After Robin carefully explored the ruins of the ancient city of Shandora, Laffitte also found the map of the Sky island and returned to the ship.
The Sky islands are concentrated over the Grand Line. Although the number is not as large as the densely packed islands on the Grand Line, it is not small. On the few maps that Laffitte found, there are seven or eight islands recorded.
"Birka … Go here."
After carefully looking at several maps, Ross pulled out one of them and pointed to an island drawn on the edge of it, saying, "The navigation of the Sky island is no different from that of the normal sea."
"Understood, Captain."
Laffitte responded with his cane and did not ask Ross what his purpose was in going to Birka. Since setting foot on the Sky island, Ross's image in his eyes has become more mysterious.
What is the purpose of Birka? It may involve the secret of his Captain. Ross will naturally say it when he wants to say it, and he will certainly not ask if he doesn't want to say it.
With the map, Ross and others moved all the way to Birka.
During this period, both Marines and the government on the Grand Line were frantically searching for the traces of the Ghost Hand Pirates, but the Ghost Hand Pirates seemed to have disappeared after leaving Alcaria, and there was no trace of them at all.
Some people suspect that Ross and others encountered a storm and were destroyed at sea, but this idea is too exaggerated. With the strength of the Ghost Hand Pirates, how could the general weather destroy them at sea.
The crazy search of Marines and the government did not last long. As time went on, they began to slow down. There were more things to deal with on the sea. It was impossible to put a lot of intelligence resources on the search for the Ghost Hand Pirates for a long time.
"There is no intelligence at all … Did they disappear completely after leaving Alcaria? In this case, the mission can't be completed."
On a World Government intelligence agency ship wandering in the waters near Alcaria, a man with black curly hair with a pigeon on his shoulder put down the Den Den Mushi and frowned as he looked at the sea.
… …
A month later, the Ghost Shadow Ship arrived at Birka.
In just one day, Ross defeated the local tribal leaders and all the warriors of Birka, occupied Birka, and told Robin and Laffitte to secretly search for Devil Fruit that may be hidden in a corner of the island.
Two months later, Rumble-Rumble Fruit did not appear. Enel was found by Ross, but he had not eaten Rumble-Rumble Fruit and Ross was not interested in him at all.
Three months later, the Rumble-Rumble Fruit was still nowhere to be found.
With the passage of time, the news about the Ghost Hand Pirates on the Grand Line fell into complete silence. Many people who occasionally thought of the Ghost Hand Pirates shook their heads secretly.
"The Ghost Hand Pirates … They haven't appeared for a long time. Have they been secretly destroyed by the government and Marine?" A Pirate Hunter sat in the tavern and shook his head.
"Who knows? I don't think so. The bounty hasn't been revoked yet. "
For this stormy sea, Ross is a huge wave emerging from it, but this wave does not continue to bloom, but is gradually covered by the rolling waves.
Red Hair Shanks had lost an arm!
The strongest swordsman of the Sispka Kingdom has issued a challenge to Eagle Eye!
The Beast Pirates clashed with the BIGMOM Pirates!
One big news after another continues to emerge, pushing the times forward, and the Ghost Hand Pirates are gradually forgotten as time passes month by month.
…
Seven months later, Sky Island Birka.
The white clouds are floating here, and all the buildings are made of clouds. It looks like heaven. In the center of the island, in a huge empty garden, the sound of Battle came from it.
Whiz! Whiz!
Ross's figure flickered back and forth, or clapping, or pressing, or pushing, and his palms kept falling towards Robin. Robin was closing her eyes, constantly capturing Ross's movements, or sideways or bowing her head, avoiding all of Ross's palms.
Ross sped up a little, and Robin's forehead overflowed with a trace of sweat, but she was still able to avoid it and was occasionally scratched a little.
"Observation Haki, you have almost mastered it."
Ross finally pressed his hand on Robin's chest and after she twisted away, he stopped moving, retracted his hand and nodded slightly at her.
In these seven months, in addition to studying the history of Birka and the Sky Island, Robin has been practicing Observation Haki. The Sky Island's practice route for Observation Haki, or Heartnet, is much clearer and easier to learn than Ross's.
Robin's mind is extremely high and she has a calm heart that can remain calm in most cases. She learned Observation Haki's practice very quickly.
Robin opened her eyes and said, "Captain often 'tests', naturally I have to learn faster."
She deliberately bit the word test.
Ross's face remained unchanged and he said with a frank face, "Then you have to thank me."
"Then I really want to thank Captain."
Robin's mouth raised a dangerous arc and she stared at Ross with a smile.
"It's been seven months …"
Ross looked up at the sky and murmured. He stayed on the Sky island for seven months. For him, it was a little longer than he had expected. He had planned to stay for three to five months and leave, but Rumble-Rumble Fruit was not found and the time was constantly stretched out.
He took it for granted. Even if he calculated the possible location of Rumble-Rumble Fruit through his memory, it was not so easy to get it.
Over the past seven months, he had been persisting in his cultivation. He had almost mastered the Gravity Distortion ability, and his physical fitness had improved a lot.
But.
This speed of practice is obviously far less than the speed of galloping on the Grand Line, hunting various pirates and defeating Marine Generals.
"It's time to leave."
Ross exhaled softly. He didn't fight for seven months, just repeated practice. For him, it was a little unbearable and boring. Fortunately, there was Robin, who could test him all the time. The scenery on the Sky island was also good.
Blackbeard attached himself to the Whitebeard Pirates for more than ten years for the Dark-Dark Fruit, but Ross will not do this because Rumble-Rumble Fruit is not so valuable to him.
Moreover.
If Rumble-Rumble Fruit appears after a few years, and it happens to fall into the hands of a Sky Islander and be eaten directly, then he will be wasting his time here.
For him, who has Distortion Fruit and Talent System, Rumble-Rumble Fruit is not something that he must get. Besides, with the ability of Gravity Distortion, he can come back to the Sky island at any time and doesn't have to tie himself here all the time.
And the last and most important point is that he doesn't want the name Ghost Hand Ross to disappear in the ears of Marine's top executives for too long.
Aside.
Robin heard that Ross was finally leaving the Sky island after more than half a year, and her eyes flashed.
Life on the Sky island is much smoother than on the sea. There is no need to worry about Marine's pursuit, no need to worry about collecting intelligence, but staying here, it is impossible to collect all the Poneglyph steles, let alone the truth of the Void Century.
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