Leaving Skypiea

Where is this place?

Opening his eyes, Enel looked at the unfamiliar ceiling with some confusion. He instinctively braced himself against the bed frame and got up.

"Hiss!"

Instantly, Enel felt aches all over his body, which cleared his somewhat dizzy mind.

"I think... I fainted?" Enel pondered, trying to recall.

There was some noise outside, a mixture of footsteps and shouts.

"Hurry, hurry, move them all over here."

"If we store them in the Curry, we won't have many more opportunities to eat the meat of these Cloud Beasts in the future."

"Continue, fill up the ice storage rooms, fill all five ice storage rooms. The cadres are handling all of this themselves."

Pushing open the door, a chaotic scene unfolded before him. Several members were carrying large, cut pieces of meat, each as tall as a person. Enel was very familiar with this meat; it was the meat of Cloud Beast, a specialty of Sky Island, and specifically, the large kind of Cloud Beast.

Amidst this bustling scene, many other people were engaged in other activities around them.

"I'm on a ship." Enel realized what was happening, looking at the vast deck and the enormous ship he was on.

But why was he on this ship? He realized he had lost consciousness while running. Had he passed the test?

At this moment, Enel was still somewhat confused and hesitant, standing alone at the door, unsure of what to do.

"Hey, kid, come over here and help, don't just stand there." At this moment, a crew member noticed Enel, wiped the sweat off his body, and beckoned and shouted.

"I..." Enel was taken aback, pointing at himself, his eyes wide. Was this being called?

"Who else could it be but you? You're already a member of our pirate crew. Now that you've recovered, hurry up and help with the work." Seeing Enel's surprised look, he knew exactly what Enel was thinking and directly answered Enel's question, explaining his reasoning.

"Really?" Enel still couldn't believe it, and remained stunned when he actually heard the news.

"What are you standing there for? Get to work!"

Enel snapped out of his daze at the member's words and nodded in agreement, "Oh, oh!"

Then I took action, jogging over to help, but I was so excited that my heart was pounding involuntarily, and I felt light on my feet, full of energy.

After finishing his work, Enel was covered in sweat, and his cheeks were slightly flushed.

At this moment, he sat down to the side and asked his question, "What are we supposed to do now? Everyone's so busy?" He had been busy before, but now he was faced with this question and looked at the team members who had been working with him earlier.

"Of course we're leaving, leaving Sky Island. You've been lying down for a day already. If you need anything, grab it and say goodbye to your friends quickly. Make sure you're settled in. After this departure, you won't be back for a long time." Hearing Enel's words, the member, who had been busy, remembered and told Enel.

"Oh, okay." Enel nodded upon hearing this, heeding the member's reminder. However, for him, there was nothing in Birka that he would miss.

However, there were also many people he could say goodbye to. He needed to give some instructions to his companions before leaving, just as the members of the Night Pirates said, this time they were going into the unknown and didn't know when they would return.

You'll need to fetch some things yourself, like clothes and daily necessities; you'll definitely need to prepare these things yourself.

Then, Enel quickly left.

On the Lucky Goddess, Teach sat on the throne, holding a Devil Fruit in his hand. It was gray, a pale silver-gray, the Steam-Steam Fruit. Beside him was a small booklet.

The value of that Birka God had been squeezed to its limit. He was dead. Before he died, Teach made him write a detailed, clear, and easy-to-understand manual on the development of the Steam-Steam Fruit.

It was truly remarkable that he managed to get a hypnotized person to think clearly, but he still managed to complete it in the end. This also demonstrates the strength of Lafitte's hypnotic abilities. It's like a normal person retaining all the abilities of a normal person, but without realizing that they have been hypnotized.

This hypnotic ability has reached a level similar to that of Devil Fruit, it is extremely strange and powerful. Furthermore, in order to enhance his combat power, Lafitte is trying more hypnotic methods, not just limited to the pocket watch.

After all, the pocket watch is just a tool. With Lafitte's ability to hypnotize people in a second, it doesn't matter whether he has the pocket watch or not. With his ultrasonic abilities, he can use hypnosis in a much more versatile way.

For example, by combining hypnosis with one's own attacks, even the slightest influence during combat can allow the attacker to seize an opportunity to deliver a fatal blow.

This is also an important direction for Lafitte's current progress.

In addition, a new god has been chosen for Birka, a highly respected figure within the Night Pirates Birka control Birka.

In order to control him, Lafitte constantly hypnotized him and gave him psychological suggestions until he made it instinctive, so that he would understand that the Night Pirates were his masters and the forces he submitted to. His mission was to control Birka through the Night Pirates and also to monitor Birka. Whenever an external force appeared, he should immediately notify the Night Pirates.

Meanwhile, to ensure the smooth progress of the event, they held a grand ceremony to select a new god, making him the new god. They also had Lafitte hypnotize many Birka people overnight, using psychological suggestion to support the Birka person they had chosen to become the new god.

After that, Rediat also discovered some Birka people with strange intentions. After that, these threatening Birka people mysteriously disappeared, and everyone knew exactly when they disappeared.

"Let's go, let's get ready to leave. We can leave Sky Island now." Teach opened his eyes, stood up, put the Devil Fruit into a box, and gently closed it.

Five pirate ships were lined up side by side, anchored at the edge of Birka. Ahead, there was a passageway leading away from Birka Island, a Sky Walk made of white clouds. By descending through this Sky Walk, one could leave Sky Island.

It's unknown when these Sky Walk were established. Not only Angel Island, but also Birka Island has them. It's very likely that thousands or even eight hundred years ago, the Sky Island had very frequent, even normal, exchanges with the Blue Sea, and these Sky Walk were established at that time.

However, despite the relative isolation of Birka, this Sky Walk has not been destroyed and still exists. Although it is somewhat abandoned, it is perfectly intact and looks brand new, standing at an altitude of 10,000 meters amidst a snow-white landscape.

This Sky Walk has been put back into use.

After Teach made his decision, Nelson also notified all the pirate ships.

The Lucky Goddess of Lucky Goddess was in front, with the other ships following behind it, one after the other.

In the distance, residents of Birka Island watched, relieved that the Blue Sea People had finally left. Others were watching Enel 'Enel companions as they followed the Night Pirates away.

Following the Lucky Goddess, we descended rapidly down the Sky Walk like on a roller coaster, constantly moving forward.

A strong wind blew in their faces, and all the members were prepared, knowing what they would face next.

The Sky Walk ahead was no longer visible; it was now vertically downwards.

"Be careful, everyone!"

With a whoosh, the Lucky Goddess flew off the Sky Island and into the air, where it seemed to freeze for a moment.

However, in the next moment, the entire Lucky Goddess plummeted downwards from an altitude of over 10,000 meters.

The feeling of weightlessness in that instant was enough to make people gasp in shock. It was hard to imagine whether they could survive falling from a height of over 10,000 meters.

Despite being prepared, most members still felt somewhat flustered when they experienced it firsthand.

Just then, a clear whistle rang out, and the next moment, a giant octopus emerged from the White Sea, its enormous tentacles grabbing the entire pirate ship.

Then, the pirate ship's descent began to slow down. Looking up, the giant octopus's head bulged like a balloon, and the whole thing descended slowly like a hot air balloon.

This is the octopus balloon, a specialty of Sky Island, and an important tool for traveling from Sky Island to the Blue Sea.

There wasn't just one balloon, nor was there just one octopus. Each time a pirate ship landed, a giant octopus would grab it and send it plummeting like a balloon towards the Blue Sea below.

The members of the Night Pirates snapped out of their daze and began to appreciate the beautiful scenery from high above.

Unlike the journey to the Sky Island Sky-Rending Current is extremely blurry because the ascent is so rapid and the vertical flight requires most people to hold on tightly to other objects to maintain their balance. Except for a few individuals, they have no chance to properly appreciate the view of the sky.

Some people stood on the side of the ship, looking down at the vast ocean where they lived and sailed, an endless expanse of blue, beautiful, magnificent, and boundless.

This is the ocean, magnificent and beautiful. Everyone is admiring it, and no one says anything that would spoil the mood, such as "Ocean, you are all water."

Such an experience is extremely rare; some people will never encounter such a situation in their entire lives.

The pirate ship slowly descended, and a passing News Bird spotted them. Instinctively sensing the presence of Big News Morgans —this was a pirate ship falling from the sky!—it quickly pressed the button on the Transponder Snail hanging around its neck with its wing, and the recording officially began.

They aimed at the five pirate ships of the Night Pirates and slowly approached, trying to capture a clearer and better shot.

Many people on the ship had noticed the presence of the News Bird, but they didn't pay much attention to it. They needed the News Bird to tell the entire ocean that they had returned from the Sky Island.

The pirate ship was getting closer and closer to the surface of the sea. When it was about ten meters away from the surface, the giant octopus released its tentacles.

The entire pirate ship tilted slightly, then crashed into the sea with a "plop," creating a huge splash.

With each splash, the other four pirate ships also landed on the sea.

The giant octopus, now free from the weight of the pirate ship, rises like a balloon, heading back to Sky Island.

"Let's go. To the northwest, there's a small archipelago. Let's go check it out and confirm our current location." Teach's gaze drifted into the distance. His Observation Haki had already detected a small archipelago about 70 or 80 kilometers away, where people should be living.

At the speed of their pirate ship, it would take almost a whole day if they didn't hurry.

Upon returning to the sea, the members of the Night Pirates resumed their training. Teach controlled gravity, creating a gravitational field that pressed down on most of the members, with layers of gravity. He himself also began training.

Time should not be wasted; much of a person's life is wasted meaninglessly.

Teach wouldn't slack off. Wearing Seastone Handcuffs, he suppressed his physical strength, and with the added weight of several tons, he trained his strength and physique under the powerful gravity.

Meanwhile, Rediat and his team also began training.

Enel was somewhat surprised; he hadn't expected training to begin so quickly, which was different from what he had anticipated. He saw that almost everyone had started training.

The training equipment, along with other items, have all been taken out.

The immense weight pressed down on him, almost causing him to kneel down, but fortunately he reacted quickly and braced himself against the railing.

Experiencing this for the first time was very unfamiliar to him, and he moved slowly and laboriously on the deck. He was already panting after only a few steps.

However, this is an adaptation process. Enel's first time participating in the training of the Night Pirates is destined to be very tough, and he will definitely find it difficult to adapt. After all, the training intensity of the Night Pirates is not low, and it is completely different from his previous training.

Enel, panting, followed his companions in training. Others were also training, but their hands felt like they were made of lead; lifting them was difficult, the downward pull putting a tremendous strain on their bodies.

He was aware of his own strength and limitations, and as a newcomer, it was impossible for him to adapt to the gravity in this gravitational field in a short period of time.

His training was terrible; he couldn't do push-ups like the other crew members, who could do many and look relaxed.

But he couldn't.

The other crew members all started training with initial gravity, getting used to the immense gravity early on. For Enel, although it was difficult, it allowed him to train better, forcing out his potential and growing rapidly.

This was also Enel's first mission after joining the Night Pirates.