Chapter 244

Conis guides Luffy, Sanji, and Usopp through the streets of Angel Island, where locals shrink away or eye the trio with suspicion now that they bear criminal labels. The group passes a monument honoring vearth, the sacred soil revered by sky dwellers, and exits toward the harbor while McKinley shadows them unseen. At the port, Luffy delights in the oddly shaped vessels but deflates when Conis presents the modest craft they are to use, the Karasumaru. After receiving directions to the milky road, Luffy notices the girl shaking, gripped by fear or guilt.

Despite warnings from other townsfolk, Conis breaks down and admits she was the one who called the super-express speedy shrimp, terrified that refusing would have cost her life. Rather than condemn her betrayal, Luffy reproaches her only for confessing and endangering herself once more. As he speaks, a massive bolt of lightning crashes down on the very spot where the two stand. When the smoke lifts, onlookers murmur that no one escapes Enel's anger, yet Gan Fall, the Knight of the Sky, has plucked Conis and Luffy clear at the last instant. He is revealed to have once ruled as Skypiea's God. Returning Luffy to his companions, Gan Fall vows to shield Conis from further harm and asks the pirates their intentions; Luffy wants nothing to do with God but still means to free his captured friends, and the three set off for Upper Yard.

Conis is confirmed as the informant who handed the crew to Enel, Gan Fall is unveiled as the former God of Skypiea, and he saves her from the deity's punishing wrath. The cover advances Wapol's Omnivorous Hurrah, with the toppled ruler breaking loose only to spend the day fleeing the Marines. Appearing characters include Luffy, Usopp, and Sanji plus the Skypieans Gan Fall, Pierre, Conis, Pagaya, Su, and McKinley.