Chapter 299

Luffy finishes Enel by smashing him into the golden bell, which peals out across the sky as the boy hopes everyone can catch the sound. He calls out to Mont Blanc Cricket and the rest of the Saruyama Alliance, wondering if they hear it too. Enel crumples while the South Birds cry out, and Noland's old theory about Shandora is vindicated in that instant. The Straw Hats marvel at the bell's beauty, Usopp boasting that Luffy pulled it off. The Skypieans cannot believe their ears after four hundred years of silence, and the Shandia rejoice, Wyper praying Cricket can hear, while a wounded Nola weeps with joy.

Far below on Jaya, the Saruyama Alliance reacts with awe. Masira notes the ringing comes from above, and Shoujou finally understands why the towering giants only appeared alongside the Imperial Cumulus. Cricket explains that figures standing high in the sky cast vast shadows on the fog beneath, shapes people mistook for giants. The bell's sound, he insists, is undeniable proof that the floating golden city is real and that Noland never lied, confirming he truly came down from the sky. As Luffy's own shadow falls across the heavens, the alliance thanks him, and Cricket weeps in relief that the Straw Hats are alive up there. Soon after, Enel and the Maxim drop away.

The Belfry Bell rings for the first time in four centuries, and Shandians and Skypieans alike celebrate Enel's fall and Shandora's confirmed existence. Enel and the Maxim plummet. Luffy is sure everyone heard the bell, and Nami agrees, the chime serving as a message of hope spread to the corners of the world. A "Fantasia" is a freely improvised musical form with no fixed shape, shaped by the composer's imagination. The cover continues Ace's hunt at volume 24.