A large "1" was painted on the square gate, marking this as Dock One.
But the gate stood alone, with only a low wooden fence on either side, leaving the construction site inside completely visible to outsiders.
Rough-hewn timber was piled up like mountains, and workers came and went, bare-chested and muscular.
Some sawed timber with huge saws, others swung heavy hammers at metal, and still others pushed carts laden with building materials.
The man who had just called out to stop them was wearing a duckbill cap and had been sawing timber.
"Sorry, but unauthorized personnel aren't allowed in."
Kaku stepped forward and spoke to Luffy through the fence.
Luffy stared blankly at Kaku's long nose for a while. "Usopp? Why won't you let me in?"
"I'm right here, you idiot!!"
At the shout behind him, Luffy turned and looked at Usopp.
"Ah!" Luffy froze, then pointed at Kaku and exclaimed, "Usopp! Is he your relative?"
"Relative my ass!!"
Usopp bared his teeth and shouted, "And stop staring at my nose!"
"Hahaha, this is amazing! Your nose is just like Usopp's."
Luffy grinned at Kaku, then pointed to a group of people nearby. "But why can they go in?"
"..."
Kaku was covered in metaphorical black lines. He followed Luffy's gaze to a group of pirates arguing with Pauly.
"They're the ones who left their ship with us for repairs a few days ago. They probably came to pay today."
"We're here to get our ship repaired too."
Nami reached into her "storage space," took out an envelope, and handed it over. "And this is a letter of introduction from an old lady."
"I see. Let me take a look."
Kaku took the envelope, glanced at the line of writing on the outside, and looked up. "Grandma Kokoro from