By the time the war between Zaun and Piltover fully erupted, Araki and Imu had already taken Uranus away from the twin cities—even away from Runeterra itself.
"Are you really not going to watch how their struggle ends?"
Inside Uranus, Imu asked curiously as she piloted the spacecraft.
"The outcome was decided long ago. There's nothing worth watching."
Araki responded calmly.
"Oh? How so? Who do you think will win?" Imu asked.
"There won't be a winner in the absolute sense in this war, but Zaun's demand for independence should truly be achieved. It now possesses weapons capable of threatening Piltover, and it has also shown the resolve to wage war head-on. A Zaun like that is something Piltover must take seriously, treating it as an equal twin city-state rather than a father-and-son city-state as before, or a slave city-state."
"Really? I thought you'd rather have Zaun rule Piltover in return!"
"Zaun doesn't have that strength yet."
As the two spoke, Uranus had already flown completely out of Runeterra and returned to the starry universe.
"Where to next?"
"Let's go back. I have another way to search for traces of the Otsutsuki clan now."
"Hm? What way?"
"Waves."
The journey back to One Piece Planet was entirely uneventful. They did not encounter any further interference from irresistible forces and retraced their route smoothly.
Including the two years spent traveling around Runeterra, plus the voyage there and back, this trip took the two of them a total of four or five years.
The One Piece World had not changed much overall. After the World Government became an organization akin to the United Nations, oppression of the various member nations had almost ceased to exist, because they themselves were members of the World Government and had the right to speak