Chapter 219: Masira the Salvage King

The crew is still in an uproar over the ship that dropped from above, demanding to know what a sky island even is. Luffy and Usopp grow giddy and the captain orders everyone to head skyward, but Robin silences him and Sanji notes no ship can simply sail upward. Admitting she has neither seen a sky island nor heard much of one, Robin insists they figure out how to reach it. She lectures Nami that a Log Pose must never be doubted, that the only thing worth questioning is the common sense in their own heads, since wherever the needle points an island truly exists.

Robin pulls a punctured skull from a coffin aboard the wreck, identifying the holes as trepanation rather than wounds. From the rubber oil coating the body she judges it an exploration vessel from the South Blue, matching it in her history book to the St. Briss of the Briss Kingdom, which set sail 208 years ago.

Luffy and Usopp resurface with a map labeled Skypiea, thrilling the crew that a sky island might be real, though Nami stresses it is only a possibility and admits she has no idea how to get there. Following Robin's advice that they need information, Nami decides to salvage the sinking wreck. Usopp builds barrel suits for the Monster Trio, who are lowered into a sea swarming with giant snakes and sea kings.

The fallen vessel is confirmed as the exploration ship St. Briss, lost 208 years earlier, and a map aboard names the sky island Skypiea, prompting Luffy to set that as their destination. Masira, captain of the Masira Pirates and carrying a bounty of Beli23,000,000, is introduced when his singing crew arrives claiming the waters as their salvage territory. The cover continues Hatchan's tale as he saves a final batch of takoyaki for Octopako.