Jaya Island, Mock Town.
Dark red lightning raged, before their ship was even seen, the entire island had been knocked unconscious by Conqueror's Haki.
The first time was to avoid revealing their location, and this time was the same.
Although they had the Door-Door Fruit this time and planned to move the entire golden city, such a large ship ascending into the sky would definitely become a hot topic in Mock Town.
He'd just killed a Celestial Dragon, Noro didn't want to reveal their whereabouts to the Marines.
With the experience from last time, there was no need to wait for the Knock Up Stream to confirm their position.
Noro directly used Flame Clouds, lifting the "Azure Dragon" straight to Skypiea.
Why him and not Kaido?
Because that stupid dragon insisted that he'd pulled them up last time, so this time it was Noro's turn, and he'd pull the ship down later.
Noro didn't delay, pulling the "Azure Dragon" straight to Shandora.
The dazzling golden light entered their eyes, almost blinding Stussy.
Breathing became rapid, her heart beating wildly out of control.
Gold, gold, gold.
As far as the eye could see, it was all gold!
Noro was afraid this money-grubber would die from excitement.
Queen and the Englar siblings weren't doing much better, staring in shock!
The golden city had been battered by wind and rain for four hundred years, with no one to care for it. Stussy didn't care about the dirt, rubbing her face against the gold with a happy expression.
Noro once again touched the Poneglyph, this Poneglyph was actually useless, recording information about the Sea King Poseidon.
Others didn't know, but he knew the Sea King was Shirahoshi, who hadn't been born yet.
It was a pity he didn't have the ability to carve on Poneglyphs, otherwise he'd leave this Poneglyph here.
Then he'd carve the eight Asian characters on it.
Anyone who saw it would be confused!
Looking at Stussy, still immersed in joy, Noro said impatiently, "Stop dawdling, quickly open the Door-Door World, move the gold inside."
"Oh, oh, coming," Stussy said, awakened by Noro, quickly opening the Door-Door World. Noro used Flame Clouds to lift Shandora, sending it inside.
Including the Poneglyph and the golden seed.
If the Poneglyph couldn't be carved, then he'd move it.
As for the Golden Bell, he didn't care about the Sandians' and Nolan's promise, how could he give up so much gold?
Stussy felt like she'd been struck by happiness, such a large golden city, all placed in her Door-Door World.
The Door-Door Fruit was great, she had to eat the Door-Door Fruit!
"Hmm?"
Kaido and Noro's eyes flashed red, together looking towards the distant rumbling earth.
A giant anaconda was rapidly approaching them, the earth shaking, dust flying. Before long, the Sky Lord arrived before them.
Its massive body flicked its tongue, looking down at the people below.
Noro's lips curved upward, almost forgetting that this thing had a lot of gold in its belly.
"King, kill it!"
"No problem, Mr. Noro!" King drew his sword, spreading his wings to kill the Sky Lord.
The Sky Lord's so-called defense was useless before King, cut in half with a single slash.
Gold constantly fell from the severed body, stained red with blood. Stussy's eyes shone, wanting to pick it up and put it in the Door-Door World.
Noro shook his head, speechless. This woman was really greedy.
"Don't pick it up."
Turning to Englar and Matty, he ordered, "Take the gold to wash it, put it on the "Azure Dragon" after washing."
"Yes, Vice-Captain," the two siblings replied in unison, then immediately went to wash the gold.
Kaido came to Noro's side, raising an eyebrow, "Noro, can we have a banquet now?"
Noro smiled, "Of course."
"Roar!"
A cloud-shattering dragon roar rose, Kaido pulling King to find prey.
The "Azure Dragon" had a lot of food, but nothing tasted as good as fresh meat.
Queen set up a bonfire.
Before long, the Englar siblings returned, having washed the gold, carrying it onto the "Azure Dragon," then carrying sake and tableware down.
Skypiea's god at this time, Gan Fall, looking at the giant dragon soaring in the sky, wisely chose to turn a blind eye.
He'd discovered these people the last time they came, their power was too terrifying, he'd thought Skypiea was going to fall.
But they'd just gone to Shandora, then left.
Let them be, anyway, these uninvited guests hadn't killed or set fires.
Those gold, they could take it all if they wanted, just a pile of rotten metal.
Kaido and King returned, fully loaded. The animals of Skypiea were out of luck meeting them.
Noro began his painful meat grilling again.
Kaido and King were already big eaters, and now there was Queen and Englar.
He'd miscalculated. He should have found some cooks in Water 7.
Kaido ate the meat with gusto, raising his cup from time to time, drinking with everyone.
Stuffing all the meat in his hand into his mouth, Kaido chewed happily, "Noro, your grilled meat is still the best. The dried food we ate on the way and the meat from the last banquet weren't as good as yours."
"Alright, stop talking," Noro said, throwing the grilled meat in his hand to Kaido.
Kaido grinned, catching the meat, eating it. The Vice-Captain's meat was indeed delicious.
King had also removed all pretense, he didn't need any defenses here.
Banquets were indeed good for promoting relationships, especially with Queen, that goofy fat man, setting the mood.
Before long, the Englar siblings had put aside their initial timidity, integrating into the group.
Smiling as they ate meat, smiling as they drank sake.
Smiling, tears uncontrollably slid down their faces.
It was so good, meeting them, so good!
Kaido frowned, "Cheer up, this is a banquet."
"Right, right, cheer up," the two siblings quickly wiped away their tears, but couldn't stop them.
Noro raised his wine glass to the two siblings, gesturing for them to raise their glasses, smiling:
"It's all in the past. From now on, you're members of the Beasts Pirates. With us here, you won't be bullied again."
"Yeah!" The two siblings nodded heavily, then downed the sake in their cups.
Noro smiled, drinking his wine, then going back to grill meat.
In the second half, everyone had eaten enough, and Noro was pulled to drink with them.
Noro didn't want to just drink with them, how boring. So he turned around, going back to the "Azure Dragon" to get dice.
Dice rolling!
Stussy and Matty weren't as fond of drinking as the men. As the only two women on the ship, they chatted together.
Greedy as she was, this woman was very smart, reading people well.
She easily built a rapport with Matty, he didn't know what she'd talked about, but Matty's eyes were shining, looking at Stussy with admiration.
Noro might not be the best drinker, but when it came to rolling dice, even if they all teamed up, they couldn't beat Noro without using Observation Haki.
Soon, they were all passed out, Noro smiling as he looked around at everyone.
It was time to go to the New World!
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