Heaven Kingdom, God's Island!
"Heh. How interesting. Looks like the Shichibukai and the Supernovas are all under his control."
Tesoro scoffed as he watched the image hanging in midair.
"How much of that history he told us is even true?"
Rob Lucci stared coldly at Roger on the screen. Some of it was true, but Roger had left far more unsaid.
"After today, the world will be in chaos," Zephyr said with a sigh.
"History is history. That was hundreds of years ago. But is there really life above us?"
"There's the moon, the sun, and more stars than we can count."
"For the first time, this world feels terrifying..."
Everyone looked up involuntarily, as though they could see through the roof into the endless sky.
"Go make your preparations. The times are about to change."
That night, the vast Milky Way stretched across the sky. Countless people gazed up at the crescent moon.
In a pavilion in the back garden, a family of four sat down to dinner.
"Chen, what's wrong? Why do you keep staring at us?"
Ever since dinner began, Gion had noticed Ye Chen watching her and Sakura, then glancing at Ye Feng in the cradle beside them.
"Yeah, Dad. You've only had six family dinners with us in three years, and now you're sitting there with a long face."
Sakura pouted in protest.
"It's nothing. I haven't seen you in six months. I missed you."
Ye Chen put several pieces of Sea King meat into their bowls and smiled.
"You're being weird, Dad."
Sakura went back to eating, too lazy to think about it.
"How's your little team coming along?" Ye Chen asked her.
"Bepo's doing better, but Carrot won't come with me. She's still in Zou Kingdom." Sakura sounded discouraged.
"If it weren't for