One Piece:100% Hashirama's Template At The Start.

The speed of the Upstream Current was much faster than anyone had anticipated. The Merry Go, like an arrow shot from a bow, pierced through the thick clouds at an astonishing speed, soaring straight into the unknown sky.

The strong winds howled in their ears, as if they would tear their eardrums apart. Luffy's face was distorted by the fierce wind. He gritted his teeth tightly and said with difficulty, "Ah, I can't breathe…"

The Merry Go sped through the strong winds, quickly passing through one cloud layer after another, and finally, successfully docked on the snow-white clouds.

Having just experienced the thrilling process of traversing the sea of clouds, everyone felt as if all their strength had been drained, collapsing weakly on the deck of the Merry Go, gasping for air. Everyone's breathing became exceptionally difficult.

"What happened? Why is it so hard to breathe?" Zoro's face was as pale as paper as he spoke weakly.

Robin thought for a moment before answering, "This place is probably very high above the ground. As the altitude increases, the air naturally becomes thinner. Coming here so suddenly, our bodies haven't adapted yet, so this is naturally what happens."

"Oh, I see," Zoro said, enlightened.

Just then, Luffy suddenly sprang up like a spring, doing a backflip to stand up, then excitedly shouted, "Hey, everyone, look outside the ship!"

Zoro, Sanji, Shin'ya, Robin, Nami, and the others all looked up. They saw a pure white expanse all around them, as if they were in an boundless white sea.

"What is this place?!" Zoro suppressed his discomfort, his brows furrowed tightly, and asked with a face full of suspicion.

"How spectacular!" Robin's gaze was drawn by the scene before her, and she couldn't help but exclaim.

"It's clouds! We're actually floating on top of clouds!" Chopper shrieked excitedly, his big eyes wide like brass bells, his voice revealing uncontrollable joy.

"What's going on? Why aren't we falling?" Nami was equally astonished, her face filled with disbelief, as if she had seen the most incredible thing in the world.

However, Luffy stood with his hands on his hips, stating as if it were the most natural thing in the world, "Why not? You can sit on clouds."

Nami's mouth twitched when she heard Luffy's words. Without a word, she gave Luffy a sharp smack on the head, then gritted her teeth and roared, "Where can you sit?!"

Just as everyone was still immersed in shock and excitement, Chopper's face suddenly changed dramatically. He cried out in terror, "N-No good! Usopp! Usopp isn't breathing!"

"What?" Everyone was startled at the news. Their gazes, like lightning, quickly shifted to Usopp.

Usopp lay stiffly on the deck, like a lifeless corpse, his body rigid as if under a petrifying spell. His eyes were rolled back, his mouth wide open, as if his last breath had already been exhaled. He was completely motionless.

Seeing this, Luffy was anxious and stamped his feet repeatedly. He waved his hands and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Quick! Give him artificial respiration!"

Upon hearing the words "artificial respiration," two large hearts suddenly appeared in Sanji's eyes. He said excitedly, "Oh, good, good! I'd be very happy to give Nami-chan artificial respiration!"

"No need for that," Nami glared at Sanji with a dark expression, saying irritably.

"Idiot!" Zoro also yelled at Sanji.

Just then, Chopper quickly jumped onto Usopp's chest. His short hooves pressed frantically on Usopp's chest, and he kept muttering, "Usopp, snap out of it! Don't die!"

"Ha… cough, cough!" Under Chopper's compressions, Usopp suddenly opened his eyes wide and sat up as if resurrected.

He looked around blankly, seeing the pure white expanse around the ship, and his expression instantly turned to extreme terror. He jumped up from the ground with a "whoosh," muttering, "Clouds… all clouds. What is this place?"

Nami quickly glanced at the Log Pose, seeing that it was still steadily pointing higher, and couldn't help but frown, muttering, "But… the Log Pose is still pointing upwards."

Robin looked at the sky thoughtfully and said softly, "It seems this is just the middle layer of the Cumulonimbus cloud."

"Then let's keep going up! Let's get into the real Sky Island first," Shin'ya said idly. After staying here for a while, it was nothing but clouds, which made her eyes uncomfortable.

Luffy laughed excitedly, "Alright! Let's go up again and see."

"Anyway… let's get the ship moving! Staying here isn't good either. The air currents here seem stable, so we should be able to find a way up," Nami observed the surroundings carefully and then said.

Zoro leaned against the railing boredly, "Since we're already here, it wouldn't make sense not to go up and see."

"Since Luffy has spoken, let's go up and see," Sanji said, taking a puff from his cigarette.

Nami heard her companions agree and pointed in one direction, "Alright! In that case, everyone, in this direction, full speed ahead! Our target is the higher sky!"

Just as they were about to leave, an old man riding a flying horse suddenly appeared in the sky.

The old man landed on the Merry's deck and looked at Luffy and the others. "Blue Sea people?"

"What are Blue Sea people?" The group was puzzled.

"Blue Sea people are those of you who came from below. And Blue Sea is what we call the sea below. The place you are in now is called White Sea, and further up is White-White Sea. I am the Sky Knight, Gan Fall."

"Take this whistle. If you encounter any difficulties, just blow it, and I will send someone to help you. However, it will cost 5 million Extol."

Nami took the whistle and said, "Thank you, old man."

"By the way, have you seen anyone wearing a mask around here?"

Everyone shook their heads. "No, besides you, we haven't seen anyone else come this way."

"Is that so? Then I'll go look elsewhere." After saying that, he rode his pegasus and left.

The crew sailed the Merry Go at top speed across this pure white sea of clouds. Before long, they arrived at a cloud sea that went upwards.

Just then, Luffy suddenly pointed excitedly at a spot above the sea of clouds, as if he had discovered a new continent, and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Hey, everyone, look! There's a super big gate ahead!"

Everyone looked in the direction Luffy was pointing. Sure enough, at the end of the sea of clouds, a huge gate was faintly visible.

Usopp's eyes widened as he carefully examined the gate. Suddenly, as if he had discovered something terrible, his face instantly turned pale. His finger trembled as he pointed at the words on the gate, stammering loudly, "G-Gate of Heaven!"

Usopp's voice unconsciously dropped an octave. "Th-This is too ominous. It sounds like we're going to die."

"Perhaps…" Zoro said expressionlessly, his voice so calm it was almost frightening. "We've already died."

His words were like a bombshell, causing an uproar among the group. Everyone was greatly startled by this shocking speculation.

Sanji stroked his chin, nodding thoughtfully, then added, "If that's the case, all the supernatural phenomena we've encountered along the way can be explained."

"Ah, no way! H-Have we really died? Nooooo!" Chopper was terrified, his tail bristling like an exploding firework. He clung tightly to Usopp, his body still trembling.

"Haha, you two are so funny!" Shin'ya couldn't help but laugh at Chopper's cute and terrified expression. "Alright, Zoro, Sanji, stop scaring them."

However, Luffy on the side was excited, his eyes sparkling. "Wow, Heaven! It sounds amazing."

Just as the Merry Go was about to approach the Gate of Heaven, Chopper suddenly shouted, "Hey, hey, everyone, look! There's someone by the gate!"

Everyone looked towards the gate in unison.

Below the great gate, a hunched old woman, wearing a pink long dress and with a pair of small white wings on her back, was holding a camera and taking pictures of the Merry Go.

Chopper's face was filled with astonishment. He pointed at her, his mouth wide open, his voice trembling slightly. "Look! She actually has wings on her back!"

Upon hearing this, Luffy excitedly ran to Chopper's side. "Wow! Really? Is it an angel? Is this the legendary angel? Haha, so this is what angels look like. Why does she look a bit like a dried plum?"

Nami, on the side, rolled her eyes helplessly, muttering to herself, "This idiot, what nonsense is he spouting now!" She couldn't help but retort irritably, "Luffy, can you stop talking nonsense?"

At this moment, the old woman finally spoke slowly. Her voice was old and low, as if without any emotion. "My name is Amazon. I am the gatekeeper of the Gate of Heaven. So, may I ask, are you here for sightseeing, or are you here to invade our land?"

Her words were like a bolt from the blue, stunning everyone present.

Nami raised an eyebrow and retorted without backing down, "We don't have any bad intentions. We just want to see Sky Island. We're neither invaders nor exactly tourists."

"Oh, I see," the old woman nodded unhurriedly. "If you wish to go to the upper level, each person needs to pay a 1 billion Extol entrance fee."

"What? 1 billion?!" Nami's face instantly flushed with anger. She was furious, pointing at the old woman and roaring, "You damned old hag, why don't you just rob us! Do you know how much 1 billion is? This is outright extortion!"

"Yeah, 1 billion is too much!" Chopper also said in disbelief.

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