The audience was somewhat puzzled by the sky screen's constant focus on Luffy-related events when the system's voice rang out again.
["Ding! Easter Egg playback concluded. Official video now commencing."]
As the system voice faded, the sky screen began playing once more.
〖"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Brilliant fireworks bloomed in the sky, revealing an incredibly lively scene.
An amusement park, a food street, an arena—it had everything. People happily enjoyed the grand festival, their cheers practically piercing the heavens.
After about ten minutes, hundreds, even thousands of pirates arrived on their ships at the very center of the island.
Then, a one-legged host appeared to address everyone.
"Pirates of all seas, are you enjoying the Pirate Expo? I am your host for today, the Junk Dealer, Donald Moderate. First, let's have a performance from everyone's favorite songstress, Ann!"〗
[Pirate 1: What's the Pirate Expo? It's this lively?]
[Pirate 2: Who on earth organized such a massive festival?]
[Pirate 3: And they even invited the songstress Ann to perform! I love her. Her singing, combined with her Mirage-Mira Fruit powers, always makes you feel like you're right there in the moment.]
[Pirate 4: Exactly! Ann must be the greatest songstress in the world. I think no one can compare to her.]
[Pirate 5: That's not necessarily true. I recently heard another songstress's voice on the Den Den Mushi, and her voice is also incredibly beautiful.]
[Pirate 6: You mean Uta, right? I like her too. Compared to Ann, I think Uta's voice is even more moving.]
[Pirate 7: Who's Uta? Never heard of her. I think Ann is the most amazing songstress; no one else could possibly compare.]
[Pirate 8: That's because you haven't heard Uta sing. If you had, you definitely wouldn't think that.]
On the sky screen, a fierce debate erupted over which songstress had the better voice.
Below the sky screen, someone grew very excited upon seeing these comments.
Former Land of Music, Elegia
"Gordon, did you see? They're saying my name! So many people think my voice is beautiful! Do you think... I can become a great songstress like Ann too?" said a girl with red and white hair, looking at the sky screen with longing.
The man beside her replied with certainty, "Uta, don't worry. You will definitely become a greater songstress than Ann. If it's you, I'm sure you can. See, you already have so many fans! You will surely succeed."
"Yes! I will work hard! I want to use my songs to bring happiness to everyone, to take them all to a New World!"
...
Red-Hair Pirates
Red-Hair also saw the comments about Uta on the sky screen, feeling nostalgic for the little girl who was once on their ship.
"Uta... could it be you?"
Lucky Roo was also excited. "Captain, that Uta they're talking about... it couldn't be our little Uta, could it? The Red-Hair Pirates' songstress?"
"It must be her. Ah, it's already been eleven years. I wonder how Uta is doing now. Captain, can't we go see her?" proposed Yasopp.
But Benn Beckman shook his head, vetoing the idea.
"No. After what we did to Uta back then... what face do we have to see her now?"
"Ahh~" The rest of the pirate crew sighed in disappointment.
Revolutionary Army Ranks
Luffy looked at the sky screen, confused. "Huh? Uta? Is that Uta?"
"What is it, Luffy?" Robin asked, curious.
"Do you know that girl named Uta the pirates are talking about?"
"Yeah," Luffy nodded with a smile. "Uta is... Shanks's daughter! She loved singing before. Now she's working hard for her dream too!"
"Eh?" Sabo and the others were surprised upon hearing Luffy's words.
"To think that Red-Hair Shanks has a daughter... I've never heard about that before."
"But come to think of it, why wasn't she with Red-Hair on the battlefield earlier?"
"Probably because the battlefield was too dangerous. Red-Hair was worried about her, so he didn't bring her along."
"Yeah, that makes sense."
Below the sky screen, those who cared about Uta felt a surge of excitement at the mention of her name.
Meanwhile, on the sky screen, someone suddenly pointed out a key detail.
[Pirate 1: Speaking of which, doesn't anyone think this Ann looks like someone?]
[Pirate 2: I think so too. Other than her hair color, Ann looks exactly like the Pirate King Roger's wife, Portgas D. Rouge.]
[Pirate 3: And I remember, during a previous video, Rouge mentioned that if she had a son, she'd name him Ace, and if she had a daughter, she'd name her Ann. Do you think... maybe she had twins?]
[Pirate 4: No way? That must just be a coincidence.]
[Pirate 5: I think it's too much of a coincidence. Besides, if Ann were Pirate King Roger's daughter, the Marines would have found out, right? Since they haven't, she definitely can't be.]
[Pirate 6: Right! Ann is the songstress we all love! She definitely can't be Pirate King Roger's child!]
[Pirate 7: Enough! Stop discussing this! You'll only bring danger to Ann! If everyone loves Ann, then don't say things like this anymore! If this continues, the World Government will definitely operate on the principle of 'better to wrongfully kill than to let go' and arrest Ann!]
[Pirate 8: Yeah, yeah! Everyone, stop talking! Let's just keep watching the video! Look, the host seems like he's about to announce the purpose of the Pirate Expo!]
Following this pirate's comment, everyone looked. Sure enough, in the video, the host began to speak.
〖"Everyone, do you know why, after a twenty-year hiatus, we chose this island as the stage for the Pirate Expo?
There's a reason. It's said that before the Great Pirate Era began, the Pirate King, Gol D. Roger, discovered this island.
He buried a massive treasure here and left these words: 'In the profound darkness lies our answer.'"
After the host finished speaking, the pirates present cheered excitedly.
He continued,
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is a challenge issued by the Pirate King himself! Let's solve this riddle and get our hands on that treasure!"
As the host's words concluded, the camera cut to the challengers' route.〗