Chapter 110: Golden Land
Miss La naturally has no intention of serving as Executive Secretary. She asked Kaido for this position that appears to hold significant power simply to ensure she wouldn’t have to work.
Right, using her own power to grant herself the power to not work.
After all, the Beasts Pirates currently have no civil servant system like a pile of messy code; there are only a few core members in total.
If there’s anything, they go straight to Kaido themselves; there’s absolutely no need to go through her.
The same goes for Kaido issuing orders: he can just find the specific executive and tell them directly, or at worst, make a Den Den Mushi call.
And even if there really is some work to do, doesn’t she have Wright, who was borrowed over? She can just push everything to him.
After all, Miss La’s authority as GCMG is unlimited!
……
“Ah-choo!”
On the west side of the island, at the dock, Wright, who was seeing off Brother Skipgate and the others, suddenly sneezed for no reason.
“What’s wrong?”
“Nothing, probably the wind.” Wright rubbed his nose and said.
“Brother Skipgate, take care over there.”
The letter of appointment had come down yesterday, so the Foll Pirate Crew had no choice but to prepare to head to the garrison to report. At this moment, they were loading supplies onto the ship.
“Take care of what? Hati Island is my old home; I stayed there for several years. You’re the one who needs to watch out…”
Skipgate said halfway, then suddenly remembered that the guy in front of him had also lived on Fenrir Island for several years, just like him.
He’s more familiar with the place than that bunch from the Beasts Pirates.
Even he himself had been staying directly in his old house for the past month.
“Forget it, you need to stick well with Miss La here and perform well to get out of that ‘borrowed’ status.”
Skipgate lit a cigarette and said, facing the sea breeze.
『That way, I probably really won’t be able to come back…』
Wright grumbled inwardly but nodded in agreement on the surface.
Outside the market, by the dock, the sea was blue as far as the eye could see.
“Take care!”*2
The vast sea stretched out; after bidding each other farewell, the two men tacitly turned and headed to their respective distances.
……
“Actually, you don’t need to be so sentimental at all.”
In the archive room on the island, Miss La sat on a chair, flipping through a notebook while consoling Wright.
“If you really miss those companions, you can just take a ship to see them; it wouldn’t take half a day for a round trip.”
Just as Miss La said, Hati Island is a sub-island of Fenrir, and the distance between them is quite close.
In fact, if Wright wanted, he could make a round trip within half a day and leisurely grab a meal there.
It’s really not worth two grown men making it seem like a tearful parting from a Korean drama.
“Haha, just a bit reluctant, not really sentimental.” Wright awkwardly covered up.
“Your soul isn’t saying that… Anyway, let’s talk business.”
Miss La waved the notebook in her hand, then handed it to him.
“Business?”
Wright puzzledly took the notebook and started flipping through from the beginning, but he froze upon seeing the first page.
“This, this is?!”
“This is the navigational log you researched here back then; I’ve translated it all.” Miss La explained.
Hearing this, Wright didn’t respond again, just kept staring at the notebook in his hand.
In the quiet room, the sound of pages turning grew increasingly rapid, interspersed with the man’s exclamations and sighs.
“I see! Right, this word should mean that; how didn’t I think of it back then! Angel Island, the white sea, god…”
“I didn’t expect Roronoa’s legend to be true! Gold in the sky…”
After quickly browsing the entire notebook, Wright excitedly looked up.
“Miss La, are we…”
“Right, we might have to go to that so-called ‘Sky Island’ ourselves. After all, if what’s recorded in this log is true—”
“It will have immeasurable historical research value!”
Wright said eagerly, after all, it was an island that had vanished from the sea since the Roronoa era!
“Mm… historical value?”
“Compared to that, Captain Kaido might be more interested in the gold.”
Miss La jumped down from the chair and looked at the sky outside the window: “Golden City—Shandora… If nothing unexpected happens, it will become territory of the Beasts Pirates.”
The Beasts Pirates now urgently need a large sum of money to fill the fiscal hole brought by their rapid expansion.
Additionally, newly established departments like the Research and Development Department and the medical department all need massive funds for construction.
A hidden Golden Island located in the high heavens is undoubtedly an irresistible temptation for the current Beasts Pirates.
Retracting her gaze, Miss La looked back at Wright: “Get prepared. If we’re going, you can’t be absent as the guide.”
“Eh? Guide? Can I go too?”
Wright was clearly a bit surprised; a mission involving such vast wealth should only involve core members of the pirate crew.
He’s just a newbie who recently joined the Beasts Pirates, and only a member of a subordinate pirate crew at that.
“Of course. I guess they’ll arrange for King to lead you. After all, besides Captain Kaido, he’s the only one in the entire pirate crew with flight ability.”
Actually, Miss La can now fly too, whether using her own flames as power, mental power for floating, or transforming back to her true form and flying with wings.
Yes, unlike Obei and Aoxi who are still stuck in juvenile humanoid states, ever since her soul fully stabilized a while ago, Miss La has been able to fully transform.
This is also why she told Kaido that it doesn’t matter where she is.
This world is just a huge temporary nest for her, but until Obei and Aoxi fully molt and they find the precise route home, she has no intention of spreading her wings.
……
“King… Miss La, aren’t you going?” Wright asked puzzledly.
“Not going.” Miss La shook her head.
“I’m not interested in gold or history. Rather than waste time on these boring things, I’d rather do something fun.”
Like carving wood.
“I’ll go find Captain Kaido now; use the time to look over this notebook carefully again.” With that, Miss La left the archive room and headed toward Kaido’s sensed location.
……
“You mean we’re sending people to ‘Paradise’ right now?”
At this moment, Kaido was leaning against a rock, enjoying the largest hot spring on the island.
This hot spring, the size of a football field, was spacious enough even for his build.
“Mm, honestly, this has been dragged on long enough. We should have set out immediately after I returned.”
Miss La stood at the edge of the hot spring, busy with something in her hands; her small figure faintly visible amid the rising steam.
“Mm.”
Kaido nodded.
Matters like this should be done sooner rather than later. The reason Miss La brought it up only now was mainly to first complete the internal reforms.
After all, the previous fish-dragon-mixed state of the pirate crew was really unsuitable for carrying out a mission involving vast wealth.
Once the matter leaked, with pirates’ discipline, chaos would erupt both inside and out, and it might even end up benefiting others for free.
“Then you should go agai…”
“Send King.”
“He can fly.” Miss La added.
“…”
“Alright, go notify King to prepare, and remember to bring some reliable elders from the crew.”
Kaido, soaked in the water with limbs gone soft, didn’t want to argue with Miss La at this time and directly agreed.
“Got it.”
Miss La crouched down and placed a carved little fat duck into the hot spring, then turned and left.
“Hm?”
Kaido noticed the small object and casually pressed it into the water.
But unexpectedly, the chubby wooden duck popped back up from between his fingers the next moment, spinning in circles.
Press!
Gurgle gurgle~
Press again!
……
While Kaido was locked in a battle of wits with the little fat duck, Miss La had already found King.
Unexpectedly, he was with Aoxi at the moment.
ps: Don’t ask why the wooden duck won’t stay down; Oda patched it in the plot—it’s a type of wood called【super buoyant wood】, um… super buoyant wood.
