A few days later.
In the Kingdom of Arcalia, a man riding a bicycle came here. After searching around to no avail, he scratched his hair.
"Ah Lala... It's still a step too late."
Qingzhi left the headquarters a long time ago. After getting the news, he immediately rushed to Alkaria. He thought that according to the number of days stored in Arcalia's magnetic force, it should be enough to arrive before the Ghost Hand Pirates set sail, but the result was still It's late.
"I have a headache, forget it, just think of it as a vacation..."
After shaking her head, Qingzhi left Arcalia on her bicycle. The entire path the bicycle rolled down silently froze into an ice road.
A few days later, the fleet from the naval base closest to the Kingdom of Alkaria arrived, collected Crocodile's body, and reported the situation to the top brass of the Navy Headquarters.
"Weren't you able to intercept it?"
After Marshal Warring States received the news, he sat behind his desk and rubbed his eyebrows, saying, "Contact Qingzhi, where is he now?"
He was naturally very clear about Qingzhi's departure from the Navy Headquarters. Although it was a bit excessive for a navy admiral to go out personally for a pirate with a bounty of 200 million, firstly, Ross's influence was too bad, and secondly, Qingzhi was a secret They were dispatched and acted alone, no one knew.
Just when Warring States was about to contact Qingzhi and inquire, a phone bug on the table suddenly rang. It was a phone bug connected to the secret agency of the World Government.
"Hello? I'm Sengoku."
Zeng Guo frowned slightly and answered the phone.
A deep voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Marshal Sengoku, the government has given us full responsibility for the Ghost Hand Pirates' affairs. We may mobilize navy warships if necessary. I hope your navy will fully cooperate."
"… I see."
After a moment of silence, Warring States responded and hung up the phone.
He was not surprised that the government directly took over the matter of the Ghost Hand Pirates. Compared with the navy, the current high-level government officials were much more murderous towards Ross.
Moreover, the Rhodes incident has already become a hot topic, and it is indeed not suitable for any further publicity. Qingzhi will travel alone for this reason, so leaving it to the CP agency to handle it secretly is indeed a suitable choice in the Warring States Period.
…
Time moved forward slightly, six thousand meters above the sky.
The speed of the Ghost Shadow was fixed at a certain level, rising rapidly towards the sky. The sea below had become somewhat out of reach, and a large number of clouds and mist could be seen surrounding it.
After crossing the limit of six thousand meters, if you look up, you can almost see a vast white cloud hanging in the sky, as if it is carrying another world.
Buzz!
The rapidly rising Ghost Shadow began to slow down. When it was getting closer and closer to the clouds, Rhodes jumped up and reached the top of the mast. He raised his hand and reached up into the clouds. .
Under the control of Ross, the power of distortion was violently activated against the sea cloud. With a crashing sound, the sea cloud swung to both sides, and a huge crack was torn open by Ross.
The Ghost Shadow suddenly accelerated, and under the path opened by Ross, it passed through the sea clouds and continued to rise upwards. Many fish and large monsters could be vaguely seen in the sea clouds. These monsters discovered the existence of the Ghost Shadow. , but before they could come over, the Ghost Shadow rushed to a higher place.
Wow!
Finally, at the top of this white cloud, the entire sea cloud suddenly opened a hole, and the Ghost Shadow flew up from it, hovered in mid-air, and slowly landed on the cloud layer.
The clouds were like sea water, holding up the Ghost Shadow steadily.
"This is... Sky Island."
Lafitte came to the side of the ship, looked at the clouds below supporting the ship's hull, and chuckled: "It's really amazing, the clouds can carry a ship."
Ross nodded. The existence of Sky Island was difficult for him to understand, but different worlds have different rules. This world is a magical place like Sky Island.
After looking at the surrounding environment, he asked Lafitte: "Look at the record pointer, has it changed?"
"There has indeed been a change. The three arrows all point in the same direction..." Lafitte looked at the high-end record pointer on his wrist, showing a hint of surprise.
The three arrows of the advanced record pointer usually point to the three islands. If they point in one direction, it undoubtedly means that the magnetic force in that direction is strong to a certain extent.
After carefully observing the changed record pointer, Lafitte found that the direction pointed by the arrow was still diagonally upward, and he couldn't help but look in that direction.
"Still keep going up."
"That's right, this is the White Sea. The Sky Island is still three thousand meters further up. Let's get used to the environment here first before we go up." Ross nodded.
This is Sky Island ten years ago from Luffy's time. Any situation is possible. Kaido, the Four Emperors and Hundred Beasts, also went to Sky Island to experience free fall, so to be on the safe side, he naturally had to adapt to the thin air environment of Sky Island first. .
Half a day later.
After gradually adapting to the environment of the sky island, and having little impact on his power, Rhodes activated his ability again, carrying the Ghost Shadow, rushing to the Baibai Sea at an altitude of 10,000 meters, and then sailed away in the direction pointed by the arrow.
"Before Enel came to Angel Island, he already possessed the ability of the Thunder Fruit, which means that the Thunder Fruit is not on Angel Island, but on Bika Island, which he will destroy in four years."
Some memories flashed through Ross' mind.
After sailing in the direction pointed by the record pointer, the island we finally arrived at was indeed the Angel Island in the original work. If we dropped vertically from here, we would reach Gaya Island and enter another route of the Grand Line, which is Luffy. The route taken.
However, Rhodes' purpose was not to cross the route, but to go to another sky island 'Bika', so after arriving at Angel Island, the only thing to do on the island was to find the map of the sky island.
Angel Island is currently ruled by Ganfor. The arrival of Rhodes and others did not arouse too much hostility from the Sky Island people, because occasionally Qinghai people arrived at Sky Island through several routes.
"Here is something you care about... the historical text stone tablet."
Walking on the bank of white clouds on Angel Island, Rhodes admired the surrounding environment and then spoke to Robin who was following him.
The task of obtaining the map was given to Lafitte, and he was responsible for attacking... no, responsible for taking Robin to find the historical text stone tablet that she cared about.
Robin gave Ross a strange look. It wasn't that he didn't believe what Ross said, but he was a little curious about why Ross seemed so familiar all the way here, and how he knew that there was a historical monument here.
"Has the Captain been here before?"
"No, but nothing in this world can escape my eyes, and the same goes for Sky Island." Ross stood with his hands behind his back and spoke calmly.
Robin was already used to her captain's style. She tilted her head and smiled and said, "So, does the captain know what happened in the blank one hundred years ago?"
Ross' expression remained unchanged and he said calmly: "The truth needs to be pursued by yourself to be meaningful. If I tell you now, you will lose the motivation to move forward."
"...That makes sense."
Robin covered his mouth and chuckled, hehe.
"Let's go."
Ross turned around, came to Robin's side, put his hand on her shoulder, activated the ability to distort the fruit, and the two of them instantly broke away from the constraints of gravity and flew towards the sky.