【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

Kulikate didn't think he was verifying whether what Nolando said was true, and refused to admit that he did all this to clear Nolando's innocence. He just wanted to have a life-and-death duel with the man who disrupted his life!

"Uncle, I'm going to Sky Island! I don't want to listen to this!" Luffy looked at Kulikate with a firm expression.

"Hahaha, you are really impatient!" Kulikate said with a smile, taking out a book from the bookshelf beside him. "The only witness of Sky Island is the big liar Nolando. Once you are involved with him, you will become a laughing stock like me."

Kulikate turned the book to a certain page and handed it to Luffy. "This records Nolando's experience of Sky Island, although he has never been to Sky Island."

Qi took the book from the uncle, read it for a while, and roughly understood it. "It only says that Nolando bought some specialties of Sky Island from a merchant ship he encountered by chance, such as a ski-shaped boat called Weiba and some fish from Sky Sea. It doesn't say how to get to Sky Island."

Qi said and handed the book to Nami.

"Ah! Those things sound very interesting! So we still don't know how to get to Sky Island!" Luffy said disappointedly.

"But since the Sky Island does exist, we will always find a way to get there!" Qi comforted.

"There's only one way to get to Sky Island!" Kulikate grinned. "If you want to go anyway, we'll help you!"

"Really?!" everyone shouted in surprise.

"That's right!" Kulikate said confidently, and then said seriously, "You must be prepared for death. There is only one way to get to Sky Island, and that is the ocean current. Theoretically, as long as you follow that current, you can go to the sky. Do you understand?"

"The ocean current?" Nami suddenly remembered what those people said in Magic Valley Town. "But the people in Magic Valley Town said that the boat will eventually fall into the sea..."

"Generally speaking, that's true, but the most important thing is timing. You can only succeed when the Sky Current and the Cumulus Imperialus combine by chance. Generally speaking, the Sky Current is a disaster, a natural killer that should be avoided if possible. If you don't grasp the timing well, your ship will fall from the sky into the sea as they say."

"How are the ocean currents produced?" Nami asked.

"The principle of the ocean turbulence remains a mystery to this day, because no one is stupid enough to risk their lives to investigate it! The closest explanation is that there is a large hole deep in the seabed that gathers the surrounding low-temperature seawater, which is affected by the geothermal heat on the seabed to produce huge amounts of steam. When the steam pressure accumulates to a certain level, it will cause a huge explosion on the seabed! An ocean turbulence is formed! For about a minute, the seawater will continuously surge into the sky." Kuliket explained.

"One minute of uninterrupted water flow? What a huge scale that would be!" Nami said in shock.

"That's right. Moreover, the location of the eruption of the Sky Current is different each time. The frequency of the eruption is five times a month. If you fail to successfully ride the Sky Current and jump onto the solidified cloud 'Imperial Cumulus', you will fall into the sea and be smashed to pieces." Kulikate said solemnly.

"Haha, I get it. Let's give up on Sky Island! It's really... too risky. To put it bluntly... if we are not super super lucky, we can't go there at all, and we may even be wiped out!" The more Usopp thought about it, the more impossible it seemed. He was shaking with fear. "What's more, look at our ship. How can the Merry withstand any huge disaster?"

"Indeed, even if the ship is brand new, it cannot withstand it. Regardless of its speed, weight or strength, the ship will disintegrate the moment the ocean current explodes." Kulikate agreed.

"What!?" Usopp shouted angrily when he heard Kuliket say that Merry would disintegrate, but after thinking about it carefully, this was indeed the reason to persuade Luffy to give up. "Luffy, you heard it... Let's give up going to Sky Island!"

Luffy turned to look at the devastated Merry. In order to go to Sky Island, Luffy tried to think hard. Then his face became redder and redder. Suddenly he thought of "Then we can just make Merry stronger."

"Okay, just leave this matter to us. The apes and gorillas will help." Kulikate agreed.

"That's right, leave it to us!" The gorillas and apes who were cooking in the house responded loudly.

"Then please!" Luffy shouted excitedly.

"What a nosy guy..." Nami and Usopp complained in their hearts as they looked at the excited ape and gorilla. They almost succeeded in getting Luffy to give up going to such a dangerous Sky Island.

"Uncle, when was the date when the Sky Current and the Cumulus Imperialus combined by chance?" Qi asked. If it was too long ago, their recording pointers would be overwritten by Gaya Island's magnetic records of Sky Island. In this case, even if they went up, they would not be able to find the location of Sky Island.

"Tomorrow at noon, if you want to go, you must hurry up and prepare. You must set out to the place where the sky current breaks out before dawn tomorrow morning. If you miss it, you won't be able to get to the Sky Island." Kulikate said

"Then let's get ready!" Qi announced, "We need to reinforce the Merry before dawn!"

"Wait a minute!" Usopp stopped Uncle Kulikate who was about to leave and asked, "Why are you helping us so much, and how do you know that the sky current will combine with the imperial cumulus at noon tomorrow?"

Kulikate took the cigarette out of his mouth and grinned, "Today, the daytime turned into night, so tomorrow there will be cumulus clouds in the southern sky. According to the cycle of the turbulent current, it is very likely to form tomorrow. The currents are all in the south of this area. Although it cannot be guaranteed 100%, the probability of the current appearing tomorrow is very high!"

"Grandpa, it's time for dinner!" the apes and gorillas shouted from the house, "Today's dinner is especially delicious!"

"I'm glad to meet you, a bunch of dream-chasing fools!" Kulikate grinned, "Let's go, let's go eat! Have a good rest at my house tonight!"

Usopp was so moved by Uncle Kulikate that he was speechless, but Qi patted his shoulder and pulled him back.

"Let's go and eat! If we're any later, Luffy will eat it all!" Qi said with a smile.

"Wow! Luffy!! Leave some for me!!" Usopp suddenly woke up and rushed towards the house quickly.

Qi looked at Usopp's back as he left and shook his head with a smile.

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"Hahaha, today's wine is especially delicious!"

"Everyone, enjoy yourselves. There are many dishes to come. Today is a full feast of saury!"

Everyone crowded into Uncle Kulikate's house for a party. Although the space was a little small, a party was a party and everyone was very happy. Even the serious Uncle Kulikate began to show different behavior than usual when he drank to his heart's content. For example, he wanted Nami to sit next to him, but of course he was kicked away by Sanji.