Merry the Ship Spirit

"Handsome big brother, are you taking us back?"

Having eaten and drunk their fill, Luffy spoke excitedly. Though the golden mountain here was certainly enticing, he wanted even more to return outside and find his companions—Nami, Sanji, Chopper, and the others.

"Immortal! Please, tell me—have you seen these people?"

Dr. Henzo hurriedly took out portraits of his companions: Rapanui, Longo, Isoka, and the others.

Fifty years ago, they had been a bunch of penniless brats who could not afford to take a group photo, but the appearances of those companions had long been deeply etched into Henzo's mind.

After decades of research, he had not only become an immensely knowledgeable doctor, but was also quite skilled at drawing.

"The people you're looking for aren't in the same spacetime as us."

Houka glanced over calmly. His clone had just gone to gather information and discovered that the newly appeared Rainbow Mist space was also riddled with all kinds of spacetime distortions compared to Houka's own space.

They might even be in different spacetimes.

The Straw Hat Pirates should originally have returned to fifty years before their own world's time.

But perhaps because of Houka's parallel world, along with interference from the interdimensional space still in the process of merging—

They had ended up mistakenly entering Houka's side instead.

Once he sent them back to the Rainbow Mist, he did not know whether they would continue onward to that point fifty years ago or return to their original timeline.

The spacetime power contained within this Rainbow Mist was truly bizarre.

"Not in the same spacetime?"

Dr. Henzo could not understand. Could there really be other spacetimes?

Which spacetime were Rapanui, Longo, and Isoka in?

"We'll know once we go take a look!"

With a wave of Houka's finger, everyone floated into the