"A scientific force under the command of the World Government... Hohohohoho."
"Since our people have been arrested, we really can't just sit back and watch, but are we the only ones going?"
Fischerman, Lafitte and others arrived on the coast of Cake Island one after another.
A medium-sized sailboat is docked here.
For a team of the Ghost Hand Pirates' level, the size of the ship, artillery, and even speed are of little significance.
Once an enemy ship appears in the sight area, Rhodes can easily control the current and pursue it at a speed much faster than all ships.
"Five people are enough."
Rhodes calmly replied to Fischerman, then motioned for Lafitte to come over to study the chart, and described the specific situation to Lafitte.
Lafitte's current sailing level is much higher than that of Rhodes, and he quickly narrowed the sea area marked by Rhodes again.
"If the base of the scientific force can move, the sea area will be even larger. However, even if such a base can move, it will not be very fast. If you search around this sea area, it is still possible to find it."
Lafitte took a pen and marked the chart.
Rhodes took a closer look at Lafitte's narrowed sea area. A small part of this sea area is within the windless zone, while the other part is in the second half of the Grand Route, the edge of the New World.
"What if we narrow the scope to the interior of the calm zone?"
Ross suddenly spoke.
Lafitte was about to say that the windless zone could be eliminated, but when he heard Ross's words, he suddenly showed a thoughtful expression.
It's not impossible.
The Windless Zone is the home of the Neptunes. There are countless giant Neptunes. The ones that are so huge are even comparable to Zou Elephant Lord. Even a person of the level of Three Disaster Generals can be killed instantly with just one blow of his nose. This is extremely dangerous. Needless to say.
But precisely because of its danger, perhaps the Science Force has some method of building in the windless zone. After all, the method of inlaying sea tower stones at the bottom of warships to blind the perception of Neptunes was developed by the Science Force.
"If that's the case, the scope is even smaller."
Lafitte thought about his response.
Ross nodded, glanced at the people present, and said, "Without further ado, let's set off now to find the secret base of this scientific force."
Including Ross, there were five people on board.
Rhodes, Robin, Trafalgarro, Lafitte and Fisherman, and apart from the five of them, there were only some handyman toys that obeyed orders.
Nowadays, a rough governance system has been established in the Sea of All Nations. Even if Ross is gone, it will not be a big deal, not to mention that there are still Fujitora, Ame Shiliu, Haildin and others.
Ross is bound to win the method of transforming the demon sword Murasame into a 'Zanpakutō'!
…
The group of people quietly left Cake Island and the Sea of All Nations, sailing towards the edge of the Grand Route, near the windless zone.
Because this time they were traveling lightly, on an ordinary medium-sized sailboat, and only four people including Lafitte were following them. In addition, Rhodes and Robin usually lived in Sky Island Bika, so they did not alarm any forces, even if The World Government's spies were not aware of Ross's actions.
A few days later.
With Rhodes controlling the current at full speed, the ship rode the wind and waves across the new world and arrived at the edge of the new world, close to the windless zone.
The two sea areas, the Calm Belt and the Grand Line, can be described as distinct. On one side, there are turbulent currents and howling sea winds, while on the other side, the sea is calm, with no wind or waves.
It's like two trains running side by side, with a clear dividing line.
“Windless Belt…”
"Boss Rhodes, do we really want to go in?"
Fischerman seemed to have some bad memories of the windless zone. Looking at the windless zone in front of him, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, showing that he didn't really want to go in.
Although Ross was not afraid of the super giant Neptune, which was as big as an island, he was a little frightened. When his tail was pulled down, the area was as large as an island. Even with his speed, he might not be able to avoid it. .
"Hohoho, you seem a little scared."
Lafitte stood aside and smiled, showing an expression that could see through Fischerman's mentality.
The corners of Fischerman's eyes trembled and he retorted: "Are you kidding? It's just a windless belt, isn't it just a slightly larger version of the Neptune?"
Rhodes was too lazy to pay attention to Fischerman. He stood at the front of the deck, stepped on the guardrail, and manipulated the sea currents below with his twisting force, leading the sailboat to rush forward quickly, and just like that, he broke into the windless zone head-on. middle.
Before he escaped from the impel city, the windless belt was indeed a threat to him, but now, even a Neptune-like creature that is as big as an island has nothing to fear from him.
Wow!
Almost as soon as the ship broke into the windless zone and sailed less than a few kilometers, I saw a sea king species hundreds of meters long sticking its head out and looking at Ross's ship.
This Neptune can only be regarded as a small Neptune. After looking at the sailboat for a moment, it regarded the sailboat as a snack, opened its big mouth with several rows of teeth, and bit into it fiercely.
but.
Almost at this moment, a magnificent momentum suddenly passed by.
"roll."
Ross glanced at the sea king indifferently, and controlled the current to pass by it.
The Sea King creature was shocked by Ross's domineering aura. Although he did not faint, he still showed a humanized expression of fear. He watched Ross's ship passing by, and finally disappeared into the sea with a pop.
Rhodes' overlord-colored domineering energy can have an instant shock effect on small and medium-sized Neptunes, but the effect on large Neptunes is not obvious enough, let alone super giant Neptunes.
but.
The first time he entered the windless zone, Ross entered the spiritual state, giving full play to the domineering power of seeing and hearing, inspiring the ability to predict the future.
Once a large Neptune-type or super-giant Neptune-type attacking ship appeared, he could predict it seven seconds in advance and take the ship to avoid it or take action to stop it.
This voyage down the road can be said to be a success without any danger.
Although ridiculously large sea kings emerged from the sea from time to time, they were not able to get even a little bit into the sailboat Rhodes was riding.
However.
Ross just controlled the boat and swept back and forth at extremely fast speeds around the marked sea area for several times. However, he did not see any islands or the like, let alone the existence of a boat.
“…”
Lafitte stood in front of the table covered with charts, his face showing thoughts and contemplation.
Trafalgarro sat aside with the Demonic Sword on his shoulder and said, "It took us several days to get here. If that base can move, it might no longer be in this sea area."
"The life card doesn't work, and we don't know the direction of movement of that base. The search range will be greatly increased. In this case, even if we are fast enough, it will be difficult to find it."
Lafitte spoke with some embarrassment.
At this moment, Rhodes walked over from the side, glanced at the chart and the markings made by Lafitte, and said, "What if it's underwater?"
The Impel City Prison was built on the seabed in the windless zone, but part of it was exposed to the sea. There is no doubt that the government has the ability to build a building on the seabed in the windless zone.
"Underwater? It's not impossible..."
Lafitte tapped the ground with his wooden stick, beeped a few times, and said: "But in this case, we need to go to the water to search. Even if you, the captain, are capable of taking the boat into the water, in the windless zone, The risk is too high if the planting area is put into the sea.”
Everyone present is a Devil Fruit user. If they run to the bottom of the sea, if they are attacked by some giant Neptune type and are washed away by the sea water, they will all be finished.
If the four dignified emperors died in the sea, it would probably become the biggest joke in hundreds of years.
"It doesn't matter."
Ross's eyes flickered slightly and said: "There is no danger for me alone. You go and wait outside the windless zone first."
It was very difficult for Ross to protect a ship on the bottom of the windless zone where Neptunes were rampant, but if he was alone, there would be no problem.