One Piece: Starting by Rejecting Red-Hair's Invitation
Chapter 70

Skypiea: Fear and Longing, a Difficult Choice

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Most likely, it was because the bell of Golden Bell inspired them and made them more eager to take back Upper Yard.

Anyway, the war between Shandia and Skypieans has lasted for more than four hundred years, and they don't care if it happens again.

Without thinking any more, Lin Mo jumped into the jungle surrounded by towering trees and started a new day of hunting.

Three years later.

Lin Mo is thirteen years old.

After "playing" with the beasts of Upper Yard for a while, Lin Mo put on a pair of skates powered by Small Wind Dial, which were similar to roller skates, and rode on the Cloud Sea, quickly gliding towards Angel Island next to it.

Wind Dial, as the name suggests, is a Dial that can store wind and then release it.

In addition to Wind Dial, Sky Island also has various Dial with different functions.

For example, Image Dial can record and playback images, Water Dial can store water, Lamp Dial can emit light, Tone Dial can record and playback sounds as a tool to convey information or entertainment, Flame Dial can store fire, etc.

It can be said that these functions are indispensable for Skypieans's daily needs.

Sky Island's skates are similar to roller skates. However, when gliding on the sea surface, you need to adapt to Ocean Current, otherwise it will easily overturn. It took Lin Mo several days to master the skills of using the skates.

Of course, this kind of skates can also be used for gliding on Land.

Soon, Lin Mo came to Angel Island.

A beautiful scenery, with two huge vines that also tower into the clouds on one side, and a large cloud island where several buildings are surrounded by green plants bred by Island Cloud.

Stop at Angel Island coast.

Lin Mo put on his casual shoes and walked to Angel Island's soft cloud beach.

Above Angel Island, there are several pieces of Island Cloud connected by Cloud Ladder. The most prosperous street in Angel Island that Lin Mo is going to is called Lovely Street, which is on the piece of Island Cloud above the cloud beach.

Sky Island people all have two tentacles on their heads that are the same color as their hair, and they all have a pair of pure white small wings on their backs, but these wings cannot fly and are used as decorations.

"Hey, Lin Mo is here. Do you want to buy some fruit? I just picked it this morning. It's very fresh." Lovely Street, Lin Mo When passing by a fruit shop, the fruit shop girl Shopkeeper saw him and greeted him warmly.

After all, I have been coming to Sky Island for almost three years. Every month, Lin Mo will take one or two days to buy food and drinks from Angel Island. Therefore, almost everyone in Angel Island knows him.

But what puzzled him was why they were so enthusiastic about him even though he didn't pay much attention to them...

"No, thank you." Lin Mo responded and continued walking forward.

"Boy, I just bought a batch of rare Sky Fish, do you want two?"

"Lin Mo, do you want some marshmallows? I'll give you two."

"My Dial store has recently received a new batch of new models of home Dial. Do you want to come and take a look?"

The stall owners of Lovely Street were very enthusiastic when they saw Lin Mo.

Lin Mo After refusing one by one, he went directly to a small shop that specializes in selling wine.

Sky Island does not have a tavern, which is something he is extremely dissatisfied with.

Moreover, the drinks at Sky Island are almost all based on fruit and vegetable wines, and the taste is relatively fragrant and sweet, not strong at all...

Although Lin Mo personally still prefers spirits, he has no choice but to drink all the wine stored in System Space two years ago. Now, he can only wait for Sky Island's mission to end and go back to the Blue Sea early to have a good drink.

"Are you here to buy wine again?" the wine seller Shopkeeper asked with a smile.

Lin Mo nodded, took out a large bag of Extol coins that Beli had exchanged, and handed it to Shopkeeper's mother.

Shopkeeper's mother brought him a few bottles of wine according to Lin Mo's preferences over the past few years. "How long do you plan to stay in Angel Island this time?"

"Leave tomorrow." Lin Mo accepted the wine.

Shopkeeper's mother said with some pity, "I only come once a month, why don't you stay longer?"

Lin Mo shook his head.

Shopkeeper's mother continued, "Is that still the same as before?"

Lin Mo nodded.

"Okay." Shopkeeper said with a smile, "I'll have someone deliver the wine to you that night."

Usually when Lin Mo comes to Angel Island, he will first buy some wine to drink himself, and then ask the wine seller Shopkeeper to send him hundreds of bottles of wine to the hotel where he is staying.

After leaving the shop, Lin Mo went to the hotel he frequented and booked a room. Then he took the wine he just bought and returned to the edge of the cloud beach at the bottom of Angel Island. In a small pavilion made by Processing Cloud by the people on the island, he lay down on a soft cloud chair similar to a deck chair and prepared to take a nap.

Not long after Lin Mo fell asleep, a girl who looked to be only two or three years older than him, with light yellow double braids with ball-shaped ends, wearing a pink short dress, carrying a Harp on her back, and holding a small white fox in her hand, named Conis, trotted towards him happily.

"Lin Mo Lin Mo." Conis shouted happily, "I have learned a new song, let me play it for you."

Lin Mo ignored her and still closed his eyes.

Conis was not sad because Lin Mo ignored him. Instead, he sat down on the cloud chair next to Lin Mo, put the little fox next to him, held Harp behind him in his arms, and started playing a soothing and soft music.

When Lin Mo came to Angel Island for the first time, Conis noticed him, because Lin Mo was the first person from the Blue Sea she saw, so she was curious about everything about Lin Mo.

At first, Conis didn't dare to get close to Lin Mo, but once he played Harp on the cloud beach and was heard by the other party and got his approval. Since then,, Conis inspired Courage and began to take the initiative to talk to Lin Mo. Although the other party rarely responded to her, she would be very happy even if she only responded with one word.

In fact, when Lin Mo heard Conis play Harp, he just casually said "not bad" and didn't mean to praise her much.

But just because of his inadvertent "not bad", every time he came to Angel Island and took a nap in Yuntan, Conis would always appear in time and play soothing music next to him.

As long as Lin Mo sleeps, Conis will play.

However, it has to be said that the sound of Conis really helps people fall asleep. It can be said that since he came to Sky Island, he could only have a comfortable and comfortable nap in Angel Island.

Chapter 109 Sky Island: Fear and longing, difficult choices

Conis plays Harp obediently.

It wasn't until Lin Mo had slept enough and Awakening came at noon that he stopped.

"You're awake." Conis said with a smile.

Lin Mo responded with a faint "Yes" and got up from the cloud chair. When he was about to leave, Conis stopped him.

"Lin Mo, wait." Conis immediately took out a bottle of light blue drink that he had prepared long ago, "This is the fruit wine I made myself. The taste may not be as good as the fruit wine sold in the store, but no matter what, I still want you to try it."

Lin Mo looked at her silently and was about to refuse.

Conis continued, "I don't mean anything else, I just want to thank you for taking care of me during this time."

Lin Mo "..."

What have I taken care of you for?

Conis quickly forced the bottle of wine to Lin Mo: "Anyway, you accept it first. Well, I have something else to do, so I will leave first."

After saying that, she ran away in a panic.

Lin Mo looked at her running back speechlessly, then looked at the wine in her hand, and without thinking much, put the bottle of wine into System Space.

Then, Lin Mo walked around Lovely Street and bought some daily necessities. That night, at the hotel, he received hundreds of bottles of wine from the wine seller Shopkeeper. After putting them all into System Space, he rested for the night and was about to leave the next day.

Just like before, Conis came to Yuntan, hugged her little pet Cloud Fox Sisi, and saw Lin Mo off.

Although Upper Yard is near Angel Island...

"Will the next time you come here be next month?" Conis asked reluctantly.

Lin Mo put on his skates and responded lightly.

When he was about to leave, Conis couldn't help but ask, "Well, Lin Mo, my father said that Upper Yard is a dangerous place where many ferocious beasts live. Only a person as powerful as God Gan Fall can live there safely. In fact, I... I really want to go to Upper Yard to see it and experience Vearth for myself."

Vearth is Skypieans's name for soil, and it is something that all Skypieans longs for.

Although Gan Fall is very kind to Skypieans, the beasts that live in Upper Yard are too ferocious, and Shandia people often go to Upper Yard to attack them. For the sake of everyone's safety, he ordered the people of Angel Island to be prohibited from setting foot in Upper Yard.

Everyone knows this, so there are not too many complaints about the command Gan Fall.

Lin Mo stared at Conis in silence.

Seeing Lin Mo looking at her, Conis blushed and said hurriedly, "I, I don't mean to ask you to take me to Upper Yard, it's just... ah hahaha, I just said it casually, just pretend you didn't hear it, um, have a nice trip, and I'll wait for you to come back next month."

After finishing speaking, Conis immediately turned around and ran away.

Haven't run a few steps yet.

Lin Mo's voice suddenly sounded, "Okay."

Conis suddenly stopped and turned to look at Lin Mo in surprise. "You, what did you say?"

Lin Mo said calmly, "Half a day, at most I will take you around for half a day."

"Really?" Conis asked happily.

Lin Mo nodded lightly, and then continued, "I don't have a boat."

"I do!" Conis said excitedly, "Then, just wait here for me, I'll be right back!"

As he said this, Conis took Sisi and trotted away excitedly to where he parked his boat.

Lin Mo took off the skates he had just put on.

The reason why he agreed to take Conis to Upper Yard was just as a return gift for Conis playing him lullabies for free in the past few years and the bottle of wine just now.

In the past three years of walking in the world of Pirate, Lin Mo has never owed anyone anything. Anyone who has helped him, no matter good or bad, will be repaid in other ways, except for one person... He still owes Rayleigh a drink.

Soon, Conis drove a Small Boat with a black hull and the shape of Crow to arrive in front of Lin Mo.

"This is my Crow. Although it's a bit crude, don't dislike it." Conis smiled awkwardly.

Lin Mo jumped on the boat nonchalantly. "Do you know the way?"

Conis nodded and responded, "Yeah, I know, then... let's set off?"

Lin Mo nodded.

Conis drove Crow and took Lin Mo with him, and began to sail towards Upper Yard.

"That's great. I've been going to Angel Island since I was little. It's my first time to go to Upper Yard, so I'm a little nervous." Conis's hand holding the rudder was shaking slightly.

Lin Mo said nothing, leaned against the side of the boat, blew Cloud Sea's wind, picked up Wine Gourd, and started drinking.

"Ah, I saw Upper Yard!" Conis pointed excitedly at the island not far away, shrouded in towering trees.

As soon as Conis finished speaking, a group of wildly dressed people wearing skate shoes and skateboards with Wind Dial suddenly appeared and quickly caught up with Crow.

"It's Sky Island's person!"

"Huh? There is another Blue Sea person."

"Wyper, do you want to kill them?"

It was Shandia who came.

Wyper, that is, the man with Tattoo around his left eye, looked at Lin Mo and Conis who were looking at them indifferently.

When Conis saw Shandia, he started to feel frightened. Especially when he saw Wyper's face with a naturally ferocious expression, he was so frightened that his face turned pale and a lot of cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

Compared to Conis's nervousness and fear, Lin Mo was very calm and continued to drink with Wine Gourd calmly, as if he didn't see Wyper's group.

Wyper's eyes fell on Lin Mo. Seeing that the other party was not afraid of them at all, he couldn't help but frown. Without saying a word, he picked up his Bazooka, pointed at Lin Mo and Conis, and shot them without hesitation.

Conis's eyes were full of fear, and he was so frightened that he couldn't say a word.

Lin Mo stared silently at the cannon that was getting closer and closer to him. He calmly stood up from the ship and kicked the cannon back to Wyper.

A flash of surprise flashed in Wyper's eyes, and he immediately dodged away. The cannon fell directly into the Cloud Sea behind him and exploded.

"Boy, who are you?" Wyper asked with a serious face.

Lin Mo said indifferently, "It has nothing to do with you."

"Hmph!" Wyper snorted coldly, "If you don't want to die, stay away from Upper Yard!"

After finishing speaking, he took a group of Shandia people and accelerated his way to Upper Yard.

After they were far away, Conis felt relieved, and his eyes changed when he looked at Lin Mo: "Lin, Lin Mo, you are so amazing."

Lin Mo continued to drink in silence.

Conis hesitated for a moment, but still asked, "Those people just now were from Shandia, right? Did they go to Upper Yard to start a war with God Gan Fall? Then... should we still go to Upper Yard?"

"Go." Lin Mo said while drinking.

Conis tightened his grip on the rudder.

Lin Mo glanced at her one more time, and then said calmly, "If you are afraid, you can go back to Angel Island."

Stunned, Conis swallowed uneasily. She was really scared, but her longing for Upper Yard was also true. She finally saw Upper Yard. If she went back now, with her knowledge and understanding of Lin Mo in the past three years, she might not have another chance to get him to agree to bring her here with him.

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