Nami looked at Amazon, an unknown thought on her mind. "Can we get in without paying?"
To Nami's surprise, Amazon actually nodded at this. "You can go without paying."
"There are eight of you, so... Express Shrimp."
Everyone brightened at her words.
But before they could react, a huge scarlet shrimp suddenly emerged from beneath the clouds, lifted the Going Merry, and raced inside.
As they left, however, a sinister smile appeared on Amazon's sour-prune face. She sent out the pictures with her camera, then addressed the sky. "Almighty Priests and Divine Soldiers, eight people have entered illegally. Please deliver Heavenly Punishment upon them."
A short while later, the Express Shrimp hauled the Going Merry like a sword through layer after layer of cloud sea, arriving somewhere entirely new.
The Express Shrimp tossed them onto the cloud sea, then quietly sank beneath its surface and vanished without a trace.
Watching it disappear, Zoro scratched his head. "Hey, how are we supposed to drop anchor? There shouldn't be a seabed here, right?"
"Just drop it wherever. We're in the sky. Where would a seabed come from? Toss it straight down." Liu Qing walked over, took the anchor from Zoro, and threw it down.
Like a pair of excited huskies, Luffy and Usopp leaped off the ship without hesitation, jumping toward the island below.
Perhaps because they were too excited, however, they actually tripped when they landed.
"Ow!" Usopp cried out, only to discover in surprise that the island's ground was unusually soft, like cotton.
He struggled to his feet and shouted excitedly, "Wow! The ground on this island is so soft! It doesn't hurt at all!"
Hearing Usopp, Luffy immediately scrambled up too and agreed happily. "Yeah, yeah! It's soft and so comfy!" As he spoke, he and Usopp hugged each