Dressrosa Kingdom, Sunflower Field.
Atop a broad mesa, golden sunflowers had been planted one after another, forming a sea of flowers.
Blooming amid the foliage, the golden sunflowers stretched out in vast fields beneath the azure sky.
When a gentle breeze blew, the sea of flowers swayed, and their fragrance filled the air, refreshing the heart and mind.
Beneath a lush, sprawling tree that would take three people to encircle, Scarlett, dressed in a white gown, knelt upon a pink picnic blanket. Standing opposite her was the Tontatta Tribe's chief, barely over twenty centimeters tall, with white hair and beard and a bamboo cane in hand... Gan Qiao!
Several plates of pastries, a teapot, and two teacups rested on the picnic blanket. The two chatted as they sampled the snacks and black tea.
Beneath the Sunflower Field was a Tontatta Tribe settlement, along with a tunnel leading to Green Bit, the isolated island north of Dressrosa and the site of the Tontatta Kingdom.
Long ago, a massive and spacious bridge had connected the two islands of Dressrosa and Green Bit.
Two hundred years ago, for certain special reasons, ferocious Fighting Fish began attacking pedestrians crossing the bridge. They eventually destroyed it as well, severing contact between the two islands.
But...
The Tontatta Tribe had spent many years digging through it again, with the exit placed in the Sunflower Field.
That was why Scarlett and Gan Qiao had chosen to meet here.
"Then we'll do as Princess Scarlett said! Our Tontatta Tribe will honor the agreement..." Gan Qiao nodded slightly.
"Mm! Then it's settled!" Scarlett said with a smile.
After discussing the matter, Gan Qiao quickly disappeared into the flowers.
A crimson flash flickered past as a spatial folding doorway opened. Sephiroth and Violet stepped out from within.
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