Gan Fall guessed what Vic was thinking, knowing that the Sky Lord must have offended Vic when he was beaten up last time. He stroked his Whitebeard and laughed, but still wanted to know just how strong Vic really was. Vic's instantaneous departure just now had stunned him.
"I don't know! After the battle started, we couldn't see that Blue Sea man anymore. The Sky Lord was being beaten up like an invisible man. He was too fast. The Sky Lord had no way to fight back. The battle started quickly and ended even faster, without a single wasted word!"
The servant of the god still felt a sweat on his forehead as he recalled the battle, and he swallowed hard before speaking, clearly still somewhat frightened.
"Really! Young man, you're quite remarkable! But he's already gone. You should resume your usual patrols. You don't need to keep an eye on Upper Yard anymore. Sigh! Getting old!"
When Gan Fall spoke, his eyes were unfocused; he seemed to truly see the great era that Vic had described for the young man, and his tone was full of emotion.
Vic was now sitting cross-legged in the same spot he had visited before. A bottomless abyss lay before him, and Birka was neither in his sight nor in his Observation Haki. He needed to continue waiting there.
Vic planned to stay here quietly and cultivate, waiting for Birka to appear. He now only had the Rumble-Rumble Fruit as his goal.
Like an old monk sitting in meditation, Vic remained seated cross-legged on the Island Cloud at the edge of the White Sea for several days without moving. He alternated between meditation and Haki cultivation. At an altitude of ten thousand meters, on the edge of the Sky Island, it was extremely quiet. No one came to disturb him. Vic devoted himself to cultivation for several days.
Just then, Vic opened his eyes, which had been closed for several days, and a smile appeared on his lips. The outer outline of the island finally appeared at the edge of his Observation Haki range.
Now that he knew the direction of the island, Vic didn't linger and flew straight there. Anyway, Gan Fall had already given the word, and no one had been sent to bother him in the past few days.
Birka was indeed floating. Just as Vic flew in that direction, Birka was also approaching him, truly like a giant cloud, which was quite magical.
If you looked directly below Birka, you really couldn't tell that so many people lived on it; it looked just like an ordinary white cloud. It was half a day later when Vic landed on the edge of Birka.
The edge of Birka was also surrounded by Island Cloud. If it weren't for these Island Cloud, all the water in the White Sea would probably have leaked out, and torrential water would have flowed down like a waterfall. That scene would have been spectacular.
This spectacular scene only happens once. We continued our flight, crossing the White Sea, and arrived at the huge Island Cloud in the center, which is where the Birka People live.
Vic stood on the beach of Birka, looking at the special plants growing on the shore of the Island Cloud, which was quite a sight. The buildings here were also similar to those on Angel Island, built with cut Island Cloud. This was probably the style of the Sky Island!
"If the Rumble-Rumble Fruit has always been with Birka, it's definitely not in an ordinary, conspicuous place. If it suddenly appears and Enel gets it, then this trip was a waste."
The temple Gan Fall mentioned is suspicious. Could it be hidden there? Anyway, let's try our best to find it!
Muttering to himself, Vic walked towards the center of the island. Vic hadn't even bothered to look at Angel Island, but here he was determined to search carefully.
Vic used his Observation Haki to keep the distance within a hundred meters, meticulously investigating everything about Birka inch by inch. Cabinets, boxes, house walls, and other structures could not hinder his investigation. Birka was no smaller than Angel Island, so this search would inevitably take a lot of time.
The Birka People along the way looked at Vic with strange eyes. Not only were his clothes and appearance different from theirs, but Vic also didn't have wings and had a face that resembled that of a female angel.
The young women on the Sky Island are incredibly beautiful, like mermaids, but the men are another story; they don't seem to be any of the same kind of creature.
However, Vic's appearance was quite striking, except that he had no wings, which made the young female angels both curious and regretful, while the male angels looked on with envy. But Vic completely ignored their interesting expressions.
"I never expected there would be a piece of land in the center of Birka, and it's even embedded in the Island Cloud. The style of the buildings on it looks like Thailand temples, and they're all wooden structures. This must be the temple that Gan Fowle was talking about, right?"
It definitely feels out of place in Sky Island; the style is completely different, like it's been randomly inserted!
Vic spent five days thoroughly exploring the entire perimeter of Birka, but still found nothing. However, there was a piece of land about two hundred meters in diameter at the center of Birka, which really surprised Vic. When did there become so much land in the sky?
But then he thought back to his trip to Drum Island, where several islands seemed to have fallen from the sky. Those islands were truly magnificent! Whose handiwork was that?
While searching the perimeter, Vic also spotted Enel living alone. Enel's thin frame made him appear to be about the same age as Vic, even though Enel was actually a few years older.
Judging from Enel's disheveled appearance, it's hard to believe he obtained the Rumble-Rumble Fruit. He has a golden afro hairstyle, long earlobes, and white wings on his back. The Thunder Drum was obviously added later, just like Crocodile's Golden Hook.
For some reason, his peers from the neighborhood often ganged up on him, and street thugs frequently came to his place to freeload. Everyone looked at him with contempt, making him seem like the worst of the worst. Perhaps this is why Enel wanted to destroy Birka after gaining power; he wanted to bury his weak past!
Vic guessed that after Enel obtained the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, he plucked off his own wings and then stuck the Thunder Drum directly there. That's ruthless; it's an act of completely getting rid of the past!
Vic didn't disturb Enel's life, and there was no trace of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit in his house. In the end, the only remaining places were the land in the middle and the surrounding White Sea.
Devil Fruit won't spoil if they're soaked in water, and it's possible they'd just drift around in the outer waters for years. It wouldn't be far-fetched for Enel to find them on the beach a few years later.
However, it's impossible for Vic to keep monitoring Enel here indefinitely. Even without the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, Vic can still overlook the sea for several years, so if they can't find Vic in a short time, they will return to the sea below.
When Vic arrived at the central temple, he was stopped by a tall figure. The man was over ten feet tall, wearing a monk's robe, with a kind smile on his face, but he stood there and wouldn't budge an inch.
This person was none other than Urouge, Supernovas from the same generation as the Straw Hat Boy. Vic was surprised to find that Urouge and Enel came from the same Sky Island, and were even monks in the temple, seemingly of relatively high status.
Vic couldn't help but think of many things. Urouge was almost 50 years old when he appeared, and it was really unbelievable that he only started to show his talent at that age. Could Urouge be a remnant who managed to escape when Enel destroyed Birka?
Then, by chance, he went down to the sea and formed the Fallen Monk Pirates, which is why he became famous at that age. The more Vic thought about it, the more likely it seemed, especially since he had seen these two acquaintances here.