"Don't you recognize me?" Prap raised his hand and touched his hair, which was tied in bunches. He would unconsciously make this gesture when he was thinking.
"I don't know him!"
Mikuru reiterated with absolute certainty that while Buggy was carrying out his plan, she and Mohji were responsible for staying on the Big Top to guard the ship. Although Buggy recounted everything that had happened in Weilan after returning to the ship, Mikuru was drowsy at the time and didn't listen carefully before falling asleep. Besides, even if she had heard it, she wouldn't care about the king of a country unless that king had superb culinary skills and could grill incredibly delicious fish.
"Don't you recognize him... This businessman named Xilo Frans borrowed something from me six or seven years ago, saying he lived in the country beneath this Sky Island. He clearly said he would repay me with interest next time he came..." Prap muttered. "But six or seven years have passed, and I've never seen him again. What an untrustworthy fellow."
Although he spoke calmly, there was an inexplicable anger in his tone, suggesting that it was a very important treasure.
After sensing no hostility from Prap, Mikuru relaxed and asked with considerable curiosity, "What did this merchant... borrow from you?"
Prap gently placed his hand on his left chest and whispered, "He borrowed a heart of courage from me. That heart will grant him the courage to overcome difficulties and the perseverance to never give up. However... that heart doesn't belong to his body. Over time, the Hero's Heart will slowly lose its vitality, and the courage and perseverance it gave him will disappear. His soul will become increasingly barren, helpless, fearful, and insane."
Mikuru glanced at Prap's chest, which he was clutching. "Is that heart yours?"
"No."
"... Why are you clutching your chest, meow!"
Prap lowered his hand. "The owner of the Hero's Heart was a god from hundreds of years ago. Before he left, he left the Hero's Heart behind, taking only his own body with him to the Blue Sea."
Mikuru blinked his green agate-like eyes curiously, his two pointed ears twitching slightly. "Huh... can you live without a heart?"
"If humans had no heart, they probably couldn't survive, but if gods had no heart, perhaps they could survive."
After saying that, Prap shook his head. "Alright, I thought you'd have news about that businessman, but since you don't know about that Xilo Frans... never mind."
"Oh~~"
Seeing that the other party wouldn't say anything more, Mikuru didn't press the matter. He turned his head and immediately focused his attention on Shuma, who was fighting on the cloud platform, waving his arms and shouting, " Shutaro, go! Go!"
" Blue Sea People..."
Seeing Mikuru's excited expression, Prap took two steps forward, his gaze also fixed on the battle on the cloud platform. Although Urouge had briefly fallen into a disadvantageous position during their fight, Prap knew that Urouge was only just beginning to exert his full strength. This Mad Monk had maintained his title as the champion of the Sky Fighting Arena for many years, was the type to become stronger as the battle progressed. No matter how irreversible the situation, he could always unexpectedly and tenaciously achieve victory in the end. This was his fighting style. Even though he had rarely suffered setbacks in recent years and often won from the start, his strength had never diminished... This guy, known as "Monk Master," actually loved to show off his strength and courage.
Beneath the crimson sky of Garlam, if viewed from afar, a twisted silver dot can be seen streaking rapidly across the air, leaving a bright white trail, as if writing two magical letters.
The silver dot is actually the Flying Dragon Chicken covered in silver scales, and the white exhaust is actually formed by the wind ejected from the two Breath Dial on the Flying Dragon Chicken's body.
Buggy clung tightly to the Flying Dragon Chicken's neck, feeling the whistling wind in his ears, and secretly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. He wasn't afraid of the heights, but rather annoyed by this unreliable, scaly Flying Dragon Chicken —what kind of chicken flies in a spiral or rollercoaster-like motion?!
He realized that this Flying Dragon Chicken couldn't control its speed, strength, or balance while running in the air. It could only move forward by constantly changing its trajectory. Although he didn't know why Nilek liked "flying dragon" so much, like the red-rimmed glasses, anything codenamed "flying dragon" was probably a half-finished product!
"Good heavens... I've never been on a plane before, and today I finally have the chance to ride a flying chicken!" Buggy's eyes twitched slightly as he squinted at the hazy clouds around him receding or entering his ears.
"Coo coo~~"
After nearly ten minutes of running training in the air, the Flying Dragon Chicken finally seemed to have some sense of direction. It leaped into the air, like the plumber's jump in Super Mario, and landed on a solid cloud above. Then, after a short run-up, it leaped again, jumping towards an even higher solid cloud.
Although this Flying Dragon Chicken has a very poor sense of direction, to be fair, its speed is gradually increasing, and you can already see the red and blue line where the crimson sky of Garlam meets the ordinary blue sky.
It took only about five minutes between Bag and Katesu leaving the Central Laboratory and my departure. If their speed was similar to that of the Flying Dragon Chicken, I should be able to catch up with them after they stopped for five minutes... If I catch up with them, I might be able to find Kaya and Cabaji.
As the captain of a pirate ship, Buggy would naturally be very unhappy about his crew members mysteriously disappearing. This disappearance was not due to the crew members leaving without saying goodbye, but rather because someone had secretly done something to them. Although he didn't know why the other party did it, Bag didn't seem to have any good intentions.
Since the two sides' positions are irreconcilable, even if the other party is Logia Devil Fruit User, it is absolutely impossible to change Buggy's decision to beat them to death.
Suddenly, the white clouds above abruptly gathered together, and a bolt of purple Inazuma, as thick as a water pipe, crashed down with unstoppable force.
boom!!
With a tremendous roar, the purple Lightning Flash bolt ended and disappeared into the air.
Buggy grabbed the Skyfoot Chicken by the neck, forcibly changing its direction and narrowly avoiding the Inazuma. Looking somewhat disheveled, he glanced at the sky and muttered, "Sensed by the Mantra again... Looks like we're not far from that guy..."