【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

Luffy sat on the blanket and kept stuffing fish into his mouth, Zoro and the ape sat on the ground and started drinking, Usopp quietly teased the ape with pepper bombs, and Odd and Robin sat in the corner and watched them quietly.

"Robin, what do you think of the Golden Country?" Qi asked, sitting next to Robin and looking at the book in her hand.

Before Robin could answer, Uncle Kulikate suddenly appeared in front of them the next second.

"Gold is seen in the right eye of the skull!"

Qi and Robin looked at each other in confusion.

"This is the last article Nolando wrote with tears... and then he was executed! After I came to Gaya, I still didn't understand what he meant by this sentence." Kulikate took a big sip of the wine in his hand and said, "What is the right eye of the skull? Is it a reference to an ancient city? Or is he hinting at his own death? There is no explanation on the blank page behind it."

They had a great time chatting during the banquet while eating and drinking. Kulikate then showed them the golden bell. When they saw the golden bell, Nami was the happiest. She hugged the entire bell made of gold and was completely unwilling to let go.

"So the Golden Country does exist!" Luffy said while chewing on the saury in his hand.

"How can such a small thing be used as evidence? It is possible to dig out this little bit of gold from ordinary ruins." said the gorilla.

"But this proves that there was indeed a civilization in this area!" Robin said, "The purpose of minting is to facilitate calculations and divide gold into small pieces for trading."

"The logbook also mentioned that they heard beautiful bells and strange bird calls when they landed on the island." Kulikate said, "We already know the strange bird calls, which are the south-facing birds that still exist on this island, but we have never heard the beautiful bells."

"Bird to the south?" everyone asked in confusion.

Kulikate asked the ape to take out the golden bird from the bag. It was a bird with a long beak. What was striking was that the direction of its beak was not in front like that of a normal bird.

"Its strange cry is just like what is written in the log. It was circulated among sailors in the past..."

Kulikate was about to introduce himself when he suddenly remembered something and immediately screamed in horror, "Oh no!!!"

"What's wrong? What's wrong?" everyone asked in confusion.

"This is terrible! Hurry up and go to the southern forest! Go and catch this bird!" Kulikate pointed at the golden bird on the ground and shouted anxiously, "Now, immediately, go and catch this bird!"

"Why!?"

"Listen carefully, the ocean current you are heading to tomorrow is due south! Do you know how to get there?" Kuliket said solemnly.

"Just sail directly south!" Luffy said easily.

"Hey! This is the Grand Line. Once you set out to sea you won't be able to find your way!" Kuliket said loudly.

"That's right! We're not going to an island this time, so the record pointer is useless!" Nami reacted and asked in panic, "Then how can we go straight south?"

"We must take advantage of the habits of birds. Some animals have magnets in their bodies that can identify directions and know where they are. The Southward Bird is the best of them. No matter how vast the sea is, if we release it, it will automatically find the south!" After saying this, Kulikate shouted directly to the Straw Hat Pirates, "There is no time to talk nonsense. Go catch it quickly. Without that kind of bird, let alone going to Sky Island, you won't even have a chance to go there!"

"So why are you telling me such an important thing now?" Sanji complained.

"Think about it carefully. We don't have time to hold a party tonight!" Kulikate said in annoyance. "Anyway, you guys go and catch the South-facing bird. We will reinforce your ship before dawn. You must bring the South-facing bird back before dawn, otherwise there will be no time!"

"Okay! Let's go!!" Luffy shouted, and then everyone walked towards the forest together.

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"Wow! It's so dark!!" Usopp hugged Sanji's arm and shouted in fear as he looked at the pitch-black forest in front of him.

"Don't stick to me!" Sanji said while holding the bird net and trying to push away Usopp who was hugging him.

Nami hugged her arms and shivered as she looked at the dark environment around her. Suddenly, a group of black crows flew over her head. The atmosphere was instantly rendered even more terrifying and frightening. Nami let out a loud scream, "Ah! How could things suddenly become like this!"

The others were startled by Nami's sudden scream, and even Zoro was completely sober. "Let's hurry up and catch that bird!" He still wanted to go back and drink.

"Really? You should have told us this during the day!" Usopp said in horror, biting his fingers with trembling teeth and looking at the dark jungle around him.

"Where is the bird?" Luffy looked around and didn't see any bird.

Several people gathered together to discuss clues about the bird and work out countermeasures.

"The only clues now are its strange cry and its approximate shape made of gold," said Sanji.

"Are there really such strange-looking birds?" Zoro questioned.

Usopp agreed, "Also the screams are weird and hard to grasp. Who knows what they sound like."

As soon as Usopp finished speaking, they heard an extremely strange cry.

"Chirp!!"

"Ah, what a weird sound!!"

"That's it," said Robin.

"Okay, let's split into three groups and we must catch it!" said Sanji.

"No, we just need to act together." Qi said, "As long as we see the bird, things will be simple."

"What should we do?" Zoro asked doubtfully, "We don't know where the bird is."

"Maybe you can try to use your observation Haki." Qi said with a smile, "Maybe there will be unexpected gains."

Upon hearing this, Zoro immediately closed his eyes and used his observation Haki to sense the surrounding environment and explore the surrounding aura, but he did not find what he wanted around him.

While they were talking, Luffy had already left here excitedly. He excitedly explored under every tree. In the forest at night, there were many interesting insects running out from the cracks.

"Let's go, and look for it as we go!" Qi looked at Zoro who was still standing behind him and chuckled, "Zoro, let's go, or you'll get lost again."

Zoro heard Qi's teasing laughter and immediately followed Qi in anger, shouting at him angrily, "What do you mean by that!"

"Ms. Nami, don't worry! No matter what happens, I will protect you!" Sanji came in front of Nami and pointed at himself as if asking for credit.

Usopp, who heard Sanji's words, quickly approached Sanji and asked expectantly, "Sanji! What about me!?"

"Who cares about you! Stop dawdling!" Sanji turned his head and looked at Usopp and immediately said angrily, "The stinky man interrupted his conversation with the lovely Miss Nami."