"The sky?"
Lily furrowed her pretty brows, "Is it broken?"
"Lily, when sailing the Grand Line, you can't trust anything, the only thing you can trust is the Log Pose in your hand."
Sage glanced at the helm in Marika's hands, twitching his eyes; for some reason, he didn't quite like the thing.
"It's not the Log Pose that's broken, given this situation, what you're thinking about is how to reach the sky."
He took the helm and casually tossed it into the sea, saying, "Sky Island..."
At those words, all the pirates around lit up with excitement, even Marika, who usually maintained a gentle demeanor, slightly opened her eyes.
"Sky Island?"
Renedia widened her eyes, "An island in the sky? Does that kind of place really exist?!"
"It exists."
Sage sat in the recliner, picked up the glass, and took a sip, "But I don't really want to go, we have an Eternal Pose to Jaya, let's go to Jaya, charge up the Magnetic Power, and then set off."
"Eh? Why? Sky Island, an island in the sky, it must be very mysterious, there might be lots of treasure there!" Renedia was reluctant.
"There is."
Sage stated directly, "Golden Land, full of gold, but I can snatch such things from anywhere, no need to bother."
He remembered Sky Island, and he also remembered how to get up there, but that method...
"A huge skyward current erupts from the sea, rising to an altitude of ten thousand meters, to go up you'd have to ride the current, but this method isn't suitable for our Pirates."
When he said this, whether others understood or not, the three women did.
It's not that it's unsuitable for their Pirates, it's mainly unsuitable for Sage.
With his luck, if he uses that so-called skyward current...
"So was that helm just now one that fell from the sky? I see." Lily nodded.
"That's it, with a problem, our Pirates need to start anew."
Sage said, "If you really want to see, later you can go to the Western Heaven Peak, there's a passage that'll take you up."
He's not someone without self-awareness, regarding bad luck, he never has any illusions.
Regarding the skyward current thing, even if at first he doesn't get overturned by the current and manages to ride it, if he falls, maybe he can temporarily hover using Moon Step, perform a mid-air double jump to ensure safety, but he might only be able to save a few.
Others falling from high altitude into the sea, it's no different from crashing to the ground, and the hard-earned foundation would be gone for just some gold, not worth such a big risk.
Otherwise, before he became a Pirate, he'd have found a way to go to Sky Island from the Grand Line.
What?
Do business?
That's not luck!
Doing business isn't considered luck, entrepreneurial things can't be calculated as luck!
"Then let's go to Jaya." Lily glanced at the Eternal Pose and shouted, "Everyone, ten o'clock direction, turn the helm for navigation!"
Boom!
As she finished speaking, the sky above suddenly turned gloomy, releasing a Thunderbolt, followed by strong winds rising and pouring down pea-sized raindrops.
"It hasn't been sunny for long." Sage clicked his tongue and turned back to the captain's cabin.
If there's no sunbathing to be done, then it's back to training.
But this sudden storm, the people on board were already accustomed to it, a group swiftly ran to various positions, pulling the ropes that needed pulling, retracting the sails that needed retracting, and awaiting the appropriate direction to then cautiously raise the sails.
Under the storm, they're not ignoring the situation, otherwise, even if the ship's quality was excellent, it would still be blown off course by the wind.
But the ship already had a power device, driven by manpower, so they don't have to constantly watch it.
"Don't slack off, control well and keep training, the storm can't stop our steps! If we don't train today, we'll die tomorrow! Let's continue!"
Gin shouted to the crowd on the deck.
Storm?
Such a thing can't stop them, rather, precisely because of the huge wind and rain, those who persist are the true elites!
As the General Commander, Gin has the duty to help enhance his subordinates, which is also the Captain's intentions.
Unless there's a side job to slightly ease it, like the chef team, otherwise, even those in the control room watching directions or powering the engines below need to rotate up for training.
"I'll make some soup to keep out the cold." Marika smiled lightly, turning to the kitchen.
"Get some hands, come with me to make motorcycles." Renedia called a few members and ran down to the ship's cabin.
Lily then braved the wind and rain, checked around, and entered the second-floor captain's cabin.
By this time, Sage had begun training.
His strength was naturally immense, if fully exerted, perhaps the Poneglyph would be unharmed, but the structures of the second floor might be in trouble.
However, Sage has his methods.
Haki is not just for show, coiling from his feet extending all the way to the wall behind the Poneglyph, using the hardness brought by Haki to resist the force he imparts.
The level of this Haki, although not much in quantity, is strong in endurance!
Lily looked at the dark color beneath Sage's feet and on the wall, pursed her lips, silently stood beside the Poneglyph, took an Iaido stance, closed her eyes slightly, and amidst Sage's bodily impacts against the stone, tried to listen to the 'breathing' of the stone.
Her sword was a two-finger wide rapier blade, not a dagger, while it's suitable for thrusting, it can also slice.