Upper Yard

Conis was shaking in fear seeing this. The coming of the shrimp meant that God didn't like their presence here, so in a way, these pirates who had just arrived were criminals. But they were able to kill the 'messenger' of God in a few seconds. Who were these people?

Luffy and others didn't see the horror on the faces of the people around them, but rather the food that they were going to get. Only Ken, Robin and Nami noticed the fear of others, but they didn't mind. They were pirates to begin with. Why would they care about others? And thus, after taking the shrimp to the beach, Sanji went on to make a huge bonfire.

He invited everyone, even Conis. By this time her father, Pagaya, had returned with the waver. Nami was of course pumped up seeing this and wanted to ride. But Nami was stopped, and it was none other than Vivi. In her character's world, she had come across many modern things, even speed boats. But those things tended to be huge.

But the waver machine seemed to be smaller and faster, so she wanted to research it a bit. Nami was upset by what Vivi said, but she let her look at the waver.Conis and Pagaya were confused by this but didn't ask what they wanted to do by looking at the waver.

They were more concerned about the shrimp that they had caught. Ken could already see the struggle. Conis didn't want to be rude by declining the invitation, but she also didn't want to go against their God. Some of the berets had already been sneaking around, but were too afraid to come close to them after what they had seen.

"Conis, if you want to decline the invitation, you can." Ken said.

"I..I.. I can.."

"Ken, what are you talking about? If Conis-chan wants to spend time with us, she can. Don't you think so Conis-chwan." Sanji was agitated as he thought Ken was trying to shoo her away.

"It is dangerous for her to be near us. She will be targeted by God." Ken reminded them. Though they were pretty nonchalant and carefree, they could still feel the Observation Haki lingering around them. They were reminded again that someone was looking at them at all times.

"Ken, can't we block it?" Zoro couldn't help but ask. He didn't like the fact that somebody was looking at them at all times; it made him feel uncomfortable.

"Sure, if you are as powerful as Shanks, then you can stop it." Ken said.

"Shanks.. Shanks is that powerful?" Luffy asked.

"There is another name for Shanks in the New World. The Killer of Observation Haki. He can neutralize your observation haki even if you have it and win against you." Ken said.

"How? How does he do that?" Sanji and Ussop were intrigued, as were others.

"I am not sure. It's said that he can combine Conqueror's Haki and Observation Haki to achieve that." Ken said as he was reminded of the movie with Uta and, of course, the beating Kid received from him.

"Damn." Luffy and the others mumbled, but what they heard made them understand how big the gap was. Zoro had yet to get to the Conqueror's Haki, and this made him a bit anxious. He needed to make himself more powerful. While they talked, Nami, Vivi, and Robin came forward and told Conis that it was fine and that she could go back.

She really didn't need to be with them, as it would be dangerous. Conis didn't know what to say and only said that if they needed to get to the upper yard, they needed to get a general sense of direction here. It had to be mentioned that Nami's log pose still pointed somewhere else, and they hadn't yet reached the island.

According to the direction, they needed to go to the upper yard, and then their log pose would be settled, but going there meant they would arrive at the land of the gods, where they would be targeted. Nami thanked her profusely for helping them and wished them a safe life.

Though Conis and Pagaya left, they felt guilty. They thought that they had pushed these innocent pirates to the Upper Yard, which was known as the graveyard for the pirates or anyone other than followers of God who stepped in there.

Meanwhile, Nami said that they needed to go to Upper Yard, and they could hire some boats to go there. Conis had let them use two small boats with which they could go to the upper yard, riding the cloud road there.

The people who were busy eating realized that after the food they needed to get to work. Luffy was gorging on the shrimp like a hungry bear and loved every bit of it. Even after being of such massive size, Sanji was able to cook it perfectly. Even Ken was impressed by it.

After an hour of filling their bellies and their bags with food and water, everyone was ready to go to the Upper Yard. The small boats were quite funny, and Luffy actually wanted to go to a bigger boat only to be beaten by Ussop and Sanji for being ungrateful. Conis had lent them the boats, and he should be happy.

When everyone got on the ship, only Ken was left standing on the beach.

"Ken, come on. We need to go." Luffy said.

"No, you go on. I have someone to meet here." Ken said.

"Someone? Who?" Others were confused.

"There are other people here on the island that need my help. You guys go. I will meet you all in the upper yard." Ken said.

"Ken, don't leave us. You are as powerful as Luffy. I don't want to die." Chopper cried out. From the moment he knew that there was someone with the lightning bolt, he was scared out of his wits. So, of course, he didn't want to let go of Ken.

"It will be fine. You all are powerful. I trust in you." Ken said.

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