Chapter 207 Bird Capture Plan to the South
People who say they are drunk are the most honest.
A banquet in a half-house.
Even though Kulikate was drunk, he still expressed his admiration for his "big talker" Nolando's ancestor. Subconsciously, he didn't believe that Nolando was lying.
He also mentioned Nolando’s experience on Gaya Island, the strange chirping of birds and the ringing of bells that sounded like the prosperity of the ancient capital.
Then he took out a small golden clock, about the size of Kulikate's palm. This was evidence to prove the existence of a huge golden clock.
"look at this!"
Seeing the shining gold, Nami became excited again.
"Wow! It's the real [Golden Bell]!!"
"The workmanship is very fine. I didn't expect it to be an ancient product."
Bai Yun replied, Xiaobai took it from his hand and placed it on the clock. It felt very strange.
"What's so big about this clock!?"
Usopp asked.
"Of course that's not what Nolando is talking about. These are just bell-shaped ingots. We found three of them on the seabed!"
Kulikat replied.
The orangutan brought two more clocks.
Three small gold pendulums together, this is the "handicraft" of the rich.
The three small clocks are slightly different in appearance, but the workmanship is very fine.
Xiaobai also began to switch between the three clocks, as if he was feeling which one was more comfortable.
"Then that proves that the Golden City really exists!!" Luffy asked.
The orangutan leaned against the wall and replied lazily.
"How can this thing be used as evidence? This amount of gold can be dug out from ordinary ruins."
"What is an ingot?"
Chopper asked curiously.
Robin first answered the orangutan's words for Luffy, "However, this is enough to prove that civilization has occurred in this area." Then he explained what ingots are, "[Ingots] are used to divide gold into small pieces for ease of calculation. , to experiment with things to be minted, and also for trading.”
"You are so knowledgeable, Sister Robin."
Bai Yun praised.
Robin smiled back, "Bai Yun, you know a lot."
Bai Yunhahahahaha, "No, no, no, where is it?"
Kulikate confirmed Robin's statement.
"Yes, as for the strange bird mentioned earlier."
"Ape."
As soon as Kulikat called his name, the ape understood.
"Okay, old man."
I saw him taking out a bag and placing it on the ground. After removing the bag, there was also a gold sculpture inside, which was larger than the golden clock.
It has the shape of a bird's head and a human body, holding a golden clock in its hand.
"This is huge."
Zoro said.
"Wow, so beautiful."
Nami praised that as long as it was gold, it would be beautiful.
"This is the amount of gold we have caught. After ten years of diving, it is not worthwhile to only catch this, hahaha."
Kulikat said a little self-deprecatingly.
"What is this? Penguin?"
Luffy asked.
"This bird is called the [Southward Bird] and it still lives on this island."
Kulikate touched the golden sculpture and replied.
"Its cry is weird?"
Luffy asked.
Kulikat nodded, "Yes, it's just like what the diary said."
"Speaking of southward birds, in the past, there was a legend among sailors..."
The apes and orangutans were excitedly preparing to tell Luffy and the others the legend about the southward bird.
Kulikat suddenly exclaimed, "Oops!!"
Usopp asked quickly, making everyone jump.
"What happened!!"
Kulikate shouted without knowing whether it was an answer or not.
"Something is going wrong. Go to the forest as soon as possible. Go to the forest in the south!!"
"Uncle, why are you so drunk? What are you talking about?"
"Go catch this bird and bring it back, now, right away!!"
Kulikate did not answer Luffy, but pointed at the sculpture.
"Then...what happened to that bird?"
Seeing how anxious the uncle was, Sanji asked in confusion.
Kulikat said very seriously.
"Listen carefully to me. The direction of the soaring sea currents where you are going tomorrow is just south of the cape. Do you know how to get there?"
Luffy answered easily.
"Just sail the boat and go directly south!"
"This is the great shipping route! Once you get out of the sea, you can't tell the difference between east, west and north!!"
Kulikat replied.
Nami also reacted.
"That's right! The target this time is not [Island] but [Ocean Current], and the recording pointer is no longer useful. So what should we do? Go straight south..."
The last few words, the more Nami spoke, the less confident she became.
"I think we need this kind of bird, right? After all, it has the word "nan" in its name, right?"
Bai Yun took up the end of Nami's words.
"Well, you can tell, it depends on the characteristics of Xiang Nanniao."
The thought of this question just now woke Kulikat up, but he is very sober now.
"Some animals have magnets in their bodies that can tell the direction and know where they are."
Kulikat explained.
Nami immediately replied, "Well, I heard that pigeons and salmon have powers."
Luffy nodded as if he didn't understand, and looked at Zoro with a smile, "Oh~ So Zoro, you are worse than an animal, hahahaha."
The ultimate irony, Luffy is sometimes a "childish" loser.
"Hahahahaha, it's true."
Bai Yun couldn't help laughing.
Zoro was "frustrated" and shouted to Luffy, "You still have the right to criticize others!!"
"Okay, okay, you two are evenly matched when it comes to knowing the way."
"Listen to uncle and continue talking."
Bai Yun patted the two of them and said.
Luffy pouted, "I'm obviously better than Zoro."
"But that's right, uncle, please continue talking."
Kulikat was used to these guys interrupting him at any time, so he continued.
"[The southward bird] is the best animal in discerning direction."
"No matter how vast the land or sea is when it is placed, it can accurately point to the south, which is also the origin of its name."
"In short, without this kind of bird, we can't even find the direction, let alone go to the empty island!!"
So, Luffy, Usopp, and Chopper were instantly awakened and accused.
"Why are we talking about such an important thing now!!"
"Stop being so verbose!! Now go find Xiang Nanniao! We will help you reinforce the ship now!"
Kulikat shouted back.
In this way, Luffy and the others were driven out of the house and began their plan to capture birds southward.
