While the Navy was still making final arrangements for the West China Sea, the World Government no longer paid attention to this, because with Garp's report, a Devil Fruit had now gone to unknown places.
"Blitzcrank, how's the investigation going?"
The tall and lanky man known as Blitz sat on the deck of a fishing boat with his upper body naked, shaking his head at the phone bug. "The clues have been cut off. The whereabouts of the fruit can no longer be determined. That guy Beccado didn't notice it." Regarding the Devil Fruit problem, he quietly sold it to the auction house, and the auction house sold it quickly at a low price. And the buyer... was shipwrecked."
"Are you sure it was a shipwreck?"
"I've found the wreck."
"..." "That means there are none among the sunken ships?"
"No, and judging from the condition of the ship and the conditions inside the ship, the sinking was indeed an accident. They hit the rocks in the wind and waves. The bottom plate of the ship was broken. No mission fruit was found."
"In other words, has that Devil Fruit escaped again?"
"Yes."
The interlocutor shook his head and hung up the phone.
The matter is over here. The Devil Fruit was originally stored in Santa Maria Joa, but the long-term stability caused problems with the defense there, and the Devil Fruit disappeared the last time Tiger freed the slaves. After so many years, it was finally found again, but this happened again.
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On the other side, the front section of the Grand Route,
The two orangutans whined and reported in Kulikai's ears.
Although they were moaning, Kulikai could already understand what the two brothers wanted to express after spending many years together.
"Brother, the ship modification has been completed!"
"Brother, the ship's backup power unit has been debugged!"
Kulikai nodded and smiled, "I understand."
After more than two years, I am finally ready to perfect it.
Two years ago, Kulikai met a boat of people. Later, the boat of people disappeared directly in the soaring sea currents of Gaya Island, but he accidentally saw the figure slowly flying into the sky.
At that moment he understood.
The guess that I always thought was impossible was correct. Shantora, the land of gold, has always existed, but it was carried to the sky by the soaring sea currents.
Because the idea was so absurd that even he himself had only been skeptical about it for so many years.
After having examples, he no longer paid attention to the bottom of the sea and devoted all his energy to this sky-high current.
Then he discovered that the ocean currents that soar into the sky have cycles and will reach their peak every four years. At that time, the ocean currents will be able to reach an altitude of several thousand meters. With that speed, they can definitely reach the sky.
Then there is the modification of the ship.
If the ship is still the same as a normal ship after the sea currents rush into the sky, then if it fails to board the sky, it will have to face a fall of several thousand meters. Even if there is an ocean below, it is not something that humans can bear.
The renovation is for the sake of safety.
After counting the time, Kulikai put out the cigarette butt in his hand and put on the captain's uniform that he had not worn for a long time.
Walking out of the half-built house, there were already dark clouds outside and rolling waves.
"King of Salvage, King of Exploration, the time is almost up, we need to arrive at the predicted location in advance!"
"Ouch!!!"
The Salvage King and the Undersea Exploration King hammered their chests for a while, and then boarded the modified salvage ship of the Aruyama Salvage Corps with Kulikai.
Half an hour later, the pirates who had gathered in the town on Gaya Island to avoid the wind and waves outside suddenly heard a huge roar.
"Hey, what's happening outside!"
"Hahahaha, this guy looks like he's new here at first sight. What's outside is the characteristics of Gaya Island, its unique climate. At this time every year, there will be converging currents that collide on Gaya Island, and then generate a sea current column that rushes up into the sky. , if a ship is unfortunately involved..."
The tavern owner chuckled, "I haven't seen people who have gone to heaven come to my place to drink again."
The pirate who asked the question suddenly felt hairy all over his body and quickly downed a glass of vodka.
"Hey, this little guy's drinking spirit... is quite brave~"
The pirate's face turned red, and he patted his chest vigorously, "Nonsense, I'm super brave! Who doesn't know that I am the one who dares to attack the Mist Dragon Pirates the most!"
"Oh~" The big pirate man who spoke raised his eyebrows and showed a playful smile, "Well, since you are so brave, let's go out and see what's good for you~"
In an instant, many pirates in the tavern stopped what they were doing and looked over, their eyes full of joyful excitement. They are all guys who have spent a lot of time in this sea.
The little pirate was a little panicked, "Kang, what are you looking at?"
The big pirate laughed, "Of course I want to go and feel the current soaring into the sky up close~ Counting the time, it's almost time for the current to explode outside. By then... that scenery~... Wow, it's so spectacular!" "Hey kid, your crotch is wet!~"
The next moment, there was laughter inside and outside the tavern. The last loud roar of laughter drowned out all the sounds. Everyone was stunned, and then started laughing again.
"Bulido is late, it's too late, this year's has already fallen!"
But they didn't know that while they were still laughing, a ship in the sky was charging towards the heavy dark clouds.
In the clouds where nothing could be seen, Kulikai's voice sounded on the ship, "The jet device is activated, and the coating paint is unfolded. We need to go through the clouds in one go!"
But the next moment, Kulikai suddenly felt that the clouds had changed. They were no longer the same as the mist clouds at the beginning, but had the feeling of water flow. There was no fear, but Kulikai's eyes lit up.
Nothing wrong, nothing wrong, this...
Legend has it that there is a pure white sea in the sky, and above that sea there are islands held up by white clouds. Those islands are called... empty islands!
Kulikai felt something flashing past him and quickly grabbed it with one hand.
Then he saw what it was.
A strange fish.
That was definitely not a fish that was active around Gaya Island, otherwise he would not have known it since he had already visited all the oceans around Gaya Island.
The heart began to beat violently.
Sky islands do indeed exist.
Three minutes later, a ship jumped up from the surface of the White Sea, and then crashed onto the White Sea, splashing huge waves.
In the distance, the gate of heaven.
After registering her identity information, Doni was chatting with her mother-in-law Maria, whom she hadn't seen for a long time. Suddenly her brows raised and she looked back unexpectedly.
"Grandma Maria, it seems we have a guest~"
Maria, who didn't like to talk, nodded to show that she felt it too.
Doni smiled, feeling a little excited.
For the past two years, she has been stationed in Saint Bobula as Lord Yuyuko's liaison officer. There are eyes everywhere around her, and she cannot relax at all times. Now that the matter in Saint Bobula is temporarily over, she finally found the opportunity to move around several times. After that, he returned to Sky Island.
"I didn't expect to encounter such a rare thing when I came back. As the priest of Sky Island, I can't be too indifferent to these unexpected visitors."
Then he jumped onto the Weiba parked not far away, spun around in place and then rushed out in a hurry.
"Grandma Maria, I'll go there first!~"
Maria:......(￣ー￣)
Then he picked up the phone bug that was used to communicate with Kongdao.
"An unexpected person is here, and Donnie has already gone to check."
[Weiba...a unique means of transportation on Sky Island, a water motorcycle made using wind shells]
