"Captain Gato, places like Sky Island are a scam, right?"
Crocodile really wanted to punch Gato into the air. He wanted to go to some legendary place like that? Why not make Laugh Tale his goal instead?
"Tell me, if you were thrown down from tens of thousands of meters in the air, would you die?"
"If there was land beneath me, probably not."
"Then what's the problem? Since you have that ability, why not give it a try? What if it works?"
"Fine... You're the captain. You decide our course."
Crocodile said helplessly. With him around, even if they fell from high in the sky, they were unlikely to die from the impact. At most, they would waste some time. It couldn't be helped—Gato was the captain.
"Trust me, Sky Island really exists. We'll go to Jaya Island first."
Crocodile had an Eternal Pose for Jaya Island. He possessed Eternal Poses for many islands along this route, all so that one day, after obtaining Pluton, he could reach Whitebeard faster and take revenge.
If necessary, he could even set out from Alabasta and head directly to the Sabaody Archipelago. However, since they needed supplies, he had also collected Eternal Poses for other islands. It was far more convenient than using a Log Pose.
Gato had mostly forgotten the name Jaya, but once he saw it, it did ring a bell. Otherwise, he would have had quite a headache.
Before Luffy reached Jaya from Alabasta, he had passed through many islands and had even entered a dangerous area where time was distorted. That was something Gato could not accept.
That was a place of unfathomable frozen time. If he got trapped there, even if he managed to escape by luck, the outside world might already have changed beyond recognition.
That