Vice Captain of One Piece

Chapter 75 The Beginning Trial
Just when Anke was standing at the bottom of the stairs with tears in his eyes, looking at the long stairs with a twitching expression, the savior rushed down from the top with a roar: "Enke!!! I'm here to pick you up for an adventure!"

"Lufei~~" Encore looked at Luffy who ran down with emotion, after all, she didn't have to climb the stairs, it's no wonder she wasn't moved.

Luffy, who ran down, picked up the encore and ran up, laughing and said: "We are going to beat those guys called priests away, and then rescue the Merry and Zoro, and then go on an adventure." Already~~”

"Do you know what happened?" Encore, who was no longer acting, just hugged Luffy's neck and asked calmly.

"In short, just go to the place where you can't go in and beat up the flying priest~~~" Luffy still shouted excitedly.Encore, who sighed, had to decide to ask Sanji or Usopp later, after all, the two of them should know what was going on.

"Sanji! Usopp!!" Luffy, who ran to the uncle's house in a few minutes, kicked open the door handsomely, and said to Sanji and Usopp who were frozen there with a smile on his face: "Go on an adventure!" ~~~"

"Cutie/Encore??? Why are you here??" Seeing the person in Luffy's arms, Sanji and Usopp's jaws immediately fell to the ground.There was also a trace of surprise on the expressions of the uncle and Konis.

"I ran off the boat to pick flowers, and then the Merry left me alone and ran away, and then Luffy came down..." An Ke, who returned to the ground, explained simply, and then looked at the packed mountain Ji and Usopp said, "In the end, what happened?"

"I wonder why Luffy suddenly ran down, so I saw you..." Sanji took a puff of cigarette, and briefly explained: "Aren't we convicted of a second-level crime? What kind of crime is that now? We are being punished. Nami-san, Robin-chan and other unimportant people are sent to the altar of the island of gods as living sacrifices, and we have to go through all kinds of messy trials to get to that altar Rescue Nami-san, Robin-chan and other unimportant people there and take back the Golden Merry."

"I know, but how do I get to that altar?" Anke asked with a smile as he casually glanced at Conis and the uncle who were unnatural.

Usopp shrugged helplessly and said: "I just don't know how to get there now, because the map we got is too old..."

"If you want to go to the altar of living sacrifices, you still need someone to lead the way. After all, you are not familiar with this place," the uncle said suddenly, and then said to Conis: "Conis, you should accompany them to Angel Island to stop the boat first. the pier, and prepare a boat for them."

"Yes, Father..." Conis nodded obediently, and Yunhu, who was in her arms, also ran to the ground, and stayed obediently.

"Haha, uncle, you are too thoughtful~~" Usopp excitedly picked up a big bag and said gratefully: "Otherwise we really don't know how to get there..."

"I'm so happy to have Ms. Conis accompanying us~~~" Sanji, who was also carrying a yellow package on his back, flew pink bubbles all over his body excitedly as expected.

"Hahaha!!!" Luffy, who was also carrying a big bag on his back, said excitedly, "Okay! Conis, let's go! Go on an adventure, oh no, go find Sauron and the others~~"

An Ke just looked at the uncontrollable sadness in Conis's eyes, and then smiled lightly: "Then please, Miss Conis..."

"Yes..." Konis nodded gently, then walked to the door and began to lead the way.Luffy, Sanji, and Usopp also followed behind. Encore looked at the uncle with his head down, and turned around to follow.

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"That's Lovely Avenue," said Konis, who was leading the way, pointing to the dense houses not far ahead, "As long as you cross Lovely Avenue, you will arrive at the pier soon..."

"I can't wait to go to the Island of the Gods~~~" Luffy couldn't help but said excitedly.Enke, who was counting how many stairs he had walked, smiled slightly: "Anyway, you made up your mind to go from the beginning, didn't you, Luffy?"

"Hahahaha!!" Lu Fei rubbed his head and giggled a few times: "How do you know, Enke? I obviously didn't say it~~" The three crew members who followed him curled their lips tacitly, thinking tacitly: "Anyway Everything can be seen on your face...'

"But aren't you afraid of death?" Konis, who was at the front, asked lightly.

"Anyway, people will die one day~~" Lu Fei said naturally, and then smiled all over his face: "Anyway, I'm so excited now!!"

Sanji who punched Luffy also bit his cigarette and said fiercely: "Worry about the safety of Nami-san and Robin-chan!"

"You can still laugh!!" Usopp couldn't help but also punched Luffy on the head: "Worry about the Merry!! By the way, worry about Zoro and Chopper!"

"Let's hurry up now, everyone~~" Anke, who didn't stop climbing the stairs, turned around with a smile and said, "Otherwise, the longer the time drags on, the more worried you are? Wu, Suo, Pu, Jun, Shan, Zhi, Jun~"

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In the cute avenue, shops with strange shapes are lined up on both sides of the road. The people on the road are very lively. There are also some shops floating in the air that are built with island clouds. Several ropes are hung down to let customers go up and down. The pedestrians all have tentacles on their heads and wings behind them.It's just that when Luffy and the others entered this street, everyone who saw them avoided them with weird faces, and looked at them with disgust and fear from time to time.

"This lovely avenue is the only downtown area on Angel Island," explained Conis, who was still leading the way, "The stores are all made with the characteristics of the island cloud."

"I don't know if there is a barbecue restaurant here~~~" Not noticing the unnaturalness of the pedestrians at all, Luffy looked around curiously: "Wow~ I found a strange fruit~~~"

Seeing Luffy staring at the peach-like purple fruit, and then looking at the boss who was still hiding inside in fear, Anke reluctantly went over to pull Luffy away: "Luffy, let's go over there first. Besides, maybe there are even more strange fruits there~"

"Haha~~ That's right~~" Luffy, who still didn't find anything unusual, just continued to stroll around happily: "Speaking of which, it's really comfortable to walk around! The streets are empty~~"

"Why do I feel like everyone is avoiding us?" Usopp stopped and looked at the pedestrians who kept retreating, and they didn't even dare to look Usopp directly in the eyes.

"It's no wonder, it must have spread, everyone knows that we are criminals..." Sanji followed behind Conis with his trouser pockets in the air, and then said disappointedly: "The angels are far away from me." It's..."

At this time, Luffy played in the shop on the street again, and Sanji couldn't help but yelled at him: "Do you really want to save Nami-san and the others!!"

"Save them? Why? Didn't Sauron go with him?" Luffy looked at them strangely.An Ke also said without worry: "I also put Xue Lian on the boat, if anything happens, I will know."

"After hearing what you said, I realized that the white knife was missing..." Usopp slapped his forehead after walking around the encore and said, "The real thing to worry about is the Merry! It's so fucked up..."

"Ah, there seems to be something in the center~~~" Luffy, who didn't listen to their complaints, walked around Konis who stopped and waited for them, and walked forward.Encore and the others helplessly followed.

There is a strangely shaped clay sculpture in the middle of the street, and the surrounding of the clay sculpture is sealed with transparent glass. It looks like a very valuable item.

"What a strange face, what is this? A sea dog?" Luffy who surrounded him asked curiously.Anke and the others also looked at the nearly five-meter-high clay sculpture with a little curiosity, not knowing what kind of god it was.

"This is 'Bath', the eternal dream of the people of Sky Island..." Conis looked at the clay sculpture with a smile on her face, her eyes full of expectation.

"Bass?" Luffy, who didn't understand at all, looked at Conis strangely and said, "My God, why do you like this kind of thing, it's so strange..."

"Yeah, it must be difficult for you Qinghai people to understand..." Conis just chuckled and continued to lead the way: "The pier where the boat is parked is here..."

"Ah, are you here so soon? I wanted to take a stroll..." Luffy followed Conis's footsteps disappointedly, and Sanji and Usopp followed helplessly.An Ke looked at the crowd who followed them silently, and then at McKinley who was crawling behind them in the corner before running over.

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The pier is filled with all kinds of boats, such as speedboats, luxurious yachts and simple fishing boats.On the opposite side of the pier are exits with different numbers.

"There are all kinds of different ships docked at this pier," Conis introduced to Luffy and the others while walking along the road at the pier: "From hotel ships that can stay overnight in it to very fast speedboats equipped with huge shells, There are other different kinds of boats..."

"Look! This cruise ship!!" Luffy suddenly interrupted Conis excitedly, pointing to a mighty and beautiful luxury ship and said: "It's so cool!! Just borrow this one. This cruise ship The trip must be very enjoyable~~~”

"Idiot!" Sanji pulled Luffy and followed Conis: "We are going to save Nami-san and Robin-chan, be serious!!"

"The one I want to lend you is this one." Conis, who was walking in front, stopped, smiling and pointing her head back at a dark ship that looked like a crow. "This is the Crow Maru."

"..." Seeing the boat, even Anke couldn't help but sweat a little.Luffy, who was looking forward to it, instantly collapsed in disappointment: "Why... why are you so poor..."

"This boat is the boat I used when I didn't know how to ride the Weiba not long ago. Although its speed can't be as fast as the Weiba, it is also equipped with this pair of windshells~" Conis said with a smile: " Use it, everyone!"

Luffy bent his mouth in disappointment, looked at the ship and said, "No, I'm not going..."

Conis's eyes widened in shock for an instant, Enke looked at the unnatural cold sweat on her face, and then looked at the contemptuous expressions of "it really is" on the faces of the people around.Luffy paused, then pointed to the luxurious pleasure boat and said, "I still think that one is the best!"

Konis looked back at the shining ship, inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief, then smiled and said to Luffy: "Don't you like it? Sorry, I..."

At this time, Sanji kicked Luffy hard, biting a cigarette and shouting: "You ungrateful guy! Apologize!! You scum!!"

Usopp also chimed in: "That's right! Luffy, we're not going on a tour this time!"

"I'm sorry..." Luffy, who had been taught a lesson, turned around obediently and apologized to Conis.

"Where..." Conis continued to lead them forward, stopped at an exit marked with '2', and after a few seconds turned around and pointed to the door with a smile and said: "The exit is Exit 2. When you leave there, you will find the huge Yunhe Road leading to the Island of the Gods..." At the end of the introduction, Konis suddenly lowered her head and her whole body trembled slightly: "Just... just follow the road That's it..."

"Hey, Konis!" Lu Fei stared at Konis who raised her head and looked at him with a little panic, and said, "Why have you been shaking since you came out of the house? You seem to be afraid of something..."

"Yes...is it?" Conis's pupils dilated instantly, and the cold sweat began to proliferate, and the surrounding crowd also looked at them in panic.

Seeing Konis with pale lips, Sanji immediately smiled and said, "It seems that Miss Konis is really worried about us~~~"

Usopp said strangely: "If you are worried, shouldn't you be worried about yourself and the uncle? The people on the street are obviously avoiding us, but you have been helping us and lending us the boat. In this case, don't you Is it our accomplice?"

'This should be the will of that god, or maybe it is their usual practice here.Wanting to use this to kill the people who came to Sky Island,' Anke, who was still smiling, looked at Conis who was getting more and more panicked, a little interested in what she would do next.

"No...it's not like this..." Conis, with her head down, was still covered in cold sweat, her white lips trembling slightly, "Don't you think it's strange? Apart from explaining the path of trials to you all the time, , and brought you here, saying that it is a trial that is more terrifying than death, but it seems to have been luring you to go there..."

Hearing what Konis said, the surrounding crowd unconsciously moved further and further away, their faces full of panic and cold sweat.

Biting her lower lip, Konis trembled even more, and suddenly knelt down in front of Luffy and the others with her head lowered, tears dripping down on the white ground: "You guys run away...I'm sorry for you! The person called by the express shrimp is actually me!!"

"The prawn who took Nami-san and the others away was you, Miss Conis?" Sanji looked at the girl kneeling on the ground in disbelief.

"... While you were away, I lied to them that there was a sea current that could leave quickly, and asked them to put away the anchor first. Encore can testify to this. She was also on the boat at that time..." Ko Ni Si kept trembling, and continued to choke up and said, "That's the signal to call Chao Express Shrimp. Once the criminal's whereabouts are confirmed, we must lure the criminal to the place of punishment from heaven, otherwise we will all be killed, that's us." 'Duties of citizens'...I'm sorry..."

Encore looked at Conis who kept crying, and her heart flashed. This kind girl was using her life to defy their gods, just to alleviate her regret and save the friend she just met.

Luffy yelled at her violently: "You idiot! You have to do this too, right?!"

Conis covered her mouth and kept crying, and nodded slightly.In an instant, Luffy, Sanji and Usopp yelled at her angrily: "Why tell us! You will be killed like this, won't you?" Konis looked up at them in amazement.

"It's over!! Get away from that girl!!" The crowd immediately moved away from the pier, yelling and running away in panic: "Run away!! God's punishment is coming!!!"

Anke suddenly looked up at the sky, and said loudly to Luffy: "Luffy! Take Conis away from there! A powerful attack is coming!!"

Without doubting him, Luffy immediately ran over to pick up Conis who was still there, Usopp and Sanji also looked in surprise at the crowd who didn't know when they disappeared.

After roughly estimating the attack range, Anke took the lead and ran forward: "The attack range is about 15 meters! In short, get out of here first!!!"

As soon as the words fell, a dazzling white light suddenly appeared in the sky, illuminating the entire sky island.Sanji and Usopp, who were running, looked up at the sky in astonishment, and Luffy also ran desperately holding Conis.Anke gritted his teeth and took out a few crystals to knock them far away before leaving quickly.

Just a few seconds after Encore left, the white light in the sky intensified, so intense that people couldn't open their eyes, and then a shining straight column whizzed down, piercing through the entire ground, and even caused the ground to shake violently.After a few seconds, the white light disappeared, and the stirred-up clouds on the ground swirled one after another.

"Cough cough...cough cough..." Usopp and Sanji, who climbed out of a crashed house, kept coughing.Usopp, who didn't know what happened, yelled at Encore loudly: "Encore!! I haven't seen that attack and I will be killed by your crystal!!"

"Shut up!!!" Sanji kicked Usopp hard, looked at the bottomless pit exposed in the slowly disappearing clouds and said, "Little cutie saved us, take a look There……"

"What... what???" Seeing the big hole, Usopp's jaw immediately stuck to the ground, his face pale.

"Where's Luffy?" Encore looked around but didn't find his own captain and Cornis, and wondered that he didn't knock them too far just now...

"Both of them are safe..." A familiar voice came.Encore and the others watched in surprise as Gamfur rode that strange Pegasus with Luffy and Konis flying over slowly from a distance.Anke tilted his head strangely: "Do I have such a heavy hand?"How did it fly so far? '

"Ah, that weird old man?" Usopp exclaimed in surprise.

"What's the old man, don't forget that I'm a Sky Knight, this time I'm a free service," Ganfort said after throwing Luffy in front of Encore and the others, "Leave this girl to me to protect, I won't let you She was murdered by Enelu."

"Okay!" Luffy stood up and looked at Ganfur firmly after putting on the straw hat.

"You know the truth about this country and the power of God, it depends on what you plan to do," the old man looked at the four people present, thinking about their next choice.

"The country has nothing to do with us..." Luffy said without any hesitation, "We just want to go to the island of gods to save our friends, that's all!"

"Really, good luck to you..." Gamfor looked at them silently, and then rode away on the 'Pegasus'.

"..." Anke looked at the big pink spotted horse that was running with hooves and kept flapping its wings, and said lightly: "Every time I see that Pegasus horse, I have a strange feeling..."

"Yeah..." Sanji and Usopp nodded in agreement.

After looking at the back of the old man leaving, Luffy walked towards the dark ship Crow Maru: "Let's go, everyone."

"Yes!"

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The Crow Maru is a small boat with only a driver's seat. The driver's seat is surrounded by spacious wooden boards. There are also bulging airbags tied around the hull for people to sit on. A round pink shed umbrella is tied behind the driver's seat. .After throwing three big bags on board, everyone was ready to go.

"Okay! Let's go!" Lu Fei excitedly pointed at the gate in front of him: "Go to the Island of Gods!"

"OK!" As soon as Sanji stepped on the pedal, he started to drive the boat to the island of God.Usopp didn't know what he was thinking about and burst into tears. Enke just looked back at the surprised crowd behind him, and then turned his gaze to Luffy standing in front of him: "Even if you see such a powerful obstacle, never Without a trace of fear or retreat, he ran to his goal wholeheartedly. This is the Monkey-D-Luffy I know! '

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After the Crow Maru exited Gate 2, it walked along the long cloud road.There are still many criss-crossing cloud roads around the cloud road where Luffy and the others are located. If no one leads the way, it is really impossible to know which one leads to the altar.

Not long after leaving the door, Luffy snatched the task of driving the ship with the reason of 'I am the captain and I want to drive the ship'.Anke, who was sitting on the airbag, watched him turn the steering wheel with a serious face, and shook his head amusedly.

"Is Konis okay?" Usopp, who was sitting on the wooden plank, was still worried about Konis who was taken away by Ganfort, "She passed to save us but became our accomplice. They will not forgive easily Let her go, even though that weird old man called Sky Knight said he would keep Konis safe."

"Don't worry~" Luffy said without worry, "That weird old man in armor doesn't look like a bad guy."

"For the time being, I have to leave Miss Conis to him," Sanji said helplessly, "I want to protect her too, but unfortunately I can't take him with me..."

"No way, our situation is even more dangerous..." Usopp also said dejectedly: "The destination is the altar of living sacrifices, and there is still a trial waiting for us..."

Encore looked at the slow-moving boat, then looked at the faintly visible forest ahead, and said to Luffy and the others: "Before going to that forest, I have something to let you know."

Hearing Encore's slightly serious tone, Sanji and Usopp looked at him nervously, and even Luffy, who was driving the boat, stretched his ears to listen to the voice behind him.

"You all know about the attack just now, right? If I'm not mistaken, it's a huge straight column made of lightning."

"Thunderbolt??" Usopp asked strangely: "That unbelievably terrifying attack just now?"

"Yes. And if this is what they call 'God's Sanction', then that so-called god is likely to be a devil fruit capable user, that is, the ability to control lightning in the natural system." Anke explained carefully, " If this is the case, then as ordinary people, if you meet him, you will be in trouble. After all, no matter how strong your body is, you cannot withstand too many electric shocks at once. And Luffy and I, a One is crystal, one is rubber, both are non-conductive media, so the two of us can do direct physical harm to that person directly."

"?????" The confused Luffy nodded affirmatively, "I know! Anyway, I can beat him far away!"

Usopp ignored Luffy directly, and continued to ask worriedly: "So, what if we meet?"

"Escape." An Ke gave the simplest and most practical method, "If he is a naturalist, then you can't deal with him with your current abilities, unless you have Hailoushi or another kind of power." An Ke You can raise your right hand, crystallize it, break it, and then restore the intact right hand again, "Just like I did just now, the abilities of the natural department are almost intangible. If you don't have other abilities, it will be difficult for you to catch us , unless we ourselves are too weak to use our abilities."

"Escape...?" Sanji slowly exhaled a smoke ring, and asked after watching it being blown away by the passing wind: "So, what is the other ability you just mentioned, cutie?"

"Armed domineering, an ability that everyone has potential but not everyone can use, it can catch people with natural abilities," Anke said simply: "Now you have no way to stimulate your own potential, Only after a longer period of experience will you be able to obtain that ability. There is also a simpler one, which is domineering and knowledgeable..."

"What is that, Encore?" Luffy asked curiously.

"It's usually my ability to help you catch fish or find you and Sauron. In domineering battles, you can predict what the enemy's next move will be," Anke explained briefly again, "If I guess correctly, this so-called The God of God also has a strong sense of domineering, otherwise he would not be able to monitor the actions of everyone on the island."

"..." Sanji and Usopp, who couldn't understand at all, looked at the indifferent Enke with question marks on their heads, and suddenly found that she was living in a different world from them, otherwise she wouldn't have so many strange but beautiful things. And powerful ability.And Luffy, who had known Encore's identity for a long time, was only concentrating on his job of 'captain'.

Sanji took a puff of cigarette silently and said, "No wonder cutie can know where we are every time, and also know what strange people or creatures are on the island that has never landed..."

"After a while, you will know what I'm talking about, or I can show you what those two abilities look like when we fight later. Don't worry about it for now." An Ke chuckled Pointing to the huge forest in front of him, he said, "Let's concentrate on fighting now, the forest is here."

(End of this chapter)