Free Web NovelChapter 63: Chapter 63
Chapter 63
Following the girls’ presence, Rorschach flew at high speed and soon arrived at Angel Island’s "Lovely Street."
"Rorschach!"
Nami spotted him slowly descending and happily waved while calling out.
"Are you all okay? I think I saw lightning strike just now."
Although none of the girls showed any signs of injury on the surface, he still asked out of formality.
"Yeah, no one got hurt," Nami replied.
"What’s going on with these guys?"
Rorschach looked at the group of people wearing berets lying on the ground all over Lovely Street. The surrounding Skypieans were staring at them in disbelief. Although he roughly knew what had happened, he still had to put on a full act.
He knew Enel could hear everything he said right now.
"We don’t know either. These guys said we were illegal intruders and demanded we pay money. We refused, so they tried to arrest us and attacked. Then... well, you can see what happened."
"But something strange happened. There was suddenly a bolt of lightning from the sky. Good thing I reacted fast, otherwise it might have hit us."
Karina spoke casually, clearly not taking the earlier incident to heart.
However, a blonde girl beside her covered her mouth in disbelief.
"Karina-chan, did you guys come here without paying the fee at the entrance?"
"What’s wrong, Conis?" Karina asked, a little confused.
"I think the entrance fee is 1 billion Extol per person," Robin said calmly while crossing her arms.
"But didn’t that old gatekeeper grandma say we could enter without paying?" Vivi asked, also puzzled. She recalled the strange smile the old woman had given them. Was this a trap?
"1 billion Extol is roughly equivalent to 100,000 berries in the Blue Sea. If you pay normally, you can tour freely. But now it’s too late. Attacking the priests’ direct subordinates is already a capital offense."
"That lightning just now was God’s punishment," Conis said with a grim expression.
"Ehhh?! There’s actually a God on Skypiea?!!"
Everyone cried out in disbelief. They hadn’t expected there to be a legendary God on Skypiea. They had gotten themselves into big trouble.
"It’s probably just a Devil Fruit ability user. That lightning earlier was likely from someone with the Rumble-Rumble Fruit," Rorschach said.
"I see."
Hearing Rorschach’s explanation, the others immediately relaxed. They had already faced Logia users before. Aside from Admiral-level ones, even a Warlord like Crocodile had been defeated by Rorschach.
Plus, Karina had just blocked that lightning strike, so they no longer feared Logia users much.
"Speaking of which, the Skypieans here really do have wings just like you said. They look like angels~ Hehe," Nojiko said with a smile, remembering Rorschach’s earlier guess.
"Yeah, yeah! Captain Rorschach, have you been to Skypiea before? How else would you know?" Mikita chimed in.
Rorschach just smiled without answering. Conis, however, still looked somewhat gloomy.
"Alright, Conis, you don’t have to worry. You saw it yourself — that lightning had no effect on us at all."
Seeing Conis like this, Karina smiled and comforted her.
Nami took the chance to sneak over to Rorschach’s side with a mischievous grin and whispered mysteriously.
"This place really is exactly like in The Great Liar Mont Blanc Noland. The Golden City really exists! You went out scouting earlier because you were looking for the Golden City, right?"
Rorschach grinned. "That’s right. The Golden City most likely really exists. And the Golden City should be a part of Jaya Island that was blasted up here by the Knock Up Stream four hundred years ago."
"I already found the location. It’s roughly in that direction."
Rorschach turned and pointed toward Apayado.
"Jaya Island... Golden City! An island floating ten thousand meters in the sky... It really is unbelievable," Robin said with slight amazement, even though she had already heard Rorschach talk about Skypiea.
"Rorschach, let’s head out right now to find the Golden City!" Nami looked at him with sparkling, expectant eyes. She was impatient to go hunt for the gold.
"Hehe, we can go now. But first, let’s go meet that Logia Devil Fruit user," Rorschach said as he gently patted Nami’s head.
Nami’s money-obsessed side was one of her cute points. The same went for Karina. The three of them had long since moved past simple crew relationships.
Their little personality flaws actually felt like seasoning in life to Rorschach.
"Awesome! Let’s set off right away! I’m going to find every single piece of gold in the Golden City!"
Nami cheered excitedly, looking overjoyed.
Karina, who had just finished comforting Conis, looked over at the happy Nami with some confusion.
After learning the Golden City was real, she was fully on board with setting off immediately.
These two really had similar personalities.
"So they came for the gold. And they even know the history of Apayado. No wonder they searched for Apayado’s location the moment they reached the White-White Sea."
Enel, who had been monitoring Rorschach’s group the whole time, spoke with slight surprise.
He lazily lay on his sofa, eating an apple while giving orders to the God’s attendants beside him.
"Have the four priests come see me."
"Yes, Lord God."
The attendants replied respectfully.
"Hehe. Since you chose to bypass God’s Ordeal and come straight to me, I’ll raise the difficulty of God’s Ordeal a little. This is your punishment for breaking the rules."
Enel revealed a cold smile.
(The original God’s Ordeal only required facing one priest. Now they would have to face all of them.)
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