I'm in One Piece, and I'm Luffy's childhood friend.

Seeing his reaction, Luffy immediately asked.

Kulikate calmed down and stopped laughing. "Who knows? But I know someone who said there is..."

"But that man was a world-famous fraudster, and his descendants were ridiculed by the world because of it."

Luffy stared at Usopp with his mouth agape, his eyes wide with disbelief. In his mind, Usopp was a complete liar.

Usopp immediately explained, "It wasn't me!!"

Bai Yun chimed in to help him, "Haha, Usopp doesn't have any descendants yet."

Luffy nodded. "That's true."

There's an old story called "Liar Noland..."

Kulikate brought up the story of the liar again, briefly recounting it, but mainly indicating that he was a descendant of Noland.

"What?! You're his descendant, and this is the setting for the story?!"

Nami has a kind of historically dazzling feel to her.

"He was my great-great-great-grandfather..."

"In short, they are my ancestors from hundreds of years ago. It's really troublesome. The blood relationship between us is so weak that it's about the same as a mosquito sucking blood."

Kulikate explained, and everyone listened quietly.

"The Montblanc family was utterly disgraced when he was expelled from the country, and they are still being pointed at and criticized to this day..."

"But no one in the family hated him."

"why."

There always needs to be a straight man/woman.

"Because Noland is an absolute honest man!!"

Kulikate replied with a sigh.

His explanation was that Nolando's final defense in the picture book was that the gold sank to the bottom of the sea because of tectonic shifts.

He believed until his death that the island he led the king to was the location of the Golden City, which is now Gaya Island.

But people only believed that it was Noland's dying explanation.

After listening to everything, Usopp understood.

"I understand now. So, uncle, you insisted on going to sea to search for gold to wash away the shame of your Montblanc family, right?!"

It would have been better if he hadn't mentioned it, because as soon as he did, Kulikate instantly flew into a rage and raised his gun.

"What nonsense are you talking about?!"

Usopp was terrified.

Bai Yun raised his hand, and a flintlock pistol appeared in his hand, spun around once, and the butt of the pistol pressed down on Kulikate's pistol.

"Uncle, guns aren't scary toys, so please don't point them at people."

Kulikate followed Bai Yun's lead, since they weren't mortal enemies.

"No matter how honest that old man was, no matter how great an adventurer he was, it has nothing to do with me!!"

"Can you understand how a child feels when they are verbally abused and humiliated by a stranger simply because they are related to that bastard by blood?!"

"That's the kind of environment I grew up in."

"Kurikate replied loudly, no wonder he gets impatient whenever Noland is mentioned."

With a sigh, Kulikate lit another cigarette, calmed down considerably, and turned to look out the window.

He also said that Usopp was actually right; many members of his family did indeed go to sea to prove Noland's innocence and wash away the family's shame.

But he was ashamed of his family, so he went to sea and became a pirate, just to escape the curse brought by Noland.

But after his adventure took him to Gaya Island, the island where the story takes place, he somehow chose to stay and part ways with his companions.

"Whether it exists or not, it doesn't matter. I'm not trying to find gold to prove Noland's innocence."

"I just want to have a life-or-death duel with the man who ruined my life!!"

"I hope this matter will come to light before I do."

After she finished speaking, Kulikate's words shocked everyone present.

But upon closer examination, he actually saw this as a matter of family destiny, feeling that the family could not continue to bear this shame. Subconsciously, he also believed in Noland and wanted to help him prove his innocence.

But it cannot be said explicitly.

Men are all like that.

Chapter 204 Utilizing Disaster

Kulikate explained her background and why she came here.

He is a descendant of Noland, and he is here to search for gold in order to eliminate the "Liar King" incident and have a "life-or-death duel" with his ancestor Noland, who has disrupted his life. Or you could say that he is setting a goal for his disrupted life, because only with a goal can life have meaning.

Usopp marveled at how manly he was.

Then, in response to Luffy's question, Kurikate explained why the gorillas and apes had come here.

The reason is simple: they are both fans of the picture book, so they are willing to help him explore the sea in search of gold.

After spending a long time together, they have become a member.

As Kulikate himself said, it was their appearance that saved him, that saved him from being gradually eroded by the darkness and loneliness of the deep sea.

Usopp was moved by this.

But Luffy emphasized again that what they wanted to go to was Skypiea! The legendary Skypiea!!

Then, the existence of Sky Island is proven by the records of [Wabar], [Sky Sea], and [Sky Fish] in Noland's 400-year-old logbook.

The house instantly erupted in excitement, with Luffy, Usopp, Chopper, and Nami jumping for joy.

"Very good!!"

"It really is there!!!"

Kulikate didn't disturb their joy. He climbed out the window with a cigarette in his mouth, took a nap, and was back to his robust self.

"How are you feeling, sir?"

The gorillas and apes, who were engaged in a "battle," stopped to greet each other when they saw Kulikate come out.

"It's great."

"I have a question for you: do you like those guys?"

Kulikate walked to the shore, looked at the sea, and asked.

"Why do you ask?"

"The gorilla asked."

"Because it seems like they're determined to go to the Sky Island no matter what."

Kulikate explained.

The gorilla nodded. "Go to the Sky Island... There's only one way to get there!"

The ape continued, "But old man, if they go on their own, they're sure to die."

Kulikate crossed her arms and smiled. "So, how about we lend them a hand!?"

........

Kurikate called Luffy and his crew to the tree stump table outside, intending to tell them all the clues about Skypiea.

"Strange phenomena sometimes occur in parts of this sea area."

"It was daytime, but in the blink of an eye, it was shrouded in [night]."

Upon hearing this, Luffy immediately raised his hand to speak.

"Yes! That's right, we've encountered that before!"

Then he turned to look at Bai Yun and Usopp, "Right!"

Usopp: "That's right! Monsters appear after nightfall!!"

Bai Yun imitated Robin, propping his face up with one hand and resting his elbow on the table, saying, "A monster that stands tall and upright, incredibly large."

"Many legends have been fabricated about those giants, but let's leave that aside for now."

Kulikate replied that the focus was not on the monsters, but on the "night".

"The ultimate cause of darkness is the accumulation of thick, dark clouds."

"You mean cumulonimbus clouds? But that level of darkness definitely wasn't caused by dark clouds."

Nami is currently a semi-expert in weather-related matters, and she'll be a full expert in two years.

Luffy then called Kurikate stupid, which is rare for him to say that someone else is stupid.

"Uncle, you're so silly! That kind of overcast weather is called a cloudy day!"

Usopp: "Yes! That's called a cloudy day."

Chopper: "Yes, it's cloudy."

(Thinking he should follow up) Bai Yun: "Cloudy."

Kulikate shouted angrily, "So, are you the ones talking or are you talking?! Do I understand Skypiea better than you do!?"

"Shut up!! Listen to me quietly."

"That is what people call [Ji Di Yun]."

"It towers into the sky, but the clouds do not generate air currents or produce rain."

“Once cumulonimbus clouds appear in the sky, the light will be blocked, and daytime on the ground will turn into night.”

"Some people also say that the Jidi Cloud is a fossilized cloud that has been floating in the sky for thousands or even tens of thousands of years."

Kulikate explains the real reason why white clouds turn into night.

This was a complete subversion of Nami's knowledge, so Nami couldn't accept it for a while, but Kurikate said...