The next moment!
The surrounding environment suddenly changed.
Everyone involuntarily looked around, somewhat uncertainly, as the closed cabin slowly transformed into a plain rich with the sounds of birds and flowers, with a gentle stream nearby, creating an atmosphere of calm and peace.
"This is..."
Vegapunk was still immersed in his own astonishment.
"!!!"
The beer in Kizaru's hand was still there, and his face lost its previous laziness, his mind went blank for a second!
Because...
This kind of instant spatial transformation ability...
Kizaru had seen it before!
The woman who wielded this ability erupted with despair and terrifying power, within that closed space, he had no power to resist!
How could it be...
Akihara Kagura also possessed this ability?
"This is Takamagahara, where I reside."
Akihara Kagura leaned back, and the flowers and grass on the ground quickly spiraled and grew, forming a vine chair to support his body.
Perhaps the environment can change a person's mindset.
Akihara Kagura's attitude became more amiable on this bird-and-flower-filled plain, even meticulously explaining the origins of Takamagahara to those present: "Theoretically, Takamagahara belongs to another dimension, and only I hold the key to enter this dimension..."
"Time and space here are under my sole control, so there is no need to worry about someone overhearing our conversation here, nor worry about how much time has actually passed in the real world, and whether it will arouse suspicion from others..."
"Please sit."
Akihara Kagura gestured for everyone to sit, not to be overly formal, as vine chairs slowly grew beneath everyone present.
"..."
Vegapunk stood still in place.
This world's most famous scientist, under the support of the World Government, had seen many interesting and rare existences, but had never seen such a bizarre situation...
"Takamagahara..."
Bartholomew Kuma felt a hint of unease.
Because, in his travels around the world, Kuma had never seen such a landscape, nor witnessed anyone with abilities like Akihara Kagura.
However...
Kuma had heard this name, but in the long journey, the name Takamagahara often appeared only in myth and legend!
"In some mythological legends..."
Bartholomew Kuma finally broke his usual calm demeanor, staring intensely at Akihara Kagura, a nervous sweat beginning to form on his forehead: "This is the dwelling place of gods..."
"A place where gods dwell?"
Sentomaru looked around at everything with some shock.
Sentomaru's mind wasn't very clear, he glanced at the chair made of flowers and vines behind him, and then at the serene and tranquil grassland.
"..."
Kizaru's eyebrows twitched.
This Admiral of the Navy Headquarters deeply inhaled, his face returning to its lazy and laid-back expression, as if he had accepted his fate.
The face of this Admiral remained unchanged, but his mind was racing like gears, the tumultuous waves in his heart unable to subside for a long time, even needing to rely on organizing his suit in an attempt to calm himself.
"It really is surprising..."
Kizaru fixed his gaze on Akihara Kagura, smiling as he asked: "Admiral Kagura, if counted from the Konoha Pirates' side, I should be considered your subordinate, shouldn't I?"
"Old man Kizaru?"
Sentomaru did not quite understand the meaning behind Kizaru's words.
"!!!"
But fear arose in Bartholomew Kuma's heart!
"Have you guessed it?"
Akihara Kagura snapped his fingers.
As he snapped his fingers, the beer in Kizaru's almost empty glass began to fill up slowly, like rising water.
"I've seen this ability before..."
Kizaru looked down at his full glass of beer, then at this peaceful and quiet space, recalling the fear once imposed by Princess Kaguya: "That being who left me without a single ounce of resistance was indeed the legendary Goddess of Rabbit, correct?"
"Old man, you met the Goddess of Rabbit!"
Sentomaru's face revealed a trace of shock.
"!!!"
Kuma's eyes also showed a hint of shock.
While everyone on the sea was searching for the Goddess of Rabbit and the forces behind the Konoha Pirates, Kizaru had once seen the Goddess of Rabbit himself, and even confronted her, falling powerless before her might!