At the same time, Sanji and Usopp arrived at the entrance to God's Trial. Beneath a massive Buddha-head structure, four openings shaped like fingers gaped wide, their depths shrouded in darkness. As for Zoro...
Who knew?
"The Rope Trial has already been cleared by Lina. The remaining ones are Iron, Swamp, and Ball."
Sanji stood on a large tree nearby, smoking as he looked down at the entrance connected to the cloud path. "You pick first."
"Uh, let me see. Emmwww... Which one should I choose?"
Usopp held his chin, his expression grave. After craning his neck to study the options, he slapped his palm and declared, "I choose Ball!"
Thinking of how Shura, in the Rope Trial, had controlled cloud ropes, Usopp guessed that the remaining trials probably had something to do with clouds, too. Whether Iron Cloud or Swamp Cloud, both looked dangerous.
But...
"Balls made of soft, white clouds. No matter how I think about it, I can't imagine what could be dangerous about them."
Usopp made up his mind and declared confidently, "That must be it. I'll choose the Ball Trial!"
"Is that so? Then I'll choose Swamp." Sanji picked one at random.
"How are we supposed to get in?" Usopp asked, puzzled.
"This is just the right size." Sanji glanced down at the thick branch beneath his feet, then raised his leg over his head and brought it down hard!
Thud!
Creak~
Cracks began to spread. Sanji kicked the broken branch onto the cloud path. "That'll do. Let's go."
"Could you at least think about it first—hey, hey, wait!"
Before Usopp could finish, Sanji kicked him in the butt. Then he did the same thing again, breaking off another branch and kicking it onto the cloud path.
After jumping onto the branches floating on the