"I never thought a place as peaceful-looking as Sky Island would only be peaceful on the surface."
Kaido gazed toward the White Sea Fault in the distant Southland.
This journey had given him greater ambitions, knowledge of the Poneglyphs, and awareness of Poseidon's prophecy and existence.
At the same time, he had become even more certain that nowhere in the world was absolutely wonderful.
Even Sky Island was no exception.
A war lasting four hundred years had left countless dead and wounded.
Those who were different were secretly mocked as monsters.
Those without wings were regarded as outsiders.
"There's no absolute peace on the seas. It's probably been that way since the Celestial Dragons first established the world."
Olvia looked toward the far end of the sky and shared that view.
"The Celestial Dragons? I've never seen them, but I probably can't go home anymore."
"Unless I get a bounty of ten million Beli."
"If the Celestial Dragons ever had bounties too, would anyone hunt them down?"
Moria was somewhat puzzled. He had developed his Shadow-Shadow Fruit further, but increasingly found Shane and Kaido frighteningly strong.
That strange aura could smash all his shadows to pieces.
Morley's Push-Push Fruit could even push shadows around and roll them into a heap.
Wolf went without saying. His shadow was so huge that cutting it off was an exhausting task he could never finish.
Besides, his brain didn't work well, so controlling him wouldn't make him useful.
As for Urouge...
Based on Moria's research, his shadow could be stolen.
But Urouge was already the only person on this ship whose standing was a little lower than his!
"What are the Celestial Dragons?"
Urouge couldn't understand at all.
"Gods! The gods of the world."
Moria explained it to him.
"Got it. The owners of