After Robin explores the ruins of the ancient city of Shandora, Lafitte also finds a map of the Sky Island and returns to the ship.

The empty islands are concentrated over the Great Voyage, and although they are not as numerous as the dense islands on the Great Route, they are quite numerous, and there are seven or eight islands recorded on the few maps that Lafitte has found.

"Bicca...... Just go here. ”

Rhodes carefully flipped through a few maps, pulled out one of them, clicked on an island drawn on its edge, and said, "The navigation of the empty island is no different from the normal sea. ”

"Yes, Captain."

Lafitte replied with a cane, and didn't ask Rhodes what purpose he was going to Bicca, since he set foot on the Sky Island, Rhodes's image in his eyes had become more mysterious.

What is the purpose of Bica, it may involve the secret of his own captain, Rhodes will naturally say it when he wants to say it, and if he doesn't want to say it, of course he won't ask.

With the map in hand, Rhodes and the others walked all the way towards Bica.

During this period, both the navy and the government on the Great Voyage were frantically looking for traces of the Ghost Hand Pirates, but the Ghost Hand Pirates seemed to have disappeared since they left Alcaria, and there was no trace at all.

Some people wonder if Rhodes and the others encountered a storm and were destroyed at sea, but this idea is too exaggerated, with the strength of the Ghost Hand Pirates, how could ordinary weather wipe them out on the sea.

The frenzied search of the navy and the government did not last long, as time went on, it began to slow down gradually, and there were more things on the sea that they needed to deal with, and it was impossible to put all the intelligence resources on the search for the Ghost Hand Pirates for a long time.

"There is absolutely no intelligence...... If you leave Alcaria, you will be completely lost, in this case, the mission will not be completed. ”

On a ship of the intelligence agencies of the world government roaming the waters near Arkalia, a man with black curly hair stood a pigeon on his shoulder, put down the phone bug, looked at the sea and frowned and muttered.

……

A month later, the Ghost arrived in Bicca.

In just one day, Rhodes defeated the local tribal leader and all the warriors of Bica, captured Bica, and instructed Robin and Lafitte to secretly search for the Devil Fruit that might be hiding in a corner of the island.

Two months have passed, and the Thunder Fruit has not appeared, and Anilu has been found by Rhodes, but he has not eaten the Thunder Fruit, and Rhodes is not interested in him at all.

Three months have passed, and the Thunder Fruit has still not been found.

As time passed, the news about the Ghost Hand Pirates on the Great Voyage fell completely silent, and many people who occasionally remembered the Ghost Hand Pirates secretly shook their heads.

"Ghost Hand Pirates...... It hasn't been seen for a long time, so it must have been secretly destroyed by the government and the navy. A pirate hunter sat in the tavern and shook his head.

"Who knows? Probably not, the bounty order hasn't been revoked yet. ”

For this rough sea, Rhodes is a huge wave that emerges from it, but this wave does not continue to bloom, but is gradually overshadowed by rolling waves.

Redhead Shanks loses an arm!

The strongest swordsman of the Kingdom of Sispuka has written to Hawkeye!

The Beast Pirates clash with the BIGMOM Pirates!

Big news is constantly emerging, pushing the times forward, and the Ghost Hand Pirates are gradually forgotten as time goes by.

……

Seven months later, Sky Island Bicca.

The white clouds are fluttering, all the buildings are made of clouds, and it looks like heaven as far as the eye can see, and in the middle of the island, in a huge empty garden, the sound of battle can be heard from it.

Sou! Sou!

Rhodes' figure flickered back and forth, or patted or pressed or pushed, and the palm of his hand kept falling towards Robin, Robin was closing his eyes, constantly capturing Rhodes's movements, or turning sideways or lowering his head, avoiding all the palms that Rhodes pressed.

Rhodes sped up slightly, and Robin's forehead was spilled with sweat, but he was still able to dodge it, occasionally getting a little hit.

"Seeing and hearing domineering, you have almost mastered it."

Rhodes pressed his last hand to Robin's chest, and after she twisted to avoid it, he stopped moving, withdrew his hand, and nodded slightly at her.

In the past seven months, in addition to studying the history of Bika and Sky Island, Robin has been practicing Seeing and Hearing Domineering, and in terms of Sky Island, the cultivation route of Seeing and Hearing Domineering, or the Heart Network, is much clearer and easier to learn than what Rhodes has organized.

Robin's mind is extremely high, and she has a heart that can remain calm in most situations, and she learns quickly when it comes to the practice of seeing and hearing domineering.

Robin opened his eyes and said, "There is a captain who often 'tests', so naturally you have to learn faster. ”

She deliberately bit the word test.

Rhodes' face remained unchanged, and he said frankly: "Then you have to thank me." ”

"Thank you, Captain."

The corners of Robin's mouth curled dangerously, and he stared at Rhodes with a smile.

"It's been seven months......"

Rhodes looked up at the sky and muttered in a low voice, staying on the Sky Island for seven months, for him, it was also a bit longer than expected, he originally planned to stay for three to five months and leave, but the Thunder Fruit was not found for a long time, and the time was constantly extended.

It's that he takes it for granted, even if he calculates the location where the Thunder Fruit may appear through memory, it is not so easy to obtain it.

In the past seven months, he has been insisting on cultivation, and he has mastered the ability of twisting gravity almost completely, and his physical fitness has also improved a lot.

But.

This kind of cultivation speed is obviously far less fast than galloping on the great voyage, hunting pirates from all walks of life, and defeating the admirals.

"It's time to leave."

Rhodes exhaled softly, he didn't fight for seven months, just repeated cultivation, and it was also a little unbearable boredom for him, but fortunately, Robin was there, and he could test it at all times, and the scenery on the sky island was not bad.

Blackbeard did not hesitate to attach himself to the Whitebeard Pirates for more than ten years for the sake of the Dark Fruit, but Rhodes would not have done this, because the Thunder Fruit was not of such high value to him.

Moreover.

If the Thunder Fruit only appeared after a few years, and as soon as it appeared, it happened to fall into the hands of a certain Sky Island person and was eaten directly, then he would be wasting his time here.

For him with the twisted fruit and talent system, the thunder fruit is not something that must be obtained, not to mention the ability to twist gravity, he can come to the empty island again at any time, and he does not need to bind himself here all the time.

And last but not least, he didn't want the name of the ghost hand to disappear from the ears of those navy leaders for too long.

Side.

Robin couldn't help but have a slight twinkle in his eyes when he heard that Rhodes was finally leaving the Sky Island after more than half a year.

Life on the sky island is much smoother than on the sea, and you don't need to think about the pursuit of the navy, and you don't need to think about collecting intelligence, but if you stay here, you can't collect all the historical text and stone tablets, let alone get the truth that has been blank for a hundred years.

Indeed, it was time to leave.