Chapter 123 Return

Marine Headquarters, MarineFord.

The sky was getting dark, and the busy day ended, and the soldiers without Mission returned to the camp one after another. 

After dinner, Zephyr brought a pot of tea and stood at the window, taking a sip from time to time with a pleasant expression on his face. Under Rowen’s insistence, Zephyr finally gave up smoking, but the cravings would not go away, so he fell in love with tea.

After drinking the tea in one sip, Zephyr took out the tea leaves and slowly chewed them in his mouth while muttering, “Kizaru, that kid, did I blame him too much before?”

Knowing that Zephyr likes to drink tea, Kizaru, who takes tea and newspapers and manicures as the essence of life, took the initiative to send a few kilograms of good tea. 

The fragrance of the tea is so good that Zephyr doesn’t want to stop drinking and the fragrance will not go away for a long time.

The Pacifista had been transported back to the Marine Headquarters and placed in the warehouse of Scientific Force Base. 

Sengoku was full of praise for the power of this human weapon, and he was even more amazed when he knew that there was room for improvement.

The second phase of the Thunder-Lightning Stimulation Method Device was finally researched by Caesar under high pressure from Kizaru. 

However, anyone with a discerning eye knows that this is the result of Caesar’s unwillingness to admit defeat after seeing the amazing destructive power of the Pacifista.

Now, the group of veterans including Zephyr can still play for a few years and the three Admiral are at the peak of their powers, and the strength of the bottom soldiers is progressing at a rapid rate. 

There is also a powerful reserve named Rowen, and the ranks of Marines is very good for now and in the future!

Wasn’t it just a Shichibukai that Rowen defeated?

Give them a few more years and the Marines would have no need for Shichibukai to exist and the Marines would be enough to fight against the Yonkō (Four Emperors)!!

Zephyr was a little disdainful towards Sengoku’s attitude and shook his head.

At this moment, a ray of light flashed across the horizon and the sky became as dazzling as it would get on dusk.

“Zipper Thunder?”

After this special weather phenomenon that appeared the day before yesterday was reported by the news report, the Marines were more concerned. 

After all, although Zipper Thunder disappeared many times on the way, the direction of its progress was directed at the Marine Headquarters. 

They were worried about what that phenomenon would bring to the Headquarters or whether or not it was made by Humans. 

However, they were relieved after convening the astrologers to discuss this strange phenomenon. Although they still couldn’t explain the reason behind the Zipper Thunder, the group promised that this was definitely not powered by humans.

So Zephyr leaned against the window, thinking divergently: “From here is the Calm Belt, I guess it would stop there, right?”

Zipper Thunder will only move between clouds that are not far away from each other, which has been confirmed by meteorologists. 

There is no air current in the Calm Belt, and the evaporated Seawater will not move at all after forming a cloud layer so that the thickness of the cloud layer cannot be dispersed in some places, and there is no cloud at all in some places.

The true meaning behind the word cloudless can be found in the Calm Belt!

“Huh? Stopped?”

At this time, the Zipper Thunder disappeared, and Zephyr could clearly hear exclamations and sighs from all over the Marine Headquarters. 

With such a unique natural landscape, the Marine Headquarters, which occupies a geographical advantage, is something that many people want to see. 

The people who had come to visit here had already taken out their cameras and prepared to log this eternal view, but they didn’t expect to punch cotton and they didn’t expect that the Zipper Thunder would directly disappear.

“That group of bastards! Would it hurt them to remain idle!” Zephyr snorted, and suddenly his ears moved as he turned around.

“When did you come back?”

“Just now……”

Returning to the warm ground from the cold high altitude, Rowen stretched out his body and then he skillfully took out the snacks from the drawer of Zephyr’s office and stuffed it into his mouth. He was hungry as he hadn’t eaten for three days.

Zephyr’s gaze fell on the bag of snacks and his eyelids twitched, he couldn’t pull his face down and ask Rowen to stop eating his snacks, so he impatiently began to push him.

“You have just returned so you need to report to Fleet Admiral about your Mission! Do I still have to teach you about these things?! You are now a Rear Admiral so you need to be more mature!”

“Hai, Hai! I understand, I will go now!”

Rowen rolled his eyes before he smacked his lips and disappeared from Zephyr’s office using Blink.

Zephyr returned to his seat and made a fresh pot of tea in a good mood.

“I didn’t waste my time teaching you now that I have seen you coming to see me first after completing your mission. But it’s no use and I will still teach you a lesson. But next time you don’t knock on the door, I will beat you to death… Huh, Wait!!”

Zephyr shook his hand and the teapot in his hand fell to the ground. But at this moment, he was not in the mood to feel sorry for the purple sand teapot and his eyes widened in shock: “Why did Rowen come back now? And how did he come back?!”

After that, Zephyr rushed out the door and ran towards Sengoku’s office.

…

“Rowen?!!!”

Sengoku, who was working overtime, looked shocked when he saw the person knocking on the door. 

From his time point of view, Garp had just arrived at Pucci and Rowen should have reached Water Seven at most, and Sengoku would have to wait a month in the least to see him.

But the situation was different from what he had imagined as Rowen unexpectedly appeared here!

Why? How?

Could it be… that this guy is someone from the Baroque Works pretending to be Rowen?!

Sengoku raised his eyebrows and moved with Soru. Under Rowen’s extremely speechless gaze, Sengoku used a handkerchief to feel a Seastone handcuff and rubbed it on his face.

Oye Oye, aren’t you a Devil Fruit Ability user?

Are you not Fleet Admiral?

What is the situation of you carrying Seastone Handcuffs with you?!

Snap!

“Although you are the Fleet Admiral but this is called abuse of power, do you understand that?!”

Rowen was feeling weak now that the Seastone was close to his body and he slapped Sengoku’s hand away.

“Is it really you?!!!”

Sengoku confirmed Rowen’s real body and he almost stared out of his surprised eyes, and asked decisively,  “How did you come back so fast?

From Pucci to MarineFord, he came back in three days?

Even if they started at Justice Island, it would be impossible to take a direct Sea Train!

“People like me have their own ingenious ideas… wait, stop, don’t slap my face!”

At this moment, Zephyr ran over panting and exclaimed: “Rowen, how did you come back so quickly?!”

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