"...That sandstorm just now wasn't something that only started today... It began three years ago. The relentless sun dried the land out..."
"Ever since then, sandstorms have struck this place again and again, burying the city little by little. The oasis it once was turned into what you see today..."
"Once the city ended up like this, supplies stopped coming through. Naturally, the Rebel Army couldn't keep up a prolonged war anymore, so they abandoned this city and moved their headquarters to Katalea..."
"Katalea?"
Vivi cried out from beside them, as though the name had suddenly come back to her.
Luffy asked from nearby.
"Vivi, where's that?"
"It's an oasis very close to Nanohana..."
"Huh? Then what did we come here for?"
Luffy cried out at Vivi's answer. That meant they had come all this way for nothing. Well, not entirely for nothing-at least they had met Barn.
But a wry smile appeared on Barn's face too.
Dragon, oh, Dragon. So even your information can be out of date?
Barn thought helplessly.
Meanwhile, the gaunt old man who had been quietly digging away at the sand stopped, having noticed what Luffy had called Vivi.
"Vivi?... Just now... did you call her Vivi?"
The gaunt old man turned back to Luffy and asked again.
"Hey, old man! Vivi isn't a princess!"
Luffy immediately offered his "explanation"... But at his words, everyone else, Barn included, covered their faces in dismay, as though saying they didn't know this idiot...
"Why did you have to open your big mouth?!"
Zoro shouted outright.
But things didn't unfold the way they had imagined. This gaunt old man seemed to know Vivi.
"Little Vivi? Is that you..."
"Huh?"
Vivi cried out. The gaunt old man looked somewhat familiar, but she simply couldn't remember his name.
Her reaction