Roger and the Poneglyph / Roger and Dongze in the Night

But as Wyper and the other Shandia grew more adept at using Sky Island's various shells, their fighting strength became harder and harder to dismiss.

In their last major battle, the balance had already begun to tip in the Shandia's favor.

The strange thing was that the island carried up by the Knock Up Stream had belonged to the Shandia in the first place. Their ancestors had lived there for generations.

It was the native Skypieans who had somehow decided to seize it and brazenly claim it as their own. The thought was sickening.

The Straw Hat Pirates followed the river to the sacrificial grounds and, without quite knowing how, got caught up in the fighting.

Of course, without the Rumble-Rumble Fruit user, no one there was a match for the Straw Hat Pirates. Only after both sides had been beaten into submission did Luffy and the others gradually learn the truth.

When it came time to decide who the land belonged to, Luffy insisted that it should go to its rightful owners. It had never belonged to the Skypieans, so why were they trying to take it?

Afterward, Luffy found Gan Fall and told him about the Blue Sea below Sky Island and the legend of the Golden Bell. By the end of Luffy's impassioned lecture, the old man was in tears.

Finally, when the others said they wanted to find the Poneglyph, Robin spoke up. She led them and several Shandia leaders to the place where it had first been brought.

She read the Poneglyph's contents aloud once more. Some wanted to listen; others did not. Luffy, for one, turned around and went off to play with the giant snake.

Luffy was getting more and more into playing with snakes. Sometimes the author wondered whether all that snake