Just then, Zoro caught a glimpse of something sailing towards them from the sea.
"Hey, something's coming from the sea."
Conis glanced at him, then smiled broadly and said, "Ah, it's my father!"
Pagaya, riding his Waver, greeted Conis, " Conis, Hasso."
"Yes, Hasso, Father!"
Luffy looked completely confused. What were they talking about?
Nami looked at the Waver riding by Pagaya and asked with some curiosity, "What kind of ship is that?"
Conis asked, somewhat surprised, "You mean Waver?"
"That's Waver!" Nami exclaimed in surprise, her heart racing as she recalled the description in Noland's diary.
"Oh, excuse me, I need to dock now!"
Pagaya shouted loudly.
Nami watched with great interest as the driver of the Waver drove straight ashore and crashed into a tree.
Pagaya scrambled to his feet, his face filled with panic, and said, "Excuse me, are any of you hurt?"
Zoro said speechlessly, "You should ask yourself that first."
Nami walked up to Luffy and asked, " Luffy, did you bring that from the bottom of the sea?"
"Yeah, I brought it." Luffy nodded, taking Kong Fruit on his Congo cigarette.
At the time, when they were salvaging the giant sailboat that had fallen from the sky, Luffy and his crew also pulled up a broken-down Waver.
Nami smiled and walked over to examine the intact Waver. She had initially thought the previous Waver was broken, but after looking around, she found that this Waver was also in a state of disarray. She asked in confusion, "Why isn't there a sail? It's not rowed. What powers it to move forward?"
"Yes, it's Bereaves," Conis replied.
Compared to Nami's probing questions, Luffy was much simpler. He pestered Pagaya to ask how Waver was positioned, then stepped on the gas and sped off.
"Wow, Luffy is amazing!" Chopper exclaimed, his face full of admiration.
"Waaaah!" Luffy felt Waver shaking violently, completely out of his control. When he tried to use brute force to control it, he was instead flipped over and fell into the White-White Sea.
"Ah, you fell down." Shiraishi looked unsurprised.
Retsu Unohana smiled and said, "Even when you fall, you're so graceful. You really suit Hakuhō."
"I will not agree."
Shiraishi made a comment.
"No way, I hope he's not hurt."
Conis covered her mouth with both hands, her face full of worry.
Pagaya looked regretful. "I'm sorry, it's all my fault. I shouldn't have lent that distinguished guest Waver."
Compared to the two outsiders, the Straw Hat Pirates seemed a bit too calm.
Sanji crossed his arms and said, "By the way, I wonder what it's like for Devil Fruit users on this sea?"
Zoro replied, "It's not an ordinary sea after all; it might float."
As they spoke, the two saw Luffy's right hand, which was struggling in the sea of clouds, "Sink."
"It still doesn't work."
After a brief silence, the two didn't linger and rushed into the White-White Sea.
Usopp waved his hand, indicating that they should be fine with them going, and then he saw Chopper go up as well.
Chopper...
"You're a Devil Fruit user too!" Usopp roared, then jumped into the White-White Sea and Luffy Chopper, who was anxious to save Luffy, out of the water.
" Sky Island is so scary..." Rather than reflecting on his own idea of jumping into the sea to save people as a Devil Fruit user, Chopper preferred to define such a dangerous situation as Sky Island being too dangerous.
Zoro and Sanji quickly brought Luffy, complaining to each other.
"Do you know how dangerous that was? Luffy almost fell out of the clouds, and he was just leisurely watching the show."
"It's all because you asked that question, otherwise I would have rushed over to save them long ago."
Zoro retorted.
Pagaya quickly took the blame, "It's all my fault, I shouldn't have lent the Waver to a beginner."
"In order to make full use of the Dorry, the hull of the Waver is made very light, and even the slightest wave can turn the rudder to either side."
It's difficult to do this skillfully unless you have a deep understanding of the ocean, I'm sorry.
Pagaya bowed in apology.
Chopper, looking shocked, exclaimed, "Is it really that hard? I want to try riding it too!"
Conis crouched down, looked at Chopper, and smiled, "Yes, I've been practicing since I was little, and I only recently learned to ride."
Pagaya continued, "Don't be discouraged. With ten years of training, you should be able to do it."
Usopp's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets as he said, "That's too long! You need a lot of willpower."
"Uncle, this is your Waver. I'm sorry, those young people are just being rude."
Shiraishi drove the Waver back.
From the perspective of watching the anime, he felt that the Waver looked a lot like a motorcycle, and it was indeed like that; he easily mastered the specific operating techniques.
Wow, is this your first time riding?
Both Pagaya and Conis asked in shock.
"Yes, it requires some skill," Shiraishi replied with a smile.
"As for technique, Shiraishi, let me give it a try."
Nami was already itching to get started, and she got on the Waver for the first time. She was very talented and mastered the Waver almost immediately.
Luffy immediately regained his composure, "Why can you and Nami both pilot Waver?"
"Driving requires skill, and things related to skill cannot be learned."
Nami mercilessly mocks Luffy's intelligence.
Luffy his hand angrily, " Nami, come down right now, we're going to Uncle's house soon."
"Idiot Nami! Get down now! Or you'll sink!"
Jealousy changed Luffy beyond recognition; he also wanted to ride Waver and sail freely through the clouds, but he couldn't.
Sanji kicked him. "Have some manners!"
Nami replied with a smile, "Aren't you guys going first, uncle? Can I borrow this to play with for a while longer?"
"Okay, be careful on your way." Pagaya was really carefree, completely unguarded around someone he was meeting for the first time.
Nami rode Waver on the White-White Sea, while the others followed Pagaya and Conis to their home.
On the way there, they passed through a cloud-collecting field, where Pagaya explained to everyone that there are two types of clouds here: Sea Cloud and Island Cloud.
The composition of Island Cloud is similar to that of Seastone, which allows Island Cloud to become as hard as stone.
Pagaya also used a lot of technical terms, which the crowd listened to with a mixture of understanding and confusion.
The balcony of Pagaya's house.
" Usopp is an idiot." Luffy used the seashell as Den Den Mushi -talkie for his conversation.
Usopp complained, "Why use my name?"
Conis, with her blonde hair and twin braids, smiled and said, " Luffy, try pressing the top of the seashell."
"Here?" Luffy pressed his hand, and a voice came from inside.
" Usopp is an idiot~"
"What? Even the seashells look down on Usopp?"
Luffy looked utterly shocked!
Smack! Usopp slapped him on the back of the head and shouted, "That's your own voice! That's what you just said!"
"This is Tone Dial capable of recording."
Conis explained to the two of them, "We usually use it to play music."
"Our Sky Island civilization is basically built on seashells, with various applications for storing them..."
"That's interesting." After thinking for a moment, Shiraishi realized that the seashells from the Sky Island could not only be used for daily life, but also to enhance combat power.
For example, Sky Island warriors almost universally use the Breath Dial, equipped on skateboards and skates, for rapid movement.
The Slash Dial can absorb slashing attacks and inflict slashing damage; the Impact Dial can absorb the impact and then release it...
Moreover, apart from the Cloud Dial which can only be used in the White-White Sea, other shells can be used normally even in the Blue Sea below.
Of course, Conis's family can't possibly have all of the above-mentioned seashells, but the seashells here are truly suitable for daily use, such as Tone Dial, Breath Dial, Lamp Dial, Water Dial, Vision Dial, Flavor Dial, Heat Dial, and so on.
Meanwhile, Nami, who was cruising on the White-White Sea, unknowingly drove to a place with land.
"Is there even ground? But these trees are enormous! How old are they? We can't even see the tops!"
Nami looked at the enormous tree in front of her and sighed in genuine admiration.
Sky Island is truly an amazing place.
"What's that noise? Sounds like someone's voice? Hmm, let's go back, this is weird, I'd better go back."
Nami muttered to herself that her fighting ability was negligible in the Straw Hat Pirates.
Just then, a man covered in wounds and bleeding appeared at the edge of the island and shouted to Nami, "Hey... save me! Let me get on the ship! I... missed the ship! Please save me! I'll do anything to repay you!"
"Well, this is a single-person boat, I'm not sure if it can carry people."
Nami was torn between her conscience and her own safety, but in the end, her conscience won out. "Let's give it a try."
"Guerrilla fighter?" the man shouted.
Nami turned around and saw the guerrilla soldier she had encountered before.
The guerrilla soldier was holding a weapon that looked like a rocket launcher, and he fired a large amount of flame from the weapon's nozzle in an attempt to attack the man.
Just then, a beam of light descended from the sky and struck the spot where the man was.
The guerrilla soldier shouted angrily, "Damn it! It's Enel! He's destroying the earth!"
Having said that, the guerrillas left.
Several more people appeared on the island, Nami had already hidden in the shadows, eavesdropping on their conversation.
Upon learning that the Straw Hat Pirates had been treated as illegal intruders, the Sky Island police would immediately come to arrest them.
Nami had no intention of continuing the ride and immediately rode her Waver back. She thought she still had some money on the ship, and if all else failed, she could use the Crocodile gem that Robin had given her to pay for it.
In short, you absolutely, absolutely must not anger the gods on the island!
Nami shuddered at the memory of that light; it was terrifying.
On the Angel Beach.
Luffy handed the salvaged Waver from the Going Merry to Pagaya, asking, "Can it be repaired?"
"Well, we'll have to wait until it's opened to find out."
Pagaya did not give a definite answer; instead, his response was rather professional.
Luffy glanced ahead, looking somewhat bewildered. "Uncle, what are those dots?"
"Ah, they're people." He recognized their appearance.
For some reason, even though there were no obstacles on the Angel Beach, they crawled forward on their stomachs.
As McKinley climbed up to Luffy, he shouted, "Everyone, stop!!"
Then they stood up.
Standing aboard the Going Merry, Shiraishi stroked his chin, still unable to understand the meaning of moving forward in this way.
"Hasso!!"
"Hasso!!"
"Hasso!!"
McKinley, who was leading the group, greeted Conis Pagaya.
Sanji asked in confusion, "Why are those people crawling forward?"
Usopp shook his head and said, "I don't know, he's probably a pervert."
McKinley, chest puffed out and wearing a beret, shouted, "So it's you, the nine illegal immigrants from the Blue Sea!"
"Huh? Illegal entry?" Luffy tilted his head, looking completely puzzled.
Conis immediately retorted, "Captain, there must be some mistake. They're not bad people."
"No, there's no mistake. We've received photos of them illegally entering the country. It's definitely them."
McKinley took out the photo and showed it to Luffy.
Robin suddenly remembered and said, "Ah, isn't it about the ten billion Extol each? We haven't paid yet."
"Didn't that old woman say it was okay not to pay?"
"Usopp shouted."
Shiraishi spread his hands and said with a smile, "That old woman only said we could come in, but she didn't say that it would be safe once we were inside."
"Maybe she just wanted to wait until we came in before telling us we had to pay, and that we also had to pay a fine, so she could make more money that way."
"That's too cunning!" Usopp retorted angrily.
"Everyone, please don't be too nervous. Illegal entry is only a Level 11 crime under the Heaven's Judgment."
McKinley reassured them and continued, "If you are willing to accept the punishment, you will be released on the spot and continue your sightseeing."
Sanji a sigh of relief and asked, "So, what kind of punishment was it?"
"Paying ten times the entry fee, 10 billion Extol per person, 90 billion Extol for nine people, which is equivalent to 9 million Belly in the Blue Sea."
McKinley answered.
Sanji shouted upon hearing the price, "That's expensive! How many tons of rice could that buy? We risked our lives to get into the sky, why should we have to pay you such a huge import fee?!"
Shiraishi spread his hands and laughed, "See? Just as I said, it was all to rip you off. But to charge ten times more is definitely a rip-off."
"What are you talking about? You should have just paid 900,000 Belly from the start."
McKinley shouted.
"Even so, it's still expensive!" Sanji shouted, then turned to the others and said, "Hey, forget about them, we need to find Nami quickly, she might be crying and waiting for us to rescue her!"
In the moment of crisis, Nami rode back on Waver and shouted from afar, "Everyone, don't fight those people!"
Usopp was shocked and said, "If we don't resist, are you going to pay nine million Belly for illegal entry?"
"A fine? Phew, that's alright, paying the fine will solve the problem."
Nami lowered her head, carefully considering the shocking flash of lightning, and then the box filled with nine million Belly.
In an instant, reason vanished from Nami's mind, and she roared, "Too expensive!!"
Driven by rage, Nami rode Waver and rammed it into McKinley's head.
"Hey!!" Everyone looked at Nami, speechless.
They told us not to do it, but they did it themselves...