First half of the Grand Line, Sky Island, the divine realm.
In the sky, the setting sun shone upon the white clouds, draping them in a thin veil of gold, brilliant and beautiful.
On the white beach stood eight or nine thousand people—men and women, old and young—crowding together as they formed orderly lines and waited to be resettled.
"Huh!? These people are..."
The moment the girl steadied herself on the white beach, she spotted the crowd in the distance.
"They're all people I relocated from Wano Country...
But now Kaido and Kurozumi Orochi have discovered my true identity...
So I probably won't be able to move people out on such a large scale again." Sephiroth spoke with slight regret.
"Your true identity...?"
Yamato tilted her head, a trace of confusion appearing on her face.
"Uh..."
Sephiroth hesitated for a moment before saying:
"This isn't a good place to talk. Let's go somewhere else first!"
As he spoke, Sephiroth called over Black Maria and Kozuki Hiyori, then headed toward Angel Island. They climbed the stairs made of white island clouds, ascending step by step.
Meanwhile, Kuma Goro, Camel... and the other Miyamoto Family leaders were sent off to arrange food, clothing, shelter, and other necessities for the eight or nine thousand people, while negotiating with Gan Fall.
Over the past year or so, Sky Island had already resettled one hundred sixty to one hundred seventy thousand people from Wano Country. Another eight or nine thousand would not be a problem...
After all, Umbrella Corporation had purchased from Vegapunk the technology to artificially produce island clouds—clouds sturdy enough for people to walk upon as though on solid ground.
Using that technology, he had created island clouds to connect God's Island, Angel Island, and Birka. In doing so, he had also opened