The next day.
The towering Red Line appeared on the horizon.
Everyone stopped training.
They all came to the deck and looked towards the Red Line.
"We're finally going back to the Grand Line, yay!" Lily cheered excitedly, "The East Blue and West Blue are too boring."
"I can also participate in battles," Hancock's eyes already showed the Haki of an Empress.
East Blue and West Blue.
She had no opponents.
The only strong enemy she encountered was the Red Hair Pirate Crew, but there was no full-scale war.
Except for Kevin, who had the opportunity to battle twice in a training-like manner.
The others.
Had no true battles.
"Leaving the Grand Line for a few short months, we've all grown stronger," Gion confidently looked towards the Red Line, no challenge was too much trouble.
"Captain, once we enter the Grand Line, the Marines will definitely take action, it wouldn't be surprising if an Admiral was dispatched."
Stussy smiled as she looked at Kevin.
Even the former World Government could not put any pressure on her.
"The Grand Line, a sea rumored to be full of monsters," Kuina hugged her Wado Ichimonji, which was taller than herself.
There was longing, and also fear of the unknown.
"Don't worry, no matter how strong the monster, our Captain can handle him," Koala waved her fist, comforting her friend of the same age.
Nico Robin silently watched everyone.
The legends of the Grand Line.
She had heard a lot from various sources.
Many of the leaders of the organizations she had joined previously, when they heard of the Grand Line, would show expressions of fear.
As if the Grand Line was a man-eating devil.
Plus, the murderers who destroyed Ohara were also in the Grand Line.
There were Admirals, and the World Government.
Making Nico Robin subconsciously filled with fear for the Grand Line.
Even though she knew that to unravel the Void Century, it was only possible by going to the Grand Line, she had never had the courage.
Now, looking at her companions with their different emotions.
There was excitement, curiosity, and anticipation.
Only fear was absent.
With such a group of companions, Nico Robin believed that she would definitely be able to achieve her dream.
And all this confidence, Nico Robin silently looked at Kevin's back at the very front.
"We're going back to the Grand Line!"
Kevin waved his big hand.
The Tomorrow also seemed to let out joyful sounds, going full speed towards Reverse Mountain.
At the same time, Kevin took out his telephone transponder snail.
To contact Shaki.
"Shaki, is there still no sign of a navigator?" Kevin asked.
On the other end of the telephone transponder snail, Shaki's low voice came, "Kevin, I'm sorry, I haven't found one yet."
Navigators were too rare.
All ships operating on the sea couldn't do without a navigator.
Every ship needed one, the demand was huge.
People with navigator talent on the sea were very few.
Many Pirate Crews almost had no navigators, they just sailed on the sea, leaving it to fate.
"It's okay, it's okay if there isn't one," Kevin also knew navigators were hard to find, "It doesn't matter, thank you, Shaki."
It seemed he would have to use a clumsy method to get to Skypiea.
As for when they reached the New World.
He would see if he could poach from those major powers, hoping for a female navigator.
She didn't need profound navigation skills, just someone who could do the job.
On the other end of the telephone transponder snail, after a moment of silence, Shaki's somewhat conflicted voice came, "Captain Kevin, may I ask, what is the reason we urgently need a navigator?"
Because Shaki knew.
The Sun and Moon Pirates previously, without a navigator, were still able to cross the first half of the Grand Line.
We haven't entered the Grand Line yet.
Based on the previous situation, it shouldn't be this urgent.
"Prepare for a trip to Sky Island," Kevin said, not hiding anything.
"Sky Island?"
Shaki exclaimed in surprise.
She had heard of the legendary island:
"There are only a few navigators in the entire sea capable of taking a Pirate Crew to Sky Island, and the route to Sky Island is in the first half of the Grand Line. Captain Kevin, the first half is the most dangerous for the Sun and Moon Pirates. You must not casually kidnap a navigator from another force. If they betray your location and the World Government finds out, it will be dangerous."
Shaki was full of worry.
In Shaki's eyes,
the Sun and Moon Pirates were safe and sound at the moment, not because they were invincible enough to disregard the World Government and the Navy's encirclement.
It was because the Navy couldn't determine Tomorrow's location.
They couldn't form a large encirclement.
Once surrounded by a large Navy force, any Pirate Crew in the sea would be in grave danger.
"Forget it, to avoid taking unnecessary risks, I'll come myself," Shaki said, feeling a bit uneasy.
She was afraid Kevin might just find a navigator from another force.
And then be betrayed.
"Ah?" Kevin looked at the telephone transponder snail in surprise.
"Kevin, you didn't expect it, did you? Shaki is also a navigator, and a very experienced one. Currently, there's almost no one in the entire sea whose navigation skills can compare to Shaki's."
It was Rayleigh's slightly boastful voice.
Kevin really hadn't expected it.
The original work provided very little information about Shaki.
"Captain Kevin, you can't blame me. It's not that I didn't want to help at first, it's..." Shaki quickly explained, but couldn't finish her sentence.
The difficulties she faced.
She didn't want to trouble Kevin.
And the issue of age and time was simply unsolvable. How many overlords on the sea had ultimately succumbed to time?
"Shaki, your willingness to come is already a huge help. How could I blame you?"
"Alright then, where do we meet?"
"Jaya Island!"
"Okay!"
Sabaody Archipelago.
Shaki hung up the telephone, self-deprecatingly saying, "I haven't been out to sea for so long, and now that I'm going out again, Big Mom can't help but feel a little excited."
Rayleigh was dumbfounded, looking at the restless Shaki.
Is this still the Shaki I know?
"Should I go too?"
"Get lost, you're not a member of the Sun and Moon Pirates, you're not worthy." Shaki slammed the door shut with a heavy thud: "Guard the door for me, don't steal any wine, especially the wine I just brewed. That's for the Captain."
Rayleigh was stunned.
...
...
Tomorrow, and Shaki.
From different directions, heading towards one destination.
Jaya Island.
After more than ten days of travel, Tomorrow arrived near Jaya Island first.
"Shaki shouldn't be this fast; Sabaody Archipelago is further away from here."
Tomorrow docked near a relatively secluded shore.
They waited for about a week.
"She's here."
Kevin looked towards the sea, a small boat, one person, riding the waves.
"Isn't this the Grand Line? One person in a small boat dares to go out to sea?" Kuina was somewhat questioning reality.
They had just entered the Grand Line not long ago.
They hadn't encountered much danger, but she had already witnessed many times the Grand Line's disastrously changeable weather, where the ship and crew could be lost at any moment.
"That's no ordinary person."
Even with the age issue, Shaki's strength was among the top powerhouses in the first half of the Grand Line.
Coupled with her navigation skills.
It wasn't impossible for one person and one ship to conquer the sea.
"Let's go, she's our companion, and she's part of our Pirate Crew." Kevin was the first to board the ship, and Tomorrow set off to welcome Shaki.
"She's our companion?"
Everyone who had joined later was surprised and curious.
"Captain, you've been waiting a long time, haven't you? Should I make it up to you? Captain, you've become even more handsome." As the small boat approached, Shaki lightly tapped her toes and covered a hundred meters in an instant, landing on the Sun and Moon Pirates' ship.
She boldly flirted with Kevin.
The first time.
The Sun and Moon Pirates, all members gathered!
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