Chapter 458 - 460 (1/2)
Skypia.
Loya led Robin, Yeruashi, and Hancock through the very busy Sky Island street, introducing a variety of local features and attractions, including eateries on the sides of the street.
”The sky prawns are quite good, they seem more tender and light, compared to the rich blue sea prawns.”
Yeruashi took a bite of the shrimp and appreciated its taste.
”Really?”
Robin looked curiously at the shrimp in Yeruashi's hand.
Yeruashi smiled and handed the fried shrimp to Robin.
Loya, who was standing not far from them, blushed deeply and turned away in embarrassment, watching for a while how Robin was enjoying eating a shrimp directly from Yeruashi's hand.
After a while, they came to a furniture store, in the window of which there was a variety of furniture from island clouds, and raw raw materials were lying on the side.
”This material should be perfect for a bed.”
Hancock stroked her silky hair, looking at the window of a furniture store.
Loya said: ”The prices for furniture usually depend on the skill of the creator, the more beautiful and refined the furniture, the more expensive it is, and vice versa, the simpler and rougher, the cheaper, because it is the processing that is most important, because island clouds have no special value.”
”In that case, it's better not to buy anything at all.”
Robin said thoughtfully, ” We'll just take a few island clouds to do whatever we want on our own.”
Loya shook her head: ”Processing island clouds is not as simple as it might seem at first glance...”
Robin smiled, ”There won't be any problems with that.”
Whether it's just dirt or earth, Yeruashi is able to shape them into any shape without much difficulty, so Robin was sure that processing the island clouds would not be a problem.
”Eh...”
Loya did not advise anything, seeing that Robin was very confident.
She looked around, thinking how best to continue the tour, but suddenly noticed a crowd of white berets running straight in their direction.
”Hesso! Give way!!”
McKinley, the captain of the White Berets, walking at the head of the squad, looked seriously at Yeruashi: ”Hesso! Strangers from the Blue Sea, you are accused of illegally entering Skypia!!”
”What?! Is getting right on the shore considered illegal entry?”
Loya exclaimed in a daze, looking at the captain of the white berets.
As far as she remembers, illegal entry is considered non-payment of the required amount to the guard, in case of passage through the Gates of Paradise, but this law does not apply to direct access to the heavenly island.
”Such a case is provided for by law.”
McKinley said seriously to Loya, ” I ask you not to interfere with our official duties.”
Beads of cold sweat stood out on Loi's forehead.
She turned to Yeruashi and the others, and then bowed guiltily: ”I'm sorry...I didn't know that this is also considered a crime, otherwise I would never have brought you to the heavenly island...I'm really sorry...”
”It's okay.”
Yeruashi smiled carelessly and waved his hand, raising Loya: ”We would have come here without your help.”
Loya lowered her eyes and bit her lip:”But...”
She didn't know how to express her regret, but at that moment, Robin looked thoughtfully at McKinley and the other white berets: ”Illegal entry? Is this heavenly island closed to outsiders?”
McKinley calmly replied, ” No, any foreigner who has paid 1 billion extols can safely enter here. In terms of the belly of the blue sea, this is equal to 100 thousand, but you will have to pay a fine for illegal entry, which is ten times more....”
Boom!!!
McKinley abruptly flew back and crashed into a building nearby, not having time to finish his speech.
The body of the captain of the white berets smashed the wall of the building to smithereens and disappeared from sight.
The white berets and ordinary sky island residents like Loya gathered around fell into a daze.
Silence fell on the noisy street.
”Shut your mouth, insect!”
Apparently, the other side was deliberately looking for problems.
Robin might have been able to listen to them calmly, but Hancock did not have such patience, instead she preferred to shut up the speaker with a kick.
”Of course, how could it be otherwise...”
Robin sighed helplessly, looking at Hancock.
Hancock behaved in the same way on the other islands, during their trip.
She did not want to listen to anything and compromise, even if there was a small conflict or misunderstanding, so ordinary problems that could be settled by a simple conversation often turned into even more serious problems that could be solved by brute force.
Yeruashi just grinned.
Even at the moment when McKinley just opened his mouth, Yeruashi already ȧssumed that Hancock would not be able, or rather simply would not want to restrain himself, but he was too lazy to prevent this, because Hancock treats only people who have shown rudeness or neglect in their attitude, but is always ready to pamper him.
After a few seconds of silence.
”Attack the white Berets...”
Loya abruptly turned pale, and her body began to tremble violently: ”Immediately run! An attack on white berets is punishable by death...”
”Don't worry so much.”
Robin put a hand on her shoulder and said soothingly: ”It will not be so easy to carry out the death sentence, because we are quite strong.”
Loya looked at Robin, about to say that no matter how strong they were, they would have to face a lot of white berets right now, but at that moment the white berets themselves reacted, pointing sky arrows at Hancock and opening fire on the vice-captain's team.
But.
Hancock calmly stretched out her hand towards the hail of heavenly arrows and made a slight movement with her palm, followed by a soft pink glow.
A stream of pink arrows poured out and turned all the heavenly arrows that got in the way into stone, and then flew further to the white berets, instantly turning at least a dozen of them into stone!
The inhabitants of the heavenly island, who were watching from the side, opened their mouths in shock.
Loya was also stunned.
”Do you also have the devil fruit ability? I was not mistaken, this time it really wasn't some small fish that came from the blue sea.”
The residents of the heavenly island who were nearby were greatly shocked when they heard this voice.
They all froze abruptly and slowly raised their heads, looking at the figure that appeared in the middle of the sky, who knows when.
Crack! Crack! Crack!!
Small arcs of lightning intertwined around this figure.
”The God Enel...”
Loya staggered back a few steps in fright and sank to the ground.
It is impossible to find a person on the heavenly island who is not afraid of the God Enel, because he has the power of lightning.