Chapter 50: Heading to Further Islands, Encountering Thunderstorms!

Chapter 50 - 50: Heading to Further Islands, Encountering Thunderstorms! After resting for a month, Ryuen and Nami are going to sea again! Ryuen also plans to complete the map of the East Blue islands with Nami before he becomes an adult. They had been to Clover Island and Shimotsuki Village before, and Nami was already quite familiar with the climate there. This time, they are going to Xixis Island, south of Shimotsuki Village. After understanding the general climate issues, the five of them decided to take Captain Gulachi's merchant ship and get off at Clover Island. The sea chart bought from the merchant was very blurry. Nami judged that the area of Xixis Island was not large. To its north was Bear Paw Island. They planned to go to Xixis Island first, then to Bear Paw Island, then to Dawn Island, and finally return to Clover Island to go back with Captain Gulachi. A month ago, Garp swept through East Blue, and now East Blue is very calm. After a few days of sailing, Ryuen and the five kids followed Captain Gulachi's merchant ship to Clover Island. It was the same familiar back mountain. Ryuen and the others killed a beast king and were now replenishing their energy with its meat. After eating and drinking, Nami took out the sea chart and information she had just bought on Clover Island and began to analyze it seriously. The others were also preparing for departure. "Um~" "Everyone, look, from the information I collected, the sea currents around Xixis Island are very strange. All objects approaching it will be dragged towards Xixis Island by special sea currents. So everyone calls it the invisible cage of the sea. People who go in can't come out and are forced to enjoy their last vacation. Luckily, we're flying there." Nami finished her analysis and breathed a sigh of relief. "Special sea currents? That's really strange. This sea is so interesting..." Kuina's eyes sparkled with the light of adventure. "Nami, is the direction okay?" Ryuen confirmed again. "Don't worry, I know the climate of the nearby sea area very well. Even if the weather changes on the way, I can predict it in advance. Absolutely no problem!" Nami patted her chest confidently. "Then let's go. It's still early, let's try to arrive in the afternoon." As soon as Ryuen finished speaking, he instantly transformed into his full beast form! The girls quickly put their belongings into Nami's different space, then agilely jumped onto Ryuen's back and tightly grabbed his feathers. "Ryuen, we're ready~" Nami called softly. "Okay, hold on tight!" Ryuen responded. With a gentle flap of his huge wings, he took the four girls into the sky. The girls lying on Ryuen's back looked at each other and then burst into silly laughter. They were thrilled by the feeling of speeding through the air and were full of anticipation for the unknown adventure. Listening to the clear, bell-like laughter from behind, Ryuen felt great, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but lift slightly. The flying speed was not fast because they had to cooperate with Nami to collect climate information along the way. She could keenly sense the climate of the sea areas they passed through, which was her unique talent. After most of the day had passed, Nami suddenly felt something was wrong. Her originally young face showed a serious expression. "Nami, do you feel the wind getting hotter?" Nojiko suddenly asked. "It seems so~ I feel it too. Even though we're in the sky and the wind is strong, it feels sticky." Daisy said, wiping her cheek with the back of her hand. "This is a sign of an approaching thunderstorm!" Nami said seriously. "Huh?" "Thunderstorm? What should we do?" Daisy suddenly panicked. Hearing that a thunderstorm was coming, Ryuen also felt serious for a moment. Thunderstorms were not ordinary bad weather, but he believed Nami could come up with a solution. "Nami, can we go around it?" Kuina asked. "No, this thunderstorm covers a large area. Ryuen, we need to lower our altitude and fly close to the sea!" Nami immediately said, her face calm. "Okay, I got it. Hold on tight." Ryuen said and immediately began to dive down. The speed of the dive was very fast. The sound of the wind roared in the girls' ears, and their hair was blown wildly. Ryuen had to descend quickly because he had already heard the faint rumbling of thunder from the sky. As they got close to the sea, the waves began to roll, the sky was slowly covered by dark clouds, thumb-sized raindrops fell, and bolts of lightning appeared ahead! "Ryuen, the thunderstorm won't be as dense near the sea, and its power will be much weaker. As long as we don't get hit by the waves, we can get through it!" Nami shouted. "I understand, hold on tight!" Ryuen began to speed up and plunged into the thunderstorm! The four girls held tightly onto Ryuen, with raindrops hitting their young faces. The lightning ahead reflected in their eyes, but there was no fear on their faces, only determination. Ryuen was very calm because the lightning, just as Nami said, dissipated quickly as it got closer to the sea surface, reducing its threat. His body could withstand this level of lightning, but the four girls on his back couldn't. He skillfully dodged the huge waves, and gradually, everyone felt less scared and more excited! They started to laugh, a carefree laugh, showing their fearlessness for the future! After flying close to the sea surface for about half an hour, the sky ahead finally showed some bright light. They were about to leave the stormy sea area! Seeing this, everyone couldn't help but smile. Re-entering the sunny world, they felt like they had rushed out of endless darkness into the warm embrace of light, and all their suppressed emotions disappeared instantly! "Yeah! We're out!" Daisy shouted excitedly. "Nami, you're amazing, truly worthy of being our navigator!" Kuina's face was also very excited. The recent experience was so thrilling, it felt like the lightning would hit them at any moment! "Hehe, of course!" Nami was very happy. She felt that nothing was more fulfilling than safely guiding her friends through extreme weather! Nojiko's admiration for Nami grew even deeper. From watching her draw maps as a child to becoming an excellent navigator, Nojiko had witnessed every step of Nami's journey. "Hey, everyone, I'm great too, you know!" Ryuen pretended to be unhappy, acting a bit angry. "Hahaha, yes, Ryuen is also great." "Yeah! I think Ryuen flies very well!" "Hahahaha~~~~" "Bleh bleh bleh~~~" The four girls knew Ryuen was pretending, so they all started laughing heartily. ---- You can read 10 Chapters ahead on my pat reon.com/GMadman