Starting with Kengan beating up the Pirate King

Chapter 49 Automatic Translation
"It should be right here."

With his feet on what appeared to be seawater but was actually a soft yet firm cloud-like beach, Guan Yi looked around at the dreamlike scene.

Trees and plants grow on these special clouds, blooming with exotic flowers never seen in Qinghai. Even the palace-like buildings in the distance are decorated with cloud patterns on the outside, shimmering softly in the sunlight.

Guan Yi raised his hand, and a handful of bright yellow flames appeared. He sensed it slightly: "The thin air doesn't affect the flames much because the energy for this fire is my physical strength. But I feel a bit like altitude sickness; my breathing isn't as smooth."

Beside him, Robin, his hair disheveled and face pale, clutched his chest with one hand, breathing heavily.

It wasn't just because of altitude sickness. She never expected that Guan Yi's "flying up" meant a hard flight, that is, a rocket booster under her feet, carrying her all the way up to this altitude of 10,000 meters!
In just two minutes, he ascended 10,000 meters, breaking through clouds and melting water. This was a hundred times more thrilling than bungee jumping. Although he had a strong mental fortitude and even found it quite interesting, his physical fitness was not up to par, so Robin was in a daze for quite a while.

Once she regained her senses, she finally had time to observe her surroundings. The descriptions she'd only read about in books came into view, and as a historian, she remarked with some emotion, "Houses and roads made of clouds... there really are places like that in the world... Mr. Ian, what are you looking for?"

She noticed that Guan Yi seemed to be observing something, not just looking at her surroundings.

Guan Yi is looking for Enel's mental network.

"Mind Web" is the name given to Observation Haki on Skypiea. With the power of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, Enel's Mind Web covers a wide area that spans the entire Skypiea. Therefore, Guan Yi always keeps his Observation Haki field active to avoid some trouble.

What puzzled him was that he had been standing on this cloud land for three minutes, and he still couldn't sense Enel's mind network at all!

Isn't it always on?
Is Enel taking a nap?

He only explained to Robin, "We are trespassing, essentially violently drilling up from the ground of this island, so we should be careful."

“That’s true.” Robin glanced regretfully at the distant sky island city. “So we’d better not contact the sky islanders casually?”

"Let's take care of business first. We can go take a look around later when we have time." Guan Yi thought for a moment and said, "I went up vertically earlier, so if the other half of Jaya Island was also swept up vertically by the ocean current, it should be in this direction."

He pointed southwest, thinking of possible historical sites and Poneglyphs. Robin became serious, glanced at the distance a few times, and said, "It's not connected to the Sky Island lands here. We'll have to cross a stretch of White Sea, right? Looks like I'll have to trouble you again."

She crossed her arms and activated the power of the Flower-Flower Fruit: "Six-Hand Flower Bloom!"

Six slender white arms suddenly sprouted from Guan Yi's lower back, intertwining into a net. Robin jumped back and sat on them: "Is this okay?"

"As long as I can sit still, that's fine."

Guan Yi nodded, stepped on the sea of ​​clouds, and instantly ran out, treading on the air, each step covering dozens of meters, and sped towards the direction of Golden Township.

Instead of going straight up and down, Robin, feeling the strong wind blowing, still had the mood to open her arms and lean against Guan Yi, comfortably saying, "The scenery here is really nice."

Perhaps it was because Guan Yi was learning ancient characters that she let go of her biggest burden and seemed more relaxed, while Guan Yi just silently continued on her way.

Since arriving on the Sky Island, he had felt somewhat depressed. For some reason, he always had a vague sense of foreboding, but he didn't know where it would affect him.

Am I really not good enough to beat Enel?

That's impossible. We were quite confident about it more than half a year ago. We should be sure of winning now. If we weren't sure of winning, we wouldn't have thought of coming to get the gold.

After a five-minute flight through the air in confusion, another floating island finally came into view. The island's architecture was ancient and cluttered with ruins, clearly indicating a long-abandoned city. Looking down from the sky, Guan Yi could even spot the tallest, golden clock tower in that abandoned city!
The enormous golden bell, made entirely of gold and suspended by huge vines, had a base and golden steps that shone with dazzling light!

"Found it, Golden Country!"

Robin turned around at the sound, grabbed Guan Yi's shoulder, and looked out, exclaiming in amazement, "Sure enough, the clock tower is made entirely of gold, and a large part of the buildings around it are also made of gold. Wait, the base of the clock tower is inlaid with..."

Her voice became excited, and her gaze was drawn to a huge stone tablet exposed at the base of the clock tower.

The stone tablet, covered in sand and dust, is grayish-brown and made of a peculiar material. It stands seven or eight meters tall and five or six meters long, and is set in the very center of the bell tower's base. Compared to the golden bell, it appears somewhat small.

The front of the stone tablet was engraved with some strange characters. Robin held her breath slightly, and as soon as Guan Yi landed, she jumped off Guan Yi and said, "It really is the Poneglyph!"

Guan Yi, equally stunned, stood before the stone tablet, gazing at the ancient characters inscribed upon it. Reading and translating the ancient text, Robin's eyes flickered with a mixture of amazement and shock, as if struck by some kind of information.

After she finished translating the inscription on the stone tablet, she noticed a line of Seiya script carved into a corner: 'I am here to guide this text to the final destination—Gol D. Roger, the pirate.'

"The Pirate King? He's been here too!" Robin murmured. "The final place... does that refer to Laugh Tale? What's there?"

After a moment of silence, she looked at the inscription again, hesitated for a moment, and then turned to say, "Mr. Ian, this historical inscription contains some incredible information about the three ancient weapons and the location of Poseidon, the sea god!"

She pointed to the first half, paused for a few seconds, struggled internally for a moment, and then took a deep breath and said, "It says that Poseidon, the sea god, is actually a mermaid princess from eight hundred years ago, who has the power to destroy the world. The people living here are the ones who weave history, and they are with the tolling of the clock tower's bells."

Guan Yi knew that Robin was struggling with the decision, so she chose to tell the truth, and everything she said was true.

It wasn't because Guan Yi knew the plot or that Princess Shirahoshi of Mermaid Island was the current Sea King.

It's because of the meaning... I can understand it!

The ancient, scribbled characters, when seen by him, were automatically translated into something he could understand! Just like when Guan Yi first entered the pirate's secret realm and didn't know Japanese, he could understand the writing and language of Qinghai!

This is the automatic translation function of the secret realm!
They even accept the Poneglyphs?!

A huge wave of emotion surged within Guan Yi. So, the 99 explorers... were actually 99 historians proficient in ancient writing?!
This is extremely important intelligence; the fact that the person is proficient in ancient scripts alone has epoch-making significance for exploring the pirate's secret realm.

Explorers can go from knowing nothing to becoming highly skilled professionals. Aside from being ostracized by the World Government, their mastery of ancient scripts means they can easily secure a decent position among aspiring pirates.

'So perhaps there's a simple way to conquer the Pirate Realm—join a pirate who might become the Pirate King and become his crew?'

Guan Yi's mind conjured up images of the Four Emperors. Whitebeard might have heard the truth about the One Piece from Roger and wasn't very interested in going to Laugh Tale. Big Mom had her daughter Pudding, and Shanks was a Celestial Dragon. They all had many unknown trump cards.

Is Kaido the best choice?

Teacher Kai is someone who values ​​talent.

However, regardless of whether this method can completely conquer the secret realm, the final reward will likely be greatly reduced. Besides, Kai doesn't seem like someone destined to become the Pirate King.

Most of the volunteers in this exploration group are currently only at the middle to upper level in the East China Sea. There are probably very few who can compare to Aaron and Creek, so they are far from enough to obtain this kind of intelligence.

A jumble of thoughts raced through my mind.

A sudden gust of wind blew by, and Guan Yi's mind cleared instantly. He looked into the distance in astonishment.

At the edge of their vision, a giant purple serpent nearly a hundred meters long was slithering toward them. On the serpent's head, several priests who had been serving Enel were now smiling obsequiously, leading the way around the giant man with dragon horns.

Observation Haki is going crazy.

Without even needing to sense how powerful the life force of the man on the snake's head was, Guan Yi's eyes twitched repeatedly just from seeing that figure.

Really? I was just kidding.

Why is Kaido here?!

In an instant, he understood why he hadn't sensed Enel's psychic abilities, and without the slightest delay, Guan Yi's figure appeared two hundred meters away the moment he saw Kaido.

He paused for a moment, then turned around and flashed back, hoisted Robin, who was still unaware of what had happened, and started running again.

In the distance, atop the 'Lord of the Sky', Kaido snorted, "Hmm?"

(End of this chapter)