Kizaru turned to look at Chiga and asked hesitantly,
"Chiga, did you do that?"
Chiga was already a Marine Admiral, on the same rank as Kizaru, and with his overwhelming strength, Kizaru no longer called him "little brother."
Chiga nodded, about to respond when several familiar chakra fluctuations came from the Heavenly Net. Someone was rushing here.
It was Sengoku and the others. Zephyr's cries had been so loud moments ago that his old comrades assumed something urgent had happened.
Chiga, of course, wouldn't let anyone interrupt Zephyr's reunion with his family.
He pulled Kizaru outside the graveyard and placed his hand on the ground, causing a rumbling sound as a massive wall of ice rose up, sealing off the entire graveyard.
At that moment, Sengoku, Garp, and Tsuru arrived.
Sengoku stared at the ice wall, stunned, then looked at Chiga in confusion.
Chiga explained,
"Fleet Admiral Sengoku sama, Teacher Zephyr is still inside the graveyard. Let's wait for him."
"What happened to Zephyr? I think I heard him crying just now?"
"You'll understand when he comes out."
Since Chiga said so, Sengoku dismissed the thought of entering the graveyard.
With Chiga there, he was certain Zephyr would be safe.
However, Sengoku couldn't help but notice Kizaru's strange expression as he kept staring at Chiga.
Curious, Sengoku asked Kizaru,
"Borsalino, why are you looking at Chiga like that?"
At Sengoku's question, Kizaru quickly averted his gaze and waved his hand.
"Nothing, nothing. I didn't see anything! I don't know anything!"
Sengoku was speechless, thinking, I didn't ask for a performance.
Kizaru lowered his head, looking at his toes, silent.
But inside, he was far from calm—he had just seen a ghost, a true ghost.
Kizaru had become Zephyr's student after Zephyr's family was lost. He had seen photos of Zephyr's family before.
So, seeing them alive again in the flesh was beyond belief, leaving him confused.
He was staring at Chiga because he guessed this miraculous feat must have been done by Chiga.
He had long been immune to Chiga's endless abilities. Even if Chiga eliminated all the Four Emperors, Kizaru could accept that calmly.
But this was beyond anything imaginable.
Zephyr's family had been dead for who knew how long, their bodies reduced to bones. Yet Chiga brought them back to life.
Wasn't this the legendary ability to resurrect the dead and regrow flesh from bones?
Kizaru now felt Chiga was no longer human—only a god could perform such a miracle.
Inside the graveyard,
Zephyr looked back at the towering ice wall, a faint smile on his lips as he murmured,
"Chiga, I really don't know what to say. Having a student like you is my honor."
The little boy in his arms was startled by the sudden ice wall. He clutched Zephyr's clothes tightly, fear evident in his voice.
"Daddy, what is that?"
Hearing his son's voice, Zephyr's face lit up with a long-lost fatherly smile. He stroked the boy's head and comforted him.
"Justice, that's what Chiga, my proudest student, created. Don't be afraid."
Zephyr's son, Justice, was named to represent justice itself. Zephyr hoped he would follow in his footsteps, upholding justice as an exemplary Marine.
"Chiga? Is that the big brother from before? His eyes are so unique, I think I heard his voice in another world."
"Yes, you returned to my side because of him. He's our family's savior. You must look up to him and become a Marine Admiral yourself."
Hearing Chiga was already a Marine Admiral, Zephyr's wife gasped softly.
She had short yellowish-brown hair and gentle features—a virtuous wife and loving mother.
Her name was Lisette, likely between forty and fifty years old.
She asked in surprise,
"Dear, is Chiga really a Marine Admiral? But he looks so young, like a young man!"
Hearing his wife mention Chiga, Zephyr's face showed pride. He turned to look at the ice wall again and said loudly,
"Chiga is eighteen this year. He is the youngest Marine Admiral in the Marines, codenamed Admiral Purple Kirin."
"Eighteen!?"
Lisette was speechless.
Her husband had become a Marine Admiral at thirty-eight, already considered young and promising.
But Chiga achieved it at eighteen. It was simply unbelievable.
Lisette didn't doubt the prestige of being a Marine Admiral today; she was amazed at Chiga's monstrous talent.
Justice's eyes sparkled with admiration when he learned Chiga was already a Marine Admiral.
"Big Brother Chiga is amazing!"
Zephyr felt happier hearing his son praise Chiga than if the praise had been directed at himself. A warm smile spread across his face.
Wrinkles appeared on Zephyr's face, marks left by time, symbolizing the pain he had endured over the years.
Lisette noticed the wrinkles and her eyes filled with sorrow.
She gently touched his face, choking back tears,
"Dear, you've had a hard time all these years…"
She knew that compared to her and Justice, who had been in the underworld, Zephyr, left alone in the living world, must have suffered the unbearable torment of losing his family.
A pain worse than death.
Justice looked up at his father's aged face and whispered,
"Daddy…"
The voices of his wife and son brought tears to Zephyr's eyes once again.
He wiped them away, forcing a smile, and said,
"That is all in the past now. Thanks to Chiga for bringing you back to me, I feel truly happy."
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