A large city had risen on the west coast of Jaya Island. The upper district was residential, home mostly to people from Alabasta, with a smaller number from Sky Country.
The middle district was the administrative center, where the barracks were also located.
The lower district was the trading quarter, home to the Skyport serving Sky Country and the Seaport serving other islands.
A year earlier, the Three-Nation Allied Forces had driven every pirate off Jaya Island, and the flag of Sky Country had flown over it ever since. With so few people, development was concentrated in the west, while several watchtowers had been built in the east.
As for the Masira United Forces, who had once lived in the east, they had moved to the western trading quarter. Their salvage work continued as before.
What made them happiest, of course, was getting to ride an Airship up to Sky Island. Since they were Rubick's friends, the two-million-Beli fee to charter the ship had been waived.
Transport, as it turned out, was a profitable business.
Sky Country currently ran two Airship trips a day from both Jaya Island and Alabasta, each making a round trip. For tourists, a ticket cost ten thousand Beli per person. Each ship carried up to five hundred passengers and reached its destination in half an hour.
As for cargo ships, Sky Country had little that merchants considered essential, so few went up there to trade. Instead, Sky Country brought its goods straight to Jaya Island's trading quarter to deal with outside merchants.
Wyper was sweating through a workout in the barracks. He had finally beaten Kaku a year ago and planned to challenge Lucci this year. With Rubick teaching him from time to time, he had already learned two types of Haki.
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