174. Skypiea

After landing on the White Sea, the Clowns rest for a bit. Most of them need to adapt to the change of air pressure at this height. Those who have gone to Sky Island only need a short time to adapt, while the others need a longer time. Well, there's someone who doesn't need any adaptation at all.

"I am not affected, why? Because I don't have lungs, Yohohoho," says Brook as he opens his shirt to show his ribs.

"Hmm, you don't have lungs but you can breathe and produce voice. Devil fruit is really mysterious," says Ruff curiously while still being weakened.

"Just focus on adapting with the pressure. No need to think about this pervert," says Enel.

"Yohohoho, you make me blush, Enel-san," says Brook happily.

"I'm not praising you. Besides, my devil fruit is cooler," says Enel pissedly.

"Lightning is hot, not cool," says Ruff.

"I don't mean it that way," says Enel with a sweatdrop.

They are joking around while adapting to the low air pressure. Brook also plays a song to entertain the weakened crew. It takes 15 minutes for everyone to adapt with the 2 kids being the last to finish.

Buggy was wary of the Shandians' attack, but nothing happens until now. It seems that the Shandians aren't as aggressive as when Enel rules Skypiea in the series. Although the war still happens between the Shandians and Skypieans.

After everyone adapted to the pressure, they start to sail again. The Clowns are catching some sky fishes while sailing and taste them. Everyone is mesmerized by the taste and keep catching these fishes.

They only stop when they arrive at the island's gate. It is guarded by the same person who guards it in the series. It's the old woman, Amazon, who doesn't look younger even though she is 19 years younger than she is in the series.

To avoid trouble, they pay the entrance fee which is very cheap by Blue Sea standard. The entrance fee in Skypiea is the same as Birka, 1 million Extol or 100 Belly per person, very cheap. So with 45 people in the crew, they just need to pay 4,500 Belly, it's even cheaper than their clothes.

Anyway, they pay the fee and go to the upper level with a giant lobster's help. They go to a cloud beach and dock their ship there. Buggy let them do what they want for today because it's the first experience for most of them to step their feet on Sky Island.

Most of the boys immediately run off while shouting, "SKY GIRLS, ANGELS, HERE WE COME!"

"OI, YOU NEED TO BEHAVE! DON'T TARNISH OUR CREW'S NAME! AND GO BACK BEFORE BREAKFAST!" shouts Cricket from the ship.

"AYE AYE, VICE-CAPTAIN!" shouts them while still running.

"Sigh, I hope they don't make too much trouble," says Cricket.

"Well, they are men, so they need to release some steams. It's also been a few weeks since they were allowed to play around like this," says Deon.

"It's just a few weeks, I haven't done it for years and don't have any problem with it," says Magnus smugly.

"Is that something that you need to brag about?" asks Deon with a sweatdrop.

"Stop talking about that, we don't want to hurt some people's hearts," says Mantis while smirking.

Buggy, Palu, Ruff, Manba, and Jude have their ears twitched. These 5 are the only ones that are still 'pure' in this crew, except for the 2 kids, of course. Buggy doesn't want to do his first other than with Bellemere, Palu has a fear of women, Ruff just cares about his research, Manba doesn't care about it, and Jude just wants to do it with Buggy.

Jude looks at Buggy but he just walks away and leaves the ship. She pouts and stomps her foot on the floor before chasing him. It makes everyone sigh because she never gives up even after this long.

"Captain is really heartless," says Ruff.

"You're wrong. It's because he has a big heart that he always refuses her clearly. He never gives her hope that will just hurt her even more because he already gave his heart to someone else. She is just too persistent, but I can understand her. It's hard to give up on your love even though you know it's impossible," says Mantis.

"Stop talking about their problem, it is not our business. Let's go to the town and do what we want. Magnus, you stay here and guard the ship first," says Cricket.

Magnus nods and the others leave to explore the town. This place has different vibes than Birka and it makes them curious. Buggy hasn't explained that there is a war that has happened for a very long time in this place, so none of the crew know it.

He doesn't tell them because he doesn't want to ruin their fun. Besides, they will find it out themselves while they explore the town. There's no need to ruin their fun before they even enjoy their time here.

Buggy goes to explore the town with Jude following him like usual. They try many local foods and buy some local products. They also rent a waver to be used on the White Sea with Buggy controlling it and Jude just joined him because she can't ride it.

"Hmm, I think we need to have some wavers in our ship. They can move faster than our big ship and will be useful for some explorations in some narrow places like a river," says Buggy while nodding.

"You just want to use them for fun," says Jude.

"No need to reveal my real intention," says Buggy with a sweatdrop.

Buggy has planned to ask Palu to build some wavers, but he forgets. Of course, he won't make the wavers with the same design as the ones on Skypiea. He plans to make Jet Ski rather than waver actually.

They return to the town and explore it again while buying a lot of things. Everything here is cheap for them, so they just buy what they like. Besides, they are pirates, so they need to enjoy their lives with their money rather than just collecting the money.

Buggy & Jude then return to their ship at dawn. But most of their crew haven't returned yet and just return in the morning. They were enjoying their night with the local girls and local drinks. But they still return before breakfast just like what Cricket ordered.

"What will we do after this, Captain?" asks Cricket after they have breakfast.

"We will go to the God's Island, Upper Yard," says Buggy.

"But isn't that a forbidden ground? I heard that only God and his retainers are allowed to go there," says Elen the little girl.

"So?" asks Buggy.

"So we can't go there, right?" asks Elen.

"Elen, who are we?" asks Cricket.

"Pirates. Ah!" replies Elen in realization.

"That's right, we are pirates, and we never follow rules. We do what we want even though it's not allowed. Isn't that what we always do?" asks Cricket.

"Hehe, I'm still not used to this," replies Elen.

"Don't worry, you can be like that if you want. I will always protect you," says Alan to his sister.

"Say that after you can go to the bathroom alone at night," says Buggy lazily while cleaning his teeth.

Alan's face turns red and everyone laughs at him. He gets embarrassed but it's a fact, so he can't deny it. Alan then jumps at Buggy and attacks him to hide his embarrassment.

Buggy smirks and handles it easily, but then Alan hits a man when Buggy throws him. It makes the man hit another man, so they start to fight too. A chain reaction happens and now they all fight.

"Sigh, can't these boys stay still after eating?" asks Mantis tiredly.

"At least they didn't do it while eating," says Jude.

The Clowns are really full of energy.

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