Chapter 86 Skypiea Suffers Exorbitant Fees: Luffy Clashes with God"I saw it."
"Didn't it say in there?"
"Absolutely not!!"
Luffy: "..."
He picked his nose: "Don't worry about the details. It's just my captain's intuition, or maybe it's some kind of divination."
Everyone: "...Get lost!"
The Going Merry slowly entered the Gates of Heaven. A short, elderly woman with an extremely unpleasant appearance, wearing a pink low-cut dress, suddenly appeared, snapping photos of everyone with a camera.
Sanji felt his beautiful fantasy of Heaven shatter instantly: "This can't be an angel!? If someone looks like that in Heaven, it's practically hell!"
Nami, trying to ease the awkwardness, greeted her with a smile: "Um... hello, Grandma?"
"I am the overseer of the Gates of Heaven, Amazon. Are you here for sightseeing, or to start a war?"
The old woman's voice was hoarse, sounding like fingernails scratching a blackboard.
Luffy instinctively opened his mouth: "Of course we're here to fight..."
"Mmm-mmm!"
Before he could finish, Nami swiftly covered his mouth, hissing, "Idiot! Do you want to die? That's a god! When in Rome, do as the Romans do!"
Usopp quickly plastered a smile and replied, "Sightseeing! It has to be sightseeing! Look at our faces full of goodwill!"
The old woman didn't even lift her eyelids: "It doesn't matter which way it is, but to enter the upper echelons, everyone has to pay an entry fee of 1 billion Irkuts. It's the law..."
"1...1 billion?!"
Nami's face instantly turned as black as the bottom of a pot, radiating a terrifying aura: "Do you know who we are? This is the future Pirate King's ship! We're dirt poor, how dare you ask for such an exorbitant price!"
Robin calmly did the math: "1 billion per person, 9 people plus a duck, that's 10 billion Iku."
Usopp started counting on his fingers, then gave up halfway: "So much money just to get in?! This Skypiea is a rip-off!"
"You can get in without paying," Amazon Lily suddenly added quietly.
"What?! You should have said so earlier! You scared me!"
"Oh, it's voluntary consumption."
Everyone: "..."
"If you can get in without paying, why did you keep talking nonsense!"
Luffy was still struggling in Nami's arms: "Waaaaah!!"
With the help of a creature called "Express Shrimp," the Going Merry flew along the giant swirling cloud waterfall towards the higher white sea.
Nami finally released Luffy's mouth: "What were you trying to say?"
Luffy, taking a deep breath of fresh air and feeling the lingering warmth of Nami's hand, casually said, "Oh, I was thinking the exchange rate between Ike and Berries is 10,000 to 1. 1 billion Ike is actually only 100,000 Berries. If we don't pay that little bit, we'll be hunted down by that so-called god and the Grand Priest."
Nami: "..."
The air suddenly fell silent for three seconds.
"Why the hell didn't you say so earlier?!"
"How could I say anything when you covered my mouth?!"
"What do we do now! Is that god powerful?" Nami was almost in tears.
"Don't worry, he's a pushover." Luffy said dismissively.
Nami breathed a sigh of relief and patted her chest: "That's good, that's good..."
"At most, he's only capable of blasting the entire sky island to smithereens in one hit."
Nami: "╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻! You call this a noob?! I'm getting off the ship!!"
After Luffy and the others left, the old Amazonian woman watched their retreating figures, a sinister smile on her face. She reported to Enel through her mental network: "The Heavenly Gate Inspector Amazon reports that there are currently 10 illegal immigrants in the Land of Gods. Please give them 'Heaven's Punishment'!"
At that very moment, Luffy's Observation Haki, amplified infinitely through his bio-electromagnetic field, violently invaded and took over Enel's mental network channel.
The entire map of the Land of Gods appeared clearly in Luffy's mind, like a 3D projection!
He smirked and broadcast throughout his mental network: "Yo, Enel, long time no see."
Meanwhile, far away in the Divine Palace on God's Island, Enel and the four high priests were eating apples when they suddenly heard the voice in their minds, completely stunned.
"Who?!"
Enel's Rumble-Rumble Fruit power, combined with Observation Haki, created an electromagnetic radar covering the entire island—his exclusive domain.
The four priests were so startled they dropped their apples. How did that voice bypass the gods and get in directly?
"Who are you!?"
Enel angrily retaliated through his mental network, electromagnetic waves surging through the air.
"My foolish little brother, I am your long-lost brother! I've been searching for you all these years, and I've finally found you."
"Nonsense! I, a god, have no brother!" Enel roared, his golden staff crackling. "I am a god! An all-knowing and all-powerful god!"
Sensing the other's anger, Luffy severed the connection, stroking his chin with some regret.
He had originally planned to use the similar electromagnetic ability of the "Misaka Mikoto template" to fool a powerful subordinate, but it seems this guy's chuunibyou is too deep-seated; he's not easily fooled.
Then the only way is to win him over with "virtue"—first, beat him half to death, then reason with him.
"Aaaaaah!!"
With a scream from the crowd, the Going Merry burst through the cloud waterfall, leaping high into the air.
"Splash!" It crashed heavily into the even whiter white sea.
"An island! I see an island!"
As soon as the tremors subsided, Usopp pointed excitedly at a piece of land made of soft clouds ahead.
"Oh!!"
Looking at the sky island before them, like a fairytale wonderland, everyone was once again captivated by the fantasy of the Grand Line.
As soon as the Going Merry docked, Luffy, Usopp, and Chopper couldn't wait to jump in.
The beach here was formed from fossilized cloud material, soft and fluffy underfoot, like stepping on giant cotton candy.
Even Luffy, who had lived two lives, was now filled with playfulness. This realistic tactile experience was far more impressive than watching anime. He bounced around on the cloud beach like a spring.
Nami, suppressing the urge to step on it, maintained her bossy demeanor and told Robin and Vivi to change into their swimsuits.
Zoro, carrying his sword, yelled at Luffy speechlessly, "Hey, Luffy! Where are you dropping the anchor? There's no seabed here!"
"Who cares! I'll just throw it on a cloud!" Luffy shouted without turning his head.
"Exactly! Look at my cloud castle!" Usopp was building a cloud.
Zoro, his face a mask of exasperation, casually tossed the anchor into the sea of clouds, gazing at the breathtaking scenery before him with a sigh: "But this place... it's unbelievably beautiful."
Sanji, meanwhile, straightened his suit, a haughty expression on his face, and walked to the bow of the ship: "Hmph, look at those three idiots, so excited. A bunch of bumpkins who've never seen anything like this before."
With that, he elegantly removed his shoes, and the next second...