Gato smiled and shook his head. He seemed to have discovered something amusing—Crocodile definitely had a hidden tsundere side.
"Unbelievable..."
"What?" Crocodile looked at Gato with slight confusion.
"Nothing. Daz Bones brought you medicine. Hurry up and deal with it—don't actually kick the bucket."
No longer paying attention to Crocodile, Gato felt that after a period of acceleration, the ship had begun to float upward and was about to leave the rising water column.
This startled him, and he quickly used Divine Wind Control to press the ship firmly against the water column.
Gato did not possess Nami's navigational skills and could not make a ship fly. Fortunately, he had his own unique method. Sooner or later, they would be able to charge up to the Emperor Cloud.
They were moving too quickly. Before Crocodile could finish bandaging himself, the Emperor Cloud was already right before them, so Gato spoke up to warn them.
"Gentlemen, we're about to reach the Emperor Cloud—the Sea of Clouds. Don't say I didn't warn you. This is a real sea, so you'd better hide in the cabin."
Though he was very curious why Gato knew so much, even things that an old hand like himself did not know, Crocodile naturally no longer doubted his words at this point. He entered the cabin together with Daz Bones.
Gato gripped the bow and only relaxed after watching the two of them enter the cabin. Then he turned back to face the Emperor Cloud right in front of them.
"Gahahaha! Skypiea, here I come!"
The large ship plunged into the clouds and vanished from sight.
Just as Gato knew it would, they successfully burst into the Sea of Clouds. He waved a hand through it and found that the seawater here offered little resistance, exactly as described