While Sephiroth was playing out the scenario of an investigator's failed infiltration...
Down below in Titans, the Straw Hat Pirates were having a late-night meal.
Inside a hotel room, tables had been pushed together and covered with all kinds of dishes. Some had been cooked by Sanji himself.
Luffy ate with grease smeared all over his mouth.
"This meat! Delicious! This fish! Delicious! These skewers! Delicious!"
"Everything's delicious to you."
Usopp snarked.
Chopper sat beside him, sipping his soup.
"Chopper, what did you buy?"
Sanji had already seen them bring back some machinery, but Chopper hadn't been messing around with his purchases like Luffy and the others.
"A biomechanical hand. As a doctor, I'd like to study it."
Hearing that, Usopp casually patted Chopper.
"Hey, hey, Chopper, you're making it sound like one of us is going to need it..."
As he spoke, Usopp's expression grew increasingly conflicted.
He thought it over. Of everyone present, he was the most likely to need one first.
"What's the point of scaring yourself...?"
Zoro glanced at Usopp, who had swallowed the rest of his sentence.
Helmeppo suddenly remembered something and took a Log Pose from his pocket.
"Oh, right. The Log Pose."
He placed it on the table. The needle inside wobbled, then pointed straight up.
"About the Log Pose-the locals said we'd be better off buying an Eternal Pose for Water 7. This one's already locked onto Upper Yard."
"Upper Yard?"
Usopp stroked his chin, pretending to know what that meant when he actually had no idea.
"So that's Sky Island!"
Luffy leaned over with a grin, staring at the needle.
Sky Island had come up before, but he didn't know the details. His head was simply full of the idea that Sky Island had to be fun.
"It is Sky Island.