Chapter 72

That's truly so fitting!

He immediately took out a tattered book and said, "This is his logbook. I hope it can be of help to you."

Seeing this, Nami's eyes lit up again!

But this time, it was the admiration of a navigator for a predecessor who had made four round trips to the Grand Line four hundred years ago.

Sima Di casually took the logbook and tossed it to Nami.

Everyone curiously gathered around.

Only Sima Di sat down beside Kureha and asked, "Do you still believe the gold lies beneath the sea?"

"The sea floor... Back then, before he died, he speculated that Elbaf might have sunk into the sea due to tectonic shifts, but no one wanted to listen to him anymore."

"Didn't you just arrive?"

Kureha was stunned by these words, then burst out laughing.

This young man right in front of him truly understood him!

However...

"I have another theory. Do you want to hear it?"

"Oh?" Kureha's curiosity was piqued.

Who knew what earth-shattering words Sima Di would say?

"Before this, someone said that a massive upward current would arise in the nearby seas, blasting some ships into the sky before they fell, which is why the legend of the Sky Island exists, right?"

Kureha nodded, wondering why Sima Di brought this up.

Could it be that they were going to the Sky Island?

But Sima Di instead voiced a theory that shocked him!

"Then... assuming the Sky Island exists, is it possible that four hundred years ago, a super-massive upward current erupted, blasting the part of Jiayadao where Elbaf was located up onto the Sky Island?"

"Look at the current map of Jiayadao 0.9. With its crescent-moon-like shape, doesn't it look like a piece was dug out from the middle?"

Sima Di's theory struck Kureha like a bolt of lightning; his eyes widened as he stared unbelievingly at the Jiayadao map on the wall.

He hadn't noticed it before,

but with Sima Di's reminder, he was suddenly enlightened as if by a sudden realization!

Yes!

If an upward current blasted part of Jiayadao up to the Sky Island, then everything would make sense!

Why Jiayadao had such a strange crescent shape!

Why ancestors who had made four round trips to the Grand Line suddenly "lied"!

Why he had searched the sea floor for years in vain and still hadn't found the sunken Elbaf!

Everything was explained clearly now!

"The Sky Island really exists!" Nami exclaimed. "This logbook mentions the Waver, which only exists on the Sky Island and has its own power source; the uniquely shaped Sky Fish; and the various Sky Island Conches!"

At this moment,

Kureha seemed to have made a decision. He stood up with great solemnity and bowed deeply to Sima Di and Luffy.

Then he proposed a condition that surprised everyone!

He actually wanted to...

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"You must be going to the Sky Island, right? I am willing to help you with my years of experience, but as a condition... please take me with you! I want to see if Elbaf really exists!"

Kureha's decision surprised Sima Di a bit, yet it was also within reason.

In the original story,

Kureha never connected Elbaf with the Sky Island, so naturally, he only helped the Straw Hat Pirates.

As for Kureha's request, Luffy's answer was naturally...

"No problem!" Luffy cheerfully said. "The Sky Island definitely exists! We have the Pirate King's doctor on our ship, so don't worry!"

This actually startled Kureha!

Immediately, his gaze hesitantly turned to Chopper. Was he the Pirate King's doctor?

Looking...

he seemed a bit young.

"Not me, it's Master Crocus," Chopper quickly explained. "But he isn't here right now; he won't be back until tomorrow."

Chopper was still smart enough not to mention where Crocus had gone.

It was better not to let anyone outside the Straw Hat Pirates know about the Time and Spirit House's teleportation stone.

Yet Luffy lacked this awareness!

He carelessly started to say something, but was immediately pinned down by Zoro and Sanji, who had anticipated this.

"Idiot!"

"Don't just blurt everything out!"

Nami and the others were helpless, saddled with such a careless captain.

Although Kureha saw that the Straw Hat Pirates had some secrets, he didn't care.

Who doesn't have a few secrets?

It was enough for him to know that on this interesting ship, there was his soulmate, and also the Pirate King's doctor who could corroborate the existence of the Sky Island!

"The Sky Island should be ten thousand meters high in the sky, right? Then how do we get there?" Nami asked, pointing at the Log Pose.

Hearing this, Kulikai gave a mysterious smile!

That gave Nami an ominous premonition......

"Didn't that young man Sima just say it? The Knock Up Stream that sent Jiayadao into the sky is our passage to ride up to Skypiea!"

Nami:? っQ?;)っ

Everyone:? っQ?;)っ

Among those present, only Luffy revealed a look of pleasant surprise!

Riding the Knock Up Stream?

That definitely sounds fun!

And Sima Di, who had caught Kulikai's attention, was also smiling in anticipation.

Although He Already knows how to fly,

That doesn't stop him from wanting to ride the "flying Going Merry" and experience the journey of soaring up into the clouds.

"As expected of you — to actually have that expression." Kulikai also laughed.

What a pity!

Sima Di's age differed from his own by more than ten years, but his strength had already far surpassed Kulikai's; otherwise, today he would have had to swear brotherhood on the spot.

It fits his aesthetic way too well!

Hmm......

Wait!

Aesthetic?

Kulikai fell into deep thought.

After a long while,

Nami and the others also recovered from their shock, glanced at the excited Luffy, and knew this tribulation could not be avoided.

They could only ask Kulikai for the specific procedure.

Kulikai also came back to his senses and said: "Based on my many years of experience, there were already a lot of bubbles on the seabed just now. The next Knock Up Stream should be... three days from now! And its scale will also be the largest in nearly a hundred years, so there should be a much better chance of launching us up to Skypiea."

"If we don't make it to Skypiea, won't we just die even more miserably!" Nami wept silently.

At this moment,

Robin reminded them: "Even if we really can't reach Skypiea, there's still Sima here — we won't fall to our deaths, right?"

Nami and the others' eyes lit up!

That's right!

They have Sima Di — the fierce fellow who can control Going Merry's flight!