Two days later, near Wano Country, the Going Merry sailed slowly across the azure sea.
On the stern deck, Nami was sunbathing on a lounge chair as usual, a newspaper in her hand.
"The Reverie is being held once every four years."
"And it just happened to coincide with these last two years of turmoil on the seas."
Nami sighed.
Nearby, Lina picked up her juice and took a sip. She set down the glass, then took out a Vivre Card and gazed at it thoughtfully.
After Kuma was completely modified, he lost all sense of self. He had probably become nothing more than a plaything for the Celestial Dragons.
The Revolutionary Army would surely make a move during the Reverie. They would probably try to storm Mary Geoise and rescue him.
Then there was Bonney.
Two years ago, because of her promise to Kuma, Lina had taken a Vivre Card belonging to Bonney and promised she would do her best to help if Bonney ever ran into trouble.
She had kept an eye on things from time to time during their two years of training, but nothing like Bonney being captured by Blackbeard, as Lina remembered, had happened.
Maybe the moment Blackbeard failed to get the Tremor-Tremor Fruit at Marineford and suffered heavy losses instead, the Blackbeard Pirates' plans had been completely thrown off course.
She wondered if she would ever get the chance to see that father and daughter again.
Putting away the Vivre Card, Lina picked up the newspaper Nami had finished reading and started looking through it.
Some time later, Nami suddenly sensed something.
"Has the airflow changed?"
Before she could get up, Uta's voice rang out from beyond the ship's cabin.
"I see an island, Luffy!"
Uta called down from the crow's nest.
After Shanks