had already returned to the ship.
Looking at him, Ian asked: "We have the Eternal Pose. How long will it take?"
"How long?"
Hearing Ian's words and realizing time was running out, Binz frowned as he glanced at the Eternal Pose in Ian's hand.
After calculating briefly in his mind, he replied: "With this ship, if you and I both do our best, and if the wind is favorable, about seven hours. But if it were that warship..."
He paused for a moment and glanced at the warship that had already sunk so deep that only the mast was still visible. Then he looked back at Ian. "Even without favorable winds, if it pushed its engines to the limit, the warship could reach it in about three hours."
Ian: "..."
He silently looked at the ship that had sunk to the sea and said: "That wasn't me who sank it!"
Honestly, he didn't even know who had sunk it. When he found the Eternal Pose, the marines on board had jumped into the sea, and the warship had started sinking on its own.
"I know."
Binz chuckled, then said with determination: "It must have been those damned spies who sank it!"
Ian: "..."
"Seven hours, I can hold on."
Just as Ian fell silent again, Ain's voice rang out: "Please don't worry about me!"
"Ain, if there's no favorable wind, it'll take longer than seven hours."
Hearing Ain's words, Binz sighed helplessly while looking at Ain's injuries with concern. "With your injuries, if it takes too long..."
Before Ain, who had been silenced by Binz's words, could say anything else…
"That's right, whether it's three hours or seven hours, it's too long."
Ian's voice rang out again, and then, before Binz and Ain could react, Ian walked right up to Ain and picked her up.
Ain: "...?"
Binz: "...?"
Just as Binz and Ain were stunned, Ian, holding Ain, leaped into the air again!
"Moonwalk!"
Before Binz could even process what was happening, Ian shot off in the direction indicated by the Eternal Pose.
Binz was left stunned on the spot.
It wasn't until Ian's figure was about to disappear from view that he snapped back to reality.
He leaned over the ship's rail and shouted in Ian's direction: "Hey! The Punk Hazard isn't closed! Can you even make it there like that?! You can't stay in the air with Moonwalk for that long! And what about me?! What am I supposed to do?!"
Without the Eternal Pose, he had no idea where Punk Hazard was!
"Don't leave me behind... No, forget it, just make sure Ain gets treated!"
Amidst Binz's desperate wails, Ian's figure gradually vanished from his sight.
"You bastard!"
…
At the same time, above the chaotic G-5 branch, a man wearing a pink feathered coat floated in the air, gripping a Den Den Mushi tightly in his hand.
His face twisted with fury as he looked down at the burning G-5 base, unable to suppress the rage in his heart.
"Who the hell did this?!"