White Ghost and the others stayed on Sky Island for five days.
The main reason was that the scenery was too beautiful, so everyone could not help lingering a little longer.
Issho sighed with emotion as well.
Sky Island's casinos really were something else. Even the games were different. He had lost quite a bit these past few days.
Fortunately, after following White Ghost, he was no longer short on money.
Brook and Gordon were the happiest of all.
Because they were subordinates of God, which made them priests in the eyes of Sky Island's people, everyone treated them with great enthusiasm.
White Ghost was very curious.
Why did that guy look so drained?
Did he even have the tools to commit the crime?
As for Burgess, he used Upper Yard's unique magnetic field to awaken Observation Haki. His Armament Haki was still a little short, but he was already very satisfied.
After following this captain, his strength had improved by who knew how much.
Armament Haki could wait. As long as he kept training, it would come sooner or later.
Of course, the four former members of Baroque Works had not awakened anything. That was also why they were so dejected.
Robin did not seem to care. She simply kept reading and writing.
Bellemere was still the same as always. Wherever she went, she found someone to drink against.
White Ghost was completely speechless.
As for the medical team on the ship, Chopper, that adorable little thing, had somehow gotten lost while wandering around. No one knew where he had run off to.
The little reindeer cried while wandering blindly through the forest.
No one knew whether he was lucky or what, but he actually discovered some rare medicinal herbs.
When White Ghost found him, the little guy was picking herbs.
After Crocus and the others studied those herbs, they discovered that they could be added to the Rumble Ball and help ease the side effects of the Kirin Lion's blood.
Everyone was overjoyed, but soon they grew troubled.
These herbs were extremely difficult to grow because the environmental requirements were too high.
In the end, they were not disappointed.
If they could grow on Sky Island, then they could simply plant them here in large quantities.
After all, the captain had said people would often come here to collect Dials in the future.
White Ghost looked at Wyper in front of him.
"I won't bother saying anything unpleasant. You should know my temper. I'll leave this place to you."
Wyper dropped to one knee, his expression solemn.
"I won't disappoint you, my lord. I will protect Sky Island and not allow outsiders to reach their hands in."
White Ghost nodded.
"Train the warriors here as well. In the future, I'll probably transfer troops from here.
"Dials, herbs, and other things must be watched over carefully. People will come to collect them from time to time."
"Yes, my lord."
Wyper lowered his head, not letting White Ghost see the expression on his face.
To put it nicely, he was being left here to guard Sky Island.
To put it bluntly, his strength was not enough.
They were about to enter the grand stage of the New World.
That place was full of powerful people. The weak had no room to survive there.
Another reason was that White Ghost intended to make this place one of his fallback routes.
If one day he could no longer make it on the sea and could no longer act so grandly, he would bring his wives, children, and crew here to hide.
"Alright, all of you go down. We're setting off."
White Ghost waved his hand, signaling for Wyper, the Great Chief, and Gan Fall to leave.
When Gan Fall first heard that Wyper would be staying, his heart had tightened.
If this guy went mad and slaughtered their side, Gan Fall was not confident he could stop him.
Fortunately, White Ghost said he would send people back from time to time. Only then did Gan Fall feel a little more at ease.
The Sky Island residents on the shore all dropped to one knee.
"Safe travels, our God."
White Ghost waved goodbye to them.
Appearances still needed to be maintained.
Wyper watched with reddened eyes as the captain and the others rushed toward the track.
Only after the ship disappeared from sight did he turn and look at the Great Chief and Gan Fall.
"You both know why I stayed.
"I won't interfere in matters of management.
"But you must properly handle the tasks my lord assigned. I will only be responsible for training warriors and resisting outside enemies. The rest is up to you."
The Great Chief and Gan Fall both let out quiet breaths of relief.
The former had been afraid this boy would act recklessly just because he had gained some strength. Things had finally settled down, and the Great Chief did not want to return to the way life had been before.
The latter was glad that this boy was not the kind of reckless person who would let something terrible happen.
"Ahhhhh!"
Chopper hugged White Ghost's leg, eyes squeezed shut, his little face full of terror as he screamed.
White Ghost tugged at him and found that the little guy was holding on tightly.
"Hey, hey, is this necessary? Didn't we already control the speed?"
Chopper did not dare open his eyes at all and shouted in panic,
"Damn captain! Wouldn't it have been fine to let Mr. Issho control the descent properly?
"Why did you have to experience the thrill? If you wanted to jump, couldn't you jump by yourself? Why drag us along?"
"Hahaha!"
Everyone on the ship was amused by him.
Just as the captain said, this kid was weak but still loved excitement.
Even the three Lapahns were better than him.
Couldn't he see them curiously looking around?
The group landed again near Jaya Island, picked up Laboon, and set off once more.
They were not worried about the whale's safety at all.
A whale that dared ram its head against the Red Line—would it be afraid of Sea Kings?
Weaker pirate crews would not even survive a single tail slap from it.
White Ghost had also looked for that chestnut-headed man, but he was not there.
Whether he had not arrived yet or had already left, White Ghost did not know.
Water 7.
Compared to a few years ago, Water 7 had changed far too much.
Ever since Iceburg had fully secured his position as mayor, the city had undergone an earthshaking transformation under his leadership.
Water 7 had become prosperous.
However, the residents here were not worried about pirates causing trouble.
First, a unit of Marines was stationed here.
More importantly, the workers at the shipyard were all large and powerful, and their strength was not weak either. Who knew how many troublemaking pirates they had beaten back?
If not for the fact that those people did not have vicious expressions on their faces, outsiders might have thought they were pirates.
Inside the mayor's office, Iceburg was thinking about something.
Two days ago, that great figure had called him and told him something.
He was currently considering whether to do it.
If he did not, it might explode in the future. That great figure had said he would be in the New World by then and might not make it in time to save him.
If he did it, the matter could be settled once and for all.
However, Iceburg would no longer be able to stay in Water 7. He would have to leave with them.
Beside him, the beautiful blond secretary quietly waited.
In her heart, she was wondering what this man was thinking about.
Was it those blueprints?
She had searched every place Iceburg might have hidden them, but no matter what, she could not find them.
For a while, she had even suspected that the thing did not exist at all.
But as a professional agent, she suppressed her impatience.
She believed that one day, she would find that item.
Iceburg glanced at Kalifa from the corner of his eye.
Several figures surfaced in his mind.
Kalifa.
Lucci.
Kaku.
Blueno.
These were the names that great figure had told him.
All of them were CP agents of the World Government, and their purpose was the Pluton blueprints.
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