Beneath the vast blue sky lay a primeval forest and wetlands brimming with life.
Its strikingly beautiful rivers were hailed as places where life was nurtured.
This was the Primeval Forest at the southeastern edge of the Schrade Continent in the Teigu World.
Just hearing those descriptions was enough to imagine how moisture-rich the air was.
Moreover, enormous skeletons, vines, and mountains stretching across the entire region formed an incredibly complex three-dimensional environment.
So, long ago,
to make it easier for hunters to carry out missions,
the Hunter's Guild had, as customary, divided the area into Zones One through Ten, where movement was relatively easy, and made maps of them.
At this moment,
night was approaching.
Darkness was gradually swallowing the light of this sea of trees.
Garp, who had just arrived from the Four Souls World, found Bogard near Zone Seven.
"How has Luffy been lately?"
"Well, it differs somewhat from what you expected, but overall, he's been doing pretty well."
As he spoke, Bogard took a Visual Den Den Mushi from the pocket of his Coat of Justice and projected footage secretly recorded over the past few days into the air.
"Roar!!!"
"Aaaah! Why are you hitting me?!"
"Weren't you injured? I just wanted to bring you something to eat!"
In the extremely clear footage, a massive black-furred ape with twin horns on its head, a lion's tail, and a mouth full of fangs
was wildly chasing and pummeling little Luffy with its savage fists, occasionally spitting out golden lightning balls that shattered rocks and felled trees.
However, it was clearly in poor condition, covered in blood and riddled with torn wounds.
Little Luffy, meanwhile, relied on his nimble movements to dodge left and right, using all sorts of things in the environment as cover.
Though he occasionally