One Piece: The user of the Nen-Nen Fruit, who overturned the sea.

After the reorganization was completed, Roy convened a plenary meeting.

The conference room was packed with people. Core members, official members, team leaders, and even representatives from peripheral forces were all there.

Roy stood in the main seat and looked around.

"From today onwards, the rules of Beehive Island are officially announced."

The entire room fell silent.

"First, the indiscriminate killing of innocent people is forbidden. The people of Beehive Island are not bandits. Taking territory is acceptable, killing enemies is acceptable, but harming civilians is not allowed."

"Second, attacks on the civilians of Beehive Island are prohibited. No one can touch anyone on the island, whether they are residents or merchants, unless they have committed a crime."

"Third, internal strife and private feuds are prohibited. Any grudges should be reported and resolved. Anyone who resorts to violence in private, regardless of right or wrong, will be punished."

"Fourth, betrayal is forbidden. Once you join Beehive Island, you become a member of Beehive Island. Anyone who betrays you will be executed without mercy."

Four rules, simple and straightforward.

"Anyone who breaks the rules will be executed without exception."

The room fell silent. No one objected—nor dared to.

After this round of digestion, Beehive Island is now...

They controlled more than fifty islands in total, with a total military force exceeding 20,000 and more than 100 warships.

This strength, in the New World, has already subtly surpassed that of the other four Sea Emperors.

Roy looked at the statistical report and a smile appeared on his lips.

"That's about it."

He put down the report and looked out the window at the sea.

Next, it's time to go see the moon.

The Ark Proverb is moored in the harbor, its golden hull gleaming in the sunlight.

Master Tom stood at the bow of the ship, with several apprentices, making final adjustments.

For the past six months, Roy has been discussing plans to modify the Ark Maxim with Tom and the scientists at the research base.

To stay in space for an extended period of time, several issues need to be addressed: air, power, and protection.

Regarding the air, the research base has designed a circulation system that can convert exhaled carbon dioxide into oxygen. Combined with a large amount of stored compressed air, it can theoretically sustain the environment in space for a month.

In terms of power, Ark Proverb was already capable of flying, but Roy still had Tom install several spare thrusters just in case.

In terms of protection, Roy's psychic field can isolate the vacuum and radiation of space, but for safety, an energy shield was added to the Ark Maxim.

"Hahaha! Captain Loud and Dang, you've got it all sorted out."

Tom wiped his sweat and said with a smile,

"This ship can now go to the moon, let alone the sun."

Roy glanced at him: "Forget about the sun, I want to live a few more years."

Tom burst into laughter.

Roy turned and looked at the busy people on the harbor.

Barrett is yelling at people in the training ground, Hawkeye is teaching Kazami swordsmanship, the Red Earl is drinking tea in the garden, and Tesoro is handling business...

Everything was peaceful.

But Roy knew this calm wouldn't last long. The matter of pure gold, expansion, the world government—a whole host of troubles awaited.

But before those troubles arrive, he needs to go to the moon first.

"Notify everyone that there will be a meeting tomorrow."

The next day, in the conference room.

All core members were present.

Roy distributed the lunar data compiled by Olvia to everyone, one copy for each person.

As everyone looked through the documents, their expressions changed from confusion to surprise, and from surprise to shock.

"Moon?"

Tesoro's eyes widened.

"Boss, you mean... going to the moon?"

Roy nodded.

"The ancestors of the Sky Islanders came from the moon, where ancient technological heritage may still be preserved."

If we can find those things, Beehive Island's strength will increase significantly.

The meeting room fell silent for a moment, then erupted into chaos.

"To the moon! I'll go!" Yamato was the first to jump up.

"I'll go too!" Pea raised her hand.

"Boss, please take me with you!" Tesoro's eyes lit up.

Enel was so excited that his whole body was crackling with electricity:

"The moon! That's the moon! Could it have even more powerful lightning abilities?!"

Savile, Charon, Lafayette, Van Auger, Bages... almost everyone was clamoring to go.

Even the usually composed Hawkeye and Red Earl showed a hint of interest in their eyes.

Roy looked at the excited group of guys and shook his head helplessly.

"Everyone's going? Who's going to manage Beehive Island then?"

Everyone looked at each other.

Roy thought for a moment, picked up the Den Den Mushi, and dialed a number.

Blub Blub... Blub Blub...

"Feed?" came Kaido's gruff voice from the other end.

"Kaido, I need to talk to you about something."

"explain."

"I need to go out for a while, it might be quite a while. Could you keep an eye on Beehive Island for me?"

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone.

"Where to?"

"Moon."

Kaido was silent for three seconds, then burst into maniacal laughter: "Hehehehe!!! Roy! You said you're going to the moon?! Are you crazy?!"

"Just tell me, are you going to help or not?"

Kaido, having finished laughing, snorted: "Help! Why wouldn't I help? I was just thinking of going to your place for a few drinks. But Roy, you owe me a favor."

"Okay. I owe you a favor."

"But remember to bring Jin along; you might need him on this trip!"

Kaido pondered for a moment,

"make a deal!"

The phone hangs up.

Roy put away his Den Den Mushi and looked at everyone: "Leave Beehive Island to Kaido. The rest of you—"

He looked around.

"Go wherever you want to go."

The cheers nearly lifted the roof off.

Three days later, everything was ready.

The Ark Proverb is docked at the port, all equipment has been debugged, and supplies have been loaded into the hold.

The air circulation system, backup thrusters, and energy shield were all checked three times and confirmed to be in good working order.

At the port, almost everyone from Beehive Island had arrived.

The newly recruited soldiers looked up at the golden spaceship, their eyes wide with amazement.

The most outrageous thing they'd ever seen in their lives was a Devil Fruit, and now they were going to have to watch their captain fly to the moon?

Stella stood at the front, her eyes reddening again. But she held back her tears, simply gripping Scarlett's hand tightly.

Scarlett held Rebecca, who was two years old, and the little girl pointed at the Ark Maxim and babbled, "Ship! Big ship!"

Ginny floated in mid-air, the ghosts around her drifting around. She pouted and muttered, "I want to go too..."

Vera patted her on the shoulder: "Next time."

Kalifa pushed up her glasses, her face expressionless, but her hand holding the pen trembled slightly.

Roy stood at the bow of the Ark of Proverbs, looking down at the people below.

"Honeycomb Island is now in your hands."

Stella nodded vigorously: "Don't worry."

Roy smiled, turned and went into the cabin.

The Ark Proverb slowly rose into the air, its golden hull breaking through the clouds and flying towards the sky.

The people below looked up, watching the ship grow smaller and smaller, farther and farther away, until it became a tiny golden dot and disappeared into the depths of the blue sky.

At the port, Kaido, carrying his spiked club, looked in the direction where the Ark Proverb had disappeared and snorted.

"The Moon...that kid, he's a real troublemaker."

He turned and strode toward the palace.

"Bring on the wine! I'm going to drink my fill at Roy's place!"

The Ark's Proverbs soared through the clouds, flying higher and higher.

The sea, islands, and ships on the ground grew smaller and smaller until they became a blurry blue expanse.

Roy stood at the bow of the ship, gazing at the increasingly dark sky above.

Behind him stood Barrett, Hawkeye, Red Earl, Tesoro, Jhin, Crocodile, Yamato, Savi, Pea, Enel, Cyrus, Moria, Kuma, Lucci's team, Lafayette, Van Augur, Burgess, and a dozen or so scientists from the research base... Everyone stood on the deck, looking up at the sight they had never seen before.

"Boss," Tesoro leaned closer, his voice trembling slightly, "Are we really going to the moon?"

Roy chuckled: "Scared?"

Tesoro shook his head: "I'm not afraid, it's just... it feels a bit unreal."

Roy didn't speak, but just stared at the increasingly deep sky above him.

The sky changed from blue to dark blue, from dark blue to purple, and from purple to black.

The stars appeared.

At first there were a few, then dozens, then hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands—densely packed, covering the entire sky.

On the deck, everyone was stunned.

"So beautiful..." Yamato murmured.

The pea's eyes shone like stars: "This is space..."

Enel was electrified and too excited to speak.

Hawkeye raised his head, gazing at the starry sky, a glint of light he had never seen before flashing in his eyes.

The Red Earl put down his cane, looked up at the starry sky, and a childlike smile appeared on his aged face.

Roy stood at the bow of the ship and took a deep breath.

"Set off."

The Ark's Proverb transformed into a golden light and flew towards the moon.