Section 28: Captain of the Little Bird

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Aboard the Little Bird, chaos reigned.

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"Captain, our distance is rapidly closing in!" the First Officer reported.

"Damn it, they're still on our tail," the captain of the Little Bird stood at the stern, clenching his teeth in frustration.

He held a monocular up to his eye, observing the situation aboard the Justice through the lens. He did not have the impressive eyesight of the Dragon-man youth.

The lens focused on the flag of the Justice.

At a glance, the captain of the Little Bird recognized it as a pirate flag.

But he had never seen this pirate flag before: "A one-eyed giant skull... with the word 'justice' in the eye socket... What is that? Since when do pirates brand themselves as just?"

The captain of the Little Bird shifted his gaze from the pirate flag down to the Justice. The more he observed, the paler his complexion became, the more his mouth dried up, and the more his tongue parched.