It is speculated that the Navy wanted to wait until Accumulating Emperor Cloud left Eternal Night Island, so Sig and his two companions did not make any rash moves.
After all, it seems that neither Gion Sig Yasopp want to confront the current Vampire Fruit user directly, and neither do they want to resort to brute force.
They had initially thought it would be a uneventful two weeks—and in order to conceal their identities, Sig and his companions couldn't do anything on Jaya Island during this time.
Like most islands on the Grand Line, Jaya Island is a closed kingdom with a secluded coastal Mock Town " serving as its window to the outside world—primarily as a window to "receive" pirates. When pirates appear in Mock Town, it is not considered an attack on the country, and the kingdom will not do anything to pirate crews that have not caused trouble.
The level of chaos here was once among the highest on the Grand Line.
Nearly a year ago, the remnants of the Giant Axe Slave Trading Network gathered on Jaya Island, only to be wiped out by the Sun Pirates. Now, with a naval fleet docked there, the order in Mock Town has been unusually good lately.
He had thought it would be an uneventful two weeks, until that night... Sig had another "dream"!
August 8, 1508.
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I had another dream last night!
Because I had specifically given myself Psychological Suggestion, I didn't need to recall them afterward. As soon as the "dream" began, I was awake and knew that this was the activation of the "Knowledge Keeper's" ability.
I originally thought I'd be able to witness half of Jaya Island being swept into the air—that would be important information, wouldn't it?
However, to my surprise...
It was that familiar spaceship again. This time it flew in from the eastern sky, but it didn't fly directly overhead. Instead, it hovered somewhere on the eastern side, ready to fire.
After I took off, I looked eastward, and as I flew higher and higher, the vast Jaya Island came into view. However, eventually, everything in the distance became blurry, and I couldn't even see the area below where the spaceship was hovering—places I had never been to could not be seen even in dreams.
This wasn't even the most unexpected thing. What surprised me was... when I turned my head to look west, I actually saw mountains that were both familiar and unfamiliar!
I am currently in Mock Town on the island. If the shape of Jaya Island resembles the lower half of a skull's face, then I am currently on the edge of the skull's chin, and the "west" is the area outside the chin!
The "east" of the skull should be the upper half of its face. Considering the original work, which is the half of the island that was swept into the sky, I wasn't surprised to see a blurry view to the east. But... to the west, I saw Drum Mountain!
These are the peculiar peaks of Drum Island —they appear somewhat unfamiliar because they are not covered in ice and snow, but their cylindrical shapes are quite distinctive.
And since I could see it in my dream, it means it's a place I've been to.
Was Drum Island actually part of Jaya Island before?
Soon, another shot came down. The area hit was to the east, in a part I couldn't see, but because I could see the spaceships in the air, I could estimate that it was not far from Jaya Island.
Under the devastating force of the earthquake, the island's foundation was completely shattered, and the already loosely connected parts of Drum Island gradually separated from Jaya Island before my eyes.
Jaya Island, which is the part of the skull's chin, was not completely separated from the part that was hit by the cannon at this point; only the underground part should have been shattered and hollowed out!
This is probably why that half of Jaya Island was swept into the sky – if it were firmly connected to the seabed, the water flow wouldn't have occurred beneath the island.
After waking up, I followed the memories from my dream and started drawing on paper...
Indeed, the shapes of the coastlines of Drum Island and Jaya Island can be roughly pieced together.
As for Goa Island and Jaya Island... they may have each been hit by a shell, but... it could also have been the same shell!
Based on the location of the cannon fire I saw on Goa Island, I adjusted the orientation of Goa Island and drew it together with Jaya Island. Since Jaya Island is incomplete, I cannot be sure if they can be pieced together. To truly verify this, we would have to go to the White Sea and look at the other half of Jaya Island!
But if these three islands were truly once one, then why doesn't Goa Island have a special magnetic field? Do islands' magnetic fields gradually disappear after leaving the Grand Line? Or... were the magnetic field characteristics of the Grand Line created only after that cannon shot?
A portion of this world's important "information" has been revealed once again, and my "Knowledge Keeper" ability has advanced further...
After finishing his diary, Sig woke up and, while thinking, absentmindedly filled in the missing half of the skull's face, specifically the eye socket, on the paper in front of him—although he had never seen it before, Sig remembered that in the original work, the complete Jaya Island looked like a skull.
The right eye is part of the Golden City Skypiea, while the left eye is missing a piece.
Just then, Yasopp knocked and came in. After looking at the "painting," he patted Sig on the shoulder and said, "Sig, you should stick to singing!"
Seeing this, Morio walked over as well. "Tsk tsk, Sig, it seems your artistic talent lies in singing. This crooked... is it a drawing of Captain's skull?"
"Captain Skeleton?" Sig paused for a moment upon hearing this.
A skeleton is a skeleton, how did you figure out it was the "Captain"?
At this moment, Sig looked down at his painting...
The flattened triangular Goa Island, like Captain's hat, sits atop the complete one-eyed skull, with the Mount Kolbo forming the upturned brim, and the densely packed Drum Mountain of Drum Island resembling the skull's large beard.
With that signature one-eyed look, Captain's hat, and big beard, he certainly does look like a "Captain"!
Sig:...
Although there was no rational evidence, Sig was convinced that he had dreamt of the same cannon twice!
Meanwhile, Sig stared at the other half of Jaya Island, the missing left eye—if he had to choose a spot to take direct hits, this would be it, wouldn't it?
It didn't even have a chance to crack; it's probably already shattered to pieces.
Of course, this is just speculation. After all, the upper part of the skull is just something Sig imagined. If you want to confirm it, you can only go to the Sky Island and see that land.
Sig then took out a nautical chart—although the positions and distances of the islands on the Grand Line are not accurate, it is still possible to roughly see that the distances from Jaya Island to Goa Island and Drum Island are not too far off, and they are indeed in two directions. Considering that the nautical charts of the Grand Line are distorted, they might even be in a straight line!
After the island separated, it drifted much farther than Sig had imagined, and it must have drifted for a long time, since it's not easy to stop drifting on an island...
Dongdong: This is purely a hypothetical scenario. In this case, Monkey D. Luffy and Marshall D. Teach, the two most important "D"s in the original work, were born on the same island, the "Land of Dawn" and the "Land of Dusk," respectively, which feels quite fateful...
However, since Luffy and Teach aren't the main characters in this book, this sense of destiny isn't very pronounced. I'll just say it directly.