Lin Mo took a closer look at the flags on the pirate ships. He didn't recognize a single one.
He didn't dock his small wooden boat at Mock Town. Instead, he sailed around it to the back half of Jaya Island.
Compared with bustling Mock Town on the front half of the island, the back half looked desolate. Along the shore stood a single building facing the sea: a half-house with a large board painted to look like a castle.
It was home to Mont Blanc Cricket, a man with a chestnut-shaped head.
And Cricket was the reason Lin Mo had come here.
He was one of the few people who knew how to reach Sky Island.
In the future, Cricket would even help Luffy and his companions get there.
Lin Mo pulled his boat up to the shore and jumped onto land.
Just then, a shirtless man emerged from the half-house.
His distinctive orange-yellow, chestnut-shaped head told Lin Mo at a glance that he had found the man he wanted.
"Huh? Kid, what are you doing here?" Cricket looked startled to see him.
Lin Mo walked straight up to him and said without expression, "I want to go to Sky Island."
"Sky Island?" Surprise flashed in Cricket's eyes. Then he burst out laughing. "Hahaha! You actually believe it exists?"
"I do," Lin Mo said calmly.
Cricket stopped laughing and stared at him. He took out a cigarette, lit it, and drew on it. "I don't know whether Sky Island exists. But there was a man who believed in it all his life. He became a legendary liar, and his descendants have never been able to hold their heads high."
As he spoke, Cricket noticed the small boat by the shore. "Kid, is that yours?"
Lin Mo nodded faintly.
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