High in the sky, above the clouds.
This is a place even the mist of the Devil's Triangle hasn't touched.
On the Flying Pirates' ship, the crew members are doing nothing.
They were ready to fight, but almost everyone was not serious, because there was no need to be.
Just now, their captain, the legendary pirate [Golden Lion] Shiki, took action!
First, he controlled a small island to smash down, then flew into the air and kicked a slash towards the falling island.
The power of this combo was very clear to the Flying Pirates.
Especially the slash he kicked out later.
Its name is "Wave Cutter", a terrible move that can cut through hundreds of miles of sea!
Even that government ship can't stop Golden Lion's slash.
But soon after kicking out the slash, Golden Lion's laughing expression suddenly changed. The mood of amusement was gone, replaced by a feeling of interest.
"Heh ha ha ha ha, how interesting..."
Golden Lion came to the edge of the ship, with the terrifying height at his back.
"Hey, you guys, I'm going down to treat, you stay here and watch the ship!"
"Yes!"
The Flying Pirates nodded in agreement, then immediately picked up their weapons and took their positions throughout the ship.
They have been with Golden Lion for a long time, so they naturally understand what Golden Lion means by "treat".
Somewhere below them, someone has caught Golden Lion's interest!
Who could it be?
But no matter who it is, the work that needs to be done must be done.
...
A sailor came to the edge of the ship, looking for his lookout companion.
"Hey, is your telescope still working? Let me use it!"
The lookout asked in confusion, "What do you want to do?"
"Look down there."
The sailor pointed to the thick fog below the ship with a smile, "Aren't you curious about who caught the captain's interest?"
"Our captain is [Golden Lion] Shiki, you know!"
The sailor spread his arms wide and exaggeratedly said, "The guy who can attract our captain's interest might be [Whitebeard], or even someone like Gol D. Roger!"
Upon hearing this, the lookout became somewhat interested.
But he doesn't dare to be distracted at all now.
The reason is that his captain is [Golden Lion] Shiki, and that Golden Lion has assigned him a specific task.
The lookout knows very well what the consequences of abandoning his duty in the Flying Pirates would be, so no matter how curious he is, he doesn't dare to be careless!
As for what the task is?
The lookout patted the sailor on the shoulder, signaling him to look towards the stern of the ship.
There, stood two figures, one large and one small.
Looking closely, it is not difficult to find that the larger one is a fish-man, and the smaller one is a woman.
Seeing this, the sailor immediately understood and ran back to his post without disturbing the lookout any further.
Of course he knew those two people.
One of them is the world's best shipwright, the Fish-man Tom, who was recently taken from a government ship by Golden Lion!
The other one is [Demon Child] Nico Robin, who joined the Flying Pirates not long ago and was appointed as one of Golden Lion's officers!
In fact, after bringing Tom to the ship, Golden Lion did not lock him in a cell, but simply put him under house arrest, not allowing Tom to leave the Flying Pirates' ship.
Otherwise, Tom's actions are unrestricted.
Golden Lion even laughed and told Tom that if Tom could kill him, he could let him leave.
But Tom refused with a laugh.
What can he do? He is just a famous shipwright.
Given Tom's personality and current situation, he can only face the situation optimistically.
But Golden Lion discovered that Tom was looking for opportunities to contact Nico Robin!
This is very interesting.
Therefore, Golden Lion had already arranged for people to pay attention to the actions between Tom and Nico Robin at all times!
Before Golden Lion jumped off the ship, Tom and Nico Robin had been at the stern of the ship for some time.
At this moment, in addition to the lookout, there are at least four people with the same job, silently observing the Fish-man Tom and Nico Robin.
Once they make any unusual movements, these lookouts will immediately take action!
...
"Dahahaha, I've heard your name for a long time, but I didn't expect the great Nico Robin to be such a young girl!"
Tom looked at Robin, who was much shorter than him, and grinned, "To be able to decipher ancient text at such a young age is quite remarkable!"
Robin accepted Tom's praise with a smile.
But then, Tom changed the subject, his face becoming much more serious.
"But, little girl, if you misuse your valuable knowledge, it will cause terrible consequences!"
"Of course... I know that."
Robin had a peaceful smile on her face, "Years ago in Ohara, I saw what the so-called 'terrible consequences' were."
Robin's words naturally referred to the World Government launching a Buster Call to erase Ohara's existence.
Tom had also heard of this tragedy, and of course he wouldn't be foolish enough to persuade Robin to forget about it.
After all, a world that condemns "researching the true history" to death is not a reasonable world!
Violating the World Government's law?
If you don't break the law, you won't die?
If Tom really agreed with that saying, he would have handed over the Pluton design to Spandam long ago!
"I can't imagine the tragedy you've been through."
Tom paused and continued, "But letting a ambitious person like Golden Lion get his hands on the ancient weapons is not what the scholars of Ohara wanted!"
Hearing this, Robin's face darkened as she slowly said, "What I do is none of your concern."
"Dahahaha!"
Tom laughed again.
He could probably see the true thoughts in Robin's heart, so he felt a lot more relieved. He patted Robin on the back.
"Little girl, don't put too much pressure on yourself. You can't live with a smile if you burden yourself so much!"
Robin frowned slightly and said:
"You wouldn't understand. And you can't escape now. This is ten thousand meters in the sky."
"Not necessarily!"
Tom didn't know what Robin's real plan was, but he wanted the little girl to relax a little.
"Maybe a ship will suddenly appear gloriously, and then take us all away!"
"Heh, that's a good joke..."
Robin smiled faintly.
The next second, a violent booming sound came.
The Four Seas Alliance ship was lifted from the sea by Golden Lion, flying into the sky, level with the Flying Pirates' ship and several small floating islands.
Tom and Robin – and even all the members of the Flying Pirates – couldn't help but widen their eyes.
They watched Golden Lion lift a huge ship into the sky with their own eyes.
Then they watched the man in light armor on the ship swing the black staff in his hand, knocking down the surrounding floating islands along with the ship under their feet!
Whoosh!
In just an instant, the unsettling sense of weightlessness spread throughout everyone's body.
They could still hear the man's words in their ears:
"As a return gift—"
"I'll invite you to play underground!"
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