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  As the crew sailed through the clouds, they soon reached Heaven's Gate, an imposing structure guarded by an old woman. She sat calmly by the gate, her aged eyes sing the newers as they approached. "The entrance fee is 1 billiool per person," she stated matter-of-factly.

  Nami quickly did the math in her head, her eyes widening at the absurd sum. "That's ridiculous!" she excimed, shaking her head. "What if we don't have the money?"

  The old woman shrugged nontly. "You still go. I'm not a guard, nor a soldier." She then pulled out a strange devid snapped pictures of each of them, her expression indifferent as if she had dohis tless times before.

  Nami noticed the ck of enfort and immediately saportunity. A sly grin crossed her face as she realized they could avoid paying. "Kag!" she muttered, the sound of cash registers ringing in her mind. The crew agreed not to pay, sensing no immediate danger.

  Coby, however, knew better. He knew Enel and his priests would this as an excuse to hunt the crew. But then again, Enel would e after them no matter aying the fee wouldn't have made a differen the long run, so he had no iion of wasting their money.

  A loud rumble from beh the clouds caught their attention. Suddenly, a giant crab surfaced, its massive cws gripping the Merry. Without aahe crab lifted the ship and began carrying it further above, traversing a twisted white river that spiraled into the sky.

  The crew held on tightly as the crab navigated the turbulent waters. "This is insane!" Usopp yelled, clutg the railing. The ship twisted and turned as the crab carried them higher, the ride wild and uable. The river twisted and looped in impossible ways, defying gravity as it led them further into the sky.

  After what felt like ay, the crew finally reached the White-White Sea, nding on a pristine beaown as Angel Beach. The sky above was a dazzling blue, and the clouds beh them stretched out like an endless o. The sight was breathtaking, unlike anything they had ever seen before.

  Coby grabbed Belmy and Sarquiss by the backs of their necks and tossed them onto the soft cloud ground with little effort. The duo, still ed to the railings from earlier, had been dragged along for the entire ride—from the violent Knock Up Stream to the masked man attag the crew, to Gan Fall's arrival and their passage through Heaven's Gate, all the way to their nding on this strange, cloudy beaow, they y there, dazed aen, uo fully grasp what they had just witnessed.

  Coby stood over them, shaking his head in pity. "Sky Isnd is real, Laugh Tale is real, and One Piece is real. Luffy is the one who’s going to bee the King of the Pirates," he decred with absolute certainty.

  Luffy, who was nearby and had been listening, grinned widely at Coby's words. His chest puffed out with pride. "Damn right!" he excimed.

  The rest of the crew joined in, their own fidence boosted by Coby's statement. Zoro crossed his arms and nodded, while Sanji lit a cigarette, a small smirk pying on his lips. Usopp puffed out his chest, trying to look as fident as everyone else, and even Chopper couldn’t help but feel a surge of pride.

  Nami stood o Coby, hands on her hips as she looked down at Belmy and Sarquiss with disdain. "I told you idiots not to uimate us," she said, her tone dripping with satisfa.

  Robin, who had been watg from the side, simply smiled. "It seems they’ve learheir lesson," she remarked, her voice calm but amused.

  Belmy groarying to process everything. He had mocked them, ughed at their dreams, and now here he was, lying on a cloud in the sky, having been dragged along by a crew he had looked down on. "This…this 't be real," he muttered, disbelief still ging to his words.

  Sarquiss, still winded from journey, looked around in shock, finally realizing the gravity of their situation. "You…you really made it here?" he stammered, uo hide his astonishment.

  Coby grabbed Belmy and Sarquiss, tying them together with heavy s. The k of the metal echoed through the otherwise quiet beach as he calcuted their move. He g the white sea surrounding them and noticed the familiar dire they had arrived from. Usopp’s earlier near-fall towards the Blue Sea gave Coby an idea—if this was their entra should be close enough to Jaya. With a sharp gnce, he prepared to throw them back towards the Blue Sea, setting them on a direct path to their iable fate.

  As he readied the duo for the toss, the System chimed in, cutting through his thoughts.

  [System Message: Plot alteratioed. By showing Belmy and Sarquiss Sky Isnd, you have signifitly ged the course of events. Proceeding will cause further deviations. sequences may include altered character development, future iions, and ued events. Bonus: 1000 SP awarded.]

  Coby stopped, his grip on Belmy and Sarquiss tightening as he sidered the system message. The idea of tossing them back to the Blue Sea, letting them fall 10,000 feet, had seemed fitting. But seeing that notification, he hesitated. Maybe Luffy had the right perspective after all. Luffy didn’t hate Belmy for mog his dreams—he had simply left him broken, giving him the ce to piece himself back together and find his own dream again. Was that the better way?

  As Coby stood there, lost in thought, Luffy walked up beside him, his usual carefree grin in pce. "It’s fine," Luffy said simply, his voice calm. "Let them be."

  Coby clicked his tongue, a bit of frustration still lingering. But he nodded, log Belmy and Sarquiss back to the ship’s railings. "I’ll free you once we’re back," he muttered, his tone firm but g the earlier malice.

  Belmy, still dazed and struggling to prehend what had just happened, remained silent. Sarquiss, too beaten to protest, simply slumped against the railing, his eyes gzed over.

  Luffy, sensing that the moment had passed, stretched his arms out and yawned. "Alright, let’s go explore this pce!"

  The rest of the crew, pig up on Luffy’s energy, quickly followed suit. As they explored the strange new surroundings, they noticed a figure in one of the higher clouds, her wings catg the light. Sanji’s eyes turo hearts as he sprioward her, pletely vinced she was an angel.

  The woman, surprised by the sudden attention, took a step back but smiled kindly at the crew. “Hello! My name is is. You must be new here.”

  Sanji practically floated closer, his usual charm ked up to eleven. “An angel! Just as I suspected! Tell me, dear angel, how does one fall from heaven to grace us mere mortals?”

  As they followed her, is shared stories about Skypiea and introduced them to something called Dials. She expined how these mysterious objects could store and release energy, a cept that fasated Usopp, who immediately started brainst potential uses for them.

  At her home, is brought out a few Dials, showing how each worked. Usopp’s eyes lit up, already imagining how he could incorporate these into his arsenal. “These are amazing! I’ve got to get my hands on a few of these.”

  As they discussed Dials, an older maered the house. is introduced him as her father, a skilled craftsman who had experience repairing various sky vessels. Upon notig the Waver that Coby had salvaged from the sunken ship, is's father offered to take a look at it.

  “This Waver’s iy bad shape, but I fix it,” he said, examining the worn-out vehicle. “Give me some time, and it’ll be good as new.”

  The crew rexed while is's father worked on the Waver. The atmosphere became more fortable as they ehe hospitality of the Skypieans. Soon, the Waver was fully repaired and ready for a test ride.

  Nami’s eyes gleamed with excitement as she prepared to take it out for a spin. But before she could climb on, Coby slid in beside her, ing his arms around her waist from behind. "Mind if I join?" he asked with a grin.

  Nami blushed, but she didn’t protest. She revved up the Waver, and with a swift motion, they took off across the white sea, the wind whipping through their hair. Nami hahe Waver with expert preaneuvering it smoothly over the clouds as they sped toward a distant isnd in the sky.

  Now, now. I almost hear you call me kitty for not throwing Belmy and Sarquiss, but the truth is, I really thought it would do some good for Coby to leave them with broken dreams and shattered reality. How will they e back, if they ever do? Will they still follow the plot? Even I didn't know what to do with them while writing this chapter. Well, anyways, I just thought a single sed cruelty o was not worth it.

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