As soon as the voice reached them, everyone aboard the Going Merry turned toward its source. They saw a familiar face-and the person they most wanted to see right now.
"Mr. Barn?"
"Vivi?"
The arrivals were none other than Barn and Vivi, who had just left Alabasta!
"Vivi! What are you doing here?"
Nami rushed over almost immediately, the joy on her face making her forget the strange incident that had just occurred.
Luffy, Zoro, and the others gathered around next. Surrounded by her friends, Vivi smiled and greeted them, while Barn was spectacularly ignored...
Naturally, Barn had no intention of interrupting their happy reunion. He walked over to Robin, who had stayed out of the crowd.
"So you came here after all."
Barn smiled as he spoke.
Robin watched the touching scene before her without saying a word. She simply smiled at Barn and nodded.
"Why is this woman here?"
Vivi clearly still remembered Robin as an accomplice in the invasion of her country...
"Oh, Robin isn't a bad person."
Luffy spoke with a smile.
"That's right! Robin's a big sister with lots of money!"
That was Nami, the little money-grubber...
"..."
Since they had been crewmates before, Vivi quickly settled back into their big family. Only then did everyone remember the Log Pose that had supposedly lost its bearing...
"What was that Sky Island you mentioned?"
Zoro walked up to Barn with a smug expression and asked, though the corners of his mouth were slightly raised. Clearly, he was happy about Vivi's return too.
"Ah... Sky Island. Naturally, it's an island in the sky."
Barn answered with a smile. He longed to visit Sky Island himself. Back when he watched the anime in his previous life, he had always wanted to see that wondrous place at least once.