"Everyone, hold on tight! There's something seriously wrong with this current!"
On deck, Nami clung to the railing as fierce winds and flying seawater soaked her long orange hair.
Her beautiful eyes were filled with dread and alarm.
"This... this is the sea surrounding the Land of Wano?! It's like the entrance to hell!"
Ronan stood at the edge of the bow deck, his feet seemingly rooted to the planks. No matter how violently the ship pitched, he remained unmoving.
The wind sent his clothes snapping as his gaze pierced the sheets of rain and towering waves, calmly studying the sea before him—a masterpiece of nature at its most savage.
"This is certainly a treacherous stretch of sea."
"No man-made fortresses, no walls guarded by armies. These unpredictable, monstrous waves alone, capable of tearing any ordinary fleet apart, form the Land of Wano's most perfect and deadly natural defense."
"No wonder they've kept their borders closed for so many years without interference from the outside world."
In stark contrast to Nami's apprehension and Ronan's composure, however, was Luffy, sitting at the bow.
Facing the enormous black waves ahead, which seemed ready to smash the very sky apart, Luffy showed no sign of retreating. Instead, he pressed both hands firmly onto the straw hat on his head, his eyes blazing with wild excitement.
Feeling the wind rush straight at him and hearing the roar of the waves, he broke into an impossibly broad, brilliant grin, his whole body trembling with excitement.
"Yahoo!! Those waves are huge!! This is awesome!!!"
Luffy shouted excitedly, his voice drowning out even the thunder.
"Yohohohoho!"
Brook held down his Afro with one hand to keep it from blowing away and clung desperately to the mainmast with the other. His skeletal body spun wildly in the wind