Lightning Through the Streets!
"Reporting to Saint Nerona, as you instructed, we piled hundreds of various fruits around Gan Fall's Sky Dot Bird, and then shot it dead with Shigan through the skull."
"A few seconds later, we discovered that one of the bananas had turned into a blue Devil Fruit!"
"After consulting the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia, it has been confirmed that it is indeed the Zoan Horse-Horse Fruit!"
You could tell from his voice that the CIPHER POL member was very shocked. He then took a photo out of his pocket, held it up above his head, and handed it to Imu.
Imu didn't even reach out; the photo flew to him automatically.
It was indeed a banana-shaped, blue Devil Fruit with many white spiral patterns on its surface.
This result is naturally satisfactory.
The fact that Devil Fruit randomly regenerate into nearby fruits after a user dies is something that even Vegapunk probably doesn't know at this point in time.
The reason for this uncertainty is that he is said to possess wisdom that surpasses that of the modern era by five hundred years, and the timeline of the 'original work' is only twenty-three years later.
"This matter is classified as confidential."
"Yes!"
This CIPHER POL member was also aware of the gravity of the situation.
At this moment, Stussy arrived with the Golden Bell, shrunk to ten centimeters in height. Saint Nerona said, "Stussy, inform the Five Elders to establish this island as the Air Force Headquarters and have them send people over to remodel it."
"Yes, sir!"
In fact, Stussy had always been curious as to why this person, who was clearly a candidate for the Five Elders, was able to openly command the Five Elders.
But she didn't dare ask.
Back on the deck of Noah, Imu ordered his men to summon Tesoro and Stella.
"Grown ups!"
Soon, Tesoro arrived with his beautiful wife, greeted her respectfully, and also saw the enormous Golden Bell, nearly three stories high, and the many golden artifacts piled up around it.
He was particularly captivated by the Golden Bell; it was simply too beautiful. But then he heard Imu give an order.
"Yes, use that gold to build a clock tower for it, and then install it there. Stussy, give him the blueprints."
"Yes!"
A moment later, Tesoro finished looking at the design and immediately used the power of the Gold-Gold Fruit. The large amount of gold quickly changed from solid to fluid and then gathered around the Golden Bell, shaping it.
In the blink of an eye, a five-story, multi-eaved, hipped-roof, Tang-style Golden Bell Tower stood tall in the center of the deck of Noah.
The Golden Bell was in the fifth-floor attic, which had no walls on any side.
When the sunlight shone down like Harusame, it instantly illuminated the surrounding ground and the five-story shiphouse where Imu lived, making it glitter like gold itself.
"Release that snake."
Upon hearing this, Stussy immediately opened the iron cage in his hand, letting the 'Lord of the Sky' crawl out and rush desperately toward the Golden Bell Tower.
Imu commanded, "Restore its body."
The next moment.
The little blue snake's body expanded at a visible speed, and after a few seconds it transformed back into a gigantic python over thirty meters long.
This delighted it greatly, and it quickly climbed to the top of the clock tower to examine the Golden Bell inside, its eyes squinting with joy.
"From now on, you will live here and guard the Golden Bell, but you must ring it twelve times every noon, and one hundred and eight times on the first day of each year."
After saying that, Imu thought for a moment and then said, "From now on, your name will be 'Kukulkan,' and you will be responsible for guarding the deck of the Ark!"
The Great Blue Serpent, known as the 'Lord of the Sky' by the Skypieans, was too afraid to meet Imu's gaze upon hearing this, but nodded in a human-like manner to indicate that it understood.
For it, all it needs is to keep seeing the Golden Bell!
"Sir, what should we do with those Shandians?"
At this moment, when Commander Clement saw that Imu was about to return to the top deck, he quickly asked.
"Ask them if they're willing to join the Air Force and fight for the World Government. If they are, let them move to Shandora below. If not, kill them!"
Imu chose the Shandians because of their potential; they were, after all, high-quality recruits.
As for the historical issues of this people, he even dared to use the Ashes of the Lunaria Tribe, so what are these Shandians compared to him?
The Holy Land, Mary Geoise.
The Five Elders have already learned of Lord Imu's orders.
"The other half of Jaya actually flew to an altitude of ten thousand meters and became a Sky Island in the White-White Sea?"
Marcus Saint Mars, who was extremely sensitive to history, was very surprised by this information.
"Isn't the key point the brilliant idea of establishing the Air Force Headquarters on Sky Island?"
Zambalong V. Saint Nusjuro looked out the window, his face filled with fervor, towards the sky in the direction of Jaya.
Shepard X. Shepherd Ju Peter, sitting on the sofa with his legs crossed, smiled in agreement, displaying the charming smile typical of a handsome middle-aged man.
"Indeed, since we haven't found a way to build a large number of flying soldiers yet, let's use the Skypieans to set up the basic framework of the Air Force first."
"The little wings on the Skypieans' backs are just decorations, but they still give them a bit of Air Force vibe~"
Topman Saint Topman Warcury nodded.
"In that case, I will have a construction team organized. This Air Force Headquarters must be completed as soon as possible. Let the Construction Division send Pica and Teach."
The next day.
On the Sky Island, Imu left three Flying Warship behind, while the remaining two followed Noah southeast.
Where is he going?
Birka!
Originally, based on his memories from his previous life, Imu only knew that Birka Island was in the southeast of the 'God's Country', but his men found the 'White Sea Map' in that Shrine.
This somewhat old map records most of the surrounding fixed Sky Island, including Birka Island.
It's a pity there's no Weather Island.
That's normal. Weather Island is a floating Sky Island that drifts all over the world with the wind. It doesn't have a fixed location at all, so it's really too difficult to find.
No matter how difficult it is, Imu will find a way to do it.
This island, which specializes in studying the climate of the Sea Star World and has developed meteorological technology, is of immense value to him, even comparable to Vegapunk's homeland, the 'Future Country' Baldimore!
Birka Island.
It's not actually far from Angel Island. Looking at the large map of the Blue Ocean, it's roughly above Amazon Lily, whether by coincidence or not.
This Sky Island is four or five times larger than Angel Island and has vast jungles.
These trees are all species unique to Sky Island. Imu had drunk from Gongo before, but there were many more trees and plants he had never seen before.
The forest is home to a large number of Sky Island birds and wild animals.
Sky Dot Bird and Three-Jo Bird are everywhere you look, flying in flocks in the air.
The residential area, however, encircles the edge of the entire island, right next to the White-White Sea, and is shaped like a hollow circle. Viewed from above, it would appear as a white ring enclosing a green circle.
The streets were bustling with people.
Everywhere you look, you see male and female "Angel" with wings on their backs, chatting and laughing Earth Flow. Everyone's face is filled with a happy smile, as if they have no worries about food or drink and are free from any pressure.
In a way, this place can indeed be considered paradise on earth.
Sudden.
Just as everyone was enjoying the An Ning life they had grown accustomed to, a loud, rumbling explosion rang out from the jungle in the center of the island.
Someone looked over in confusion.
First, I saw a large number of birds take off like dark clouds. Then, a beam of blue light pierced through the trees along the way and then swept past me in the blink of an eye, rushing into the bustling urban area behind me and crossing the entire street at an extremely fast speed.
"Ahhhhh----"
The people on the street were stunned for a few seconds before they came to their senses, followed by terrified screams that Birka.
Dozens of men and women, their fates unknown, appeared on the street. Their skin was charred black, steaming hot, and their bodies crackled with terrifying electric currents. They collapsed to the ground in almost a straight line.