Chapter 256
While Zhang Tatsuya was talking to Vice Admiral Gion, Shiki the Golden Lion had already floated back to his base camp - the largest of the many floating islands, with a majestic palace and the pirate ship of the Flying Pirates.
The bow of the Flying Pirates' ship is a lion's head. It is not a Q-version little lion like the Straw Hat Pirates', but a truly mighty and domineering lion.
Shiki landed at the door of the pirate ship's cabin and walked in slowly. The two sharp swords on his feet collided with the floor, making a crisp sound - I don't know if it was specially modified, but the floors of the cabins on the ship are mostly made of stone.
The blades of 'Yakura Ten' and 'Mu Ku' have not been bent even after being stepped on by him for almost ten years. The quality of them is really beyond reproach.
A blue-haired clown in a white coat and a colorfully dressed gorilla came to greet them.
When the clown walks, his feet make a strange "puff puff" sound, which contrasts with the "ding ding ding" sound made by the golden lion when it walks.
Dozens of people were sitting in front of an instrument. When they saw Shi Ji coming in, they all said in unison: "Welcome back, Master Shi Ji!"
Some of these people are responsible for watching the monitors and monitoring the conditions on each island, while more are meteorological experts who specialize in monitoring the weather with various instruments.
Because of the heavy losses he suffered in the Battle of Et-Wol, the first thing Ski did after escaping from prison was to form a professional meteorological team.
It's just that these people only look professional. In fact, a group of people plus various sophisticated instruments are still no match for Nami in weather forecasting.
After everyone else had greeted him, the clown danced around for a while, but no one understood what he was trying to say, so he finally said, "Thank you for your hard work, Master Shiki!"
"So it can talk!" Dozens of people, including Golden Lion, complained loudly.
Maybe it was because the ship's rudder had pierced his head, but the domineering Golden Lion often showed his funny side. For example, at this moment, he looked at the colorfully dressed gorilla and shouted in surprise, "Grandma!?"
The clown shouted in his ear: "It's Scaredo! Why do you think she's a grandmother? Do you have gorilla blood?"
"Ah, it's Scaredo and Indigo." Ski silently lit a cigar for himself, "How is the exploration team preparing?"
"They are all on standby at Melviu and can set off at any time." The clown Indigo replied, "Master Shiqi, with the animals on the Rare Beast Island, the research progress will definitely be much faster."
"Then let's get started quickly." With a thought in his mind, Crown Island flew towards the island called Melviu. The edges of the two islands collided slightly, and after a small earthquake occurred on each island, they were roughly connected together.
If you look closely, you will see that there are actually quite a few gaps between the two. People with acrophobia would never dare to pass through such a place.
However, the exploration team under Golden Lion have all been professionally trained and will definitely not be afraid.
Dozens of big men with strong upper bodies and slender legs held large snails calmly and placed them along the edge of the island .
The snails crawled slowly towards the island with their eyes wide open, looking left and right. Everything they saw appeared on the display screen in the monitoring room, and the researchers observed the situation on the island through the monitors.
After putting down the snail, the strong men did not leave immediately. Instead, they prepared their equipment such as hunting rifles, bows and arrows, and iron cages and stayed on the spot. It seemed that they wanted to wait until the researchers confirmed the capture target before taking action.
At this time, the flag demon Sui Feng'er was squatting on a tree observing all this, hiding in the dense tree canopy, his dark green body serving as a natural protective color.
Melviu is the island he discovered with villagers inhabiting it. When he noticed this exploration team, Sui Feng'er put aside his investigation of the village and began to pay attention to this team, reporting every move of these people to Ye Yan.
"So the vibration just now was caused by the collision of two islands." Ye Yan said, "What is that big snail? Is it a monitoring device?"
Zeoler said: "The full name should be the Self-propelled Image Transmitting Den Den Mushi, which is simply a mobile monitoring device."
Zhang Da also sighed, "When other pirates and even many kingdoms are still relying on soldiers for sentry duty and reconnaissance, Golden Lion has already fully activated the intelligent monitoring system. They are quite aware of keeping up with the times. Amazing."
"We're here." Altria reminded.
As they were talking, everyone had already reached the riverside, where they had originally parked the boat. Zhang Da was somewhat thankful that the volcanic eruption around Crown Island had sent them directly into the inland river, otherwise the boat would have certainly parked outside the island, and by then Crown Island would have floated away, and they would not have been able to find the boat even if they wanted to.
but--
"Where's my ship?" Zhang Da looked around for a while but couldn't see the Amber. "They hid the ship very quickly."
Ye Yan said: "Since there is no way to agree on a location in advance, it will be troublesome to find it. Just use the life card to find it."
But Altria said, "Don't look for it. The Amber is parked on the other side."
"Huh?" Everyone looked confused and began to doubt their own eyes.
Until a cat's head popped out from the river bank, and after seeing Zhang Daye, it waved happily.
Everyone then realized that the Amber was still docked in its original position, but the entire ship was close to the river bank and covered with a layer of camouflage cloth. The color and patterns on the cloth blended perfectly with the river bank, and it was impossible to feel it unless you touched it.
Everyone climbed into the boat through the hole Tom had opened. Zhang Da also asked, "Which genius came up with this idea?"
Tom put his hands on his hips, and Zhang Da understood immediately.
Shark Chili explained: "Because it is difficult to find a place to hide a boat, Tom simply made the outside of the parachute into camouflage cloth. Now, except underwater, there is no flaw at all."
Brooke laughed and said, "Even though I saw it with my own eyes, I was still so scared that I almost bit my tongue. Yohohoho, even though I don't have a tongue."
Although Zhang Daye and the others were surprised at first, they felt it was reasonable.
Only Zeole found it unbelievable: "Just this cat?"
Seeing that everyone acted as if it was a matter of course, Zeole began to doubt his life. As a zoologist, he had never seen such a magical cat. He felt that the previous times he saw the King of Animals were not as shocking as he was now.
Oh, yes, when we had the banquet before, I heard that this cat almost became the new animal king. I thought it was outrageous at that time, but now I suddenly feel that those animals have good vision.
"Tatsuya-chan, can you hear me?" Vice Admiral Gion's voice came from the Den Den Mushi.
"Can you hear me? Can you confirm our location?"
"Confirmed, but you are still moving. If you keep moving, you will soon reach the doldrums."
"Which doldrum?"
"The doldrums between the Grand Line and the East China Sea."
Where is this person going? The plan to destroy the East China Sea should be launched ten years later when Luffy and his friends go out to sea, right? Why is he flying to the East China Sea now? Is he going to meet Garp to reminisce about the past?
