One Piece: Starting with Sharingan, First Mate Uchiha

"roar!!!"

The sea of ​​clouds below suddenly exploded, and a gaping maw, full of sharp teeth and big enough to devour the entire ship, came crashing down on the Merry in the air with a foul stench!

That's a giant, monstrous floating island fish lurking in the clouds!

"Whoa!! Is that a fish?! Why is there such a big fish?!"

Usopp and Chopper were so frightened their eyes almost popped out of their sockets, and they clung to each other tightly, screaming.

Nami also clung to the mast in terror, her face deathly pale.

"Tch!" Zoro pressed his hand on the hilt of his sword, about to draw it.

"Don't steal my prey, Zoro!"

A red figure took the lead, using the hull of the ship to propel itself out.

Luffy, suspended in mid-air, faced the terrifying beast, yet a carefree laugh lingered on his face:

"Hehehe! Whether you're a fish or a bird, don't block my way!!!"

Luffy suddenly stretched his right arm back, his black hair dancing wildly in the wind.

In that instant, a layer of black energy wrapped around his fist—that was Armament Haki!

"Rubber rubber—pistol!!!!"

"Bang!!!!"

A dull, loud bang.

Luffy's seemingly tiny fist slammed hard into the monster fish's forehead.

The enormous impact erupted instantly, and the huge monster fish didn't even have time to scream before its eyes rolled back in its head.

It was thrown back into the depths of the sea of ​​clouds like a meteorite, stirring up huge cloud waves.

"Wow, that's amazing..." Chopper was stunned.

Using this reaction force, the Going Merry traced an arc in the air, and then—

"Thump."

There was no loud splash as the boat landed on a giant ball of cotton, and it came to a stop swaying gently.

The group, still shaken, scrambled to their feet and began to look around.

"We...are we in the clouds?" Usopp exclaimed in shock, leaning against the railing and looking down at the vast expanse of white below.

There is no seawater here, only an endless sea of ​​clouds, as white as cream.

The Merry was like a ghost ship sailing in the clouds.

"Is this Sky Island?" Robin's eyes gleamed with the curiosity of an archaeologist. "It's an incredible sight."

"Hahaha! Clouds! It's clouds!!"

Luffy excitedly took off his shirt, wanting to jump in for a swim. Usopp was also eager to try.

"Wait! Don't jump around! This sea of ​​clouds is bottomless!" Victor grabbed Luffy by the back of his collar.

However, the excitement didn't last long.

"Ha...ha...what's going on..."

Usopp suddenly clutched his chest, gasping for breath, his face turning pale.

Immediately afterwards, Nami and Sanji also began to experience difficulty breathing and weakness in their limbs, as if they were carrying a heavy load.

"My body... feels so heavy..." Sanji knelt on the ground, sweat beading on his forehead.

Even Zoro and Luffy, who are physically strong, frowned and felt a little short of breath.

Although Viktor's physical abilities far exceeded those of ordinary people, he also felt that the burden on his lungs had increased.

He walked to Nami's side, supported her swaying body, and calmly analyzed the situation:

"Everyone be careful, the air here is very thin."

"At an altitude of over 7,000 meters, the oxygen content is much lower than at ground level."

"If a battle breaks out, the stamina consumption will be more than twice that of the previous battle. Everyone should try to regulate their breathing and reduce strenuous activity."

Before he could finish speaking...

"Whoosh!!"

A sharp, piercing sound suddenly rang out.

Amidst the swirling clouds, a man wearing a bizarre mask and riding a wind-blown skateboard emerged from the clouds like a ghost.

Vaipa, a warrior of Shandia.

Holding a massive incendiary cannon, he fired a fierce shot at the Merry without saying a word.

"Outsiders...expel them!!"

boom!!

Flames shot out.

"That bastard! Want to fight?!"

Luffy wanted to fight back, but because he hadn't adapted to the high-altitude environment, his movements became unusually sluggish.

"Rubber...uh!"

Luffy's first punch missed completely, and he almost got hit head-on by Waipa's incendiary cannon due to lack of oxygen.

"Bang!!"

At the critical moment, Victor instantly appeared in front of Luffy, not drawing his sword, but using the sturdy scabbard to block Waipa's subsequent fierce kick.

"Um?"

The moment they made contact, Viktor frowned.

A strange vibrational force traveled through the scabbard, making his hand go numb.

"Is it an impact shell...?"

Viktor used the momentum to take a step back, his eyes narrowing as he stared at the skateboard under Vaipa's feet and those peculiar shoes:

"This guy's equipment... is weird."

Just as tensions were running high and a battle was about to break out.

"stop!!"

An aged yet majestic voice came from above.

"Herod!!"

A pink Pegasus descended from the sky.

An old knight in armor, holding a lance, sat on horseback.

"Sky Knight" - Gan Fall.

Gan Fall flicked his lance, forcing Vaipa back.

"It's you again... Gan Fall."

Vaipa snorted coldly, looking at the Straw Hat crew who were ready for battle, and then at Gan Fall, seemingly unwilling to fight against many opponents while at a disadvantage.

"snort."

He rode his jet-powered skateboard, drawing an arc in the air before disappearing into the vast sea of ​​clouds.

The crisis is temporarily over.

Gan Fall put away his lance and began to promote his "Crane Rider" business to the crowd.

"I am the Sky Knight. I will come to your rescue no matter where you are, as long as you blow the whistle. Five million Ikels per trip."

"Five million?! That's too expensive!!" Although Nami didn't know the exchange rate, she instinctively refused when she heard the word "million".

"It's fine if it's free, as long as it's a specialty product from Qinghai..." Gan Fow hinted.

"specialty?"

Viktor thought for a moment, then turned and went into the cabin. A short while later, he came out with a bottle of very strong rum in his hand.

"Hey! Isn't that my secret stash?!" Zoro, with his sharp eyes, instantly recognized it as the fine wine he had bought in Loguetown.

"Don't be so stingy, swordsman. It's for everyone's safety."

Victor ignored Zoro's protests and threw the bottle at Gan Fall.

"Old man, this bottle of liquor is strong Qinghai spirit. Trading it for one of your intelligence and rescue missions—it's a good deal, isn't it?"

Gan Fall took the bottle, smelled the aroma from the neck of the bottle, and a satisfied smile appeared on his serious old face:

"Oh...this is really good stuff. Looks like you know your stuff, buddy."

Gan Fall tossed Viktor a whistle and then flew away on Pierre.

……

Soon after, the Going Merry arrived at a huge waterfall cloud, where a magnificent gate stood—the "Gates of Heaven".

An old woman who looked like a dried plum—the gatekeeper Amazon—stood expressionlessly in front of the crowd.

"To go to the upper White Sea, you need to pay an entry fee of 10 billion Iraqi kilograms per person."

"10 billion?!?!" Nami screamed. "That's so many Berries! Is this a robbery?!"

"We have no money!!"

"You can pass without paying," the Amazonian grandmother said calmly, but her eyes held a strange glint in them. "But you'll have to bear the consequences."

"Then let's not pay! Let's charge over there!!"

Upon hearing that she could avoid paying, Nami immediately gave the order.

"Alright! Hold on tight!"

Just then, a giant Express Shrimp suddenly burst out from under the water, its two large pincers clamping onto the sides of the Merry, and it was moving upstream against the current of Cloudfall at an astonishing speed!

"Wow!! So fast!!"

Amidst gasps of surprise, the ship sped toward the higher-level floating island.

however.

Viktor didn't look ahead.

He stood at the stern and glanced back at the ever-shrinking Gate of Heaven.

They saw the Amazonian grandmother facing their backs as she pressed a button on the instrument in her hand.

"Click."

An inconspicuous flash of light appeared.

Viktor gazed at the sacred yet perilous clouds above, a slight smile playing on his lips:

"It seems we're already on that 'god's' blacklist before we even get inside."