Little Loli quickly followed the voice, eager to track down its source.
Something about that sound was not right.
"Hold on, I'm coming to save you."
She ventured deeper, found where Grandpa Dragon was staying, and learned what condition he was in.
"Back then, Grandpa Dragon had been separated from his companions, and he couldn't muster any energy at all."
"He'd been searching for that lost island all along."
Standing nearby, Nami immediately perked up at those words, her curiosity piqued.
She had not expected this turn of events.
"Didn't that island disappear ages ago? The sea swallowed it up. How could anyone still find it?"
Little Loli shook her head.
"Grandpa Dragon already said that the island would definitely rise again."
"He said it was almost time."
"Besides, he's old now and can't fly anymore, but he really, really wants to go back."
"I really, really want to help him too, but I've never been able to find where it is."
A deep look of worry settled over Nami's face.
"If all we have is a legend, we won't be able to find any clues."
The Little Loli in front of her nodded, her eyes looking terribly forlorn.
"That's right. I didn't know I should leave first, so I thought I'd ask the Navy for help. But I never expected them to be searching for an elixir of immortality all along."
They certainly had it all worked out.
Knowing that now, I practically walked straight to my own death.
"That's why they captured me outright, to make me tell them everything I knew."
"It might also have been because I always wore the dragon scale Grandpa Dragon gave me as a ring."
"That's how I managed to survive that storm."
"Besides, I never told anyone in the village, but