Ling'er looked at the turbulent sea before her, her face full of confusion. Nothing about this place suggested there was an island here.
Not only was Ling'er puzzled, but everyone else on the ship was bewildered too.
"There doesn't seem to be an island here at all. Wasn't Laugh Tale supposed to be an island?" Luo said, standing by the railing and looking out at the sea.
Everyone on the seas knew that the Grand Line had an endpoint, and that endpoint was an island.
They called it Laugh Tale.
By that reasoning, Laugh Tale was at least an island.
"AHO~ Even if it isn't an island, it can't just be an endless stretch of sea, can it?" Franky ran from the port railing to the starboard railing and back.
He simply couldn't find anything that set this place apart from any other stretch of sea.
Vivi said, "Exactly. If the One Piece is stored here, there has to be somewhere to put it. It can't just be sitting in the seawater, can it?"
"Yahahaha, there's no Laugh Tale. It's nothing but a hoax." Seeing the faint disappointment on his companions' faces, Enel couldn't help laughing.
"Exhibitionist, this is an island the whole world acknowledges exists. Even Pirate King Roger confirmed it. How could it be a hoax?"
This time, Crocodile wasn't bickering with Enel. He genuinely believed that Laugh Tale existed.
"Yahahaha, there aren't any photographs of Laugh Tale in this world. Who can prove it actually exists? Couldn't this be a hoax cooked up by that Joy Boy or whatever his name was?"
Everyone wanted to argue when they heard that, because the claim was clearly wrong.
But the facts were right before their eyes, leaving them little choice but to believe it.
At that moment, a thought