Sig and Morio were in the tavern, waiting for Yasopp to join them—the three of them had gone off separately to gather information.
Morio went to inquire about any clues Vampire Fruit, Sig went to investigate the current situation on Jaya Island, and Yasopp, relying on his strongest Observation Haki, went to scout out the situation of the docked Marines.
Not long after, Yasopp returned and pulled up a chair to sit down at the table where Sig and Morio were.
As Yasopp poured himself a shot of rum, he said, "The navy brought by Gion is only temporarily docked; their destination isn't here."
"There aren't any rumors about Devil Fruit or Vampire here... Do you know where the Navy is going?" Morio asked Yasopp.
"Most likely... it's the nearby Eternal Night Island." Yasopp paused before explaining, "If we use the Log Pose here, the next island will be Eternal Night Island. Record the magnetic field on Jaya Island can Record in just one day, so you can imagine how close the two islands are..."
Generally, the Record time of the Log Pose is positively correlated with the distance between islands.
"Eternal Night Island?" Sig was somewhat curious about the name.
"Yes, because there is a large Accumulating Emperor Cloud that wanders in this sea area year-round, and it stays especially long over the Eternal Night Island. There, the Sun can only be seen four times a year, for seven days each time," Yasopp explained.
"Accumulating Emperor Cloud? You mean 'that'?" Sig realized what he meant when he heard that.
"That's right, it's where the White Sea is... Given the size of that Accumulating Emperor Cloud, there should be some pretty big Sky Island on it, right? It's a pity we can't fly. If we want to get up there, it's safer to take the 'High-Speed Sky Road' of the West Blue." Morio said, scratching his head.
Clearly, he didn't want to use such an "unorthodox" method as "flying up with the Knock Up Stream"—it would cause too much damage to the ship!
In this world, there exists a type of cloud that appears to be mixed with Seastone Factor. Because it accumulates continuously without ever raining, it gradually becomes Accumulating Emperor Cloud capable of completely blocking out the sun.
Furthermore, the texture of these clouds is like flowing water, allowing boats to sail on them and creating small islands—the so-called "Sky Island"!
The Sky Island person the ocean "Blue Sea," while the sea where Sky Island is located is the opposite "White Sea."
For ordinary people, "Sky Island" is just a legend, but the Red-Hair Pirates are naturally very knowledgeable about it.
There isn't just one Sky Island, nor is there only one patch of the White Sea Accumulating Emperor Cloud. The safest way for ordinary ships to enter the White Sea is to take the "High-Speed Sky Road" in the West Blue —there is a section of the White Sea that plunges into a whirlpool, allowing one to "spiral into the sky."
Furthermore, the White Sea there connects to a vast expanse of Accumulating Emperor Cloud that passes through it. Like an aerial train, entering that Accumulating Emperor Cloud theoretically allows access to most other Accumulating Emperor Cloud distributed around the world!
However, the so-called "safety" is only relative. In reality, for ordinary pirate crews, taking the "High-Speed Sky Road" could very well mean losing half of their crew.
Besides the "High-Speed Sky Road" and "Accumulating Emperor Cloud Sky Train", some Accumulating Emperor Cloud also have "non-mainstream" ways to board.
The more peaceful ones are like "Visalia, the shortest Sky Island," where you can travel between the Blue Sea and the White Sea where it is located without too much danger. But the Accumulating Emperor Cloud in the Eternal Night Island can be reached by riding the rising water currents—which is more dangerous than High-Speed Sky Road!
Upon hearing Morio's explanation, Sig understood that the Accumulating Emperor Cloud lingering near Eternal Night Island must be the same clouds that appear near Jaya Island in the original work—for seven days every three months, the Accumulating Emperor Cloud would not cover Eternal Night Island, which meant they had drifted to the vicinity of Jaya Island.
Additionally, there are five Knock Up Stream near Jaya Island each month. When these two events coincide, you can ride the Knock Up Stream to the top...
This is how Luffy traveled to Sky Island.
However, Sig's current goal is not the Sky Island!
"Redfield discovered clues about the Vampire Fruit, which led to a falling out with the World Government, and... the clues he has point to the Jaya Island area, and now Gion is also heading to the nearby Eternal Night Island..." Sig felt that these were not coincidences.
"Yeah, if the Navy went there for that fruit, then that old man got really played, hahaha..." Yasopp had obviously thought of this situation as well, and laughed mercilessly.
If it's not a coincidence, it's very likely that the Navy was also there for the Vampire Fruit!
In other words, the World Government had no intention of handing over the clue to that Mythical Zoan Fruit to Redfield.
"So? Should we go directly to Eternal Night Island, or go with the Navy?" Morio scratched Ooo's neck, seeking the opinions of Sig and Yasopp.
"The navy should have a lead, and Bananaman might not be faster than the navy's warships. Let's wait until the navy sets off and then try to sneak onto the ship!" Yasopp suggested.
Sig agreed with this opinion...
Unexpectedly, the three of them ended up staying on Jaya Island for half a month!
During this time, because he suspected the Navy's purpose, Yasopp went to check again and found that the Navy's destination was actually another small island nearby, where they were hunting down a Supernovas pirate crew that had emerged in recent years. Yasopp even thought that he had made a mistake.
Finally, Sig gleaned another clue from a brothel frequented by Gion — Gion had indeed muttered something like "I'll go when it's light," indicating that he was indeed going to Eternal Night Island and was waiting for the right opportunity!
"These navy guys are so slow!" Morio said impatiently.
"No, as far as I know, although Gion is known for his 'good personality' and 'being liked by the people and his subordinates' among the lieutenant Vice Admiral, he is by no means a lazy person. I'm afraid he's waiting for some opportunity..." Yasopp spoke up for Gion.
"Like at dawn?" Sig guessed directly.
That's easy to guess, since Eternal Night Island sees the Sun for seven days every three months—if it's waiting for something, it's easy to imagine it's waiting for the Accumulating Emperor Cloud to drift away.
"Speaking of Vampire... in legends, are they said to be unable to see the Sun? I remember that's how it is in the legends of the East Sea." Yasopp had clearly thought of this as well.
Mythical Zoan fruits are generally from legendary creatures, more powerful than Common Zoan or Ancient Zoan Logia Devil Fruit!
In terms of abilities, they are also related to the habits of the legendary creatures.
Morio looked at Yasopp —he came from the primeval forest, grew up with wild animals, and had never heard of any legends.
Sig could only echo, "The legend in my hometown is pretty much the same."
Indeed, many Vampire legends in this world include the setting of "not being able to see sunlight"...
"In other words, the user of the Vampire Fruit is likely to be countered by sunlight, and the Navy is specifically waiting for sunlight... It seems their target isn't the fruit, but the user!" Yasopp said, stating the conclusion that Sig had also come up with.
"But the World Government and the Navy... they generally wouldn't specifically target Devil Fruit users to retrieve them, would they?" Sig still somewhat doubtful.
Even knowing the fruit corresponding to the Devil Fruit, the success rate of retrieval is less than 50%, and it can easily cause panic among Devil Fruit users. For the World Government, in order to maintain stability, they might even imprison Devil Fruit users instead of killing them, to prevent the Devil Fruit from being reborn and creating new uncontrollable forces.
"Redfield wants the Vampire Fruit, apparently to regain his youth... If that's the ability, then maybe some idiotic Celestial Dragons would want it, which makes sense!" Yasopp said quite reasonably.
If the Celestial Dragons want something, they can't consider the gains and losses in the usual way...
Moreover, the ordinary navy personnel didn't know the real destination, and there was likely something else going on—a fact that Sig still kept in mind.