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

"Yeah, that old man in armor seems to have actually said that."

Luffy leaned closer and confirmed what Bai Yun had said, but he himself must have forgotten, while Bai Yun remembered, so he remembered too.

"So, how do we fly another 3000 meters?"

Robin asked the key question.

"do not know."

Bai Yun answered very decisively, as if he were saying not "I don't know," but rather "That's it."

"Hasn't this brought us back to square one?!"

Nami pinched the bridge of her nose; she was tired.

"Yes, how can we get up there?"

Chopper said something pointless, but it was a pointless statement worth pondering.

"Then let's call the armored old man over!"

Luffy picked up the whistle and pretended to blow it.

Usopp and Nami were so frightened that they immediately grabbed him. One of them grabbed his face and pulled him back, while the other pried his hand away so that the whistle on it was far away from Luffy's mouth.

Nami: "Wait! Wait!! Luffy, this is a lifesaver whistle in an emergency!"

Usopp: "Yeah! What if that masked guy comes charging at us again?!"

While things were commotion here, Chopper discovered something else. It seems that during the Skypiea trip, Chopper's eyesight has become the best. Or rather, he's the one who's really focused on his work. As for the others, while they're not exactly focused on their own work, their main task is to keep an eye on Luffy.

"Ah! Everyone, look over there!!"

Chapter 248 I'm serious, I'm not joking.

"Ah! Everyone, look over there!!"

During the Skypiea journey, it seems that only Chopper is seriously searching for any trace of Skypiea.

As for the others, it can't be said that they weren't taking it seriously; they had to keep an eye on Luffy.

Everyone could still hear Chopper's shouts.

"What's that? It looks like a waterfall..."

On the horizon, a "waterfall" appeared, made of clouds.

"That must be a cloud, it's a very strange cloud."

Bai Yun said.

"Hmm...okay, it's decided! Let's go take a look over there!!"

Luffy stroked his chin, thought for a moment, and then made a decision. He must have been thinking about it...

.........

The cloud surface is the water surface, and boats can sail there, but it requires human effort.

After a while, Luffy and his crew arrived at a spot some distance from the waterfall, where they were blocked by a cloud that looked like a "pudding".

"what to do?"

Bai Yun asked Luffy, "Of course you have to ask the captain."

What do you think, Bai Yun?

Luffy smiled and asked in return.

"I think you should have that feeling."

Bai Yun threw the microphone back, almost burning out Luffy's CPU.

"Alright, Bai Yun, are you afraid that Luffy is too smart?"

Zoro stepped forward.

"You're right, I'll shut up, Zoro."

No one can stop Bai Yun from being a jerk.

"Get to the point. If this cloud is floating above the sea, then it proves that it is not a sea cloud, which means that there should be no water inside it."

What kind of cloud could that be?

Nami asked.

"I don't know, but it's definitely not a normal cloud."

Bai Yun shrugged; the clouds on the sky island were all abnormal.

"Hehe, what cloud? Just touch it and you'll know."

Luffy is incredibly brave; Usopp was the guinea pig before, now it's his turn.

With a flick of his wrist, he threw a punch, but it bounced off the clouds.

Luffy's eyes lit up as if he had discovered a toy, and with a bounce, he was on the clouds.

As a result, he bounced around on it.

These are no ordinary clouds; they are the clouds from Wang Wei's poems, the soft, fluffy clouds from fairy tales, like trampolines.

"Look, you can sit on this cloud, and you won't fall off!"

"Moreover, it's soft and fluffy like a marshmallow."

"How could this happen? This is so funny! Hahahaha."

Luffy has become inseparable from the cotton cloud.

"Amazing!!!"

Chopper stared wide-eyed in surprise, though he was usually the mood-maker.

What exactly is this phenomenon?

"It's incredible."

Nami and Robin are definitely inquisitive types.

"I guess none of the clouds on the Sky Island are normal."

Bai Yun said that he was open to any faction, depending on his mood.

Zoro nodded in agreement; he was a man of few words.

Sanji is a smoker.

Usopp and Luffy are the same.

"Wow!! I want to play too!!"

"Satisfy you."

Bai Yun grabbed Usopp by the armpits, flew up, carried him over, and then threw him down.

He went down again, just as Usopp bounced up.

"Ah! Hahaha!!"

"It feels so good, I just want to fall asleep like this, Bai Yun, it's even more comfortable than a freshly dried quilt."

Luffy lay on the cloud, sighing.

Luffy's words reminded Bai Yun of his childhood memories of taking down the sun-dried quilts, lying on them to feel the warmth, and then being scolded by Dadan and chased with a big wooden stick.

"Yes, it's very comfortable."

Bai Yun replied with a smile.

Seeing Chopper's eager eyes, Bai Yun went over and took him as well.

The three of them were having a great time. Bai Yun, however, stayed in the air for a while and didn't come down, searching for a way forward.

"In that case, the ship will not be able to pass through this cloud."

Nami was thinking and was about to ask Luffy and the others to check if there was a way out when Bai Yun spoke up first. He had flown very high earlier and had just landed back on the ship.

"There is a large gate under that waterfall."

"Our boat turns left and there's a road. We go into the road, turn right, then left, then right again, then left again, then go straight, then turn left again, and we'll come out of the road and arrive at the door."

Seeing everyone's "Are you kidding me?" looks, Bai Yun didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"I'm serious, I'm not joking."

Chapter 249 What a coincidence!

Bai Yun swore he was not joking again.

Along with Luffy and Usopp, Chopper also saw the door.

Following Bai Yun's directions—turn right, then left, then right again, then left again, then straight ahead, then left again—the group actually arrived at the bottom of the waterfall.

"You're not kidding."

Nami said in surprise.

Bai Yun returned home.

“Miss Nami, there should be some basic trust between people.”

........

"Okay, we've finally figured it out."

Nami exclaimed that the journey had been like playing a game of Snake, with all the twists and turns.

"Look! That waterfall-like cloud really is a waterfall; it's flowing down from the blanket-like cloud we just saw."

Luffy pointed to the waterfall and said that he had grown to like the blanket cloud, but unfortunately he couldn't bring it with him, otherwise he would have at least spent some time getting it onto the ship.

"The main thing is that big door. Since it's a door, does that mean it's an entrance?"

Bai Yun looked at the gate and said.

"It says 'Gates of Heaven' on it."