Chapter 152 The Magic of the Sky Island
Chapter 152 The Magic of the Sky Island
Picking up where we left off, the Straw Hat Pirates finally landed on Skypiea. As soon as they arrived on land, they scattered and looked for things to do. Luffy saw a pumpkin-shaped fruit on a tree, picked one, and opened his mouth to bite it, but ended up breaking his tooth on the fruit.
Seeing this, Luffy immediately said to Usopp, "Usopp, here you go," and then threw the fruit directly to Usopp, who was building a cloud. The fruit hit Usopp on the head with a thud, giving him a big bump. Usopp, in pain, immediately began to use his eloquent language to talk to Luffy...
Robin and Nami noticed the chair made of clouds, and after lying down, they both felt an unprecedented level of comfort. Sanji then casually picked two flowers and offered them to Nami and Robin respectively...
After being chased by the Sky Fish for two or three rounds, Goten finally remembered to swim to the shore. Zoro happened to be ashore at that moment and, seeing Goten, exclaimed, "Thank you for your hard work!" Goten could only hide his embarrassment with silence…
The Straw Hat crew was playing and frolicking when they suddenly heard a melodious flute tune. Curious, they turned around and saw a beautiful blonde woman with wings, Conis, appear before them.
Connie played her flute, and beautiful notes floated in the air. Her wings fluttered gently, like an angel descending. The Straw Hat crew members were captivated by her beauty and elegance, and they all stopped what they were doing to quietly appreciate the wonderful melody.
Luffy was the first to step forward. He looked at Conis curiously and asked, "Who are you? Why are you playing the flute here?" Conis smiled and replied, "I am Conis, a resident of this island. I like to play the flute here because the scenery is beautiful."
The Straw Hat crew members gathered around and started chatting with Connie.
Conis was quite surprised by the Straw Hat crew, but Luffy immediately said, "We came up from the Grand Line by following the rising sea current."
Upon hearing this, Connie exclaimed in surprise, "So that's how it is! You're from Qinghai! No wonder you look different..."
Just then, Connie's father returned from fishing. Everyone looked and saw that he was riding in something that looked really cool. He was waving to everyone, but before he got ashore, he didn't slow down and crashed into a big tree.
Connie's father, looking apologetic, asked, "Are you alright...?"
Upon hearing this, Wutian immediately retorted, "Mind your own business first, you idiot!"
Looking at the tool that Connie's father had just used, Nami asked curiously, "What is this?"
Conis patiently explained to everyone, "This is a special tool of Sky Island—'Whip,' a means of transportation made using the wind shells of Sky Island."
Upon hearing this, Wutian suddenly remembered—"Speaking of which, didn't we salvage something exactly like this from that shipwreck, though it was already broken?"
Upon hearing this, Connie readily agreed to repair it for Goten and the others. Goten immediately returned to the Going Merry and brought out the broken Waver for Connie to repair.
Meanwhile, Luffy had already begun his attempt to conquer Waver, but soon he overturned and fell into Sky Sea. Zoro and Sanji, seeing this, wanted to see if Sky Sea would work on Devil Fruit users as well. It wasn't until Luffy sank to the bottom that the two of them began their rescue...
Seeing this, Connie's father immediately blamed himself, saying, "I was too rash. I let him try it so easily. After all, it takes several years to master Webber..."
Before Connie's father could finish speaking, Goten patted his thigh, pointed at Nami who had completely mastered the Waver and was now rampaging through Sky and Sea, and taunted, "Nami has completely mastered it now..."
Connie's father was speechless upon seeing this, and Luffy, who had recovered, shouted even louder, "Nami, we're going to Connie's house, come back here, you idiot!" Sanji kicked Luffy on the head and scolded, "Can't you have any manners?"
At Conis's invitation, the group headed to her house. Nami, however, expressed her desire to practice using the Waver a little more. Upon seeing this, Luffy immediately stuck out his tongue and cursed, "Sink!" The next second, Sanji kicked him on the head, causing him to bite his tongue in the process…
Luffy and his crew arrived at Conis's house, where Conis warmly welcomed them. She began to explain the various functions of the Golems to the Straw Hat crew, and everyone listened with great interest.
Connie picked up a white shell and said, "This is a Wind Shell. It can store the power of wind and release a powerful gust of wind when used." Then, she picked up a red shell and said, "This is a Flame Shell. It can store the power of fire and release a high-temperature flame when used."
Similarly, there are also impact shells and slash shells for combat, as well as flavor shells that store taste, light shells that can emit light, sound shells that can record sound, and so on...
Usopp looked at the shells with excitement, his eyes gleaming. He said, "These shells are amazing! If we could recreate them, we might be able to make some pretty good weapons for self-defense!"
At that moment, Sanji took out a bottle of blue sauce, took a sip, and was instantly choked by it. Seeing this, Connie's father casually remarked, "Sorry, that seems to have gone bad; we haven't thrown it away yet." Upon hearing this, Sanji immediately threw the bottle down and rinsed his mouth with water…
After Sanji finally finished cooking, everyone ate their fill before realizing that Nami had disappeared without a trace. When they returned to the coast, they suddenly encountered a group of people crawling on their stomachs, wearing white hats, who seemed to be a guard or something similar.
The leader of the opposing team stood up, saluted, and then said, "Hasso, the White Beret unit, routinely patrolling this area. May I ask who you guys are...?"
Upon seeing this, Wutian immediately replied, "We came from Qinghai to the Adventurers' Village and paid for our tickets to enter normally."
Upon hearing this, the leader of the Beret unit still began to nitpick: "Even so, you shouldn't have broken any other laws, right?"
Upon hearing this, Wutian immediately sensed that there was something more to the other person's words, but he still patiently replied, "We haven't done anything yet. We just got here and haven't had time to do anything."
However, team leader Barrett still provoked, "If you didn't do anything, then where did that orange-haired beauty in your group go? Did she go somewhere she shouldn't have?"
Wu Tian decisively retorted, "You can rest assured about that. She's very timid and would never go to dangerous places."
Upon hearing this, the team leader, Berrett, burst into laughter and said sarcastically, "That's true. They're just a few weak and ignorant people from Qinghai. I doubt you'd dare to go to any dangerous places."
Luffy immediately flew into a rage upon hearing this, shouting, "What did you say? It's none of your business to tell my crew what to do!"
However, the leader, Beretta, continued to mock and scorn: "What's wrong? Did you hit a sore spot? Even if you want to argue, there's nothing you can do. After all, there are great priests and great gods watching over everything here. You'd better behave yourselves..." With that, he prepared to leave with his men.
Wutian then mocked them, "Hey, did you hear that? They actually believe in a god! Maybe the god they worship is an ugly monster, since they themselves look so strange."
Upon hearing this, the Beret troops stopped in their tracks, turning back to look at Goten in disbelief. Goten, however, gave the Beret troops a disdainful, wicked smile, his eyes displaying the same contempt as the Beret leader had shown earlier…
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