“…… In this way, four hundred years ago, the adventurer and botanist Mont Blanc from the North Sea. Norland, who brought advanced medical knowledge to our ancestors, broke the superstition of blood sacrifices on the island at that time, rescued the daughter of the great warrior Calgara, and also eliminated the tree fever plague on the island, and successfully saved our ancestors...... The great warriors Calgara and Norland become close friends, and the two drink together, hunt together, and exchange cultures on the island and abroad.

"Although there was a misunderstanding at the time of parting that was quickly resolved...... Feeling sorry for the wronging of his best friend, the great warrior Calgara roared loudly at the departing ship, and agreed that in order for his friend's ship not to get lost at sea and find the island even in the fiercest storms, he swore that he would use the loudest bells...... Greeting his best friend ......"

The white cloud ground of the ancient and primitive hidden village in the clouds was full of people. There are local Sandia residents, as well as pirates from the blue sea.

There is Weber, the descendant of the great warrior Cal Gram, and there is also Mont Brown. Mont Brown, a descendant of Norland. Kulik.

Chief Sandia recounted the regrettable story of 400 years ago by the campfire......

Even though it's not the first time I've heard it, there are still many people in Sandia who are moved to tears and silently wipe the corners of their eyes.

There were also muddy tears floating in the chief's eyes, and he said slowly: "However, a sky-high ocean current changed everything. Half of the island of Gaya has brought our hometown 400 years ago to this 10,000-meter-high sky. Four hundred years ago, the people of the Sky Island saw such a large area of real land, and went berserk, and fought with our ancestors on the island...... In the end, we were defeated. Instead, we were expelled from our homeland.

"The great warrior Kargara led the warriors of his clan to desperately try to recapture their homeland and recapture the Golden Bell every day...... Until he fought to the end, draining the last drop of blood on his body, he was full of guilt, and he was still thinking about it......

"'Didn't we make an appointment?' Noland......'

"'One day, we will meet again.'"

"'I wonder what you will think when you come to Gaya again and you can't find us?'

"'Wait a minute, I'll ring the golden bell now...... Even in the 10,000-meter sky, you can hear the bell, right? ’

"'I must light the lamp of Chandora...... Can you hear me? We're here! ’”

The old chief said a little emotionally, of course, even if it is straightforward, this regrettable past four hundred years ago is enough to hit people's hearts - especially for those teenagers who yearn for manhood and romance, it can be described as a heavy blow to the heart and even the soul.

"Woo woo ......" Usopp and Chopper had already cried inhumanly, their faces distorted with snot and tears, "It's so uncomfortable!" Until the end, he couldn't convey his thoughts to the other party, and died alone on this 10,000-meter empty island...... Woowoowoooooooo......oo

"Alas......" the old chief took a deep breath, sobered up, and sighed, "Later, a pirate from the North Sea came to the Sky Island and told us that our great benefactor Norland ...... In order to maintain the reputation of our golden hometown of Chandora, we died in the blue ocean! Even though he was infamous as a 'big liar', he still insisted until his death that our hometown of Chandora is real...... It's just that by that time, the great warrior Kargara had already died. Both of them never heard anything about their best friend before they died......"

The old chief shook his body and fumbled for a while, and unexpectedly pulled out a book that was too old to be decent.

Nami was surprised, "Isn't this a storybook that Uncle Chestnut Head also has at home?" ”

"North Sea Folktales: Noland the Great Liar" ...... Yamaji, who was born in Beihai, read this book since he was a child, and couldn't help but be silent, lit a cigarette, took a puff, and after a while, slowly spit it out.

"I think sometimes...... "The old chief opened the yellowed and almost rotten storybook, his rough fingers caressing the pages that had worn out a lot, and the comical image of the "big liar" Norland smirked like a clown and said, "By the way, I see, all the piles of gold have sunk to the bottom of the sea", and the old chief sighed, "The great warrior Calgara did not hear the final ending of Noland, and he did not see such a book, perhaps the luckiest thing in this story......"

"Woooooooooo......oo If he had known that his best friend had died in vain...... "Usopp burst into tears, tears welling up in his eyes, "how painful his heart must be...... Woo woo ......"

"Haha," Luffy held his head and smiled, this smile was obviously out of place, even a girl like Nami, who is not interested in the romance of the so-called man, can't help but feel sad and sorry for this four-hundred-year past, seeing Luffy laugh out loud like this, I was also a little nervous, don't be stupid, you kid, beware of annoying the people around you and being killed! Luffy turned a blind eye to the strange eyes around him and smiled, "It's good that Uncle came to Sky Island with us!" Now it's finally time to complete the agreement, isn't it? ”

A simple sentence moved all the Sandians to tears, and Usopp burst into tears again, and Aisha, who was standing next to the old chief, and Rachi, the female warrior of the clan, said sadly: "But, the lights of Chandora, the golden bell...... Still on the island, under the control of Anilu......"

"Just beat him up! Right? ”

Luffy smiled and nibbled on the empty fish meal made by Sanji, his eyes were determined, "He's so annoying, Xingzi is my friend, he snatched Xingzi's owner, I originally wanted to fly him!" ”

The sound of the Straw Hat Boy by the campfire behind him faded away, and Weber and Mont Blanc walked together to the middle of the village of Sandia Yunyin.

"Ouch...... Mont Blanc hugged his muscular arms, looked up at the statue of the great warrior Calgara, spat out a cigarette, and said with a smile, "Tomorrow to deal with that Anilu, count me in?" ”

He raised his fist, and Weber, who was next to him, didn't say anything, and also raised his fist and touched him.

Bang.

The fists parted, and by the campfire behind them, there was another story being told......

It's Robin, who is telling the story of Rab the whale on the island and the Rumba Pirates. It's just that her tone is not as emotional as that of the old chief, and it seems to be flat and straightforward, and even a little cold and gloomy...... However, a whale who values love and righteousness, and a whale who is left alone even if he dies, and another story about the same agreement, still makes Usopp, Chopper and others cry again.

"I didn't expect that whale to have such a story...... Nami sighed, "no wonder it has so many scars on its head......"

In the story told, Robin deliberately hides himself and Lynch.

Robin had already recalled the past over and over again alone, and he didn't want to tell anyone else at this time. She didn't want to expose her fragile wounds in front of anyone else but Lynch.

"Good! Then it's decided! ”

Luffy clapped his fists together and smiled firmly, "Let's go to the Isle of Something together tomorrow and fly that angry Anilu!" Save the owner of the star boy and grab the golden seed! ”

Until then, eat and drink to your heart's content!

There are Luffy and Usopp people who enliven the atmosphere, even a relatively serious and heavy tribal village like Sandia has been led to a crooked atmosphere, and it didn't take long for even Nami to hug the little girl Aisha and frolic, everyone sang and danced around the lit bonfire, drank and ate meat, and fought for the battle that might never return tomorrow, looking at the fireworks floating above the clouds on the top of the roaring bonfire, as if it was the road to the Yellow Springs Heavenly Kingdom......

"Sister Robin, why don't you go and play together?" Nami leaned over with a warm smile, sat down and found Robin fiddling with two yellowed pieces of old paper, and curiously leaned over and asked, "Map?" Isn't this the map of the Sky Island that Luffy found in the shipwreck, and the map of Gaya Island that you drew yourself, Sister Robin, huh? ”

Robin folded the two maps and put them together. Nami looked at the island that looked like a skull in its full shape after the merger, and said, "I see, the so-called 'gold is hidden in the skeleton's right eye' refers to this ......"

Sleepiness hits, Nami yawns, leans next to Robin, and falls asleep unconsciously.

At night, she woke up in a daze and found that everyone had finished making a fuss, and the bonfire was still burning weakly, but Luffy, Usopp, Zoro, Sanji, Chopper and others had already scattered on the cloud ground and fell asleep.

What about Sister Robin?

Nami turned her head and saw a white phone bug lying on the ground of the island cloud next to her, resting with her eyes closed, and she couldn't help but be stunned.

Sister Robin...... It seems to have been sleeping in her phone bug castle all the time.

Lying on her back next to the phone bug, Nami looked at the sky-like top island cloud, and before she knew it, she gradually fell asleep again.

……

Robin opened his eyes and looked at the ceiling of his bedroom.

Can't sleep......

She lay down for a while, and finally got up.

After sitting with his head bowed for a moment by the empty bed, Robin took a deep breath, walked to the bedroom bathroom, turned on the faucet and poured his face on it, looking up into the eyes of the gloomy-looking pathetic woman in the mirror.

Closing his eyes, Robin took a few deep breaths, went back to his bedroom to change his clothes, put on a backpack for field archaeology, and put on a wide-brimmed hat that could shade the sun.

She pulled out a page of paper, picked up a pen and wrote it around, and finally left a sentence: "I'm going to the island to explore the ruins of an ancient city that has been lost for 400 years, don't worry about me."

Robin wanted to put the note on Midori's head, but after thinking about it, he was worried that someone would find out in advance after getting up at night, so he patted the wall at the entrance of the castle, handed the note to Midori, and said, "I'll spit it out and show them tomorrow morning." Remember? ”

A phone bug appeared on the wall, yawning lazily, eating the note Robin handed and nodding.

"Good." Robin patted the castle walls, grabbed his backpack and pressed his hat, and jumped out.

……

Jumping out of the phone bug castle, Robin saw Nami lying on her side on the clouds and sleeping with Midori in her arms, and she gently raised her foot so that she didn't step on Nami's arm.

“……”

Lowering her eyes to look at Nami for a moment, in the dimness, Robin walked towards the exit of Cloud Hidden Village.

"Robin, where are you going......"

The voice behind Robin stopped, and she looked back, it turned out to be the sniper talking in his sleep, and he muttered and was quickly pressed against his face by the big foot girl who stretched out next to him, and he muttered two sentences and fell asleep.

“……”

Robin turned around and continued to leave, using his flowery arm to uncover the exit of Daoyun's passage, and then using the arm stretched out from the passage mouth to pull himself up. - It's not that she doesn't have the power to jump, but on such an island cloud, if she jumps hard, the tremor formed will definitely wake the vigilant Sandia warriors from their sleep. This is something that Robin doesn't want to see.

What about people?

Robin walked on the island cloud ground outside, and the scenery of the sky island world at night was very magnificent, as if he was in the dark and deep space, walking among the stars......

She was looking for someone who wasn't in the castle. b』。

Soon, through seeing and hearing, he sensed the location of Lynch's stand-in armor. On the Merry?

As soon as Robin approached, Rab, who was resting in the empty sea next to the Merry, woke up and was about to shout happily, when Robin raised his finger to "shh

Robin made many arms on the whale with flowers and fruits, and gently stroked it, coaxing the island whale Rab while boarding the Merry on his side.

Through what she saw and heard, she saw the pitch-black armor sitting in the air, but it didn't seem to be as concentrated on cultivating life return as before.

"What's wrong?"

Robin walked up to it, "Suddenly a man ran to the boat. ”

"What's wrong?"

The narrow eyes of the black armor shimmered, "Suddenly a person didn't sleep, and ran out in the middle of the night with a bag and dressed neatly?"

"It's not so sudden......"

Robin spread a carpet of his palms on the deck, put down his backpack and sat down, "I can't sleep, it's not a day or two...... In these years, at the end of the year, only ten nights can get enough sleep. ”

『……』『. b'Glancing over, "This is Lin Daiyu's word."

Robin was dumbfounded, she looked around the boat, "Are you looking for something?" ”

"No," . b'You're quiet, "I'm waiting for something...... It's coming!'

Under Robin's surprised gaze, a layer of light slowly appeared in the bow of the Merry's sheep's head, gradually condensing into a ...... It looks like the silhouette of a child in a sailor suit.

The little sailor turned his head and yelled at her and '. b』 smiled slightly.

Robin glanced up at the dark starry sky, and in the middle of the night, this kind of thing appeared on a quiet pirate ship, and he smiled silently at people...... It's really like the plot of a ghost story.

"You...... Good...... Good ......"

The child sailor walked silently towards them with a glimmer of light, and Robin was surprised to find that he could not see the child's specific face, as if he was forever covered with a vague mist, giving the impression of a simple smile.

But the little sailor floated to the '. . . b', hugging its mecha legs affectionately. This look Robin was a little familiar, and suddenly remembered that when he first met Midori, Midori was also very close to Lynch's stand-in.

Because of the ". . b'Rich and pure life energy?

Or is it because of the power of the soul......

『. b' touched the little sailor's head, "I felt it a little bit before, and the inside of this ship gave birth to a faint soul...... This is probably the so-called 'ship elf' that often appears in the stories of sailors."

"Boat Elf ......" Robin was surprised, she had read a lot of miscellaneous books, of course she knew this kind of legend, but at this moment, she thought of another thing, "So, the so-called ship elf is very similar to the 'Hormitz' made by Auntie?" ”

"It's kind of."

『. The ship elf who was stroking under his palm arched his little head comfortably, "However, the ship elf is obviously more autonomous, and can even achieve 'out-of-body' and leave its true body, the Merry."

Compare it to the Hormitz made by Auntie's Soul Fruit......

The ship elves are more like the out-of-body souls that Brooke has done through the Yellow Springs Fruit.