Projecting the heavens from One Piece World

Chapter 32 Rush to the sky, Vodka
It was noon at this time, but the sun was covered by thick clouds, and the tiny raindrops hit Roach's body, waking him up from his deep sleep.

"Why don't you call me when it's raining, I don't have any majesty as a captain."

Roach hurriedly climbed up from the deck chair, looked around but couldn't see the other two people, stood up and saw Urgi standing on the bow of the boat with the panda.

Roach walked towards them, and the closer he got, the more solemn his expression became.

"That is………"

"The updraft is about to start."

There was a hint of excitement on Urki's face, and after the panda passed the Upside Down Mountain, it began to get used to this thrilling adventure.

I saw a tornado forming rapidly on the sea, and the entire sky was covered with dark clouds, as if they were about to press down from the top of the head.

The tornado, which was only ten meters away, became bigger and bigger. Ten minutes later, it covered the sky and the sun, and the storm was mixed with lightning and coral debris in the sea, which looked extremely dangerous.

"Are you sure you can reach Sky Island with this tornado?" Roach asked incredulously.

Urki's tone was also a little hesitant, but he quickly settled down.

"That's it, probably the most dangerous of the several updrafts that we just happened to encounter."

"Then what should we do?" Panda asked worriedly.

"If you miss it, you may have to wait a long time for the next one." Urki muttered to himself, his eyes did not hide his desire to return to Sky Island.

Roach nodded and spit into the sea.

"Let's go, Yang Fan is sailing, I believe that as long as you avoid the sundries in the tornado, there will be no great danger."

"En." Urki nodded, and then said: "Then hurry up. Although this tornado looks fierce, it doesn't last long."

Roach immediately started to prepare, the sails were unfurled, and the anchor was raised. Because of the huge wind force of the tornado, the speed of the Vodka was much faster than usual.

The shape of the ship is a little different from before. A circle of air cushions is installed on the side of the bottom of the ship, mainly to support the ship above the sea of ​​clouds.

"Urgi, I've given you the control of the rudder." Roach nodded to him.

"it is good."

"The panda mainsail is yours."

"understood."

While Roach controlled the angle and deployment of the side sails, they got closer and closer to the tornado amidst the violent wind and rain, and then plunged into it.

"drink!!"

Urki's eyes burst open, the muscles in his arms swelled to the extreme, and the rudder he was holding was creaking.

Maintaining the Vodka's direction in such a strong wind naturally required a lot of strength, and even Urki felt a little weak.

"If you really can't control it, open the jet." Roach shouted to him.

Urki shook his head. He knew that once the jet was turned on, it would be impossible to use it again in a short time. Once it was in danger, he could only resign himself to fate.

"No, I can, absolutely!"

He exerted all his strength on his legs, and the deck suddenly cracked, and his two feet stuck into the planks, using his strength to contend against the storm.

Roach is not much better, the wind direction of the tornado is extremely changeable, he can only constantly adjust the side sails and command the panda to control the rise and fall of the main sail to make the ship more stable.

But even Roach himself didn't realize that his navigation skills were improving by leaps and bounds as he experienced dangers in the voyage.

With the efforts of everyone, the Vodka passed through the thick storm layer without any risk and came to the center.

The center of the tornado was much calmer than they had imagined, and they couldn't even feel the strong wind around them, and a gust of wind gradually rose from the bottom of the boat.

"Oh oh oh."

Panda let out an exclamation, the lighter bow was lifted up little by little, while the heavier stern was still on the water.

"Panda closes mainsail."

Under Roach's command, the Vodka gradually adjusted, finding a balance bit by bit, and this wind also lifted them up towards the sky.

"This is the updraft, it's incredible." The panda muttered to himself, and couldn't help but look down from the side of the boat, only to see that the sea was already a certain distance away.

Roach walked over and patted it on the shoulder, and said with a sinister smile: "Don't forget to land."

"Uh……"

As the altitude got higher and higher, the air gradually became thinner. Fortunately, the three of them were not ordinary people, and even Urki, a Sky Islander, became more and more comfortable in this air environment.

But it didn't last long, and the smile on his face that hadn't changed all year began to stiffen.

"The wind is decreasing."

"What?" Roach was stunned for a moment, and then he noticed that the speed of the Vodka began to decline after rising.

"I don't know, it should be more than enough to reach Sky Island logically." Urki was also a little confused.

"I see, it's Tiemu." Roach said angrily, frowning.

"This kind of wood is much heavier than others. I didn't even consider this. At that time, it would be fine to throw away some materials and goods."

"Then what to do, Captain." Panda felt a little frightened when he felt the Vodka ship almost stagnated in mid-air.

"It's okay, we can return to the surface of the sea little by little after the updraft gradually disappears." Urki said with some regret in his tone.

"That's good."

Looking at the two who had given up, Roach kept moving, and a crazy idea suddenly popped up in his mind who had been thinking.

"There is still a chance, Urki!"

The two looked at him, but Roach pointed to a huge reef in the storm and said.

"Depress the rudder, harpoon the Vodka's own weapon, and open the jets as long as the bow is up."

"Ah, will this be..." Urki subconsciously wanted to refuse, but Roach said firmly.

"It's absolutely fine, trust me, since we're all here, why don't we try."

Panda and Urgi only hesitated for a moment, then they nodded emphatically.

Everyone focused on the reef in the storm, watching it circle around the center of the storm regularly. When it was parallel to the bow of the ship, the three of them let out a roar at the same time.

"put!!!"

The rudder was pressed down, and a harpoon pierced out of it, connected with an iron chain, and the harpoon pierced into the hard stone of the reef.

The stable hull shook violently, and the bow of the ship was driven to rotate together with the storm, gradually leaving the center.

The stern began to sink as the whole ship was pulled towards the storm little by little.

Roach, who had already stood at the bow of the ship, waited for a long time, and at the moment when the Vodka was about to be pulled into the storm, he slashed out with a knife.

(End of this chapter)