"It's starting!!!"
"This is great!!!"
Seated in the center of the audience, the Straw Hat Pirates watched the scene before them with delight.
Everything was so dazzling and novel, the lively atmosphere filling the entire venue.
"The New Era is the future!!!"
"If we can change everything in this world!!!"
"If it can be changed!!!"
The youthful, beautiful girl performed onstage, her singing so infectious that everyone was captivated and cheered.
King Luffy and the others were immersed in her song as well.
When the song ended, the red-and-white-haired girl leaped down from the stage and waved at everyone.
"We've finally met, everyone!!!"
"I'm Uta!!!"
Amid the lively crowd, pirates were also eyeing her greedily, preparing to kidnap the superstar singer for ransom. But King Luffy beat them to it.
With one arm stretching out, King Luffy swung onto the stage like he was on a swing.
"It really is you, Uta!!!"
"It's me!!!"
Uta frowned, then recognized the person before her.
"You're Luffy!!!"
Everyone watched the scene onstage, and an uproar immediately began.
"Look at that straw hat!!!"
"How could Uta be friends with a pirate?!!!"
The other members of the Straw Hat Crew were equally confused and full of questions.
"Why does Luffy know Uta?!!!"
"Why didn't you introduce her to me?!!"
In response to those questions, King Luffy answered with a grin.
"Because she's Shanks's daughter and Uncle Austin's goddaughter~"
The moment those words were spoken,
the once-boisterous concert venue fell several degrees quieter. Everyone's eyes widened.
Then came an earth-shaking uproar!!!
"Huh?!!!!"
The civilians most devastated by the New Era, who had come here seeking comfort, looked at one another upon hearing those two names.
"Could Austin be that..."
"Shanks... one of the Emperors of the Sea, a vicious monster."
"They seem to have been the