Little Goku's Great Adventure Starting from One Piece

After obtaining two useful items, Nami felt delighted and even found her meals more delicious.

However, she suddenly remembered something and asked, "By the way, if you want to go back to the South China Sea, how do you get back? As far as I know, the only way to return to the four seas from the Grand Line is to cross the Calm Belt."

She looked at the blond-haired middle-aged man with a serious expression.

"That's an even more dangerous place. I heard there's no wind there at all, and ships can't move forward using any wind power."

"And it also housed some terrifying things; almost anyone who went in died."

When she lived in the East Blue, she had never heard of anyone being able to cross the Grand Line and bring back something from the Calm Sea, so she was somewhat worried about it.

After all, she now truly felt the determination of the blond-haired middle-aged men to reform themselves.

The fact that she received the Log Pose, essential for navigating the Grand Line, indicates that she genuinely intends to return home and never set foot on the Grand Line again.

"Well... we haven't really decided yet."

Upon hearing her question, the middle-aged man with blond hair looked somewhat worried.

When they arrived at the Grand Line, they were all very excited and only cared about forging ahead, never thinking about how to get back.

Because in their minds, after they've traveled around the world, wouldn't going back be an easy thing?

How could someone who can travel the world be trapped in the inability to return home?

"I knew it."

Nami covered her forehead and shook her head helplessly.

How could a group of people who are driven by the mere prospect of pirate treasure possibly have a plan for their escape?

Wait, pirate treasure?

That diary?

As if she had just thought of something, she quickly pulled the yellowed diary out of her bosom.

Since the owner of this diary was a pirate who had been to the Grand Line and returned to the South Blue, perhaps his diary contains a record of how he returned to the South Blue.

Seeing her actions, the blond-haired middle-aged man guessed what she was thinking and shook his head.

"No need to look at it. We've looked at that diary many times. It doesn't record any method for returning to the South China Sea from the Grand Line."

Nami paused for a moment, but continued flipping through the items, her eyes scanning them intently.

After a while, she sighed helplessly.

"Sigh, as expected, he didn't. This guy didn't record such important things, but instead recorded some trivial matters. I really don't know what to say."

She glanced at it and found that there wasn't much useful information in the diary. Apart from the information about the compass and a few thrilling sea adventures that could help her, it was mostly just a collection of everyday trivia.

"Right, so we haven't really figured out how to get back yet. If all else fails, we'll probably have to go back by the windless boat and row back manually." The blond-haired middle-aged man gritted his teeth, a resolute look flashing across his face.

"Boss! We support your decision. It's just rowing a boat, we've got plenty of strength, what's a little rowing back!"

"When we get back to our hometown this way, we can brag about it to everyone, hahaha!"

His eight brothers didn't want their eldest brother to bear this pressure alone, so they all spoke up to express their support, and even joked around to lighten the mood and make their eldest brother feel more at ease.

"you......"

The middle-aged man with blond hair understood their feelings, and his eyes immediately reddened again.

"I'm telling you young people, it's good to have courage, but it's utterly foolish to not recognize your own abilities and to try to challenge the impossible."

Having finished his meal, Crocus picked at the food residue stuck in his teeth with his fingers and looked at them calmly.

Crossing the doldrums is not an impossible task.

Like the Roger Pirates, whom he once joined, they could easily cross the Calm Belt by manually rowing their boat.

You could even swim across, as long as that person didn't eat a Devil Fruit.

But who were the people in Roger's crew? They were all guys whose strength was among the best in the world.

Oh, except for the two interns.

In short, only those with considerable strength dare to attempt swimming or manually rowing across the doldrums.

Besides, those who lack the strength to do this will basically only face death.

Only a very, very few lucky individuals, shrouded in an aura of destiny, might have a chance of success.

He didn't believe that these nine pitifully weak guys in front of him would have such good fortune.

"Then, what do you suggest we do? We can't stay here forever, can we?"

The middle-aged man with blond hair clenched his fists and said unwillingly.

Since I'm no longer chasing my dreams, I'll definitely go home and enjoy a cozy home with my wife and kids.

Otherwise, what meaning would their lives have?

"There are solutions, of course."

Crocus gave a mysterious smile.

In an instant, not only the blond-haired middle-aged man and his group, but also Nami and Goku looked over curiously.

Nami, the most eager of all, quickly said, "Just tell me already, stop keeping me in suspense!"

If only we knew how to safely return to the four seas from the Grand Line!

You should know that this is a much more secretive matter than how to get to the Grand Line!

She had been searching in the East China Sea for so many years, and apart from the well-known extremely high-risk method of crossing the doldrums, she had never heard of any other method.

Crocus stroked his white beard and said calmly, "The solution? This is it."

He pointed to the waterway that flowed down from the Upside-Down Mountain not far away.

Everyone looked in the direction he pointed.

"What do you mean?" Nami asked, puzzled.

Crocus smiled slightly and replied, "As you all know, this waterway exists here because of the special ocean currents."

"If it can bring you from the Four Seas to the Grand Line, then why can't it bring you back from the Grand Line to the Four Seas?"

Everyone gaped in astonishment.

"You, you mean?!" Nami was shocked, a ridiculous idea popping into her mind.

"That's right. Every now and then, this waterway experiences a reverse current. During this time, people from the Four Seas can't come to the Grand Line, but people from the Grand Line can go to the Four Seas."

Crocus recounted this shocking event in a calm tone, leaving everyone's minds blank.

"This, how is this possible?"

Sanji stared in utter shock at the waterway, unaware that the cigarette dangling from his lips had burned to the bottom.

"No, it might really be possible. Ocean current reversal is rare, but it's not impossible. The question is, what's the principle behind it?" After her initial shock, Nami began to analyze the situation calmly.

"Don't overthink it. I've lived here for decades and still haven't figured out how it works."

Crocus shook his head.

The fact that ocean currents can climb up Inverted Mountain is already a violation of common sense, let alone the fact that they can reverse. In any case, in all his years, he has never heard anyone give a reasonable explanation for this.

"By the way, although this phenomenon occurs every now and then, its occurrence is not regular. Sometimes it lasts for a month, sometimes for half a year, and I remember the longest period lasted for two years."

He looked at the middle-aged man with blond hair and said.

"The last time it appeared was five months ago. If you're lucky, you might see it soon. If you're unlucky, you'll have to wait for more than a year, or even longer."

The middle-aged man with blond hair shook his head excitedly: "What's a little time? As long as we can get home safely, we'll wait as long as it takes!"

Compared to crossing the Calm Belt, returning via the same route through Upside Down Mountain is several orders of magnitude less dangerous. How could they not be satisfied with being able to get home this way?

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