He Asked Me for Advice! Out on the sea, the Going Merry followed the channel from Reverse City, cleaving through the waves all the way toward Alabasta.
Several days later, an island covered in dense, primeval jungle appeared on the horizon ahead.
This was Little Garden.
From the outside, the entire island looked like a quiet, ancient, isolated untouched sanctuary.
Towering ancient trees thrust into the clouds, and from deep within the jungle came the faint, muffled roars of what sounded like prehistoric beasts.
It seemed as if the changing ages of the outside world had not touched this Pure Land where time stood still in the slightest.
"Looks like a really fun place for an adventure!"
Luffy stood at the bow. A moment ago, he had still been shouting for food, but the instant he saw the new island, the urge to explore filled him again.
However, just as the Going Merry was about to sail into the shallows off Little Garden's coast...
"Hey... look up there... what is that?"
Usopp, who was in the lookout, suddenly pointed at the sky, his voice cracking completely from extreme shock.
Everyone jerked their heads up.
In the once-clear sky, a strange mass of dark clouds had gathered at some point.
Immediately after, the clouds were forcibly torn apart by an irresistible, colossal force.
A nearly hundred-meter-long dark-blue spear of water, formed from seawater compressed to the extreme, descended from the highest heavens like divine punishment, carrying a piercing sonic boom as it fell straight down.
And at the very tip of that crystal-clear spear of water, there was actually a blood-soaked figure skewered like a candied hawthorn!
Under the horrified gazes of everyone aboard the Going Merry, the enormous water spear struck the very center of Little Garden with thunderous force