"Oh, beautiful angel, may I invite you for dinner?"
Before Sanji finished speaking, Nami darted forward and knocked him to the ground with a punch. She then said with a smile:
"Ah, please don't mind him, our crew member isn't usually like this."
"Um, my name is Nami. Excuse me, is this Skypiea?"
Upon hearing this, the beautiful angel smiled and replied:
"Hello, my name is Conis. This is indeed Skypiea. Welcome, guests."
As soon as she said this, Sanji was instantly revived. He threw his arm around Conis and said:
"Oh, what a wonderful name, Miss Conis. Please allow me to be your knight..."
Before Sanji could finish, he was once again subjected to Nami's merciless iron fist.
Sanji knelt on the ground, clutching his head, trembling all over.
Nami quickly explained:
"Ah, I'm truly sorry, Miss Conis. He's just like this, he means no harm."
Hearing this, Conis didn't seem to mind, smiling broadly.
"If you don't mind, please come over to my house as guests."
Upon hearing this, Raynor, who had been silent, spoke directly:
"I don't think that's necessary. Our purpose this trip is the Golden City, Shandora."
"Please just tell us, in which direction is your sacred land."
Thinking about all the irrelevant plot points they still had to go through, Raynor's head began to ache.
He had to quickly push the mission forward. The rewards for these few missions weren't great to begin with.
And after going through so much unimportant plot, the progress would be too slow.
Upon hearing Raynor's words, a flicker of fear appeared in Conis's eyes.
"That, absolutely not. The sacred land is where God lives. Anyone who dares to trespass there will surely be punished by God."
"In other words, that place is absolutely forbidden."
As soon as she finished speaking, the expressions of the Straw Hat crew turned serious.
Only Luffy's eyes glinted with gold, and he muttered excitedly:
"A place... absolutely forbidden to trespass..."
"Haha, so there's such a place, absolutely forbidden to trespass..."
Seeing this, tears streamed down Nami's face.
"This guy, he's at it again..."
Just then, a light silhouette appeared in the sky.
Conis's eyes were filled with terror.
"This is bad, God's punishment is here!"
Before Nami and the others could react to this, lightning suddenly descended from the sky.
Seeing this, Raynor couldn't help but frown.
He didn't expect Enel to notice them so soon.
This electrical power, though not immense, was still a million volts.
However, apart from Luffy, everyone else would probably find it hard to withstand.
With that in mind, Raynor instantly activated his Armament Haki.
Even though the spot where he was hit by Blackbeard was still causing him excruciating pain.
But he couldn't afford to care about that now.
Just as the lightning from the sky was about to strike the Straw Hat crew, a layer of black Haki instantly enveloped them.
A million volts of lightning struck, and shocking cracks appeared on the ground around them.
However, the Straw Hat crew and Conis, who were the targets of the lightning, were left completely unharmed.
When the lightning dissipated, Nami touched her body and couldn't help but sigh with relief.
"What was that just now? Was that the punishment for our illegal entry?"
Hearing this, a serious look appeared in Conis's eyes, and she replied:
"No, that's the final judgment given to people by the God Enel."
"In Skypiea, Enel is absolutely not to be discussed, otherwise, you will receive divine punishment."
Hearing this, Usopp, regaining his composure after being startled, asked:
"But how did he know we were talking about him?"
Hearing this, a look of sadness appeared in Conis's eyes.
"Because Enel is God, he is lightning. His Mantra can cover the entire Skypiea. He knows exactly what people on Skypiea are thinking."
After hearing this, Nami covered her mouth, her eyes showing a hint of terror.
"How is that possible? How can such a person exist in this world!"
Hearing Nami's terrified voice, Sanji's eyes revealed a hint of anger.
He then lit a cigarette and took a deep drag.
"Whether he's a god or a man, if he dares to attack a beauty, I will never let him get away with it!"
Hearing this, Zoro placed his hand on the hilt of his Wado Ichimonji, glanced at Sanji, and said:
"Huh? Really? Can someone without a bounty actually do that?"
Hearing this, Sanji immediately turned around and kicked Zoro on the head.
"You lost idiot, what did you say? Are you looking for a fight!"
Saying that, the two started shoving each other again. Seeing this, Nami didn't even have the strength to hit them.
She then turned to Conis and asked:
"Um, excuse me, if we want to leave Skypiea from here, is there a way?"
Hearing this, a serious look appeared in Conis's eyes.
"If you entered legally, you can return the way you came. If you entered illegally..."
As she said this, Conis's tone became a little somber.
"If you entered illegally, you can only be cast down by the drifting clouds."
Hearing this, Nami's eyes showed a hint of fear.
If they went down with the drifting clouds, wouldn't that be the same as those ships they saw falling from Skypiea before?
Usopp was even more terrified, turning completely pale.
At this moment, Luffy walked forward and clapped his fists together.
"It looks like there's no other way, we'll just have to go and talk to that so-called God."
Hearing this, Nami and Usopp hugged each other, tears streaming down their faces.
"Hey, please don't do anything reckless, okay!"
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Marine Headquarters, Marineford.
Smoker escorted the former Shichibukai, Crocodile, to the Marine Headquarters' trial hall.
At this time, Smoker was still surrounded by a cloud of smoke, and hidden photographers were racking their brains to capture a glimpse of Smoker's true face from some angle.
But no matter how hard they tried, they failed.
Along the way, they tried various methods to make Smoker reveal himself.
Such as causing accidents, splashing water, or using fans to create strong winds, but Smoker dealt with them in various ways.
In short, he was not going to let them succeed this time.
This time, he was determined to teach the Five Elders a lesson.
Even though they were the highest authority of the World Government.
They still couldn't control the ambitions of a mere Marine like him!
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