"What is the next island? Is it still a winter island?"
After finishing his morning exercise, Luffy, who had just been tortured by the seastone wristbands, was instantly full of energy, looking forward to the 'adventure' on the next island.
"No, it's an autumn island."
"Autumn island is fine too, I like it~~"
I see you like everything, Roman rolled his eyes. —As long as we reach an island, you can escape the 'boring' training. I've seen through your plan! Luffy! Take this, radius...
Hmm?
Drip,
"Is it raining?"
Raindrops began to fall from the sky, and—
"Wait, what is all this mess?"
As the 'raindrops' fell, various wood chips and iron fragments also came down, making everyone instinctively look up at the sky. Then:
"In the sky..."
"A large sailing ship fell down?"
Not to mention the exaggerated expressions of the usual trio, even Sanji's cigarette fell onto the deck in shock, Zoro instinctively reached for the sword at his waist! Even the always calm and intelligent Robin stood up in surprise. Because:
In the sky, a giant sailing ship, several times wider than the length of the Golden Merry, was crashing down! The various debris on the ship had already started to scatter down, revealing the truth behind the 'rain' just now!
While everyone else was dumbfounded, Roman could only think: How on earth can you make a sailing ship as big as an aircraft carrier? Is it because the wood in this world is stronger than steel from the previous life...
"Everyone, hold on tight, be careful of the impact!"
Nami, holding onto Roman's left leg, had two tear streaks on her face, feeling that since coming to the Grand Line, she had shed more tears in a day than in the past ten years.
"This is a dream, it must be a dream!!"
Usopp, holding onto Roman's right leg, shouted to the sky, as if his sheer willpower could break through the illusion called 'reality'.
"It's a dream? That's great!"
Chopper had already started self-hypnosis.
Bang!
A wooden barrel fell on Chopper's head, putting him into 'physical' hypnosis.
"Quick, turn the rudder—"
Nico Robin, who had hurriedly used her 'Flower Flower' fruit ability to fix herself on the deck, shouted, only to find that the Straw Hat crew had already given up steering the ship to avoid the impact, and instead:
"Roman, think of something!" x6
???
At this moment, they were still joking around!!... However, Nico Robin soon realized she was wrong.
"Alright, leave it to me."
With two people hanging onto his legs, Roman clapped his hands, and white paper flew out from his body! It quickly covered the entire Golden Merry, then spread out from the bottom of the ship into a spherical shape, finally closing at the top! It swiftly wrapped the entire ship.
"Paper Dance - Dumpling."
Thud, thud, thud!
As the paper, as strong as steel, wrapped the Golden Merry, the giant sailing ship in the sky had already fallen, and various debris pounded on the 'paper ball' with loud thuds. Fortunately, they were on the sea, so even if something heavy fell, it would only push the 'paper ball' aside, avoiding a direct impact.
It was like a balloon that wouldn't fall over.
"Mm-hmm, under the wise leadership of Captain Usopp, the Straw Hat crew has once again overcome a crisis. Well done, worthy of praise!"
"Why is the skill name so lame this time?"
"Yeah, yeah, it should be called 'Invincible Iron Wall Absolute Defense' or something~~"
As the giant sailing ship fell into the sea, the crisis was averted, and Roman dispersed the white paper. The few guys who were crying and shouting just now immediately regained their spirits and even started to mock Roman's naming, leaving Robin dumbfounded.
Is this the daily life of the Straw Hat crew?
"Compared to the sea, weren't we just like dumplings in a hot pot just now?"
Roman's righteous words left everyone speechless—if the Golden Merry was a dumpling, then what were they? The filling...
"Ah!?"
Nami's exclamation made everyone turn their heads. The recording pointer on her wrist was trembling, pointing:
"How can it be pointing up? Is it broken..."
"No," Robin rubbed her forehead, starting to use her knowledge expertise. "The recording pointer must have been attracted by a stronger magnetic force, changing its direction."
"So..."
She looked up at the vast sky, incredulously revealing the truth.
"The recording pointer has been taken by 'Sky Island'!"
!!!
"Oh oh oh, there are islands in the sky?"
"Could it be that the ship just fell from the sky island?"
Luffy and Usopp immediately got excited. This kind of thing sounds like an incredible adventure! So then—
"Turn the rudder up! Head towards the sky island!!"
Faced with Luffy's command, Roman asked with a black line on his face.
"Does your ship have the function of 'turning the rudder up'?! And does the Going Merry look like it can fly? It's a ship, not a plane!"
"Then use your plane to go up!!"
Luffy pointed to the sky without hesitation. It just so happened that Roman really had the ability to 'fly'.
Going Merry: Life as a ship is not worth it...
"Stop joking, that's 7000 meters high! Do you think my paper plane is a rocket?"
Hmm?
"Roman, you just said 7000 meters..."
Robin noticed a blind spot. Since the other party accurately mentioned the height, it means:
"That's right, above us... let me think..."
"Yes, at an altitude of 7000 meters, there is a 'White Sea'."
"What kind of place is that?"
Nami also became interested. A 'sea' in the sky... what a bizarre thing, but since Roman said it exists, there must be a basis for it. After all, Roman is not Usopp.
"Hey hey hey," Usopp said seriously, "I feel like someone was badmouthing me just now!"
"That's your illusion," Nami waved her hand without looking back, "Roman, please continue."
"Well, it's a bit complicated to explain..."
"Simply put, above us is a very dense 'cloud'. It's generally called 'Cumulonimbus Cloud', and when it appears, it can even cause the famous 'Midnight' (daytime turning into night) in this sea area."
"And within the 'Cumulonimbus Cloud', a 'Sea Cloud' forms a navigable 'sea'. This strange sea is called the 'White Sea'."
"Above the White Sea, at an altitude of 10,000 meters, is a cloud layer called the 'White White Sea', where sky islands inhabited by humans exist."
By the way, those wing-degenerated 'angel people'—also known as moon people—are also humans, right?
Forget it, no need to mind these details.
...
"Roman is really knowledgeable,"
Faced with Nico Robin's admiration, Roman shook his head.
"I'm not knowledgeable at all, I just happen to know these things."
"In fact,"
Roman looked at Luffy, who was jumping around on the wreckage of the giant ship that had just fallen, and said something that immediately caught his attention.
"Pirate King Gold Roger went to the 'Sky Island' more than twenty years ago. If we go up, we might even see his 'signature'~~~"
Swish—
A long neck instantly stretched over, it was Luffy's excited face!
"Then what are we waiting for, let's go right now!!"
"The problem is," Roman shrugged, "how do we get to an altitude of 10,000 meters?"
"Don't count on my paper plane, my creation relies more on Newton's third law and Bernoulli's principle... for flying, so it doesn't need too much power."
"And if we want to go straight up, unless I eat the Golden Lion's 'Float-Float Fruit'."
"What, Roman, you also have things you can't do—"
Looking at Luffy's disgusted face, Roman couldn't help but feel a few veins pop on his forehead.
"I'm sorry I'm not a blue magical robot cat with magic pocket~~"
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"Roman, you really know everything."
Facing Nico Robin's compliment again, Roman sighed and waved his hand.
"I'm not omniscient, I just happen to know what I know."
Looking at Nico Robin sorting through the messy pile of weapons, boxes, and skeletons salvaged from the sailboat on the deck, Roman pointed at the items on the ground.
"For example, I don't know which era, country, or place these things are from."
"Is that so?"
Lacking basic knowledge, yet well-versed in various government-sealed 'secrets'. Roman is truly mysterious~~~
Playing with the skull in her hand, Nico Robin's thoughts were racing, then:
"Ahhh, Luffy, pull yourself together!"
"Help, help~~ glug glug~~"
As the giant sailboat wreck beside them gradually sank into the water, Luffy and the others started their daily antics again, making Roman rub his temples.
you're a Devil Fruit user.
Without any means of swim, what gives you the courage to play in the sea???
However:
"Hahaha, I found something great!"
The rescued Luffy unfolded the map in his hand, making Roman raise an eyebrow.
"Look, it's a map of 'Sky Island'!"
This...
Is this the power of maxed-out luck?
"Sky Island, Sky Island! We're going on an adventure soon!" X3
Facing the trio's excited antics, Roman had to clap his hands to pour cold water on them.
"First of all, we have no way to reach ten thousand meters high."
!!
⊙▃⊙X3
"Roman, think of something~~~"
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"Alright, alright,"
Facing the three faces that had lost all meaning in life, Roman sighed.
"There is a way, but before that—"
"Bang bang bang~~ bang bang bang~~"
Amidst the loud sound of gongs and drums, a very 'unique'... well, in this world, except for the Marines, most people's ships are very unique.
In short, a large ship with a monkey banging a gong at the bow, decorated with bananas and tropical trees, approached. Standing at the bow was...
A gorilla? An ape? Or an overly hairy upright walking creature shouting at the Going Merry!
"Prepare to salvage!"
"The shipwrecks in this sea area are all mine!!"
"So," Roman pointed his thumb in that direction, "Luffy, please go negotiate with them."
Monkeys and gorillas must have a lot in common, Roman thought seriously as he stroked his chin.
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