Marine Calendar 1508, February 4.
Around 11:07 p.m.
Five differently colored moons hung in the sky, casting shimmering reflections across the dark sea.
At this moment.
Countless Wind Stone ships, large and small and shaped like sailing vessels, floated in the air east of Wano Island.
Even by rough visual estimate, there were over a thousand of them.
Some were public ships arranged by the government, their decks and cabins filled with citizens from various towns.
Some were commercial ships belonging to different companies, carrying tourists who had come specifically from afar.
Others were official ships from the Publicity Department, with Den Den Mushi being set up everywhere for filming.
Besides that.
There were also private ships belonging to Wano Island's major clans, their sails emblazoned with all manner of family crests.
Ubuyashiki, Jingū, Hyuga, Higurashi, Nightmoon Clan, Yami, Senju Clan, Uchiha, Uzumaki Clan, Hoshigaki Clan, Nara, Aburame Clan, Sarutobi, Inuzuka Clan, and many more.
And these were only the airships. There were even more vessels on the sea below.
Even the shore was packed with a sea of people.
Left with no choice, the Wano Island Police Station and Swordmaster Hall had mobilized all their personnel.
They worked hard to maintain order, occasionally dispersing crowds that had become too densely packed.
In truth, many people here could not see much at all. They would have been better off staying home to watch the live broadcast.
But they simply wanted to experience the atmosphere in person. They could watch the actual scenes through Den Den Mushi projections.
On the Nara Clan's airship.
Moria idly played with a demon-faced mask made entirely of Pure Gold.
Half a month earlier, when he and Saiken had been on Nine-Tails Island.
Nola, the Feathered Serpent God who called himself the guardian of Noah, manager