Rorschach waited for over two hours at the Mock Town port before a G2 warship finally arrived.
He was stunned when he saw who was on the warship.
"Vice Admiral Gamil, why did you come in person?"
"Nonsense! You're the navy's golden boy now, how could I not come myself?"
Gamil didn't wait for the warship to stop completely before stepping down using Moonwalk.
He first scanned the pirates who had been arrested at the port, paying special attention to Yonji and Violet, then turned his gaze back to Rorschach.
"Rorschach, don't go anywhere else, come back to G2 with us. That bastard Doflamingo prepared so many dirty tricks for you; I can't rest assured with you still wandering around the seas of Paradise. As for the Pirate Empress, I've already contacted Fleet Admiral Sengoku on the way here, and he said that headquarters will warn Boa Hancock."
Listening to Gamil's rapid-fire words, Rorschach immediately felt a headache coming on.
Sure enough, concern leads to confusion.
However, he could also hear the concern in Vice Admiral Gamil's words.
But he had to go on this trip.
Just coincidentally, Mont Blanc Cricket was here, and the Knock Up Stream had also arrived.
If he didn't go to Sky Island now, when would he?
His gaze involuntarily turned towards the Knock Up Stream still roaring upwards in the distance.
Thinking of this, Rorschach immediately said to Gamil, "Vice Admiral Gamil, I do have an important matter that requires me to leave..."
"What's more important than your safety?" Gamil interrupted Rorschach.
Rorschach smiled bitterly, "It's very important. If I say it concerns the future of our navy, would you believe me?"
"You are the future of the navy," Gamil's voice was stiff, his face stern and unyielding.
Rorschach was helpless, "The place I'm going to isn't dangerous. In fact, it's really much safer than this crappy place called Paradise."
Gamil was surprised, "Where are you going? Are you leaving Paradise for the Four Seas?"
"No."
Rorschach shook his head, pointed to the sky, and chuckled, "I'm going... to the sky!"
"To... to the sky?" Gamil's mouth hung open.
"That's right! I'm going to the sky, following this Knock Up Stream, to see the Sky Island ten thousand meters above. I'm going to find the legendary Golden City! Vice Admiral Gamil, do you know about the Golden City?"
Rorschach spread his hands, his clear blue eyes sparkling as he excitedly said, "An ancient city made of gold. Think about it, if the navy could get that massive amount of gold, would we still lack military funds?"
"The Golden City is just a legend..."
"It's not a legend! The Golden City really exists!"
No sooner had Gamil's words left his mouth than he was interrupted by someone.
Gamil turned his head in surprise and saw an excited Mont Blanc Cricket walking forward.
"The Golden City really exists! Four hundred years ago, my ancestor Noland went there, and over the years, I've also found many ancient golden statues, enough to prove that the golden city of Shandora once existed. It's just... I've never found where that city is. But now..."
Cricket's expression changed, a mix of joy and doubt, clearly revealing his uneasy heart.
He looked at Rorschach, then at the Knock Up Stream on the distant sea, his voice becoming incredibly dry, "Mr. Rorschach, do you mean... the Golden City might be in the sky?"
Rorschach's lips curved slightly, revealing a sunny smile, and he nodded.
He pointed to the half-destroyed wooden house and gatehouse on Cricket's small island in the distance.
"Haven't you noticed that the small island you live on is too neatly broken? Even the house and gatehouse were split in two. I think the reason you've been diving and searching for over ten years was because you suspected the Golden City sank into the sea, right?"
Seeing Cricket nod repeatedly, Rorschach smiled and pointed to the Knock Up Stream, several thousand meters in diameter, "Then have you never considered that the other half of the island might have been carried up into the sky by the Knock Up Stream? Imagine this: perhaps one night at three in the morning, the original inhabitants of the Golden City were still asleep. Then suddenly, a powerful Knock Up Stream erupted beneath the island, its power immense, like a volcanic eruption, easily tearing the island in half and carrying it ten thousand meters into the sky."
"Carried up into the sky by the Knock Up Stream? Carried up into the sky by the Knock Up Stream..." Cricket repeated Rorschach's words over and over, completely dumbfounded.
As Rorschach said.
He had been diving and searching for the Golden City on Jaya Island for over ten years.
Since he was a teenager, he had come to Jaya Island because he was mocked as the descendant of a big liar in his hometown, the Lvneel Kingdom, and began searching for traces of the Golden City's existence.
Year after year, day after day, through wind and rain.
But Cricket had truly never thought that the other half of Jaya Island, the island where the Golden City might exist, had been carried up into the sky by the Knock Up Stream and didn't fall back down.
This wasn't a case of not seeing what was right in front of him.
It was more that he simply wouldn't think in that direction.
Not to mention whether an island carried away by the Knock Up Stream would simply shatter.
If the island flew into the sky, why didn't it fall down after the Knock Up Stream ended?
Could it have been held up by the white clouds in the sky?
Hibari's eyes also lit up as she couldn't help but walk over to Rorschach and whisper, "Brother Rorschach, are we going ten thousand meters up in the sky? The Golden City, I smell adventure, I'm so excited."
"How about it, Uncle Cricket, want to go to the sky with us?"
Rorschach looked at Cricket, who was frozen in place, and grinned, revealing a mouthful of white teeth.
Cricket's body trembled with excitement, "Mr. Rorschach is willing to take me along?"
"Yes. Of course, your ancestor Noland discovered the Golden City four hundred years ago. Now, let his descendant find it again. However, it's an unknown place, and you might encounter some dangers."
Before Rorschach could finish, he saw Cricket plop down to his knees, hands on the ground, about to kowtow to Rorschach.
"Thank you, Mr. Rorschach..."
An invisible gust of wind lifted Cricket's body, gently helping him up from the ground.
"No need for this, Uncle Cricket, have you forgotten, I'm also from the Lvneel Kingdom, we're from the same country."
After Rorschach finished speaking, he looked at Gamil.
"Since you've decided, then so be it, be careful."
This time, Gamil did not try to persuade him further.
So, Rorschach, along with the excited Hibari, Bepo, Parmel, and Cricket, boarded the Qilin.
Controlling the air currents, under the gaze of Gamil, Kadal, Violet, and others, the Qilin slowly levitated and flew towards the Knock Up Stream.
As the distance continuously closed, the roar of the ascending Knock Up Stream became like continuous, muffled thunder, shaking everyone's eardrums.
The Qilin's side wings unfolded, held up by the air currents below, constantly accelerating, rapidly soaring upwards, traveling along the surface of the Knock Up Stream as if sailing on a vertical wall, whistling towards the misty sky.
"The Knock Up Stream has its own updraft, I don't even need to use my wind manipulation ability."
"Hold on tight! Don't get thrown off, the adventure ten thousand meters above begins!" Parmel and Bepo shrieked excitedly.
Hibari cheered, clenching her fists, "Golden City, here I come!"
(End of Chapter)
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