The method Luffy and his crew used to land on Sky Island in the future was to ride the Knock Up Stream in the waters off Jaya Island, which would blast the ship up to an altitude of ten thousand meters.
Of course, Makoto and his group didn't need to use this method. They could just use the Complete Body Susanoo to carry the two ships up.
But since they were here in the One Piece World, Makoto thought it over and decided to experience the 'local flavor', so he used the Knock Up Stream method anyway.
When the massive Knock Up Stream hit the bottom of the Otherworlder-Go, shooting the entire ship into the sky like a super drop tower, all the girls couldn't help but let out screams and cries.
And as luck would have it, the Knock Up Stream arrived at night.
Makoto had been busy with the girls at the time.
Yotsuba was learning a new skill, bobbing and weaving.
And as the Knock Up Stream erupted at the bottom of the Otherworlder-Go, Makoto's 'Knock Up Stream' also erupted in Yotsuba's mouth.
Feeling this double eruption, Yotsuba was soaring with pleasure!
After an unknown amount of time, the Otherworlder-Go and the Oro Jackson, which had been blasted into the sky by the Knock Up Stream, finally came to a stop.
Boom—
Everyone felt the ship land on a water surface. After violent shaking, it finally ceased its motion.
Immediately, people on both ships came out of their rooms and looked outside.
A vast, white sea came into view.
"Is this... above the clouds?"
Ichika said in shock, her eyes wide, her mouth hanging open.
"Can ships float on clouds?"
Itsuki beside her also looked incredulous, leaning over the railing, reaching out to touch the white sea below.
However, recalling the various weather phenomena that defied natural laws they had seen in this world, it felt like a ship moving on clouds wasn't that big a deal.
Soon, everyone saw countless shipwrecks scattered in the sea of clouds… broken planks, snapped masts, tattered sails, strewn across the white sea surface like silent tombstones.
Just then, Makoto walked out of the cabin bare-chested.
"Those are ships that were blasted up here by the Knock Up Stream."
Seeing Makoto bare-chested, the girls who hadn't yet had a relationship with him screamed and covered their eyes.
Itsuki said with a red face, "Makoto-kun is so..."
Makoto said helplessly, "You're almost thirty. Don't be so easily startled."
"Makoto-kun! Don't casually mention a woman's age!"
Itsuki stomped her foot in mild complaint.
"Cough, cough, cough!"
Just then, Yotsuba ran to the ship's railing, braced her hands on it, and started dry heaving over the White Sea.
Seeing this, her sisters quickly stepped forward and patted the fourth sister's back.
"Yotsuba, are you okay?"
Ichika asked worriedly.
"I didn't know you got seasick?"
Nino raised an eyebrow.
Although they had all felt dizzy when the ship was blasted into the sky, this was unexpected. Yotsuba, who had the best athletic skills among the five sisters, was the first to throw up.
Yotsuba rolled her eyes.
She wasn't sick from this. To be precise, she was choked.
And as Yotsuba spat out what was in her throat, the sisters beside her also smelled it, and their faces turned red again.
Itsuki quickly turned her head away, the tips of her ears red as if about to bleed.
Ichika coughed awkwardly and pretended to be looking at the distant sea of clouds.
Nino, however, didn't look away. Instead, she stared at the white traces at the corner of Yotsuba's mouth, her gaze subtle.
"Wait a moment. I'll get you a glass of water."
Makoto said apologetically and turned back to the cabin.
The main problem was that the Knock Up Stream had arrived at a really inopportune time. Who would have thought it would erupt together with Lord Nishikawa's 'stream'?
After Makoto left, the atmosphere among the Nakano quintuplets became a bit delicate.
Yotsuba leaned over the railing, gasping for air, a white trace still at the corner of her mouth.
Ichika stood beside her, pretending to look at the scenery.
Miku wasn't much better, her face red as she looked down silently.
Itsuki turned her head away, her fingers unconsciously twisting together.
Just then—
Nino suddenly reached out and wiped the white trace at the corner of Yotsuba's mouth.
Then, she put her finger under her nose and took a deep sniff.
"Nino! What are you doing?!"
Yotsuba was so startled she jumped back a step.
Immediately, the four sisters saw Nino's whole body trembling, her eyes hazy, her cheeks flushed, her breathing rapid.
"I... I need to go to the bathroom."
Nino left these words, turned, and walked away quickly.
Watching Nino's departing back, the four sisters looked dumbfounded.
'Good grief, you're that sexually frustrated?'
The Otherworlder-Go and the Oro Jackson continued sailing on the White Sea.
The white sea surface glowed softly under the sunlight, clouds churning beneath the ship like a real ocean.
Before long, the two ships arrived at the official entrance to Skypiea… Heaven's Gate.
Beside it was a small house like a scenic area toll booth.
Inside, a middle-aged woman, appearing to be around forty, said expressionlessly, "Entry fee, 1 billion Extol per person."
Clearly, she was used to people coming here.
Makoto glanced at her and remembered that in the original work, when Luffy and his crew came to Skypiea, they also encountered an old woman charging a fee. She's probably the same person.
"1 billion?!"
Upon hearing this number, Alice, Erina, and others showed expressions of disbelief.
Although they didn't know how much this currency called 'Extol' was worth, the number '1 billion' was still astonishing.
Click—
Yu chambered a round in front of Makoto and the others again for the first time in ten years.
His left hand transformed into a great equalizer, the dark muzzle of his gun pointed at the forehead of the toll collector, Amazon.
"Still want to charge now?"
Yu said coldly.
Amazon immediately broke out in a cold sweat, quickly waving her hands. "N-no... it's fine even if you don't pay..."
Seeing this, the women couldn't help but comment in their hearts, 'It seems Ishigami's temper seemed to have grown more volatile over these ten years.'
After successfully entering, the two ships continued rising via the White Sea's upward current.
Currently, they were at the White Sea, 7,000 meters above the sea surface.
Above this, another 3,000 meters higher, was the White-White Sea, where Skypiea was located.
But speaking of which, the Rumble-Rumble Fruit probably wasn't in Skypiea itself.
Because Enel, who ate it, wasn't actually born on Skypiea, but on his birthplace…
'What was it called?' Makoto couldn't quite remember.
But at least, when Enel as a child had little combat ability, he was able to eat that top-tier Logia fruit, so the Rumble-Rumble Fruit must have been in his homeland region.
"Tch. Looks like we'll be spending some time here."
Makoto stroked his chin, looking at the layered white sea of clouds in the distance, lost in thought.