One Piece Volume 27 : Overture Chapter 253 Vearth - Page 127 - Wapol's Omnivorous Banzai Vol.16 "My Business is Booming" Signs: 12 Nessy's left Rikayan sold out Tetsuro sold out - Page 128 - Warrior: WIPER!!! KAMAKIRI'S DOWN!!! Wiper: What...?!! But we're almost there...!!! Priest: Bah...!! Almost there, indeed...!! With the coming of night, our numbers will be FAR greater!!! - Page 129 - Wiper: HELP THE WOUNDED!!! SPLIT FOR NOW!!! MEET AT THE RENDEVOUS ISLE!!! Priests: Hmph... You're not going anywhere. Wait, Ohm!!! What? GOD ENER... IS CALLING. - Page 130 - Luffy: SO boring. Sanji: Just watch the water, and when it's good and distilled, put in the canteens. That's all. We need to make sure that we all have enough water for tomorrow. Chopper: Sanji!! We brought back a bunch of stuff! Sanji: Oh, good! Chopper: Walnuts, aloe, bananas and garlic. Zoro: Rats and frogs. Sanji: Righty-o! Toss 'em in the stew. Nami: WAIT A MINUTE!! THAT DID NOT SOUND RIGHT!!! Sanji: Ohhh, right, I forgot... you don't like garlic? Nami: NO!!! NOT THAT!!! - Page 131 - Nami: Hey, Robin, what's that blue thing?! Gemstones?!! Robin: ...haha. It's pretty, isn't it? But that's not what it is. Sanji: Wow!! A salt crystal. Well spotted, Robin-chan. Robin: It was by the shore. I figured we could put it to good use... Sanji: Of course! Salt is necessary for human survival, after all!! Chopper: I'll keep half of the aloe and garlic. I can make burn relievers and disinfectants. They'll work good on the Sky Knight. Zoro: Cool. What about the frogs? Chopper: Don't need frogs. Sanji: Zoro!! Get your ass over here and help!! Zoro: Excuse me, these are NOT what my swords are made for... Sanji: Don't talk back to the cook. You wanna starve? - Page 132 - Luffy: WHAT?!! We're gonna eat ROCKS?! Are they good?! Sanji: Why would we do that? This is "Baked Rock Stew". The heat of the baked rocks helps boil the stew. Stew's good for you. It maximizes the nutrition you can get from the ingredients. Nami: ...okay. Done!! Come here, everyone! Let's have a meeting to plan out what we should do tomorrow!! Crew: Yeah!! - Page 133 - Luffy: Mmmm, this stew is delicious!! Sanji: Didn't you just eat a whole grilled sky shark? Luffy: Yeah, that was a snack. Nami: Ready, everyone? First, let's review Norland's storybook. Luffy: Ahhh, and these Sky Island Lunches are superb, too! Nami: He first discovered the "City of Gold" 400 years ago. And then, a few years later, he returned to Jaya... only to find that there were no more gold ruins... So in that span of a few years, this piece of Jaya we are on now came up into the sky. Chopper: Riding the Knock Up Stream? Nami: Yes, that's the only possibility I can imagine. Cricket-san said the location of the blast is different every time. Usopp: Given the size of that thing... I bet it could knock an island into the air. - Page 134 - Zoro: But the jungle down on Jaya and the jungle up here aren't the same at all. Robin: That's probably an effect of the land clouds and sea clouds. The environment of Sky Island seems to raise plants and animals with considerable speed. That would also explain why the traces of civilization are being eaten up by the forest. Chopper: The Southbirds that saved us were like, THIS BIG. Sanji: But then... why did the Southbirds do that? Chopper: I don't know, they were all calling the Sky Knight "God" or something... Luffy: GOD?! You mean we just have to beat that old guy up?! Usopp: OF COURSE NOT, YOU DUNDERHEADED BUFFOON!!! Pierre: Pieeee... - Page 135 - Nami: So anyways, Who here remembers what was written about the city of gold in Norland's ship journal? Luffy: (ooh, me!!) "I SAW GOLD." Usopp: WE KNOW THAT, YOU DUNDERHEADED BUFFOON!!! Sanji: It said something about a "giant bell of gold". ...and then there was a Southbird... Robin: ...on the last page of the journal... there was a rather peculiar statement. What Norland wrote down before he died. "I SAW GOLD IN THE RIGHT EYE OF THE SKULL." Nami: Exactly!! Look at this!! If I take the map Robin got in Jaya and this old map of Skypiea, and put them together roughly where the house was split... - Page 136 - Nami: LOOK!! THIS IS JAYA, 400 YEARS AGO!!! Usopp: WHOA!!! ...IT LOOKS LIKE A SKULL!!! Nami: Well? Luffy: AWESOME!! Usopp: ...then the "right eye of the skull" is... Nami: Right here! - Page 137 - Nami: Norland was referring to the shape of the entire island!! But only half of the island is there now, which is why we couldn't solve the mystery. Usopp: ...I see, so THAT'S it... Zoro: I get it...!! Luffy: TREASURE!!! Nami: We'll head straight here tomorrow. We can't leave the ship alone, so we'll split into two teams!! THIS IS IT!! THERE IS A FABULOUS TREASURE AWAITING US IN THIS SPOT!!!! - Page 138 - Crew: AHHHH, what a meal. And there's GOLD tomorrow!! I wonder if it'll be sunny. We're above the clouds, doofus. Robin: Night is here now. We should put out any unnecessary fires. They'll only give our location to the enemy. Luffy: Preposterous... did you hear that, Usopp? She says put the fires out... Usopp: Hey, don't be so harsh, man. She's been living on the dark side her whole life... of course she doesn't know. Robin: ...what do you mean...? Luffy: YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO MAKE A CAMPFIRE!!! Usopp: IT'S HUMAN NATURE TO WANT A CAMPFIRE WHEN CAMPING, EVEN IF IT SHOULD COST US OUR LIVES!!! Nami: You guys are so stupid. - Page 139 - Nami: That's enough!!! Don't you realize how dangerous this forest is?! Luffy: No. Nami: There are priests and guerillas!! Besides, forests at night are naturally dangerous to begin with!! There could be beasts and monsters!! Chopper: MONSTERS?!! Zoro: Hey!! Luffy!!! How's this for a woodpile? Nami: DON'T YOU GUYS BE SO ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT IT, TOO!!! Sanji: Don't worry, Nami-san. Wild animals are afraid of fire. Wild Animals: (Grrrrrrrr...) Nami: OH MY GOD, THERE THEY ARE!!! WILD ANIMALS, RIGHT BEHIND YOU!!!! - Page 140 - Luffy: Hey!! You guys are pretty good!!! Nami: Ahahahahahahaha!! Luffy: Awoowoowoowoowooo!! Wolf: Awooooo!! Usopp: Get down, get down!! It's the pre-gold celebration night!!! Luffy: Let's get that treasure!! Sanji: GOLD!! - Page 141 - - Page 142 - Gan Forr: ...I see you have tamed the sky wolves. ...haha... no others would make such an uproar in the land where Ener lives... Robin: Oh, you're awake. Should you be moving about? Gan Forr: Forgive my troubles... I meant to save you, but... Zoro: What are you talking about? We owe you one... Robin: I think there's still some stew left. Would you like some? Gan Forr: Oh, well I would, but... not right now. Luffy: WHAT?! HEY WEIRD GUY, YOU'RE AWAKE?! THANKS!! DANCE WITH US!! Chopper: LET'S DANCE, SKY KNIGHT!! Zoro: You're supposed to be the doctor. Sanji: Oh!! Hey man, how is Conis-chan?! Is she okay?! Gan Forr: Yes. She and her father are at my house, safe and sound. Sanji: Ahhhh, good. I was so worried. - Page 143 - Gan Forr: ...I was listening to your earlier conversation... And heard this island was once called Jaya. But do you understand why they call this... "holy ground", nowadays? ...this land here may be... natural to you... Zoro: ...huh? Well, yeah... Gan Forr: ...but in the sky... this does not exist. Land clouds cannot create or support plants. Greenery and soil are not things of the sky. ...WE CALL THIS "VEARTH"... IT HAS BECOME THE ETERNAL IDOL OF ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE SKY. - Page 144 - [Upperyard, Separate Northeast Island] Wiper: KAMAKIRI WAS WOUNDED PROTECTING YOU... BECAUSE YOU WERE TOO BUSY WITH *THIS*...!!! WE'RE FIGHTING PRIESTS!!! IF YOU DON'T PUT FULL CONCENTRATION INTO THE BATTLE WE'LL NEVER GET TO GOD'S SHRINE!!! Laki: I'm sorry!!! It's my fault... just give it back! This is Aisa's treasure!!! I made her a promise, to bring back some Vearth... Wiper: SILENCE!!! THIS WILL ONLY HOLD YOU BACK IN BATTLE!!! Laki: Forgive me!! Just don't throw it away...!!! ...Kamakiri. - Page 145 - Kamakiri: ...I can still fight. You're right. If there's any time to take out Upperyard, it's now... The effects of Satori's absence were clear. Let's attack again tomorrow. Once we defeat Ener, You'll never need to worship a bag full of Vearth again!!! ...because we'll be going home. OUR HOME OF 400 YEARS AGO!!! - Chapter 253 Owari -