Pirates: Beginning with the Patrolman

"The Upside-Down Mountain is ahead!"

A day later, on the Liberty, Nami put down the telescope and shouted to Remos.

"arrive?"

Remos was lying on a sun lounger basking in the sun. When he heard Nami's words, he quickly sat up and looked up into the distance.

With his eyesight, he could only vaguely see a small black dot.

"What should we do next? Should we just charge forward?"

Remos certainly knew what to do next, but he still asked Nami for her opinion.

"Just charge, we have no choice but to charge!"

Nami nodded.

This is also what every ship that wants to enter the Grand Route from the four seas must go through.

Upside-down Mountain, also known as Lewis Mountain, is, as the name suggests, an upside-down mountain. To be more precise, the water flow of this mountain is in the opposite direction.

Generally speaking, water only flows from high places to low places. This is the most basic physical phenomenon. However, this common sense phenomenon has been reversed here.

There is a waterway in each of the four seas here. The sea water surges from the bottom to the top of the mountain, and after gathering at the top of the mountain, it turns sharply down and rushes into the great route.

Because the waterway is narrow and the current is fast, this voyage is extremely dangerous. Every year, a large number of ships break apart and sink here, and all the people on board are killed or injured.

Therefore, an excellent navigator becomes a necessity, and he must be a top navigator who can quickly identify undercurrents in the sea and make correct responses in an instant. Nami is undoubtedly such a talent.

Of course, shipwrecks and casualties are only limited to civilian ships, and the government does not need to consider this.

The navy's warships are self-powered and have seastone on the bottom of the ship, so they can easily pass through the doldrums. This is even more true for the World Government and the Celestial Dragons.

The existence of the Calm Belt became the biggest obstacle for people from all over the world to enter the Grand Line. If they wanted to enter the Grand Line, the Upside-Down Mountain was the most important hurdle that they absolutely could not skip.

Of course, it is not impossible to take the risk and go through the Calm Belt. If you are lucky, you still have a chance to get through it. For example, the Creek Pirates were chased by Hawkeye all the way, and then they forced their way through the Calm Belt and ran back to the East China Sea.

"Remos, fold the sails and prepare to enter Upside Down Mountain!"

Nami tried hard to steer the boat.

Upon hearing this, Remos quickly folded the sails.

The closer we get to Upside Down Mountain, the more violent the surrounding sea water and wind become, and it becomes more dangerous to continue holding the sail.

After folding the sails, Remos came to Nami and took the rudder from her.

"You watch the road, I'll do the operations."

In terms of strength, he is far superior to Nami. The Freedom is now becoming increasingly difficult to control, and Nami is somewhat overwhelmed.

"Okay, you listen to my instructions..."

Nami didn't act pretentiously. She ran to the side of the deck, leaned over to look at the water conditions ahead, observed the direction of the undercurrent beneath the sea, and kept giving instructions to Remos.

Remos gritted his teeth and tried his best to control the direction of the Liberty. The ship swayed from side to side and gradually arrived at the entrance of Upside Down Mountain.

"The entrance is just ahead, and the seawater is even more turbulent than before. Remus, you must hold on to the rudder tightly and don't get thrown out!"

Nami shouted, she had already connected herself to the mast with ropes in advance.

At this moment, the sound of the surrounding sea water was as loud as thunder, and it was impossible to hear it without shouting.

Of course Remos knew what he needed to pay attention to when entering Upside Down Mountain. He had taken protective measures long before Nami reminded him. In this place, even an ordinary person would die if he fell into the water, let alone him, a user of the Devil Fruit ability.

The boat was getting closer and closer to the entrance of Upside-Down Mountain. The closer it got, the more bumpy the boat became. At the same time, the boat made a sharp squeak, and it felt like it was about to disintegrate at any time.

Fortunately, this situation did not occur. With a violent tremor, Remos and Nami were thrown into the air at the same time, and then fell heavily onto the deck. Looking up, they saw that the Liberty had already entered the Upside-Down Mountain and was now climbing upwards along the sea water.

"Huh - finally succeeded."

Nami wiped the sweat from her forehead.

It would be a lie to say that we weren't worried before. Just the small section before the entrance swallows up hundreds of ships and thousands of lives every year.

Fortunately, her judgment was correct. With years of study and experience, she finally led the Liberty into the Upside-Down Mountain safely.

At this stage, the risk of ship destruction and casualties is greatly reduced. As long as the hull strength is not too poor, we can basically climb to the top of the mountain safely.

The fear receded like the tide, and a sense of excitement arose.

Experiencing various sea conditions and drawing nautical charts of the whole world, this is the life Nami has always dreamed of.

"Remus, how are you? Are you okay?"

After the Liberty stabilized a little, Nami ran to the rudder and asked with concern.

Nami knew that people with special abilities would lose their power when encountering sea water.

"I am fine."

Remos shook his head. He was only stained by some of the splashing water droplets, most of which were blocked by his clothes.

"That's good. We have another test next. You must be careful."

Nami said worriedly.

"Don't worry, I'll be careful, and as long as I don't fall directly into the sea, it won't be a big problem."

People with special abilities are afraid of water. They are afraid of having large amounts of prolonged contact with sea water, or having most of their body immersed in water, including fresh water.

If it's just a small amount of short-term contact, it's not a big problem.

The Liberty continued to rise rapidly, and soon the top of the mountain was in sight. Remos and Nami held the rudder tightly and stared at the channel ahead.

Finally, as the Liberty broke through the ocean current and soared into the air, they finally reached the top of Upside Down Mountain.

"Hold on tight! Don't let go!"

Remos held onto the rudder with one hand and held onto Nami with the other.

The Liberty stayed in the air for just one second, then quickly fell toward the fifth waterway, the only downward channel.

boom--

With a loud bang and an extremely violent vibration, the Liberty finally fell back onto the water.

A large amount of sea water rushed in and poured all over Remos. His body went limp and he almost let go of the rudder.

Fortunately, Nami was there to support him, and the feeling of weakness came and went quickly. The next second, strength surged back and Remos immediately grabbed the rudder.

This fifth descending current was more violent than the other four ascending currents. The Liberty was speeding so fast that afterimages of the surrounding mountains appeared.

The oncoming sea breeze and sea water almost made it impossible for the two to open their eyes.

Fortunately, the last section of the route was generally smooth. The Liberty passed smoothly, steadily broke out of the Upside-Down Mountain, and officially entered the Grand Route.

"Grand Line, here we come!"

Nami raised her hands and shouted excitedly.