On a music island somewhere in the New World.
Uta, who was practicing her singing, suddenly felt her heart flutter. She frowned and checked herself over, but did not look into it any further.
On Skypiea in the Grand Line.
Usopp, Luffy, and the others were excitedly hauling gold and all sorts of treasure out of the defeated Lord of the Sky's belly.
They had worked hard to defeat that monster and earn this treasure.
As Usopp was carrying some gold, his heart suddenly trembled. A gold bar fell onto his toes, making him howl in pain and instantly forget that sensation.
Even Luffy suddenly froze, feeling a strange unease in his heart.
"What's wrong, Luffy?"
Zoro and Sanji frowned as they asked. They had put a great deal of effort into defeating that enormous serpent, the Lord of the Sky.
"I don't know why, but I suddenly feel like crying."
Luffy shook his head, shook off the feeling, and went back to hauling gold.
As Nami gazed at the small mountain of gold, her eyes had already turned into Beli signs.
Daddy Houka really did love them, leaving so much gold for them.
"In the mission guide Houka left behind, he told us to mediate the conflict between the Shandia and the angel tribe. What does that mean?"
Nico Robin did not understand why Houka had left them a task like that.
Was this a test?
"Who cares? We've got the gold already! We're rich!"
Nami cheered excitedly and happily hugged the gleaming gold.
"I've gathered a little information. This island was originally the Shandia's homeland, but the angel tribe later occupied it. The two sides have been at war for four hundred years.
"Six years ago, a thunder god descended, drove away the angel tribe's god, seized this