Delta Island, central lake.
Boom—!
As the Thousand Sunny reached the top of the Knock-Up Stream, its massive momentum instantly flung it away. It sailed directly over the small island encased in bubbles and shot high into the sky.
After everyone aboard experienced a bout of weightlessness, the Thousand Sunny finally fell from the sky. It was caught by the enormous bubble surrounding the entire small island, which absorbed most of the force from its descent. Passing through the bubble coating, it crashed onto the island's ground.
Following the Thousand Sunny's landing, Kuma, Kidd, and the others' pirate ships also passed through the bubble coating one after another and landed on the island.
Seeing that the pirates had already entered the treasure island, Donner Modirat hurriedly followed the lines prepared by the event organizers and continued hyping up the crowd:
"What!? A huge galleon is actually sitting atop that cliff, and it's covered in gold, silver, and jewels...!?
What an unexpected development! Could Pirate King Roger's Great Treasure be there...!?"
"Charge! We can't let the treasure be snatched away by anyone else!"
With a shout, Luffy was the first to leap off the ship and land on the island, racing toward the distant cliff. Sanji, Zoro, and Franky followed close behind, while Usopp and Chopper chose to remain aboard and guard the ship.
"Pirate King Roger's Great Treasure..." Ace murmured softly. A trace of curiosity flashed in his eyes, and he jumped off the ship with the others.
Marco first looked at Ace and the others heading away, then at Sephiroth, who was once again lounging in a beach chair beside him and smiling at him. For some reason, he felt uncomfortable all over, so he ultimately chose to follow the others toward the distant cliff.
Watching Sephiroth continue to