Sabaody Archipelago.
Golden Lion departed atop his island, Blackbeard fled through the air, the three admirals returned empty-handed, and the Celestial Dragons might have ended up as the biggest losers.
Garen, who had remained completely "uninvolved," leisurely returned to the airship with Nami and the others, preparing to bring this eventful journey to an end.
Before leaving, Nami suddenly produced something unexpected:
"The Sand-Sand Fruit?"
Garen asked in surprise, "How did you get that?"
"Did you forget what I used to do?"
Nami winked smugly at Garen.
"I was the greatest Cat Burglar in the East Blue!"
"Selling this would be enough to build us a stretch of railway. How could I possibly let it go?"
"This..."
Garen clasped Nami's hand with deep emotion.
"Has our company really become so strapped for cash that you have to steal things to keep us alive?"
"Nami, you've really suffered!"
"..."
Nami shot Garen a helpless glare, though she rather enjoyed this strange sort of concern.
"Um..."
Vivi cautiously approached and softly said,
"Garen, can I eat this Sand-Sand Fruit?"
"Hm?"
Garen looked at Vivi in confusion and asked, "Vivi, are you interested in this Devil Fruit?"
"Yes."
Vivi nodded and quietly said,
"I want to become stronger, so I can protect my country. And besides..."
She paused, then looked at Nami and Robin.
"Nami, you're a genius navigator and meteorologist. Robin is both a Devil Fruit Ability user and an archaeologist. Only I..."
Vivi pressed her lips together and said somewhat dejectedly,
"I don't understand the profound knowledge of navigation or history, and I don't have any combat ability worth mentioning. I'm just an ordinary princess."
"Uh..."
Garen did not know how to respond to Vivi's words, because just as she had said:
She truly had no special talents at present. She