Little Goku's Great Adventure Starting from One Piece

Chapter 172 Wukong: I've found Sky Island!

On the calm sea, the Dream Chaser drifted with the wind.

On the deck, Nami stared at the diary in her hand, utterly astonished.

An island in the sky, what nonsense is the owner of the diary spouting!

She quickly turned to the next page, only to find it completely blank, with nothing written on it.

Unconvinced, she continued flipping through the entire diary, only to discover that the page in question was actually the last page of the diary.

After writing that sentence on that day, the owner of the diary never wrote in it again.

Has something happened?

Nami felt her mind was a bit of a mess; even though she was usually very clever, she couldn't make anything useful out of it.

There was only one thought in my mind: how is this possible? How could there be an island floating in the air?

Could it be that the owner of the diary went insane and died, so the diary was never written in again?

"Nami, what's wrong? Is there anything written in it?" Goku asked curiously when he saw her standing there in a daze after reading the diary.

Sanji, Robin, and Pupu were all looking at her, their eyes filled with inquiry.

Upon hearing Goku's voice, Nami snapped out of her daze, shook her head, and looked at everyone with a smile, saying, "This is just an ordinary diary. Most of the content is nothing special, except that the diary's owner wrote at the end that he saw an island floating in the air. How is that possible?"

Everyone was taken aback upon hearing this.

"An island floating in the air?" Wukong blinked and subconsciously looked up at the sky.

But there was only a thick layer of clouds in the sky, and nothing else could be seen.

"If there are islands in the sky, then there must be seas too," he muttered to himself.

"An island in the sky? That seems impossible no matter how you look at it." Sanji rubbed his chin, not believing it at first either.

Pupu looked up at the sky like Wukong, without saying anything, but thinking to herself, "Master is right. If there are islands in the sky, then there must be sea. Could there be delicious food there too?"

"Right, haha, you guys don't believe there are islands in the sky, do you? As far as I can tell, the owner of this diary might have gone mad. After writing that sentence, he never wrote anything in the diary again. I think it's probably because..."

Shin-na-mi shook her head and didn't say anything more, but everyone understood what she meant.

Except for Wukong and Pupu.

At this moment, Robin, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke up: "Actually, it's not impossible."

Swish! !

Upon hearing this, Nami and Sanji immediately looked over, and Goku, who had been staring at the sky with curiosity, also turned his gaze to her.

Under everyone's gaze, Robin calmly said, "I have seen records of Sky Islands in many sources, which are so-called islands floating in the air. In fact, rather than saying that the islands float in the air, it is more accurate to say that the islands are supported by a sea that floats in the air."

"A sea floating in the air? Then I was right?" Wukong blinked in surprise.

Nami and Sanji were dumbfounded.

This is even more outrageous than an island floating in the air!

Robin ignored their reactions and continued, "Although no one has ever confirmed whether Sky Island really exists, I think legends often originate from reality. If Sky Island didn't exist, why would there be so many legends about it?"

She glanced at everyone, and finally her gaze fell on the notebook in Nami's hand.

"We can't figure out why a ship fell from the sky just now, but if there really is a floating island or an ocean above us, wouldn't that explain the ship that fell?"

Everyone was stunned.

If you can't explain the absurd phenomenon before you, then explain it with an even more absurd explanation that can encompass it.

That's exactly the point Robin was making.

They couldn't understand or explain why a ship would fall from the sky, but if Sky Islands and Sky Sea really existed, then it would make sense.

The story goes that the ship owner went to this strange place, and his ship had fallen overboard for some reason many years ago, landing right on their heads.

"But, but this is too unbelievable." Nami understood what Robin meant, but she still found it hard to believe.

After all, this is far too challenging for normal people's perceptions.

"Perhaps the ship falling from the sky is a matter of natural forces, like a waterspout that caught it," she managed to come up with another explanation.

"Alright, Miss Navigator, take a look at where your record pointer is pointing right now. Is it pointing upwards?"

After a few seconds of silence, Robin asked the question.

If there's an island in the sky, perhaps the log pointer might point there?

She wasn't sure about it; it just happened to come to mind.

Nami raised her arm, glanced at it, and shook her head: "No, the Log Pose isn't pointing to the sky."

After leaving Char's country, they followed the direction indicated by the Log Pose. However, this route was different from the route they took when they entered the Grand Line, so they did not encounter a situation where the Log Pose pointed to a sky island like the Straw Hat crew in the original story.

Robin fell silent after hearing Nami's answer.

Since the record pointer is not pointing to the sky, it is indeed difficult to confirm the existence of sky islands.

At that moment, Wukong was seen running quickly into the cabin and then rushing out again.

"I'll go take a look!"

Wukong placed the Ruyi Jingu Bang (magic staff) he had just taken from the cabin on the ground, and then, to everyone's astonishment, shouted, "Grow longer, Ruyi Jingu Bang!"

Whoosh—!

The person was instantly propelled into the sky as the Ruyi Jingu Bang extended.

Whew!! Whew!!

The wind howled all the way, making Goku's black hair a mess, but Goku didn't care. He just looked up at the sky with great interest, trying to find traces of Sky Island.

Soon, the magic staff carried him into the clouds, and the sudden mist blinded him, causing him to instinctively close his eyes.

A short while later, he realized he had emerged from the clouds, but as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw another large cloud layer overhead.

After disappearing into the new cloud layer, he immediately realized that his entire body felt as if it had been submerged in seawater!

He quickly opened his eyes, only to find himself surrounded by a vast expanse of white, with many water bubbles.

"Wow—glug glug~~"

He instinctively cried out in surprise, only to have a large mouthful of something that looked like water poured into his mouth. He quickly closed his mouth and pinched his nose.

He scanned his surroundings with curiosity.

Suddenly, he seemed to see a fish swimming in the distance, but because the Ruyi Jingu Bang was moving too fast, he didn't have time to see it clearly.

After a while, the magic staff carried him out of the clouds. Once he realized he could breathe, he quickly told the magic staff to stop.

Then, while breathing, he curiously scanned his surroundings.

All around was a vast expanse of white, filled with clouds and mist.

He looked around for a while but couldn't find any trace of the sky island.

"Where is the Sky Island? Could it be higher up?"

Wukong looked up and saw a cloud layer in the distance above, and muttered to himself.

"Let's go take a look then." He made the decision with a grin, and immediately made the magic staff extend further, carrying him to the clouds above.

After an unknown amount of time, when he emerged from the clouds again, he noticed that there were very few clouds above him, and his surroundings seemed different from before.

"Huh? What's that?"

He stopped the magic staff again, scanned his surroundings, and immediately saw a tall, green thing in the distance, which looked like a vine.

There seems to be something under the vines?

To get a better view, he used the magic staff to lift himself up quite a bit, and then looked down along the vines.

In an instant, his eyes widened.

There was an island there! A lush, green island that looked exactly like the one below!

After the initial shock, Wukong broke into a bright smile, gripping his Ruyi Jingu Bang in one hand and raising his fist in the other, shouting with joy, "Yo-ho! I've found Sky Island!"

"What?! You found a sky island?!"

On the Dream Chaser, a thunderous scream shook the entire ship.

Nami and Sanji stared at Goku in disbelief, completely unprepared to hear such earth-shattering words from him.

Robin was also somewhat moved, but not as excited as the two of them. After accepting the explanation, she quickly rested her chin on her hand and began to ponder.

"It seems that the records I saw before were indeed true; sky islands really do exist in the world."

Wukong held the back of his head, grinning at everyone, seemingly unaware of how shocking the news he brought was.

"Hey! Goku, tell me quickly, where did you see Sky Island?"

After regaining her senses, Nami quickly asked.

She didn't question Wukong's statement because she believed him completely. As long as it was Wukong who said it, no matter how bizarre the truth was, she would absolutely believe it.

"Right above the clouds."

Wukong raised his head and pointed to the clouds in the sky.

"There were so many clouds up there. I wandered through the clouds for a long time, and only when I reached the very top of the clouds did I see an island."

"Oh right, those clouds were really weird, they felt like seawater, I almost suffocated."

"Clouds like the sea? Could it be?!"

Nami and Sanji exchanged a glance, both thinking of the sea that Robin had mentioned earlier, which floated in the air, and were shocked.

Suppressing her shock, Nami pressed on, "What did the island chief look like to you?"

"Hmm..." Wukong scratched his face.

"It's not much different from the islands we usually see. Oh, right, there's a really long green thing on it that looks like a vine, but I can't be sure because it's too far away to see clearly."

"Anything else? Is there anything else?"

"Other things... um... oh right! I saw a lot of shiny gold things!"

"A lot of shiny gold things?" Nami's eyes lit up.

"Hmm, I didn't see anything special besides that," Wukong said in a dazed manner.

Nami's expression became agitated, and she paced back and forth, clenching her fists.

"That's something shiny! It must be gold! Goku, you can see it even from so far away, which means there's a lot of gold on it! Maybe this island is covered in gold!!"

She became more and more excited as she spoke, her eyes turning into greedy ones, and her face flushed red with excitement.

"We absolutely have to go to the Sky Island! To find gold there! Hehehe~~ We're going to be rich, we're going to be rich!!"

She could almost see herself sitting amidst a glittering pile of gold, excitedly scattering it, her face beaming with joy.

"Go to the Sky Island? I want to go too, it looks like so much fun!"

Wukong chuckled in support, saying that the floating island was such an interesting place, and he wanted to go and see it too, wondering if there were any powerful creatures on it.

Seeing that Nami had spoken, Goku, as the captain, also supported the decision. Sanji exhaled a puff of smoke and smiled, "The lady's will is my will. I'm also very curious about what's on Skypiea."

"Wow!" (Master's decision is my decision!)

Pupu also raised her hand in agreement, wondering if there would be any delicious red drinks on the Sky Island.

Looking at the enthusiastic crowd, Robin smiled slightly and said, "Exploration has always been something I enjoy, and I'd love to visit the Sky Island."

Then, she shifted her tone, calmly posing the core question: "But how are we going to get up there? Do we all go up like Wukong did? What about our ship? If we need to get down, will we be able to find another ship?"

Her words instantly calmed everyone down.

Yes, how are they going to get up there? According to Wukong's description, the Sky Island must be quite far from the sea.

Wukong was able to grab the Ruyi Jingu Bang and fly up because he was strong. But what about the others? Could they guarantee that they would be able to hold onto the Ruyi Jingu Bang the whole time and not fall down?

If you fall from a great height, the outcome is obvious; you'll most likely die a horrible death, and the same goes for falling into the sea.

Then, if they all manage to reach Sky Island successfully, what will happen to their ship? The ship won't just wait for them in one place, and they don't even know if Sky Island will move, since, according to Goku, Sky Island is located above the clouds.

If both factors are combined, by the time they figure it out in the same way, there's a high probability they won't be able to find their ship anymore.

Everyone fell silent, pondering the question.

After a while, Nami asked, "Goku, you said that after you went up there you found that Skypiea was still very far away. Do you remember roughly where it is?"

Wukong stared at the clouds above for a moment, then pointed in a direction and said, "It's over there, very, very far away."

"Over there?" Nami was taken aback when she saw the direction he was pointing, and quickly looked down at the recording pointer on her arm.

"Huh? Our next destination is in that direction too."

She frowned and began to think.

After a while, they made a decision: "Let's head that way first and see if we can find an island. If we do, we can ask around about the Sky Island and see if we can find anything useful. What do you think?"

She scanned everyone and asked.

They know far too little about the Sky Island. If there happens to be an island not far below it, they might be able to obtain some useful information.

For example, what's a way to get them to the Sky Island along with their boat?

After all, the ship that crashed earlier proved this point. The owner of the diary was originally sailing on the Grand Line, but somehow ended up on Skypiea.

If the other side can land on the floating island with their ship, there's no reason why they can't.

Just then, a giant ship sped towards them from afar and came to an abrupt stop not far from them before they could react.

"Boss Ape!! The area where the shipwreck was previously detected is roughly this area!!"

On the giant ship, a tall, burly man who looked like a monkey, upon hearing his underling's report, raised his fist—larger than his head—and shouted, "Woo-hoo! Men, lower the salvage basket and begin the shipwreck salvage operation!"

"Yes, sir!"

After instructing his underlings, the man named Ape turned to look at Wukong and the others.

"Hey! Who are you people? Are you here to salvage ships too? Don't you know this entire area belongs to us, the Apes? All the shipwrecks here belong to us!"

Wukong and the others were stunned.

Before they could answer, the ape seemed to have discovered something, its eyes fixed on Wukong, its gaze filled with excitement.

"Hey! Kid, are you a monkey like me too?!"

His gaze was fixed on the swaying tail behind Wukong.

Wukong blinked, looking completely bewildered.

"I'm not a monkey, I'm a human, but you do look a lot like one, sir."

Wukong looked at the ape-man with a monkey-like face and a tail behind him and said in a daze.

The ape, who loved being told he looked like a monkey, immediately scratched his head and burst into laughter.

"Hahaha! I really do look like a monkey, don't I!"