How About We Try?

Several days later, in the skies above a stretch of sea near the Calm Belt in the latter half of the New World.

The Sky Alliance Kingdom, made up of more than a dozen floating islands, drifted through the heavens.

Each island was a kingdom unto itself.

One of them resembled a futuristic technological kingdom, already boasting skyscrapers and aerial railways.

It even had a sky dome!

This was Egghead Island of the Sacred Ancient Moon Empire, the true core of the Sky Alliance Kingdom.

It was even more prosperous than Rocks's Elysium Island.

Even Rocks, the emperor of the Rocks Empire, was merely the village chief of one D Village within the Sacred Ancient Moon Empire.

Houka did not remain in the waters of Totto Land. He chose to return to his own headquarters and oversee the overall situation.

As long as any member encountered danger, they only needed to make a call, and he could rush over to support them at any time.

Within D Village.

Houka specifically went to visit the members of the D Clan, as well as the nearly extinct Buccaneer Tribe, Lunarian Tribe, Three-Eye Tribe...

He visited the Davy Clan's home to offer his condolences to Rocks's family.

Rocks had arranged for his wife, Alice, and his son, Teach, to return to D Village and live there, allowing him to fight and search for the Dark-Dark Fruit without worry.

Houka also visited infants like Alber of the Lunarian Tribe and Bartholomew Kuma of the Buccaneer Tribe.

He was nominally these little ones' godfather.

Their parents were all more than happy to have a figure as important as Houka become their sons' godfather.

Houka took Dragon back to visit the Monkey D. Clan.

Dragon was now following at Houka's side, cultivating, growing, and fighting alongside