Time until the wedding: one week.
At the departure point of Amazon Lily.
"Eh? So this is the place you usually train?"
Fu exclaimed admiringly at the natural scenery of this One Piece World. Beside her, Toneri had also been forcibly dragged along.
"Chomei said this place feels very comfortable and very pure to it."
Tailed Beasts were splits of the God Tree, whose most basic function was to absorb Natural Energy and life force and convert them into Chakra.
Therefore, Tailed Beasts naturally gravitated towards places abundant in Natural Energy.
Fu wasn't wrong at all.
Although the Natural Energy of the One Piece World hadn't yet given birth to a will of its own, its intensity far surpassed that of Inori in the Ninja World.
Why?
Because the One Piece World was huge enough!
From a planetary perspective, the One Piece World was at least equivalent to seven or eight Ninja Worlds.
And precisely because of this, the native creatures here were so gigantic.
In the Ninja World, a fifty-meter-long Manda was considered colossal, but in the One Piece World, a creature of that size couldn't even be considered a Sea King… it would at most be a [Sea Beast].
If those super-giant Sea Kings, often four to five kilometers long, were to appear, even if they only used brute force, they could easily destroy a country.
Not to mention the ability to nurture a super-giant elephant like Zunesha, whose height exceeded 35,000 meters.
Creatures of this level could be called 'gods' in some ordinary worlds.
Only a mother planet as brimming with life as the One Piece World could support such behemoths. Therefore, it wasn't hard to understand Chomei's admiration for the vitality here.
Konohamaru, walking ahead, scratched his head in confusion. He didn't feel much about it.
Whether it was due to insufficient aptitude or because the Natural Energy of this planet was too dense, the [Ocean Sage Mode] that Naruto taught Konohamaru was still far from being mastered.
The highly talented Konohamaru could faintly sense that powerful energy, but no matter how hard he 'tried', he couldn't draw upon any of it, let alone combine it with his own Chakra.
Conversely, if Konohamaru could achieve Sage Mode in the One Piece World, his strength would undoubtedly far surpass those [Sages] native to the Ninja World.
"The lake ahead is where I usually train, but it's also the only source of fresh water on this island. You have to be careful—"
Before he could finish speaking, the familiar buzzing and the rustling sound of disturbed vegetation sounded simultaneously.
Immediately after, countless fist-sized killer bees burst from the jungle and charged at the group.
"Hmph, let me—"
Roshi, who had been silently following behind the young people, suddenly spoke up.
The reason he was with this group was simply because Amazon Lily was too lively, and those exceptionally bold women were a bit too enthusiastic, which was a torment for Roshi, a quiet old man who usually preferred being alone.
But being unfamiliar with the place, he couldn't just wander off on his own.
It felt a bit like during New Year's when a few young outsiders appear in your village… they just stand there smiling foolishly, not greeting anyone, looking somewhat refined but speaking only standard Language.
They can't leave, but they don't really want to stay. That was roughly how he felt.
So when he heard Konohamaru was going to his training ground, Roshi followed behind the boisterous Fu, who insisted on coming along, intending to find some peace and quiet.
At least there wouldn't be middle-aged female warriors here trying to hit on him.
Seeing those giant hornets and the purplish-black glow on their stingers, Roshi scoffed disdainfully.
But before he could act, someone even more taciturn than him beat him to it.
"Sand Senbon."
With Gaara's soft utterance, countless grains of fine sand condensed in the air, forming senbon needles sharp enough to pierce steel. They precisely pinned those killer bees to the trees, giving these creatures that only knew how to sting others a taste of being stung themselves.
"Hey! Gaara, why did you interfere? I wanted to stretch my old bones a bit."
However, in response to Roshi's complaint, Gaara simply turned silently and said calmly.
"I was afraid your actions might destroy the place."
With that, ignoring the fuming Roshi, he continued walking forward.
"Hey! You brat! You're really looking down on us old folks, aren't you?"
None of the others paid any attention to Roshi, who was hopping around in anger.
After all, Gaara had a point.
What was Roshi's specialty Jutsu? Lava Release, of course!
Even if it sounded similar to Mei's Lava Release, the damage it caused to the environment was equally devastating.
No one wanted to see such a beautiful landscape covered in magma.
"Alright, alright! Don't be angry, old man—"
Fu giggled, patted Roshi on the shoulder, then grabbed Toneri's hand and flew forward.
Konohamaru had already reached the lakeside where he usually trained and was stripping off his clothes to begin practice.
Seeing that no one was paying him any attention, Roshi let go of his anger, shrugged, found a large rock to sit on, and then pulled out a sealing scroll from his pocket, from which he took out a fishing rod and creel.
Casting his bait, Roshi listened to Konohamaru's shouts as he trained, watching Toneri and Gaara being guided around by Fu for sightseeing.
He thought to himself that he should have just stayed with Jiraiya and B.
Even though he didn't really understand things like literature and such, it would have been less noisy than this.
'But speaking of which, Naruto was getting married, and we hadn't prepared a wedding gift yet!'
'The kids not knowing proper etiquette was understandable, but I couldn't be clueless.'
'Hmm… what would be a good gift?'
…
While Roshi was pondering wedding gifts, the main island of Amazon Lily was also bustling with wedding preparations.
Karin, her two crew members, and Yugito, the only reliable older sister among the Jinchuriki, were drafted to help with clothing preparations.
There was no choice. Counting on the others in the group was far too unreliable.
Of course, they only needed to prepare the attire for the Jinchuriki Squad and the babysitter duo. As for the wedding principals, they had their own dedicated preparations.
As the Emperor of Amazon Lily, Hancock's wedding dress was certainly no simple matter.
And Stussy didn't need Amazon Lily's help either. As the [Queen of the Pleasure District], there were probably few people on the sea more knowledgeable about fashion and style than her.
She also wasn't alone. [Golden Emperor] Tesoro, her former partner, didn't skimp on providing a little help in this regard.
He even specially sent subordinates to deliver the wedding gift along with Stussy's wedding dress.
According to Tesoro himself, if he weren't busy hunting down the remaining Celestial Dragons, he would definitely be there in person.
Of course, even if he couldn't come, the gift had to arrive.
He had his subordinate Baccarat, the Raki Raki no Mi user, transport a multi-ton pure gold sculpture as a wedding gift.
Blessed with strong luck, Tesoro wasn't worried about Baccarat being robbed on the way.
However, Baccarat wasn't the first to arrive.
In fact, on the second day after Naruto's wedding invitations were sent, some guests had already crossed the Calm Belt and arrived at Amazon Lily.