Chapter 87 The Prologue Of The Summit War

Dong...

Dong!

The first bell sound resonated, filling the air, as the second bell sound followed swiftly.

The Ark's Maxim.

Nami and Vivi stood at the edge, watching Luffy ringing the bell, both showing puzzled expressions.

"Luffy? What are you doing?"

"Telling Cricket Guy that Sky Island is real. The sound of this bell can reach the island of Jaya, ten thousand meters below."

Luffy answered loudly while throwing another punch.

Dong——!

The third bell sound rang.

Up close, the sound of the Golden Bell was very heavy, forcing Vivi to close her ears. 

"How many times do we need to ring it?"

"Sixteen times. The first eight times symbolize the end of the old year, the end of the past; the next eight times symbolize the arrival of the new year, welcoming the future."

"Oh, I see." Vivi nodded understandingly and smiled. "Do you need any help?"

Nami, on the other hand, had a different focus. She blinked her eyes and stared at the Golden Bell, cunningly saying, "Luffy, take a closer look. This bell is made of gold. Can we take it?"

"Nami! Are you a devil? It has been guarded by the Shandorans for 800 years. It would be too cruel to take it away, especially when we already have a ship full of gold."

Luffy's face was full of helplessness.

To say it's "a little" is not quite right. The Golden Bell, including the large bell tower outside, is made of at least several hundred tons of gold.

It's just that compared to the gold used by the Ark's Proverb, it is indeed "a little."

"But aren't they already dead?"

"Who told you they're dead? They're alive and well."

"Huh?! They're still alive?"

Nami was startled.

In the clouds of this divine island, there is a little-known village called Hidden Cloud Village.

Descendants of Shandora, they all live there.

"They're here."

Luffy grinned, using his Observation Haki to sense the numerous auras appearing on the island, rapidly approaching this way.

Boom!

One after another, the sound of bells continuously rang out.

In the forest, a group of warriors dressed like Native Americans, wearing special power shoes, swiftly shuttled through the woods.

They heard the sound of bells, their faces filled with indescribable excitement.

"Do you hear that? Wyper! It's the sound of the Great Bell Tower!"

"I hear it! The sound that hasn't been heard in 400 years, Kamakiri, hurry, it's in the direction of the Beanstalk!"

They raced forward, and every so often, they could hear the tolling of a bell.

A total of sixteen times!

When they arrived beneath the Beanstalk, the crowd saw a man standing next to the Golden Belfry Bell.

Above the man's head was an incredibly huge flying ship.

The side of the ship was painted with a pirate flag.

"You..."

Before they could speak, Luffy spoke first.

Hey "This is your Shandorian Golden Belfry Bell. 400 years ago, it came to the sky along with this island, and the Golden Bell fell to the top of the Beanstalk. I helped you take it down, no need to thank me. As compensation, I will ne taking all the remaining gold of the Golden City of Shandora."

A fair and just trade.

"Who are you?" The man named Wyper couldn't believe his ears.

"The Sun God, Monkey D. Luffy. I've returned your things, so I'll take my leave now, descendants of Shandora."

With a smile, Luffy lightly leaped onto the Ark Maxim.

Wyper shouted, "Wait... what exactly happened? I felt something strange on the way here. Where are the priests? Where is God Enel?"

Just then, a Pegasus flew down from the sky, with Gan Fall riding it, shouting, "Luffy-sama, have you made your decision?"

"Luffy-sama!" Wyper widened his eyes, as if he had seen an enemy.

Luffy waved his hand and said, "Goodbye, Gan Fall. This group of people still doesn't know anything, so you tell them. You and your group have been fighting for 400 years, it's time you guys take a break. Nami, let's go."

The Ark Maxim slowly rose in height and headed towards Angel Beach.

"Goodbye, Sun God, I wish you smooth sailing!"

Gan Fall made a Sky Island farewell gesture before jumping down from his heavenly horse.

"Let me tell you about what happened three days ago..."

Angel Beach.

When the Ark Maxim flew over Angel Island and arrived above the beach, all the Sky Islanders were shaken.

The news of Enel's death had already spread throughout the island three days ago.

Everyone clapped and danced with joy.

"Sun God, Luffy!"

Someone shouted Luffy's name and waved continuously towards the Ship in the sky.

Nami stood by the ship, supporting her chin and smiling.

"A few days ago, when we were strolling on Lovely Street, whenever the gods were mentioned, the people here would show a fearful expression... But today, they voluntarily called you the Sun God."

Vivi exclaimed and stared below, saying, "It's Usopp and the others."

On Lovely Street, the three of them saw Usopp and Chopper.

While they were waiting in the temple for the ark to be completed, the others had been enjoying themselves on this Angel Island for a few days.

"Luffy!!" Usopp waved and greeted continuously.

"We're about to set sail, Usopp, do you want to stay behind?" Nami said with a smile.

"You bastard, don't even think about leaving me behind like in Logue Town! Hurry up and pull me up, Luffy!"

"And me too, Luffy, let me on the ship!" Chopper also waved and called out.

"Hahaha, how can I leave you guys." Luffy waved his hand and pulled the two of them from the street onto the ship.

As soon as they got on the ship, the two of them were dazzled by a pile of gold.

"Wow! Gold!"

"New ship!"

The two immediately held hands and started dancing on the deck.

"Gold! Gold! Gold!"

♪┏(・o･)┛♪┗ ( ･o･) ┓♪┗ (･o･ ) ┓♪

"New ship! New ship! New ship!"

"You two idiots are so noisy!"

Nami walked over and punched the two hard. "Where are the others?"

"They... they are at the beach," Usopp said, holding his swollen head.

"Zoro and the others are training... Sanji is recovering..." Chopper replied tremblingly.

The two looked at each other, scared. Nami might have awakened her Haki, and getting punched by her really hurts.

Soon, the Ark Maxim arrived at Angel Beach.

"Luffy."

"Luffy-sama."

"Big brother Luffy!"

Everyone immediately gathered together and came over to greet him.

Seeing that the Ark Maxim could really fly, everyone couldn't help but be amazed.

A flying ship, everyone was seeing it for the first time!

And it was huge, more than ten times bigger than the Sunny.

"Get ready, we're about to set off," Nami said confidently. "The Log Pose is already pointing to the next island, it's time to say goodbye here."

"Wait, this ship can fly, what about the Sunny and the Merry?" Usopp opened his mouth wide. "Luffy, you're not going to abandon those two ships, are you?"

"How could I? Zoro, Sanji, and all of you, bring the Sunny and the Merry on board. We'll first return to the waters near Water 7 and bring Laboon along, then head to the next island."

Luffy waved his big hand and gave the captain's order.

"Oh!"

Immediately, everyone started moving quickly.

Looking around, Luffy didn't see Bellamy's ship. It seemed that the group of pirates had already left ahead of them.

While they were busy, the people from the Middle Island also arrived at the beach.

Out of gratitude, many people sent some Sky Island specialties.

The White Beret Brigade, led by Captain McKinley, returned the over two million berries that were previously paid upon entry to Nami, as promised.

With the usual skypiea style, He waved his hand in greeting. "Thank you for everything you've done. We have learned everything from Gan Fall. You are the liberators of Sky Island, the Sun God Luffy!"

The Straw Hat Crew imitated his gesture and bowed.

"We welcome you on your next visit. We will no longer charge you an entry fee," McKinley grinned. "Mr. Monkey D. Luffy, thank you once again."

Luffy waved his hand and said to his crew:

"Set sail, everyone!"

Jaya Island.

Eastern coast.

Apes and Chimpanzees gathered behind Cricket, their faces filled with astonishment as they looked at the sky.

"Boss, it's a round ship!"

"It's the shadow of a ship!"

Cricket smiled and looked up at the sky.

The shape of the huge ship projected on the clouds had a group of people standing side by side on its deck.

Even if it was just a silhouette, he could recognize each person from it.

Cricket focused his gaze on the person in the middle, the one wearing a straw hat.

"Monkey D. Luffy.... I have heard it! Thank you! For the news of Shandora, it really exists!"

With joy on his face, he closed the book in his hand, stood up, and said to the apes and chimpanzees, "So, next, I will pursue the next romance. Will you all come with me?"

"We will follow you for the rest of our lives, Boss!"

The Ark Maxim returned to the sea near Jaya Island from the white sea 10,000 meters above.

It took the crew an afternoon to find Laboon.

Fortunately, Laboon's size was large enough that it was easy to spot when it surfaced.

Afterwards, they followed the direction of the log pose and headed towards the next island.

As for the Going Merry and the Thousand Sunny, they were released and returned to the sea.

As the captain, Luffy reassigned the crew members to each ship.

Main ship, Sunny, the residents are all females, no need for changes for now, the space is still enough.

Second ship, Merry, captained by the first mate Zoro, the crew includes Sanji, Usopp, Chopper, Yosaku, and Johnny.

Third ship, Ark Maxim, temporarily captained by the second mate Bartolomeo, the crew includes the five male agents.

With the new ship, everyone is happy, no longer needing to squeeze into Merry.

On the contrary, it feels a bit empty.

After all, Ark Maxim is really big, although most of the internal areas of the ship were originally designed to install complex power structures.

But even so, there is still a large living space.

Seven days later.

[After sailing in the Sea of Paradise for 7 days, you will receive a reward of 70 Adventure Points.]

Ark Maxim, bow deck.

"This big ship requires a lot of maintenance. Luffy, we need professional shipwrights, and one or two people are not enough, at least five people, right?" Nami suggested.

"Five people?" Luffy fell into deep thought.

There are indeed many shipwrights in the Seven Water Metropolis, and Franky, the cyborg, is certainly a target, but maintaining three ships alone would obviously be difficult for him.

"Let's wait until we reach the Seven Water Metropolis and see. By the way, we also need to modify this ship," Luffy said.

After a pause, he continued, "We're about to reach the next island, and I plan to stay for a while and do a little experiment."

"Luffy, what kind of experiment?" Yosaku asked curiously.

"About improving your strength. As we go further into the Grand Line, the enemies we face will become stronger. I want you to have the strength to stand on your own as soon as possible."

"Training together?" Zoro grinned with interest.

With a light laugh, Luffy calmly said, "We will need Chopper's power. We've made some progress in the past two days. Anyway, let's talk about it when we get there."

Leaving a cliffhanger, Luffy walked to the bow of Ark Maxim and looked calmly into the distance.

In his field of vision, an island was already faintly visible.

"Hmm?"

Suddenly, he was slightly startled and took off the straw hat hanging around his neck, taking out a piece of paper from it.

Ace's Life Card.

At this moment, a corner of this paper has already started to burn.

"Injured?"

Luffy squinted slightly and thought to himself, "Did he encounter Blackbeard?"

"What's wrong, Luffy?" Robin walked over with a smile on her face.

"The era is about to go wild."

Luffy smiled faintly and put away the Life Card.

Naval Headquarters, Enies Lobby, and Impel Down, they are known as the three major institutions under the World Government.

At this moment, Impel Down.

Also known as The Underwater Prison

This is the world's number one prison, located in the Calm Belt.

As the name suggests, It is located underwater in the middle of the Calm Belt and part of the Tarai Current, completely separating the Grand Line from the Four Seas.

In a prison established in such a place, ordinary ships cannot reach unless they have the ability to fly.

Even if some merchant ships dare to enter, the Sea Kings that inhabit this sea area will cause huge trouble.

Of course, all of this is nothing to the Marines.

Among the three major institutions, there is a special triangular sea current, and each institution has a huge gate standing in front of it, the Gate of Justice.

On this day, a warship arrived and sent four prisoners into the prison through the Gate of Justice.

Under the push and shove of the prison guards, the four newcomers underwent the "baptism" before entering the prison.

There are no human rights here. The four people were stripped clean and pushed into a boiling hot pot at 100 degrees for the first round of disinfection.

Suddenly, screams filled the air.

Among them, the person who screamed the loudest had an ugly appearance and was missing seven or eight teeth.

The prison guards outside the hot pot immediately complained,

"Last time Crocodile came in, he didn't even frown. This guy screams worse than a dying pig!"

"I heard that he's a pirate caught by Admiral Aokiji, and the total bounty for the four of them is 0."

"Hahaha, new rookie pirates who have just set sail, huh? They're really unlucky to encounter Admiral Aokiji."

The prison guards burst into laughter.

Afterwards, the four individuals, who had undergone high-temperature disinfection, were sent to the interrogation room and subjected to a period of questioning.

Because they were not important figures, the interrogation did not waste much time. The guards simply stamped their registration books.

Finally, the four individuals were each sent to different prison cells.

Iv1 Crimson Hell!

"Teach, this is your prison cell, get in!" The guard kicked the toothless, ugly pirate inside.

Blackbeard fell to the ground, panting heavily.

"You bastard, I almost died. Who came up with the torture method of 100 degrees Celsius disinfection? Magellan?"

"Shut up and behave, Pirates have no human rights here. Newbie pirates like you will be taught a lesson by other prisoners. So don't make too much noise with your screams."

Spitting out a mouthful of saliva, the guard turned and walked away.

"Zehahahaha..."

Blackbeard grinned, wiping the saliva off his face. "Although it wasn't intentional, is this also fate?"

"You are... from Whitebeard's ship! The lazy bastard who doesn't sleep?!"

Suddenly, a scream came from behind.

Blackbeard froze, a flash of murder passing through his eyes.

After finally getting in here, how could his identity be exposed?

He squinted his eyes and turned around to look.

He saw a clown with a red nose staring at him in astonishment.

"You're that brat from Roger's ship, what's your name... Red Nose Buggy?"

"What?! Who are you calling Red Nose?"

Buggy became furious and headbutted Blackbeard's forehead. "Over twenty years ago, our Roger Pirates and your Whitebeard Pirates fought for three days and three nights. I haven't forgotten your face, you bastard!"

"Hahaha, meeting in a place like this, it's fate, Buggy. How about teaming up with me?"

"Team up? What do you mean..."

"Escape.."