【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

"Please calm down. I've heard that in the Heaven's Judgment, there are two kinds of punishments for sinners: "Living Sacrifice and Test." In other words, they are now hostages in the hands of God, hostages of living sacrifices!" Pagaya explained, "Actually, it is you three who will be punished!"

"What's going on?!" Usopp asked in confusion.

"It would be easier to explain if we had a map," Pragya said, waving his hand.

"Map? The map of Sky Island? I happen to have one here!" Usopp put the map they fished out of the sea on the table.

"This map is really old, but the shape of the island is still correct." Pagaya placed his hand on the location of Angel Island marked on the map. "This is where we are. The Living Altar is northwest of this location. There is only one way to get there, and that is to take a boat along the Cloud River of this island and cross the forest where the priests are!"

Usopp looked at the location of the living altar near the shore on the map and asked, "Why can't we go around it from the outside?"

"That won't work. The biggest difference between this map and the current Island of Gods is that the current Island of Gods is full of rivers," Pagaya explained.

"That means no matter where we land, we'll be trapped by the river?" Sanji took out a cigarette and lit it. "The defense is really tight... Anyway, we can only attack from the front!"

Luffy grinned and said excitedly, "Anyway, we just need to beat those priests away!"

"Everyone, please don't be careless. The strength of the four priests is definitely beyond your imagination!" Pagaya said in a panic, "The most important thing is that there is God Enel on this Island of Gods!"

"So what if it's God?" Sanji put out the cigarette in his hand. "No matter what, we will definitely rescue Miss Nami and Miss Robin!"

"Hey! You should also consider others!" Usopp complained, then looked at Luffy who was packing and stuffing meat into his mouth, and shouted angrily, "And Luffy, stop eating, we are here to pack!"

"Luffy, you are still in the mood to eat? Miss Nami and Miss Robin are about to become living sacrifices!" Sanji said angrily.

"Don't worry, Chi and Zoro are on the ship." Luffy said there was no need to worry at all, he knew Chi and Zoro would protect them, not to mention Lucci was also on the ship, although he was still sleeping, "They will be fine."

Sanji sighed. He knew that Luffy was right. If it was just Green Algae Head alone, he would be very worried about the safety of Miss Nami and Miss Robin. But with Qi, he was not so worried. However, the beautiful ladies must be waiting for him as a knight to save them!

Sanji was immersed in his own fantasy, imagining the happy expressions of the beautiful Miss Nami and Miss Robin when they saw him. Sanji shouted excitedly, "No matter what, we must rescue Miss Nami and Miss Robin as soon as possible. Now hurry up and prepare!"

"We have to find a ship first." Usopp said.

Pagaya looked at Conis worriedly, then took the initiative to say, "Conis can take you there. You can start from the pier of Angel Street and board the Cloud River. There is one of our ships there that you can use."

"Really? Thank you so much!" Luffy said happily, but at the same time he was a little confused by the guilt and worry emanating from the uncle and the others.

"Well, yes, I will take you to the Island of Gods." Conis smiled.

"It's great to be able to go with Miss Conis!" Sanji said happily, then turned to look at Luffy and Usopp who were constantly stealing food, and said angrily, "Luffy, Usopp, stop arguing, go prepare the supplies!"

Soon they packed up the items they needed. Although most of the food had been eaten by Luffy, they still managed to snatch some from Luffy as lunch for the road. They were mostly helping Usopp pack some of the Beys he needed, as well as some items needed to survive in the forest.

Sanji changed into a set of casual clothes suitable for moving in the forest. While packing, he saw a black wristband. He didn't know what it was used for, as none of them knew how to wear a wristband.

But this seems to be what Miss Nami bought for Luffy. It seems that it was during the time when Luffy's first bounty order was issued. Miss Nami didn't know why she was keen on trying on different clothes for Luffy every day, but this is indeed a relic from that time. He thought about it and looked at Luffy who was playing with Shell on the side, "Luffy, come here."

Luffy heard Sanji calling him, put down the whiskey in his hand and walked towards him "What's wrong, Sanji."

"Give me your left hand." Sanji held the black wristband in his hand.

"Oh." Luffy obediently stretched out his hand. Although he didn't know what Sanji wanted to do, he didn't think there was any problem.

Sanji put the black wristband on Luffy's left wrist, took a closer look, and said happily, "Ms. Nami's sense of fashion is unparalleled as expected."

"Sanji, what is this?" Luffy looked at the wristband curiously. "It looks good."

"Of course, this was chosen by Miss Nami!" Sanji nodded in appreciation, "I'm surprised you have such good taste."

"Sanji, I want this too!" Luffy said as he picked up the white round bracelet on the table.

"You can just wear it, but we can get going now," Sanji said as he put the last of his things into his bag.

Luffy casually put the white bracelet through his left hand, raised his hand and shouted excitedly, "Okay, let's go to the Island of God!"

……

Angel Island Lovely Street

"Wow, this place is really nice! The shops here are all floating in the air!" Luffy looked around excitedly. This town was completely different from the one they had landed in before.

"Lovely Street is the only prosperous street on Angel Island. It was built using the characteristics of clouds." Cornice explained as she led Luffy and the others to the dock.

"The residents here seem to be avoiding us." Usopp looked around and noticed that the residents of the town all looked strange.

"Maybe the fact that we didn't pay the entry fee was exposed." Sanji said.

"Hahaha, it feels really good. There's no one blocking the way on the street!" Luffy said with a smile, and then ran to a store and curiously poked the strange fruit outside. The next second, the fruit revealed its flesh. Luffy said excitedly, "Boss, can I exchange it for treasure?"

The boss hid behind the shelf, shaking his head in panic.

Luffy leaves disappointed.

"Luffy, now is not the time to hang around!" Sanji shouted helplessly as he looked at Luffy who was running around behind him.

"How strange! What is this?" Luffy quickly ran to a clay doll standing in the middle of the street and looked at the strange clay doll with some confusion, "Is this a sea dog?"

"It looks like just an ordinary clay doll, but it should be a religious statue." Sanji said as he observed the clay doll.