One Piece: I Weave the Pirate Codex with My Zanpakuto

Barrett, who suddenly changed his tune, shrugged and squinted like Ross.

"These are all super scary places~"

"One is a sacrifice to the gods, and the other is a sacrifice to the battlefield. The difference is not that big, but at least our side is more humane."

"It eliminates the process of waiting for death; when it's time to die, you just die suddenly."

Humanized...

Ross's lips twitched, and he turned to deliver a heavy blow to Barrett's head.

"Kid, that's not humanization. Don't misuse adjectives."

Barrett muttered to himself as he rubbed the large bump on his head, slowly pressing it back into his skull.

"That's exactly right. One shot and everyone, whether they deserved to die or not, was dead."

"That Bika sacrificial ritual must involve leaving living people somewhere or bleeding them to death, right?"

Ross shook his head, indicating that he didn't know either: "I just heard some stories from the owner of the Angel Island tavern."

"Death isn't scary. A bullet to the head kills instantly, but if you cut open a blood vessel and bleed slowly..."

Barrett searches through his memories.

"If the amount of blood loss is small, new wounds must be created continuously to prevent the blood from clotting."

"If you're tied up in one place and left to die, before you starve or thirst to death, that unfortunate soul might be slowly devoured by mosquitoes, ants, and beasts."

"Neither outcome is good."

Time flew by while we chatted.

When the two of them flew to the outskirts of a misty island aboard a ray, the sun was high in the sky.

Call ~

Breaking through the fog, Ross's gaze was instantly drawn to the unique island cloud forest in the distance.

The massive, thick thunderclouds roared almost touching the treetops at the very top.

The crackling arcs of electricity weaved back and forth through the clouds.

Rumble-Rumble Fruit!

This Devil Fruit isn't that hard to find.

On the night he arrived at Angel Island, Ross found a tavern.

Bika Island, thunder, superstition.

After entering these three keywords, the tavern owner quickly gave up on Bica Island as the only option.

----Twelve Hours of Night----

"The guys living on that island are a bunch of bloodthirsty, insane bastards!"

"Guest~"

"You'd better not go to that place. There are other places to visit on Skypiea, but that place is absolutely forbidden, even more terrifying than the Hidden Cloud Village in Shandia!"

“A few years ago, a man who escaped from Bika came to our area. Look, it's him.”

The shop owner, with a pair of small wings on his back, points to the corner of his finger.

“Besides going to work at the Island Cloud Processing Plant, he spends the rest of his time sitting here in a daze.”

"He kept muttering things like 'demon,' 'hell,' and 'I absolutely don't want to go back.'"

Ross remembered this, and when the tavern closed, he followed the man away.

For a few Extors, I obtained a great deal of information about Pica Island, including the map.

----Back to Reality----

"Put on these wings, and this outfit too."

Ross changed into the unique attire of the Sky Island and put on the decorative wings he had bought on Angel Island.

He wore a brown hood to conceal his face.

"Noodle Drop, let's go down."

……

【Pika Island, with its white waters and nearby cloud-covered beaches】

"Is there not even a trace of human habitation in this place?"

Looking at the empty cloud beach, Barrett frowned slightly, raised his head slightly, and his nose twitched.

The smell of blood is very strong!

"Teacher, something seems off about this place."

"This is a cloud beach near the White Sea, where the wind is moving very fast. Logically speaking, there shouldn't be such a strong smell of blood here."

Ross chose not to land in the forest shrouded in thunderclouds; he didn't want to be struck by lightning.

We still need to gather more information about that place.

"Let's go check out the nearest town first; it's not far ahead."

Bika Island isn't very big, but his Observation Haki can cover the entire island.

Madness, bloodshed, despair...

Countless negative energies returned to Ross's mind along with his Observation Haki, and Ross's expression darkened considerably.

He had visited quite a few islands and kingdoms, but this was the first time he had ever seen an island like Bika, which was filled with negative emotions.

"That is..."

As he walked, Barrett saw a corpse tied to a pillar.

It was riddled with holes and its facial features were hollow.

The eyes and other facial features had all disappeared, leaving only a dark, gaping hole.

As Barrett ventured deeper, he saw more and more corpses.

Suddenly, the two stopped in unison behind the wooden stakes where the corpses were tied.

He peeked out with half his face to look at the sacrificial ceremony taking place not far away.

The Bika people, wearing bone masks and only leather skirts around their waists, danced around the wooden stakes, muttering slang they couldn't understand.

"Hasha!!"

This shout seemed to signify the end of the ceremony.

The free-spirited Bica people packed up their tools and headed towards the town that Ross had discovered.

"Enel, you can just wait here to die. God will punish every blasphemer!"

"Blasphemer Enel, only death awaits you!"

Eerie laughter emanated from the mouths of the "angel" children as Enel, bound to the wooden stake, struggled desperately.

But at only 5 years old, he could only make the wooden stake creak slightly.

After everyone left, Enel, whose eyes and mouth were bound, felt despair.

"Teacher, should we save him?"

anyone?

Enel made a "uh-uh" sound.

Only after Ross removed the gag from Enel's mouth could the brat's voice be heard.

"I am not a blasphemer, I am also a resident born in Bica... Ugh!!"

"Quiet down, kid."

Ross stuffed the cloth back into Enel's mouth, his expression strange.

Before the Rumble-Rumble Fruit has even been found, Enel has already made his appearance.

"Your name is Enel, right? Do you want to live?"

Chapter 82 The Rumble-Rumble Fruit Appears, Ross's Choice

boom--!

Enel, who had fallen to the ground, coughed violently, his neck and limbs covered in purplish-blue marks from the strangulation.

"Thank you."

Once the fear of death subsided, Enel collapsed to the ground.

"You're not Bica people, are you?"

Before Ross and Barrett, both wearing hoods, could ask why...

“People from Bika never hide their faces.”

Enel pointed at their outfits.

Ross frowned slightly, his gaze sweeping over the child's numerous wounds and his uncharacteristic composure.

The whole picture can be seen from the details.

If even 5-year-old Enel suffered such a fate, how much better could others possibly fare?

"You're from Qinghai, aren't you?"

Enel continued to point out the differences between the two.

“My mother is also from Qinghai, which is why I am called a sinner who blasphemes against God.”

"Because I, like you, have no wings."

Barrett looked in the direction Enel was pointing, where the shoulder and arm met, with slender vines adorned with white wings.

"Teacher, I told you that this kind of disguise wouldn't work."

Ross scratched the back of his head and laughed.

He originally intended to secretly infiltrate 007, but he never expected to run into Enel here.

But it's not necessarily a bad thing.

If he were to encounter Enel, who was in his fifties or sixties in the original work, he might hesitate about whether to invite him.

But if it's 5 years old~

Before Ross could speak, Barrett raised his head, his expression proud.

"Do you want to come with us?"

"Teacher is the sea, which is one of the strongest men in Qinghai that you mentioned!"

"As long as you follow him, even a brat like you will definitely become stronger."

Is Qinghai the strongest?

Enel's eyes widened, he pointed at himself, his tone a mixture of shock and confusion.

“You are willing to accept me? My mother is from Qinghai, that’s for sure, but I am a native of Bika.”

Barrett scoffed and said dismissively, "What's so great about that? I didn't even say I'm from the land of endless war."

"I should be the one saying that."

Ross tapped Barrett on the head and looked at Enel.

"We're here to find Thor. How much do you know about that legend?"

Enel helped himself up from the wooden post and patted the dirt off his body.

“I was the first offering to the Thunder God. According to the tradition of Bika, before the sacrificial ceremony begins, they need to offer sinful offerings that blaspheme the Thunder God on the cloud beach in order to attract the Thunder God’s attention.”

"Once Thor's attention is drawn here, the high priests will enter the temple deep within Thor's Forest and place the real offerings inside."

"If Thor's anger does not subside, they will continue to offer sacrifices until Thor calms down."