Nami's Decision, Knock Out Stream

Luffy and Liam rushed toward their ship while stepping on Geppo. When they reached the ship, everyone got excited.

"Liam! Luffy!"

Although they weren't covered in heavy bruises, they had some level of injuries on their bodies. Aokiji's ice was quite powerful and so was his Haki.

"You two returned so early?" Smoker's eyes widened when he saw them.

"Oh, smokey!" Luffy raised his hand and greeted him.

"Smoker, you should go and find Aokiji soon. He is heavily injured. He might die if you don't hurry."

Liam frowned and spoke in a strong.

Smoker almost didn't believe him. But, he remembered the effects of Liam's devil fruit ability and decided to trust him.

He turned into smoke and rushed toward his ship.

As soon as Smoker left, Liam and Luffy's expressions changed. Their face turned pale as they coughed out blood the next moment.

Thud! Thud!

"Liam! Luffy!"

Everyone screamed and rushed toward them.

Suddenly, the sky turned dark and the sea beneath them became calm.

"It's a sign. The Upward Current is coming soon."

Mont Blanc shouted in shock. He was the only one among three brothers who stayed on their ship.

"Nami, what are we going to do now?"

Zoro turned his eyes to Nami and spoke with a serious tone.

Whether it is because of her navigation skill or her relationship with Liam, she had the third greatest authority on the ship.

Nami looked at Liam and Luffy for a moment and finally gritted her teeth with a certain decision.

"If we skip Sky Island, who knows if we ever get a chance to go there. Luffy definitely doesn't want to miss out on such an adventure."

"As a crew, we must do anything to fulfill our captain's wish. We are going up. Chopper, take them inside and just focus on their wounds!"

"Everyone, I need all of you to prepare for anything."

Hearing her words, no one was disappointed. Instead, everyone had a calm and excited look on their faces.

Chopper transformed into his heavy form and took Liam and Luffy inside the cabin while everyone else waited for the Upward Stream.

Soon, it came.

It was extremely powerful as it pushed the Straw Hat Ship toward the sky.

But, because it was facing such a powerful stream, the ship started getting torn apart because of the stream.

"Nami, do something, or else we won't make it!"

Zoro shouted while putting his complete trust in Nami.

Nami started checking the wind current and started making her own strategy. After a few more seconds of thinking, she finally came up with a solution.

"Everyone, we can't go on like this. Unfold the sails! We have been sailing from the East Blue to the Grandline and we can't stop now. Since this is also a kind of ocean itself, we will sail over it."

Nami immediately started ordering while preparing a proper navigation path to sail in the Upward Stream.

Everyone immediately started unfolding the sails and soon, the wind struck those sails.

The massive wind started pulling the ship out of the stream and started pushing it above.

As it moved, Nami started giving more orders to the crew so that they can safely sail in that upward stream.

On the Sea,

"Smoker-san, look!" Tashigi who was closely following every step of Straw Hat saw their ship heading toward the sky in awe and shouted at Smoker.

Smoker frowned but he still took those binoculars from her hand and watched at the direction of the Upward Stream.

When he saw the Straw Hat Ship sailing on that upward stream, his jaw almost dropped to the ground.

"Crazy, every single one of them is crazy. How can anyone sail on such a monstrous stream?"

Smoker shouted a few more times before calming down.

"It seems like we won't be able to chase after them for quite a while unless they return to the ocean. And, I think they will return very soon."

Smoker muttered.

"Commodore Smoker, we have reached the island!"

A soldier came running toward Smoker and saluted him.

As soon as he heard that, he turned into smoke and moved away while shouting.

"Gather a medical team and follow me!"

He immediately rushed toward the island. He quickly found the entire island covered in ice. Even walking should be hard on this ice. He felt like those marines would freeze.

Thanks to his devil fruit otherwise even he would have a hard time coming to the center.

"Damn it! What kind of power-up did they get? Such a monstrous power can also be defeated?" Smoker cursed angrily and rushed toward the center as fast as possible.

"Kuzan! Kuzan!"

Smoker no longer cared about formalities as he shouted everywhere.

"There you are."

His eyes suddenly fell on a bloody body lying on the ground. His bleeding was covered with his ice powers but his wounds were still revealed.

"Damn! How did you get such injuries?" Smoker shouted and quickly rushed in front of him.

"Oh, smoker! What about Straw Hats?" Aokiji saw Smoker and lazily asked.

"Is this the correct time to care about the enemy? You are in an extremely bad state. As for Straw Hats, they seemed to be going to the Sky Island." Smoker angrily shouted at him but still replied at the end.

"Oh! No wonder they were in such a hurry." Aokiji didn't care about his mad tone as he calmly replied.

"Anyway, Smoker, do you have Transponder Snail with you?" Aokiji asked.

"Yeah, why?" Smoker asked.

"Call the headquarters, I have something to tell them." Aokiji replied.

Smoker had no choice but to obey. After he called them, someone from the other side picked up his call.

"Smoker, what was the result?" A powerful voice came from the Transponder Snail.

"We got rejected." It wasn't Smoker who replied but Aokiji.

"Oh, Aokiji! Are you with Smoker too? Then, did you catch them after they rejected the offer?" Sengoku asked.

"Yes, I am with Smoker. As for the other question, no I couldn't catch them." Aokiji replied.

"Kuzan, are you taking pity on pirates?" An extremely angry voice came from the transponder snail.

"Sakazuki, you should first look at my condition before you speak. Anyway, I have acquired some information about this rookie pirate group. Surprisingly, this pirate group currently has the power to defeat one Marine Admiral."

After he spoke, there was a long silence before Akainu angrily shouted.

"Kuzan, are you kidding me? They are just a bunch of brats."

"No, Sakazuki, you underestimate them. We underestimated them, especially their vice-captain who has the ability to increase his combat powers based on his card ability and his luck."

"From Vice Admiral to Admiral in a mere second! Although he told me that he spent all of his luck to increase their combat strength, he could be lying to let our guard down."

"After all, till now, we didn't even know that he had a devil fruit ability. Of course, this is not important. Since it is just a temporary power-up. The most important part is that the Captain and Vice Captain of Straw Hat Pirates have awakened all three kinds of Haki."

"And, it might sound a little ridiculous but Vice Captain Liam was able to copy Vice Admiral Garp's Galaxy Impact just by inspecting it. And, Captain Straw Hat Luffy was able to comprehend Conqueror Coating in the middle of a battle."

"If he makes his Haki stronger, even without reaching Advance Form of Armament Haki this soon, he might be able to coat his Armament with Conqueror in the future soon."

"This crew has the potential of Double Emperor. We absolutely can't let them sail."

After Aokiji finished speaking, there was a long silence in that room. Nobody spoke for a long time until Sengoku finally broke the silence.

"So, how is your situation right now?"

"I am seriously injured. It would at least take a week for me to recover." Aokiji replied.

"Do you know where they have gone?" Sengoku asked.

"Sky Island!"

Once again, there was a long pause before Sengoku spoke again.

"Once they return, hunt them down. Once you find them, try to defeat them on your own but if Liam was lying about his luck, then I will order Kizaru to join you."

"Remember, we can't make this public."

"Yes, Fleet Admiral!"

Aokiji nodded and closed the transponder snail.

Soon, he was treated by the Marines who took him to the Marine ship.

A few minutes later, on Sky Island;

"Huff! Huff! Huff! We did it." Usopp looked at the massive white cloud and spoke in utter shock.

"Is this the Sky Island?"

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