The battle on Egghead had reached its current state.
To the east, along the shoreline.
The massive fleet of the Giant Warrior Pirates had briefly halted its charge after Hawk-Eye's Flying Slash cleaved their flagship in two.
But the pause was brief. The two giant captains, Dorry and Brogy, quickly determined
that the World's Greatest Swordsman seemed intent only on protecting the Marine warship behind him.
He showed no particular desire to stop them from landing on the island.
So, after a booming exchange with the remnants of the Straw Hat Pirates onshore,
especially Usopp, whom the two knew best,
Dorry and Brogy confirmed that Luffy was deep inside the island, and apparently in trouble.
Then the two giant captains hesitated no longer. Leaving some of their giant crew behind,
they thundered onto Egghead and strode toward the island's center, where the energy fluctuations were fiercest and the sounds of battle loudest.
Before setting off, they had also followed Nami's advice and taken from the Giant Warrior Pirates' stores
some food meant for giants as a reunion "gift."
They were sure the Luffy boy must be starving again, just as he had been when they met in Little Garden all those years ago.
Hawk-Eye stood atop a reef, Yoru in hand, calmly watching the two giants thunder away without stopping them.
His mission was clear: keep the warship safe and watch the remaining Straw Hat Pirates.
As for whom the giants sought or what they intended to do, he could not be bothered, provided they did not threaten his mission.
Even the "laziness" of the World's Greatest Swordsman was an art unto itself.
On the western side of the island.
Kizaru and Enel's pursuit of Kuzan and Aramaki had likewise become a deadlock.
Kuzan relied on the Ice-Ice Fruit's wide-area