The Ashen gradually descended from the sky, and the enormous golden ship grew larger in the Kessoku Band members' view, revealing more of its details.
The ten-kilometer-long Gran Tesoro was broadly divided into two sections.
The front half formed an elongated trapezoid, with a circular inner harbor built into its bow. Almost all the remaining space was the Commercial District.
The rear half was a wider, circular VIP area, with Tesoro's Golden Tower standing at its center.
This floating city, filled with gold, shone with a dizzying golden brilliance. From the floating stage in its inner harbor came a musical performance steeped in the decadent atmosphere of a casino.
"Horo horo horo, so dazzling-wait~! Isn't this a little too lively?!"
Although Perona loved treasure, the sheer golden splendor was a bit much for her. She burrowed into the crook of Shining's arm, covering her big, "scorched" eyes.
Her personal tastes were better suited to lying amid heaps of treasure in a gloomy castle and making a little mischief. A bustling place like this did not exactly make her uncomfortable, but it did leave her a little dizzy.
"Hina is impressed. Amazing, very luxurious, but somehow..."
Hina leaned over the railing, looking at the noisy crowds below. It felt a little too lively, far too concentrated.
"Overdone, right? The light pollution really is bad."
Shining stroked Perona's little head.
"Yohohohoho~, I don't mind this kind of bustle. It makes my blood boil-ah, but I have no blood~! Because I'm all bones-yohohohoho~!"
Dressed in a blue-green British gentleman's suit, Brook adjusted the brim of his hat and laughed with a rattling clatter.
"..."
Kalifa watched the scene below, mulling over the "intelligence" Shining had revealed to her. She was also debating whether to report Tesoro's little scheme to her superiors.
Gran Tesoro's