Current !!! At this deep !?
Wallace : To be precise they are called underwater currents they are like the currents on the surface but due to them being connected to the New World waters become more influenced by it , they became more unpredictable and instead of helping the ships to reach their destination faster it becomes to those unprepared or unaware of how to sail through them an inevitable and unavoidable doom .
Are they really that dangerous ?
Wallace : Have you ever witness a sea phenomenal called the Knock Up Stream .
I shock my head .
Wallace : lean on any side and you would be able to see a glimpse of the Knock Up Stream power .
Finally i was able to move again the feeling of being bound and unable to move was beginning to bring some unpleasant memories i did as Wallace suggested quite intrigued about knowing what an underwater current looked like .
The ship was like floating on a stream of not too close yet not too far either just accurate enough to be sailing perfectly balanced and picking up more speed with every time it clashed with the stream i opened my clairvoyance to see more clearly and increased it to 40 times and noted that my power was working just fine and saw in the depth of the stream and around our ship a devastating amount of shipwrecks and a sets of skulls and bones i looked intently in one particular direction in this dark abyss a rocky cave at one of the ends of the stream and what caught my attention was the uncomfortable number of shipwrecks around it i focused more and saw a deep sea king laying asleep beside a 4 to 5 mountains of skulls and bones how many people died there was it attacking ships intentionally .
Or was this all the work of the underwater currents yes there are other currents moving in the same way as the one we are on but let's just say most of them lead directly to some deep sea kings stomachs .
The underground currents really are fascinating and helpful to those who can navigate in them and a plague on those who are ignorant of how to navigate through them correctly .
Wallace : i'm not bragging when i say that without a skilled navigator the odds of the ship ending up in some deep sea king stomach is more than it reaching its destination , this pressurized stream will make sure of it either by leading them straight into the monster lair or by squishing them alongside their ship and it may leave some survivals but at this deep their death is almost certain .
Before i would have objected at how exaggerating his words might have been but after seeing those unlucky fellows i wholeheartedly believe him i nodded at him .
But i remembered him saying the Knock Up Stream shouldn't it be called the Knock down stream i asked Wallace san and he just laughed for a bit and then told me the reason of his laughter .
Wallace : i told you it will give you a glimpse of what that phenomenal looked like they share some characteristics with the underwater currents being more milder than that stream as i said before that phenomenal occur at the sea surface and some rumors about legendary characters using the Knock Up Stream to reach sky island the last being the late pirate king Gol D Roger after that a few tried to do the same but in the end they failed and lost their ship and some even losing their wills to keep going .
Sky island !!! there are Islands floating in the sky Wallace san ?
Wallace : i don't know but i'm sure that if there are there must be another way to reach them without the use of the Knock Up Stream .
Right i forget to ask you before but do you know of Fishmen called Fisher Tiger Wallace san .
At my question a cold look appeared in Wallace san eyes as he answered me with a question of his own coldly asking : what do you want to know about him , kid ?
Don't get agitated i only saw him once in Mary Geoise and i owe him a dept of gratitude as he helped me in saving someone dear to me i only wanted to know if you know him or anyone that can lead me to know the fate of my friend .
Wallace then softened and said : so you were also there as well when he broke our chains and Freed all of us the one and only Fisher Tiger , were you one of the people who escaped with him .
No , but i told him to take a young brown haird girl 4 or 5 years old with him and return her to here home so i'm asking if you know anything about her do please tell .
Wallace : your friend had already returned back to her family safely but it was on that same island that humans had set a trap for him and he took his last breath there affected by his wounds the humans tried to kill him without any remorse so do pardon my anger it wasn't directed at you personally or something like that .
My condolences to you and all your fellow Fishmen i only know him for half an hour but i can tell that he was a courageous hero but Wallace san do you intend to keep living with that hate inside you for an incident caused by ungrateful bunch of humans i can already tell you Fisher Tiger san won't be content with you holding grudges on his behalf like this but i also know that you have enough reason to be angry but just from you being in the crew i can already tell that you also hold kindness in your heart towards Ace and the others as well Except Deuce san i presume , at my monologue of world peace and the tensed atmosphere Wallace didn't answer for a few minutes then laughed heartily .
Wallace : hahahaha , you really know how to make people laugh kid , don't worry i let go of my hate and anger already a long time ago i was just guarded that you would suddenly began to badmouth him like some humans on the surface do .
Deuce : Hooy , Ryuu I'm not really hated that much
The rest of the crew excluding Banshee , Skull , Mihar , Ace was sleeping but it doesn't matter , Wallace : yes you are hahahaha .
Deuce : shut it cowards who will laugh i will beat him up .
They were still drunk and so Deuce words were the fuse that began some sort of group brawling match between all the crew members excluding the bunch from before with Mihar san returning to the inner part of the ship and Banshee and Skull betting who will be the last one standing and Wallace was still busy with his own work .
Unfortunately for the two gamblers no one was left standing with Deuce san being the one that got hit several times and even when he laid down he was getting walked over by the other brawlers he wasn't seriously injured but let's just say Deuce san will wake up with unmatched footprints on his face .
I laughed heartily at the scene in front of me i really joined an interesting crew then went to the now amused Wallace san and asked him at our current speed how long would it take to reach Fishmen island .
Wallace : we already been on the stream for an hour at most another half a day and we will be there .
Should i use that mode again but briefly as possible i want to find the most balanced state that i can keep this mode up without the risk of being immobile let's try 5 times for my brain with 60 times for healing i don't feel any headaches my brain is also thinking clearly than before but not as clearer as that time i shut down my multiplying power and i didn't feel that i'm bound to the ground so 5 times is okay to go then let's increase it to 10 times with 60 times healing still .
Yep , it won't be enough to cut it with the 10 times increase i already found the limit i can go in this mode with 20 times for my brain and 80 times healing and if i stayed in that mode for over a minute every 10 seconds after that 1 minute limit are going to subject me to 3 to 5 second of my immobile state and it will multiply for every 10 seconds over the limit and i can't enhance more than two of my body systems simultaneously if i enhanced another system while still using my power to enhance another two systems i would get a penalty of being immobile for 10 for every 30 seconds in this mode and if i enhanced another system body function the time i would be immobile double for every 15 seconds but using my power over increasing speed , size , and strength while enhancing two body systems is completely fine being super smart is really something else .
My best state with this mode would be 15 times for the brain and 80 for healing and i will need to depend on my Zoan devil fruit and Haki for if i wanted to fight with this mode now let's use our spare time to train i'm going to give Ace a big surprise .
I adjusted my excited mood and entered what I now named The Thinker Mode and for the next half day or night i would be recalling my beatin cough cough the sea deep is really cold cough cough i will get a jacket and recall my training time with Rayleigh i might actually gain something now that i'm a genius hehe .
The next six hours i was able to recall every detail of my spar against Rayleigh and became more adapt in using my strength more effectively and was even able to keep simulating different battle scenarios i was defeated every time still but i gained a lot and even have an idea of how to use my multiply power to increase my will to fight Ace is really going to be surprised with how much my strength increased in just a few hours and i was also using my training with Rayleigh to create my own sword style i only have one move of it in my mind now i called it one sword style : Doragon Reiji Burittsu Surasshu or Dragon Rage Blitz Slash .
I imagined it in my mind as by increasing my strength and speed and with the use of Soru to increase my speed even more i can slash horizontally at my opponents in what would look like a dragon slashing with its claws the power would be even able to send the opponents if i wanted to by the pure wind created from my increased strength .
The only drawback would be that using this technique with the current swords available will hypothetically destroy these swords in one attack so even if the technique is strong the ability to actually use it in combat for now will be absolutely limited until we can find at least a graded sword .
I ran a few more simulations to make sure my calculations were fine and then laid down and stared at the dark scene outside the ship and enjoy the peace of the day or the night in the sea deep then closed my eyes and tried to get some sleep when Wallace suddenly said that we are off the underwater current and that he needed to get out of the bubble surrounding the ship to fetch some transportation for the ship .
I was stunned at what he came back with after a few minutes that would be our transportation a seacow sea king with a ring in its nose .
Wallace : don't worry it will work to pull us to the fishmen island for food and it's needed for the rest of the journey as the current we took is only able to bring us this far close the rest of the journey we will need to depend on this big guy here .
Moooooo moooo mooooooo .
Wallace : no need for threats we already have an agreement you will get your food when we reach Fishmen island .
The sea king then began to pull our ship to the destined place where we will be docking Wallace said it's a port town inside the island called Coral Hill .
A few minutes later we arrived and Wallace was trying to wake those drunkards for the custom inspection before being allowed to enter that huge bubble , it was quite the bright sight , The island resides in a giant double-layered bubble floating above the sea floor, seemingly filled with about half water and reef and half air as Wallace began to explain that what rests in the smaller bubble on top of the main island's bubble was Ryugu Palace where King Neptune, Princes Fukaboshi ، Ryuboshi, Manboshi, and Princess Shirahoshi lived he said that the island was being illuminated by the Sunlight Tree Eve .
It was like an underwater paradise with different colours and weird shaped buildings we passed the inspection and we were allowed entry but still got a few weird looks from the Fishmen guards but i somehow understand why were they doing that .
We finally docked at Coral Hill and our arrival didn't create any impact on the port they were already many other pirates ships and merchant ones were docking here as well.
Oh we are here already this was what i expected from you Wallace san thank you for your hard work , guys we will only be here for one day and then we will be back on the ship you can go and do whatever you like all in the boundary of reason ofcourse don't go around terrorizing the locals other than you can have all the fun you want .
The crew was only waking up now and they said together weakly : will do captain .
What happened to your excitement you guys and what happened to your face Deuce ? .
Some of the crew began to grown from the recent brawling match they had and some began to look for equipments with Deuce looking for a mirror when Banshee lent him hers to see what happened to his face .
Deuce : who did this hey Ducky Bree this is your shoes print did you do this .
Ducky Bree : you have like 6 to 7 different shoe footprints and you figured the culprit is only me .
Saber : whoaa you are right Bree mine is too .
Deuce : are you kidding me what happened yesterday ? .
Skull began to fill them in when Ace came to my side and asked while laughing at what happened yesterday : so Ryuu are you ready to began your first adventure at sea deep .
I'm ready and super excited too .
Our showdown will be at the end of the day , for the meantime you can roam around as freely as you want but remember to be careful we will fight in that abandoned part that we saw earlier the one that is outside the Ryugu kingdom authority , Wallace said it will be okay to spar there .
Thank you for your concern and i will be there on time and Ace .
What are you withdrawing already ? .
You better be prepared .
I told him that and then began to head to a place that Wallace nominated to me as a must visit The Mermaid Cafe .
on my way there i met with different glances from both Fishmen and merfolks some curious some were icy cold i paid them no mind but some green haired mermaid with a star fish hanging around her shoulder came to me in a blink of an eye saying : i noticed you human person are you new here want some Takoyaki .
A Takoyaki seller here really how unusual i still nodded and she led me to her stall and asked how many serves do I want ? I told her 3 serves would be okay and get to know her name was Camie and her a talking starfish pet named Pappag while she was grilling the Takoyaki .
I introduced myself to them as well a few minutes later she served the food and i found out what i ordered was actually 3 boxes of Takoyaki instead of three skewers i told them what i meant and she freaked out and began to call herself idiot so i tried to calm her by saying that i will still pay for all the three of them and that calmed her somehow i offered for them to join me but Camie rejected saying that merfolks don't consume them but thanked me anyway , i wanted to ask them for some information about the island and they luckily agreed .
Camie wanted to be a fashion designer and her pet and master Pappag who i then discovered that he is a famous fashion designer down here and took her as his apprentice and that she had another business partner a Fishmen called Hatchan but he was a way for sometimes now .
At the last part she was getting emotional to the point i thought she was going to cry .
I also got some understanding of the hierarchy of wealth and influence on Fishman island as even though Pappag is Camie's pet they can't live together in the wealth mansion Pappag own in Gyoverly Hills the place where the wealthy reside in and poor people aren't granted entry for anything else other than business purposes while she was staying in Mermaid Cove a place some kind of dormitory for mermaids .
I paid for the Takoyaki and she didn't want to take my payment but i insisted it's not my money anyway i even find them quite friendly to the point of inviting them both to come with me to the Mermaid Cafe but they refused my invitation so i bid them farewell and went on my way to one of the most influential places in Fish-man island as Pappag called it .
Mermaid Cafe i didn't found it as majestic as Wallace told me other than their huge size compared to humans but i found the employees working there cool and friendly too they were happy that a human customer was finally coming back as the numbers of humans who came by the cafe kept decreasing after the mermaids working there know of my real age they were surprised and began to pamper me as they all thought that i'm a bit older due to my height but the childish features on my face confirmed it , the ones i got to know were Ishilly,Hiramera,Kairen and Seira i also learned of the name of the establishment owner Madam Shyarly and that she have the ability to predict the future .
I ordered all the dishes and drinks in the menu some to eat and some would be given to Camie and the other cremates of mine they tasted great but the lack of meat dishes really bothered me a bit but this was understandable i paid the check and went to deliver some of the food to Camie and finally found by chance that The Mermaids Cove was on top of the Mermaid cafe .
I delivered the food to Camie and Pappag in the stall and began to March towards the notorious Fish-men District as i learned from both Camie and Ishilly that the place where my showdown with Ace will be .
What the ? Is that a flying Axe .