Adams led the women to a Kuja Floating Island suspended above an even higher sea of clouds.
Using his immense power, he had moved this island here from the Calm Belt, making it one of God's Country's Floating Islands. The island still upheld Daughter Country's traditions—men were strictly forbidden from entering.
But rules were rigid, while people were flexible. As the only man publicly acknowledged and accepted by Boa Hancock, the current empress of Daughter Country, Adams naturally enjoyed certain privileges.
When the Kuja warriors guarding the entrance saw him walking side by side with Hancock, they respectfully saluted and let him pass. Their gazes were filled with love for their empress and reverence for Adams, the "ruler of God's Country."
They passed through streets blooming with flowers and brimming with exotic charm, drawing curious looks and hushed whispers from the female residents along the way.
Adams let his other women wander freely, taking only Hancock with him to find Granny Nyon. After years of gathering intelligence, he intended to ask about God Valley and learn more about God's Knights.
At the same time, Angel Island, Lovely Street.
The streets bustled with crowds, every face radiating heartfelt happiness and peace.
They were neatly dressed, rosy-cheeked, and full of energy. Looking around, not a single person appeared gaunt or worried about survival.
The buildings on both sides had long ceased to be purely Sky Island in style. Instead, they ingeniously blended Sky Island's distinctive Cloud Dials and Wind Dial technology with the clean designs of an ancient technological civilization.
Streamlined building silhouettes, convenient Cloud Dial-powered facilities, and imaginative aerial gardens intertwined, forming a scene where the future and fantasy merged.
On the sea of clouds beside Angel Island, on the side not bordering Upper Yard, another lushly vegetated island floated.