NOVPUBTime flew by, and in the blink of an eye, two days had passed.
On this day, the Log Pose on Nami's wrist finally pointed in another direction!
Everyone gathered on the ship.
They all knew—it was time to set sail!
Over the past two days, Nami had practically gathered all the remaining gold from this place!
Robin and Chopper had studied the Poneglyph here.
Meanwhile, Luffy, along with Zoro and Sanji, had found the enormous Golden Bell!
It was atop the giant vine that Vir had cut down.
Luffy struggled quite a bit to prop the bell back up.
After Zoro and Sanji, who were both speechless, helped stabilize it, Luffy struck the enormous Golden Bell with all his might!
The sound of the bell resonated throughout the heavens, reaching everyone's ears.
That, of course, included Mont Blanc Cricket on the Blue Sea.
At this moment, he stood on the coastline, gazing up at the sky.
On the surface, he seemed calm, but his tears had long since flowed uncontrollably.
"My ancestor… was not a liar…"
"Thank you! Luffy! Vir!"
...
"Yo ho! Let's set sail!"
With Luffy's excited command, the ship rode the cloud current and passed through a massive arch!
And with that, the cloud current came to an end!
The ship was about to free-fall!
"AAAAAHHHH!!!"
"Ah!!! Are we really going down like this? We're going to die!"
"Luffy! Did you even think about how we're going to land?!"
The ship was already filled with panicked screams.
Only Luffy and Vir remained calm, waving to the people they left behind.
"We'll come back next time! Everyone, wait for us!" Luffy shouted cheerfully.
But behind them, Raki and the others turned pale.
"Come back?!?!"
They all exclaimed in unison, turning in sync to stare at the ever-calm Vir.
Please, no!
We're begging you!
If we're really brothers, don't come back!
Brothers are in the heart, not in the face!
Soon, they vanished from Luffy's sight.
Luffy, looking puzzled, muttered, "Why do they look so unhappy? Are they reluctant to part with us? Vir, let's come back to Skypiea someday! This place is amazing!"
Hearing this, Vir could only admire Luffy's thought process…
They were practically ready to shove a gun barrel in his mouth to make sure he never came back, and yet he couldn't tell.
As the ship continued to descend and was about to pierce through the clouds, a giant octopus suddenly wrapped itself around the Going Merry.
Its massive head ballooned like a hot air balloon.
The rate of descent visibly slowed.
"Phew~ I didn't expect Skypiea to have a descent mechanism. That was terrifying!"
Still shaken, Nami let out a sigh of relief as she watched the Going Merry's gradual descent.
Five minutes later.
"Hey, doesn't it look like this octopus is shrinking?"
Usopp stared uncertainly at the massive octopus above them.
"No way… that must be your imagination!"
Function: Releases a scent that induces unconsciousness!
Note: The stronger the target, the shorter the duration.
Description: "Oh~ A must-have for every martial arts world's flower thief. Are you sure you don't need it?"
Yes!
This is it!
The moment he saw it, Vir had a plan!
If the duration was too short?
No problem!
He'd just add some extra 'medicine'!
He didn't need to knock Aokiji out forever—just for an instant!
As long as he entered an unconscious state…
The brick would teach him a lesson!
'Anesthetic Brick'
Effect: Striking a defenseless target will induce "anesthetic" status.
Anesthetic status: Conscious mind, paralyzed body.
Defenseless targets weren't just those who had been defeated!
Unconsciousness also counted as being defenseless!
As long as he landed a hit…
Wouldn't Aokiji be in for a nice little welding session?
He wondered…
Could an Admiral handle this little combo?
