"Totto Land Kingdom, Fallen Angel Pirates"

  Somewhere in the Grand Line, he Calm Belt, on a remote isnd—

  A young man over five meters tall stood holding a retly disected voice-transmission Den-Den Mushi. His expression was dazed and stunned.

  “Kukulkan El… He’s also a Lunarian?”

  “Could he be the Joy Boy mentioned in our a Lunarian prophecy—the oio ge this world?”

  The man’s appearance was striking: bck wings spread from his back, ash-gray hair framed his face, his brown skin glowed faintly, and fmes flickered behind his head.

  Apart from his darker plexion, his physical features were nearly identical to El’s.

  This man, too, was a member of the legendary Lunarian rabsp;

  …

  South Blue, Sorbet Kingdom

  Amid a bustling crowd watg the broadcast, a t teenager built like a small giant tightened his fists as tears welled up in his eyes.

  Quietly slipping away, he whispered to himself, trembling with emotion:

  “A dreamnd where all races live in pead harmony?”

  “If only it weren’t so far away…”

  Looking up at the blue sky, the boy’s expression turned mencholibsp;

  “I’m just an ordinary person. There’s no way I make it all the way to the New World…”

  But he wasn’t an ordinary human.

  He beloo the Bueer Tribe, a rare and nearly extinct race like the Lunarians and the Three-Eye Tribe. Although he appeared human, his unique blood type set him apart.

  The Wover had issued strict orders: anyone disc individuals with this special blood type would be heavily rewarded for rep them.

  “Cpp, what’s wrong?”

  A lively young girl waved at him.

  “Even if the Fallen Angel Pirates are as brutal as they say, they’re all the way in the New World. They have nothing to do with us!”

  “It’s nothing… You’re right,” Cpp replied, suppressing his emotions and f a smile.

  The girl failed to notice his unusual behavior.

  …

  “Totto Land Kingdom? Could it be real?”

  “Isn’t that Ily? And Jien is there too!”

  “I heard Ily was kidnapped by svers. Looks like the Fallen Angel Pirates saved her!”

  “But Ily couldn’t eve an ordinary Fish-man. Why would the Fallen Angel Pirates let her stay?”

  “Are they truly building a dreamnd where all races live together in pead harmony?”

  “Could our Fish-men and Merfolk really live ito Land Kingdom?”

  “It seems so. Look at the Fallen Angel Pirates’ inner circle. They include members of every race!”

  “Yes, whether it’s normal humans, Mink folk, Longlegs, Snakenecks, Three-Eye Tribe, or even Giants…”

  “And don’t fet, El himself is a member of the legendary Lunarian race!”

  “El-sama is so handsome!”

  “I’ve decided—I’m joining the Fallen Angel Pirates!”

  Meanwhile, on Fish-men Isnd, in Fish-men Square

  A rge crowd of Fish-men and Merfolk gathered to watch the broadcast.

  Among the images of the Fallen Angel Pirates' officers, she mermaid girl Ily and the now-wover-wanted "Sea Tiger" Jien, who orained in Fish-man Karate and Jujutsu on the isnd.

  Young Fish-men and Merfolk, especially the fiery youths and impressionable girls, were visibly moved by El's speebsp;

  Their hearts brimmed with admiration and hope, their imaginations running wild with possibilities.

  Ily’s smiling face was clear evidence—she didn’t seem forced to be there. She wore no sve colr, and her health looked remarkable.

  The diverse mix of species among the Fallen Angel Pirates' officers reinforced El’s siy. This wasn’t ay promise—he truly inteo create a nation free of racial discrimination and oppression, where all species could live peacefully together.

  “Papa, we live on nd too?”

  A small Fish-men child with red skin, a wide mouth, and fish scales looked up ily at his father.

  “Maybe,” replied a young Fish-man with a rough, deli appearand greenish-blue skin after a moment of hesitation.

  Squatting dowted the child’s head and enced him:

  “If you work hard at Fish-man Karate and bee as strong as Sea Tiger Jien, you might even join the Fallen Angel Pirates one day!”

  “Really?” The little Fish-man’s eyes lit up with excitement. “I’ll work hard, then!”

  …

  Meanwhile—Ihe Mirror World

  Few knew what was transpiring.

  El, Uthan, Barry, Ryan, araveled aboard Thundercloud Zeus, speeding through the mirrored pathways.

  Joining them this time was a t shark-like Fish-man with light blue skin.

  “El-sama, the mirror up ahead leads directly to Bridport Isnd!” Barry, the Mirror-Mirror Fruit user, poi a half-meter-tall mirror.

  “Oh? We’re almost there?”

  El’s expression remained calm as he retrieved a perma Log Pose.

  “Acc to Sally’s ihat man should be on Alvia Isnd, near Bridport Isnd.”

  “Heh, a soul as strong as his… another ‘Queen-Level’ Homie in the making,” El mused.

  Standing beside him was Gerd, who, even in her shrunken form at just three meters tall, radiated overwhelming strength.

  El turo her with a smile.

  “This will plete the ‘Seven Deadly Sins.’”

  Among the Fallen Angel Pirates, there were only six six-winged angel-level Homies. The seventh seat remained vat.

  El had his sights set oarget.

  …

  Two Hours Later

  Leaving Bridport Isnd behind, El and his group rode Thundercloud Zeus, skirting a sudden storm, and arrived at their destination—Alvia Isnd.

  “There’s a notably strong presence here…”

  El’s expression remained indifferent as his formidable Observation Haki spread across the isnd like an invisible web.

  In an instant, he detected a remarkable aura radiating from deep within the isnd. Narrowing his eyes, his voice turned cold:

  “A Paramecia user, huh? If he’s already sidering the Wover’s offer, all the more reason to eliminate him.”

  …

  At the Same Time, On Alvia Isnd

  On a distant shoreline, a rugged middle-aged man with deep scars on his face sat leisurely, fishing.

  Suddenly, his face ged.

  Springing to his feet, he turned sharply toward the dense forest behind him, his instincts screaming danger.

  His eyelid twitched untrolbly as a deep sense of unease surged through him.

  “This… this primal, beast-like aura…”

  Bleam