Viewed as a whole, the Red Line is like a 'belt' wrapped around the entire One Piece World, dividing the giant planet into two parts.
Compared to its length, its width is indeed not very noticeable.
But in reality, its width far exceeds that of ordinary islands. Taking the area where Mary Geoise is located as an example, it is essentially a plateau with an altitude of ten thousand meters.
Therefore, the massive Truth-Seeking Ball released by Naruto penetrated dozens of kilometers before flying out from the other side of the Red Line.
He had no intention of hiding his actions.
On the contrary, this time Naruto genuinely wanted to measure himself against the person behind the World Government.
The Gale Breaker sailed away leisurely. Until the end, no members of the God's Knights or others who had appeared before showed up on the Red Line.
Just as Naruto initially judged, the Celestial Dragons here had mostly become abandoned pawns.
On the other side of the Red Line, Naruto and the others descended from the high altitude back to the sea surface.
It wasn't that Naruto's Chakra was running low.
It was that the ship's supplies were almost depleted.
Coincidentally, Sabaody Archipelago was below them, so Naruto planned to take the others to replenish fresh water and food, and also obtain a Log Pose to Impel Down.
Naturally, no one would sell such a thing, but Naruto knew who would have one in stock.
After landing, Naruto directly stored the Gale Breaker away, and the group stepped onto the land of Sabaody Archipelago by walking on the water.
Even for Konohamaru now, maintaining water-walking for this duration wasn't particularly difficult.
For Konohamaru, since coming to this strange new world with Naruto, things beyond his imagination had been happening one after another.
Whether it was Jack, who stood over eight meters tall, the nation ten thousand meters high in the sky, or the archipelago before them now, with its dozens of super giant trees.
"It's so big... these trees... do people live on them?"
Konohamaru looked at the giant trees marked with island numbers, wide enough to build entire cities on them, and couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.
It was inevitable for Konohamaru, who had never witnessed the First Hokage's 'Whatever He Slams Summons Technique', to be amazed.
But even Karin and Sasuke, who had experienced the battles against Madara and Kaguya, felt some surprise upon seeing the Yarukiman Mangrove trees on the islands.
Although the size of these trees couldn't compare to the Ten-Tails' God Tree, their numbers surpassed it by several streets.
Unlike the Ninja World, which, aside from having Chakra, wasn't too different from an ordinary non-magical world, the One Piece World was full of such spectacular sights.
If they weren't in a hurry, Naruto would have liked to take the three to see the Ryugu Kingdom deep under the sea.
Thinking this, Naruto also explained verbally.
"Actually, these are all just the roots of the same Yarukiman Mangrove tree."
That was indeed the case. The entire Sabaody Archipelago was built upon the seventy-nine exposed roots of the Yarukiman Mangrove tree.
Well, it's seventy-eight now. Grove 1, along with its tree branch, had sunk into the sea.
Unfortunately, no one paid much attention to his explanation.
Watching a tourist ride past on a 'flying bicycle' made from resin bubbles, both Karin and Konohamaru's eyes shone with 'curious, want to try' light.
Even the aloof, cool Sasuke couldn't help but glance a few more times.
"...Alright then, I remember there should be vendors renting bicycles over there. You two go rent one each… after we deal with that brat's matter, I'll take you all for a proper tour of this world."
As he spoke, Naruto took out a stack of Berry and stuffed it into their hands without counting.
"Yay!"
"Yeah!"
The two took the money and ran off in a flash without a second thought.
Then Naruto turned to Sasuke and actually handed him a stack of money too.
"What's this for? I'm not interested in that."
Sasuke frowned, saying displeased.
"I know, I know. This money is for you to replenish fresh water and food, and by the way keep an eye on those two."
Hearing this, Sasuke accepted the money, then looked up somewhat quizzically at Naruto.
"If I'm watching them, what about you?"
"Of course, I'm going to get the [Eternal Pose]. How else do you expect us to find that prison?"
As he spoke, Naruto pointed to another Eternal Pose on his wrist.
During their voyage, Sasuke had learned the function of that little gadget.
It could be said that without a Log Pose, the probability of finding a solitary island in the vast, boundless sea was pretty much like hitting the jackpot.
"That's settled then. We'll meet back here in two hours."
Naruto was relatively at ease with Sasuke.
After parting ways with the three, Naruto headed directly to the grove where Shakky's Bar was located.
The place was still deserted, with several dozen pirates and gangsters who had tried to cause trouble and been knocked out casually 'discarded' nearby.
Although Grove 13 also belonged to the 'lawless area', due to Rayleigh and Shakky's presence, the public order here was perhaps better than on other islands.
Pushing the door open, the first thing Naruto saw was Shakky smiling towards him.
"Just as Ray-san predicted, Naruto-chan."
As she spoke, she placed a large glass of rum in front of Naruto and also handed over the Log Pose prepared in advance.
Switching the pose, Naruto also downed the glass of rum in one go, then let out a long breath.
"Ha… haven't had liquor this strong in a long time."
Wiping his mouth, Naruto looked around and asked,
"Aunt Shakky, where's Uncle Rayleigh? Did he sell himself again?"
Hearing this, Shakky gently shook her head and explained,
"Him? He took a group of kids for training."
"Kids?"
"Ah, it's the Straw Hat Luffy and his crew. They also plan to rescue Ace recently."
Naruto immediately recalled the grinning kid he met at the Baratie.
He had quite a good impression of Luffy, but-
"Why does he want to save Ace?"
"You didn't know?"
Shakky seemed somewhat surprised, then said,
"He and Ace are 'sworn brothers'. What, didn't Garp tell you?"
Hearing this, a vein twitched on Naruto's temple, and his thoughts instantly became clear.
'Garp, of course. Luffy is Garp's grandson. Ace was also adopted by Garp for a while when he was young. It was perfectly normal for the two to have crossed paths.'
But then he also realized.
"So both his biological grandson and his adopted grandson are getting involved. Has that old guy Garp had any reaction?"
"He's a Marine."
Shakky just said this softly, and Naruto fell silent.
Yes.
Garp is a Marine.
He was even crowned with the title [Marine Hero], one of the spiritual symbols influencing countless Marine soldiers. His stance determined that he couldn't show favoritism towards Ace.
'Probably, the old man is suffering quite a bit right now.'
"...Then later, he'll have to thank me properly."
After drinking another glass, Naruto said with a light laugh.
"Give it up. When have you two ever met without a big fight? It'd be good enough if he doesn't arrest you."
Shakky blinked, then also laughed.
Time seemed to have taken nothing from this beauty. No wonder she drove so many great pirates crazy back in the day.