Chapter 149

"How is the situation? Did Fire Fist Ace agree to join the Seven Warlords of the Sea?"

"No."

"Then did you capture him?"

"Uh, he ran away..."

Sengoku's tone became strange: "Ran away? From your hands? You didn't let him go on purpose, did you?"

Was I discovered? It's fine, no need to panic when encountering things.

"Uh, Marshal Sengoku, well, he is a Logia user after all, so..."

"Alright, alright, I get it. Anyway, this kid hasn't done anything heinous, so letting him go is fine. I wasn't counting on him joining the Seven Warlords of the Sea anyway."

"That's all, I'm hanging up. By the way, what are you doing now?"

"Well, I'm wandering around the Grand Line. There are no urgent missions, right?"

"Hmm, not for now. If there's anything, I'll have someone notify you!"

After hanging up the phone, Karl looked at an island on the sea below that resembled the character 'dish' and said to Hancock beside him: "This is Jaya Island. There is a town on it called Mock Town."

Hancock rested her chin on her hand and asked curiously: "Are you saying that 10, 00 meters above this island is the Sky Island?"

"Hmm... yes and no. Look, if you look at it from above, do you feel Move Move Like this island is missing something?"

Hancock pouted and shook Karl's arm desperately: "Oh, stop keeping me in suspense! Just tell me directly!"

"Alright, alright, stop shaking!"

"Raven, prepare to descend, right at... that place!"

"Caw!"

During the descent, Karl began to educate Hancock on some history. The so-called Sky Island is actually Jaya Island. 400 years ago, half of Jaya Island was blasted into the high sky, along with the indigenous people, animals, and ancient ruins.

The Jaya Island of 400 years ago was far more than just this, but the remaining part is also the most barren area.

"By the way, do you know a person named Mont Blanc Norland?"

Hancock shook her head. She grew up on Amazon Lily, and her knowledge of the outside world was limited to her occasional voyages and newspapers. How could she possibly know a figure from 400 years ago?

Karl smiled lightly and said with a touch of nostalgia: "Do you know? Mont Blanc Norland was an expedition commander and botanist of the Lubneel Kingdom in the North Blue over 400 years ago."

"And I was born in the Lubneel Kingdom. I grew up listening to his stories. However, his reputation wasn't good; people called him 'Liar Norland'."

"'Liar Norland'? Why?"

Why? Because there was a glorious city on the island named Shandora, filled with piles of gold and silver treasures. It's just that over 400 years ago, an unprecedented Knock-Up Stream sent half of Jaya Island, which was the part where Shandora existed, into the sky.

"Therefore, Norland, who was ordered by the King to find gold, was executed for the crime of deceiving the monarch. Before he died, he still insisted on the 'lie' that the Land of Gold truly existed. So, the story of 'Liar Norland' became a well-known fairy tale in the North Blue."

After Karl finished speaking, the Raven landed steadily. Karl put his arm around Hancock and jumped off the Raven, looking at the house that was only half-standing not far away, and revealed a smile.

"So, 'Liar Norland' was wronged?"

Karl shrugged: "Who cares? It's been hundreds of years. Anyway, I don't care. It's just that the existence of this story tells me that the Sky Island is very likely real, that's all."

"Oh, then why did we stop? Why don't we just fly up and take a look?"

Karl pointed at the Raven helplessly: "Look at this guy, it's already exhausted. Let it rest for a while, eat something, and then we'll go up, how about that?"

The Raven, being cued, nodded quickly and pointed at its mouth with its wing, signaling that it wanted to eat.

Hancock looked around and found that except for the half-house not far away, there were forests everywhere, and there was no sign of anyone at all.

"But, my dear, there doesn't seem to be anyone here? Did we go to the wrong place? I remember there are towns on the other side of the island."

"It doesn't matter. Let's go to that house over there and rest for a while; someone will naturally come."

Then, Karl led Hancock toward the half-house. There was no one there, but there were clear traces of someone living here, and the door was locked.

"Let's just rest here! Raven, didn't you want to eat? Here, eat this!"

Karl took out a pile of food from his system space, along with a tablecloth, just Move Move Like taking his girlfriend on a picnic.

Hancock was already used to this, after all, her clothes and such were all kept with Karl.

In the afternoon, two pirate ships with peculiar shapes docked near Jaya Island, and a man with a chestnut-shaped head jumped off the ship.

"Goodbye, Boss, we'll come to pick you up tomorrow morning!"

Mont Blanc Cricket lit a cigarette and waved goodbye to the two brothers, Masira and Shoujou, without saying a word, because today was another day of coming up empty-handed.

Although he had gotten quite a bit of gold and silver treasure, these were not what he wanted.

"Wait, why is there someone here!"

Cricket frowned, his diamond-shaped face becoming unusually serious, and he approached his house cautiously...

A man and a woman, plus a black crow. The man was devastatingly handsome, and the woman was breathtakingly beautiful. They looked harmless, just Move Move Like a young couple who had arrived here by accident.

Cricket breathed a sigh of relief, but still maintained a serious look. He walked behind the man and woman and said out of the blue: "You two are really impolite! Don't you know this is my house?"

Karl had known someone was coming for a long time. Hearing the voice, he glanced at Cricket indifferently and curled his lips: "Saruyama Alliance leader, Mont Blanc Cricket with a bounty of 25 million Berries, right?"

Hearing Karl accurately state his name, Cricket's face changed, and he retreated several steps, asking vigilantly: "Who are you? Bounty hunter? Or Marine?"

"Do you think someone Move Move Like me needs to be a bounty hunter?"

Hancock beside him giggled, her eyes curving into crescents. Clearly, she had already understood the implication.

"No more nonsense. I am Marine Vice Admiral Karl, codename White Raven. I presume you've heard of me."

"White Raven!" Cricket's pupils shook, and he looked at Karl in disbelief.

A Marine Vice Admiral, why would he specifically come to capture a pirate with a bounty of only 25 million? Isn't the Marine overqualified?

"Don't worry, I'm not here to capture you, just have some questions I want to ask you."

Cricket swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said nervously: "What questions?"

"Do you think the Sky Island really exists?"