However, after seeing how much Ryunosuke is suffering, they decide to continue on to the top. The monkey then shouts at the samurai for trying to enter Zou without permission, and the Straw Hats try telling Ryunosuke to go back and get the samurai.
The pirates call out to the samurai, who reveal that they are all right and tell them to go on ahead.
The Straw Hats and Law dodge the falling monkey, but Kin'emon and Kanjuro are distracted from playing around and are hit, causing them to fall off Ryunosuke. Kanjuro jokes around with Kin'emon in response, and the riders suddenly see a small monkey named Bariete falling down towards them. The male pirates are all awestruck to hear about a ninja, and wonder what kind of abilities he has. The samurai reveal that Zou was their original destination after leaving Wano Country, and they wanted to reunite with Momonosuke as well as see if their comrade Raizo the ninja, who was separated from them at sea, had made it here. As Ryunosuke continues climbing, Luffy wonders how Sanji and their other crewmates got up to Zou, and then asks Kin'emon and Kanjuro why they want to go to Zou in the first place. The Straw Hats encourage it, with Usopp dubbing it "Ryunosuke", and it continues climbing despite its progress being lost. However, the dragon quickly grows tired and struggles to keep ahold of the elephant's leg, and it slides back down to the Thousand Sunny. The Straw Hats, Law, and the samurai Kin'emon and Kanjuro ride Kanjuro's dragon up the hind leg of a large elephant in order to reach the island of Zou on its back. Suddenly, a canine mink appears to stop Carrot, and the pirates see that she is wearing Nami's clothes. Luffy goes off on his own, and the others are attacked by a rabbit mink named Carrot. The Straw Hats and Law enter the Mokomo Dukedom, a seemingly abandoned city that was partially damaged. The pirates reach the top of the elephant, and the dragon, whom they affectionately dubbed "Ryunosuke", turns back into a drawing. The Straw Hats, Law, and the samurai make their way up to Zou, but a monkey named Bariete suddenly drops onto them, knocking Kin'emon and Kanjuro off the dragon.