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I just laughed as Sanji-san started to sing the actual song while eating my bento and Usopp is yelling at me for eating his bento before. I just offered him an onigiri before I ate the rest of my bento, which of course he yelled at me again for eating his bento and not sparing anything for him.

"Oh yeah, Eri. What was that about? You know, about that weird Priest. He can read all of our next movements, you know!" Luffy asked.

"Oh that? That's Mantra. Or Kenbunshoku no Haki. Actually, both are the same, just different names." I replied with a grin as I took out a jar of cookies.

"Mantra? Kenbun…what?" Usopp echoed back.

"Kenbunshoku no Haki, or Mantra, is a form of Haki that allows the user to sense/observe the presence of others, which also makes them can predict movements all around the user. But if they lose their concentration or calm, then they can't predict anything." I explained as I took a bite from a cookie I brought with me for snacking.

"But even so, they can't predict anything that's random or too fast. For example, if Usopp's about to attack me, then I can predict what kind of attack he'll do. But if he's accidentally slipped, which makes his attack went off to somewhere and actually made something fell to get me, then I can't predict it because all I predict is Usopp's going to attack me, but not Usopp's going slipped and the said thing is going to get me. But it's still Usopp's attack, so the prediction is still right. It's just the form of the attack that's not right." I continued while munching on the cookie before putting another one into my mouth.

"And of course, if Usopp's faster than me, then his attack will also get me if he's not slipped. If the user is slower than the one movement they predict, then they still can't dodge the attack." I finished as I gulped down my water.

"…So if we're going to attack those guys that can use Mantra or Kenbun-whatever, be sure to be faster than the user." Usopp concluded.

"To put it lightly, just like Usopp said, you gotta be faster than the user if you want to beat them. Or just try to make them panic so they lose their concentrations. Or just wait for them to tire out." I replied with a nod.

"I see! So it's a mystery power!" Luffy said with a grin.

"As expected from Eri-chwaaan~! So knowledgeable!" Sanji-san swooned.

"Though, if your instinct is just sharp, then you can just predict someone's movements, or just by observing them very closely. Just like Luffy usually did sometimes." I told them while pointing at Luffy, "And if anyone really tries hard, they can also train themselves to use Kenbunshoku no Haki, as everyone basically can, but the said power is still sleeping deep inside you." I added.

"But Eri-chan, this Kenbunshoku no Haki is not something you can use all the time, right?" Sanji-san asked.

"No. Unless the user is just strong and have more experience than any other users, then they can use it anytime they want. Heck, they even can predict the future if they're amazing." I answered, "Though I never find anyone with that kind of strong Kenbunshoku no Haki, especially in the Marines. Or at least, not yet when I trained Hakis there with my jii-chan years ago."

"M-Marines!? Eri, you actually trained with the Marines?!" Usopp asked out in slight panic.

"Yeap! I asked jii-chan to train me Hakis! He brought me to Marine's HQ, Marineford, for me to train Hakis with other Marines. It was hell, but it's also nice!" I replied with a small laugh in nostalgia, "He even dislocated my arms so I can train on attacking only by using my legs! Man, it truly was hell…"

"Hoo… with your jii-chan… Wait! Aren't your jii-chan is Luffy's too? He's a Marine!?" Usopp asked out in panic.

"Yeap! He really beat us up to the punch every time Ace or Luffy said that they're going to be Pirates instead of Marines like him, while I refuse to be a Marine and will follow Luffy's future road." I answered as I stretched out.

"Your jii-chan sounds like a scary old man…"

"Oh, he's far scarier than any beasts, for sure…"

"Nee, we've been sailing for a long time, Sanji." Luffy said to Sanji-san.

"Yeah. In the end, we got through that field without anything happening to us." Sanji-san replied.

"Let's keep up this streak of nothing happening! Yeah, there's no doubt that we'll live through this!" Usopp said and let out a scared sound when the boat is going down, "W-what now?!"

"Oooh! Spirally Milky Road! This is so cool!" I pointed out while leering down from the boat.

"What's the point of spinning around like this!?" Usopp commented before both of us got dizzy because of the spirally Milky Road.

"M-maybe so we're not going down all of a sudden like before~!" I replied as both of our eyes are making spirally form comically.

"Ooooh! We're going fast!" Luffy commented with a laugh.

"No, you idiot… We're falling!"

Oh god, the dang Milky Road is messing with me because instead of normal road, it's a spinning and spirally road. I swear to god if I even get to know anyone that makes this dang road, I will kick them off from Sky Island to Blue Sea because of this ridiculous road. I would enjoy it if the spirally Milky Road is the last one and my stomach is empty.

After a while, the road is finally back to normal and God bless me for that.

"Hey, it's getting dark. Are we gonna make it all the way to the Altar?" Usopp asked in worry.

"Don't worry, Usopp. We're almost there." I told him with a grin.

"The sun's setting…" Sanji-san commented.

"I can't see through the clouds." Usopp said, using his goggles to see through the clouds where the said sun is setting.

"So Sky Island has sunsets too." Luffy commented.

We were just looking at the Milky Road in front of us calmly and quietly as the road is slowly going up real high right over a tall tree under the road.

"We're above the trees again! This time it's a HUGE tree!" Luffy commented happily as we're still going up.

"Oi, you've gotta take this more seriously, Luffy." Usopp told Luffy, "What is this? This feeling… Is there gonna be something at the end?"

"I have a feeling that at the end of the Milky Road, those Priests are gonna be waiting for us." Sanji-san said calmly.

"This is great! I'm pumped up for this!" Luffy said as we're at the top of the tree before we slid down real fast.

"Are we gonna spin again!?" Usopp asked out.

"Maybe this time we're gonna fall off 10.000 meters down from Sky Island." I commented.

"DON'T JOKE STUFFS LIKE THAT!"

"Hey, there's something down there." Sanji-san pointed out as we saw something at the bottom of the road.

"T-There! It must be the Priests!" Usopp replied in panic.

"Nope, they're Skysharks." I said.

"Oh, so it's not the Priests. It's just some Skysharks—Oi, oi, oi, oi, are you serious!? AAAAAAAH! They're huge! They're gonna swallow us whole!" Usopp exclaimed out in panic while Luffy sat up on Karasumaru's head and punched all of the Skysharks using his Gomu Gomu no Gatling Gun, which knocked them all out and we landed not so smoothly on the white lake below us, making us got soaking wet because of it.

"We're soaking wet!" Usopp commented.

"Ah crap, my clothes all wet." I cursed when I grimaced at the feeling of soaking cloth on my skin.

"Ooh! Hey, look! We found 'em! It's the Going Merry-Go! That must be the Altar!" Luffy pointed out before we actually saw Zoro, Nami, and Robin-san near the trees and not anything near Merry.

"Hi, Nami-san~! Robin-chwan~! Did you miss me~? I overcame the Ordeal of Love!" Sanji-san exclaimed out with heart-eye.

"What? Was that the only Ordeal we had to endure?" Luffy wondered out with a laugh.

"Do any of you lose a limb or something while waiting for us?" I asked out happily.

"Were you guys scared? Rest easy now that Captain Usopp is here!" Usopp exclaimed out proudly, even though he's the one that scared the most between the four of us.

And as we're arrived at the Altar, I saw Chopper and Flame are covered with bandages; along with Merry-Go's mast is nowhere to be seen.

"Seems like you guys are having a hard time." I commented bluntly, "Though it's a good thing you guys are okay. But still, what the hell happened?"

"It's a long story, but to put it simply, a Priest with a lance that burns everything came and the Knight of the Sky came to help us after I blow the whistle." Chopper answered.

"Wow, you have it rougher than any of us." I commented, "There, there, Chopper. Want some candies?" I asked him as I offered him some candies.

"Ah, thank you." Chopper replied as he took one.

"What's with you asking and offering some candies anyway?" Usopp commented with a sweatdrop.

"So where's that weird ossan now?" Luffy asked Chopper.

"He's inside. He's resting right now." Chopper answered as we followed him inside. True enough, as we stepped inside, we saw the Knight of the Sky is resting on the bed of the Medical Bay in the Kitchen/Dining Room area, sleeping.

"Just for using that one whistle blow he gave us for free, he fought this hard for us." Luffy said as he looked closer to the ossan.

"If the knight of the Sky hadn't come, the ship, Flame, and I would be long gone." Chopper said.

"There's a lot I wanna ask him, but it can wait until he wakes up. And we owe you some thanks too." Sanji-san said to Pierre, who just nodded at that before Luffy is actually playing with the ossan's moustache/beard, which made Pierre shocked and Chopper is calling him for doing that.

"Welp, with the ship in this condition and night approaching, we won't be able to get back to Angel Island until tomorrow. So let's camp up somewhere and eat those skysharks that Luffy knocked out earlier!" I exclaimed out happily as I ran outside, "Let's set up a camp and eat those skysharks!" I told the others who are outside.

"Oooh! Good idea, Eri!" Luffy agreed as he followed me along with the others.

"Well then, let's camp up near the shore in the forest." Sanji-san said.

"Why?" Luffy asked.

"If a fight broke out here, we'd end up damaging the ship even more. You should think about things like that!" Usopp answered.

"Not to mention that it's easier to fight on the shoreline than here." Sanji-san added.

"Alright, camping! Party!" Luffy cheered up and I just laughed at that while Usopp is yelling at him because of that. Well, Luffy's favorite pastime is having a party, so yeaah. I prefer having a banquet than a party, but in a party, there are also foods.

"Yosh! Let's start by barbequing these skysharks!" both Luffy and I said in sync as we jumped off from Merry to Karasumaru, using it to grab three skysharks and threw it to the shore before we turned back to the Sacrifical Altar where everyone is for them to jump along and go to the shoreline.

After a while and the camp is stood along with campfire, both Luffy and I are eating our respective skysharks after they're cooked enough for us to eat while the others are sitting down around the campfire, doing their things. Oh man, the skyshark tastes pretty nice! The meat is so fluffy and juicy! Unlike fishes from the Blue Sea, this one is literally fluffy and easy to digest.

"This is delicious!" Luffy commented and I just nodded in agreement. Indeed it's delicious.

"Geez, you two will eat anything!" Nami commented as she watched us eating.

"Want to try a bite, Nami?" I asked her, offering her my barbequed skyshark.

"Geez, Eri. I still don't get why you have the same appetite as Luffy, especially when you're a girl." She continued as she took a small piece of the skyshark meat.

"What, I just love food and eating, okay? Don't judge me." I replied with a laugh as I took another bite.

"Alright, quiet down! We're getting ready to hear everyone's reports!" Usopp announced out, "Alright, first one is Sanji."

"We went to the Lost Forest, where we met a Priest named Satori who used these Surprise Balls." Sanji-san started as he stops grinding over the skyshark's meat for the Knight ossan to eat, "It was bad enough with all those Surprise Balls floating around with who knows what inside them, but what got us the most was this Mantra technique he used to predict our movements." He finished.

"Alright, thank you, Sanji. Next one, Chopper."

"A Priest named Shura appeared out of nowhere using this lance that would burn anything! Plus, he could predict my movements." Chopper started, "I tried all kinds of attacks on him, but he avoided them. The bird he was riding spat out some fire and started burning the main mast, then he impaled the Knight of the Sky…"

"Alright then, Chopper. Last one, Nami."

"You guys sure had a rough time." Nami commented, "But, we discovered that this island is actually a piece of Jaya. The City of Gold didn't sink into the ocean, but it was shot into the sky!" She finished and Usopp nodded at that before he wrote it all the main points of the reports to the blackboard. I threw away the bones of the skyshark as I finished eating it to the side as I took out my Logbook and started writing down the reports as well.

"Yoosh! Thanks for your reports, everyone! We've gathered some valuable information from all this! But, the most important thing we've learned is… this!" Usopp announced out as he pointed on the blackboard right at the point where Sky Island (or the Upper Yard part) is Jaya, "This island is where the City of Gold that the Saruyama Allied Forces were searching for has been!"

"REALLY?!" Luffy asked in disbelief and shock.

"I just said that!" Nami told him.

"Well, Luffy's too busy eating, so he didn't hear anything." I said with a laugh.

"Gold, eh!? I've been waiting for an adventure like this! I'm itching to get out there!" Luffy exclaimed out in excitement.

"That's the spirit! Then everything's settled!" Nami replied happily.

"Hey, hey, Luffy. Did you forget what those guerillas said?" Usopp told Luffy with pale face and I just laughed at that.

"Gold, eh? I've been waiting for this sparkling part! I wonder how many treasure and money we can get!" I cheered up as my eyes turned into Belly sign.

"God's gonna get mad, you know? And he's scary." Chopper said.

"Sounds interesting, doesn't it?" Robin-san said with a small laugh.

"Well, Pirates can't pass up a chance to steal some treasure." Sanji-san added.

"And there are plenty of enemies out there. This is gonna be about survival. Sounds like fun!" Zoro said with a grin.

"G-Guys… We can be a little afraid of God! Don't blame me if you all get damned!" Usopp replied with tears.

"Eh, I think this God-guy will be fine. Luffy can kick his ass, while I take the gold." I replied back with a grin.

"Eri, not you too! I thought you believe in God!" He said.

"This is not the real heaven, you fool. And this God-guy is just a God-complex guy with Devil Fruit power. He's not invisible. Let's gamble on which one will be beaten up, Luffy or this God-guy? I put 10.000 on Luffy!" I told him with a cheer as I took out a 10.000 belly while Usopp just cried in the corner over it and I laughed at that.

"YOSH! GOLD, HERE WE COME!"

A/N: Yes, goooold! Treasuuuure! The best part of the Arc is comiiing! Hee-haw!

Review Time!

To Gamelover41592 : I'm sure they'll be surprise that someone can do the same as them (lol)! Too bad Eri-chan too lazy to deal with enemies, but she loves messing with them! We'll just see it in later chapters! Thank you for the review!

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