"You... you know what, the food these priests eat is actually pretty good!"
Somewhere in Upper Yard, Luffy said while eating meat.
Half a day has passed since Xia Chen and Luffy's battle.
During this time, the few remaining conscious individuals had already retrieved all the gold from the Lord of the Sky's belly.
Now, there's only one last thing left to do on the Sky Island trip.
Thinking of this, Xia Chen looked at Luffy and asked, " Luffy, are you full?"
"That's about enough!"
"Alright, now it's time to fulfill our promise to Uncle Cricket!" Xia Chen said calmly.
"But... we haven't found the Golden Bell yet!"
"Who said we haven't found it?" Xia Chen smiled at Nami. Then, with a thought, the enormous Golden Bell Tower appeared before everyone.
!!!
"What... what is this?"
" The Golden Bell Tower!"
Everyone present, except for Xia Chen and Robin, stared wide-eyed.
Suddenly, Nami appeared in front of the Golden Bell Tower as if she had teleported, and pressed herself against it.
($ _ $ )!
He exclaimed excitedly, "How much gold is that?!"
After regaining his senses, Sanji looked at Xia Chen with a puzzled expression and asked, "Where did you find this thing?"
Xia Chen didn't speak, but pointed to the sky.
Seeing this, the group didn't ask any more questions. Their ability to adapt had improved considerably since arriving on the Sky Island; finding something in the sky wasn't unusual, was it?
Xia Chen turned his gaze to Luffy and said, "Come on, Luffy, go ring the Golden Bell!"
"Okay!" Luffy stood up and nodded seriously.
This was their agreement with Uncle Cricket: ringing the Golden Bell would prove the existence of the City of Gold, thus proving that Cricket's ancestor Noland was not a fraud and clearing his name.
Luffy stopped a few dozen meters away from the Golden Bell, his eyes narrowing.
Gear Third!
Luffy's fist rapidly grew larger, then Armament Haki covered it.
" Giant Elephant Gun!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Luffy swung his enormous fist forward, creating a series of whooshing sounds. Then it slammed heavily into the Golden Bell.
"Urn!"
The sound of bells piercing the clouds emanated continuously from the Golden Bell, resounding throughout the entire sky. It also reached Blue Sea, ten thousand meters away.
Shandia People settlement~
Wyper and the others, who had all been beaten up by Xia Chen, were sent back to their gathering place by Gan Fall. Suddenly, they heard a melodious bell ringing, which drew everyone's attention.
Upon hearing this voice, an old man's face was filled with horror, and tears welled up in his eyes involuntarily.
"This... this is the sound of the Light of Shandora!"
"What?!" Everyone around was startled by the old man's words. Wyper immediately asked, "Elder, are you saying that's the sound of lighting the Light of Shandora?"
"That's right!" the elder nodded.
"Although this is the first time I've heard this sound, I know from the records left by our ancestors that this is what the sound of the Light of Shandora sounds like!"
"This..."
For a moment, all the Shandia People looked at each other in bewilderment.
The Light of Shandora, which they had tried so hard to light for so long, was inexplicably lit today.
Lost in thought, Wyper seemed to realize something and exclaimed in horror, "Could it be them...?"
--
Somewhere on the Sky Island, above the clouds~
An old man was leisurely watering his flowers when he suddenly heard the sound and quickly turned his head in that direction.
"This is... the song of the island!"
Although it was the first time Gan Fall had heard this voice, he was certain that the beautiful voice was the island's song.
Thinking of this, a saying that had been passed down from the Sky Island came to mind.
"When the songs of the island rise again, that will be the day the war ends!"
Suddenly, sweat beaded on Gan Fall's face.
"Could it be... that... the Straw Hat Boy succeeded?"
Thinking of this, Gan Fall didn't hesitate for a moment, instantly donning his armor and shouting:
Pierre!
With a powerful push from his feet, he landed on a red bird and sped off towards Upper Yard.
At the same time, everyone on Angel Island heard the bell.
Everyone turned their gaze towards Upper Yard. At that moment, everyone simultaneously stopped what they were doing and savored the beautiful sound.
Blue Sea, Jaya Island.
Cricket was sitting outside smoking, while the Masira and Masira sat beside him eating.
"Boss, how are the Straw Hat Boy doing? Have they found the City of Gold yet?"
"Hoo~" Cricket slowly exhaled a puff of smoke.
Who knows?
Just as the group was about to say something, a melodious bell rang out from the sky.
Instantly, the group stood up.
"Boss... Boss, this can't be..." The Masira's face showed an excited expression.
Cricket smiled slightly and replied, "If nothing unexpected happens, it should be... the tolling of the Golden Bell!"
" The Straw Hat Boy did it!"
"My ancestor Noland... was not a fraud!"
Cricket's face was filled with excitement. For so many years, he had been trying to prove his ancestors' innocence, but he had only found scattered clues.
There is still a lack of strong evidence to prove that Noland is not a fraud.
And today, his wish has finally come true!
Thinking of this, Cricket was already in tears without realizing it.
"Hey boss, you're crying! How embarrassing!"
"So the boss is a crybaby, huh? Hahaha..."
(•́へ•́╬)!
"You two, are you looking for death...?"
--
The perspective shifts back to Xia Chen's side.
After ringing the Golden Bell, Luffy laughed and said, "Now Chestnut Head Uncle should be able to hear me, right? Hehehe..."
"You can definitely hear it; the sound of this bell is incredibly penetrating!" Xia Chen said calmly, then walked up to the Golden Bell.
With a thought, it was stored back in the System Space.
The Golden Bell has fulfilled its mission; now, to Xia Chen, it is just ordinary gold.
As for its symbolic meaning to the Shandia People, that was beyond Xia Chen's consideration. The Golden Bell was already his property, and no one could make him hand it over.
" Straw Hat Boy, you're here!"
A voice came from behind, drawing the attention of Xia Chen and the others.
Gan Fall was seen flying towards them on a bird. Soon, he arrived in front of them.
"Oh, old man, what brings you here?" Luffy asked him with a smile.
"I heard the island's song, so I came to check it out!" As he spoke, Gan Fall glanced at the messy forest around him.
Suddenly, he seemed to catch a glimpse of something out of the corner of his eye, and his face instantly filled with horror. Pointing in that direction, he asked in a trembling voice, "Could that be Enel?"
"That's right!" Xia Chen replied calmly.
"He's dead. Angel Island will no longer be threatened by him!"
"What!!"
Upon hearing this, Gan Fall's face lit up with ecstatic joy.
Enel's death was a bombshell for them, meaning that the mountain that had been weighing on their heads for the past six years had finally disappeared.
With that in mind, Gan Fall immediately hopped back onto his bird and said, "I need to go tell the people on Angel Island this news first, then we can have a good chat later!"
Having said that, he rode the bird and flew away into the distance.
"What an impatient old man!" Sanji remarked casually.
"Let's go explore this island some more! I've discovered there are actually a lot of fun things here!" Luffy said excitedly to the group.
"Good!"