" Xia Chen, Robin, where did you go?"
As soon as Xia Chen and Robin returned to Conis's house, Luffy asked curiously.
"Nothing much, I just saw something interesting and couldn't resist playing with it!"
"Huh? You didn't even call me? That's awful, Xia Chen!" Luffy couldn't help but scold Xia Chen after hearing his words.
Xia Chen rolled his eyes and said, "You should get a good night's sleep tonight! You'll be busy tomorrow!"
Luffy was stunned for a moment, then immediately reacted and excitedly said, "You mean Huang..."
Before Luffy could finish speaking, Usopp quickly covered his mouth.
Then the group exchanged a few furtive glances.
"But we still don't know where Upper Yard is!" Nami said quietly, glancing at Conis and her father who were cooking.
Xia Chen smiled after hearing this.
What do you think we were doing just now?
"Huh? You mean..." Nami's face showed excitement, but she didn't say anything.
The people around also wore expressions of joy.
They also want to make a fortune from this gold rush; otherwise, it's not right for them to keep borrowing money from Xia Chen.
With excitement, the group bid farewell to Conis after dinner and returned to the Going Merry to rest and recharge.
How can you find gold tomorrow if you don't take care of your mental health?
The night at the White-White Sea was quiet and still, without a sound, and everyone quickly drifted off to sleep...
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Early the next morning!
"Everyone, let's go! We're off to find gold!"
"Gold, gold, gold..."
Luffy, Usopp, and Chopper held hands and danced.
At this moment, Nami's expression turned somewhat grim. She walked over to Xia Chen and said, " Xia Chen, there's basically no wind on the White-White Sea. Our Merry can't move at all!"
"How about Xia Chen, you use your cloud to take us there?"
"Use Wind Dial! I bought a lot from the residents of Angel Island yesterday!" Usopp said, leaning closer.
"No need for that!" Xia Chen shook his head.
"Today, I'll show you a different way to travel!"
After saying that, Xia Chen went to the stern of the ship, glanced in the direction of Upper Yard, then turned back with a sly smile and made a fist-raising gesture.
"Let me let you experience the feeling of flying again!"
"No way?" Everyone seemed to understand something, and their faces showed expressions of horror.
After saying that, Xia Chen threw a punch at the sea surface. The powerful impact hit the sea, and the resulting recoil caused the Going Merry to fly up.
"Aaaaaah!"
A scream echoed through the sky.
"Siguo Yi, Xia Chen, how did you do that?" Luffy and asked Xia Chen curiously.
He thinks this is awesome, and he wants to learn it too!
Zoro and Sanji also came over when they heard Luffy's question, and pricked up their ears.
"It's very simple. Once you reach the point where your Armament Haki can be projected outwards, you can achieve this effect!"
"However, if your Armament Haki isn't strong enough, the effect might be quite poor!"
(⊙o⊙)...
After hearing Xia Chen's words, the three of them showed expressions of interest. Although two of them had only recently mastered Armament Haki, and the other had not yet mastered Armament Haki.
But that doesn't diminish their longing for this skill!
Xia Chen walked to the bow of the boat, watching the clouds drift by, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.
He felt that a ship flying like this had a natural feel, with its ups and downs, acceleration and deceleration. It offered a more experiential element compared to using his clouds.
Xia Chen was actually inspired by Garp to use this method; Garp flew there in this way when he went to Hachinosu to rescue the Deserter King.
At this time, in the White-White Sea near Upper Yard.
Dozens of people dressed in orcish clothes sped across the sea on what looked like roller skates.
" Wyper, do you think... we can win?"
One of the men asked the man at the front, whose face was covered in camouflage and who was clearly the leader of the group.
"It definitely can!" The man, Wyper, nodded.
" Upper Yard is the place where our ancestors lived, but it was occupied by those despicable Skypieans who drove us out."
For four hundred years, every one of our ancestors has been thinking about how to reclaim this land.
"We've tried several times over the years, but all to no avail. I wasn't planning on taking action so soon, but for some reason, I've had this bad feeling since yesterday."
"I have a feeling something bad is going to happen, so to avoid any unforeseen complications, I'm planning a surprise attack. We've been preparing thoroughly for this for many years."
"We will win! I swear to the great Calgara!"
Wyper's eyes were filled with determination. The place that Calgara's ancestors had always wanted to reclaim, he, Wyper, would accomplish today!
Wyper's words ignited the passion of the crowd, and they all revealed determined looks in their eyes.
" Shandia People, that's enough!"
Suddenly, a voice came from the sky. They looked in that direction and saw an old man riding a bird staring at them.
"You are no match for Enel; going there will only be a pointless death!"
"Gan Faure!!!"
Upon seeing the newcomer, Wyper's face revealed an angry expression.
"You dare show your face before us? Well then, we'll kill you first, then we'll go kill Enel!"
"To us, you and Enel are no different; both are people who have seized our ancestral homeland!"
Stop with this pretentious act of acting like you're doing us a favor; it's disgusting!
Upon hearing this, Gan Fall's eyes dimmed. Indeed, to the Shandia People, he and Enel were no different; both were people who had seized the other's homeland.
Over the years, he had wondered countless times whether the Sky Island inhabitants and the Shandia People could truly not coexist peacefully.
He hadn't come up with these answers when he was still a god, but in the years after his abdication, having shed his burdens, he found the answers after considering the problem from a different perspective.
The answer is definitely yes!
This sacred place belongs to everyone, not just one person. Everyone has the right to live and reproduce here.
Therefore... even though the two races have been fighting for four hundred years, he will do his best to ease the tensions and strive for peaceful coexistence between the two races!
Of course, this is assuming Enel doesn't exist. Right now, Enel is like a mountain weighing down on both races.
As long as Enel is alive, their problem will never be solved.
Although he also wanted to kill Enel, as he said before, he was someone who knew Enel's strength very well, and was even more afraid of such power!
Therefore... he absolutely cannot let the Shandia People go there to their deaths!
Gan Fall didn't say anything; given their relationship, nothing he said would be listened to, so he had no choice but to take a hard line.
"I won't let you pass until you defeat me!"
"Then we'll kill you!"
After saying that, Wyper slung the rocket launcher over his shoulder and aimed it at Gan Fall.
Gan Fall's eyes narrowed, and he also assumed a fighting stance.
However, just as they were about to start fighting, they felt the sky suddenly turn dark, and they couldn't help but look up curiously.
w(ﾟДﾟ)w!