Chapter 45: Climate of the Grand Route

"Uncle Crocus."

Kurokas was still in a daze. It took Geer several calls for him to react. He said awkwardly:

"What's wrong Captain?"

Gel carried Lab and fought his way out of the encirclement, coming to Kurokas.

"Meow meow!"

Lab jumped onto Kurokas's shoulder and rubbed his wrinkled face.

"Lab! It's really you, that's great, that's great!"

"Meow~"

Kurokas shouted excitedly, then picked up Lab and held him in front of him to look into those familiar black eyes.

Gel took out another candy and handed it to Kurokas and said:

"Uncle, please eat this candy."

Kurokas glanced at Ger and didn't ask what it was. He took the candy and threw it directly into his mouth.

Well, it’s sweet, and the taste is slightly different from ordinary candies. It melts in your mouth, and before you want to taste it again, the candy in your mouth is gone.

Kurokas was a little worried at first, fearing that Captain Gel would also turn himself into a cat so that they could be reunited. He frowned and felt for a while, but found that there was no change in his body, and a look of confusion appeared on his face.

He was about to ask when Lab in his arms meowed, and Kurokas' eyes suddenly widened.

"This? Is that you talking, Rab?"

"Meow~meow~"

"No! Lab, I should be the one apologizing. I'm sorry! I was thinking of leaving you here alone. You must be very lonely and scared! Wuwuwu!"

"Meow~"

Kurokas could no longer hold back, and he and the cat hugged each other and burst into tears.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

What Gel gave to Kurokas to eat was the (Animal Friend) obtained from extracting the Whisper Fruit.

After his mission accomplished, Captain Gill walked away with a smile, leaving the father and son, who were not biological but better than biological children and even crossed races, to have a good chat.

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After tying A Da and A Er back to the bow, the boat set off again.

The first half of the Grand Route is called Paradise, and the second half is called the New World. The magnetic field, celestial phenomena, ocean currents, and air currents here are all in chaos. It is difficult to even know where you are, let alone find islands in the vast ocean, so the only way to guide the course is by recording pointers and permanent pointers.

Entering the first half of the Grand Line, there are a total of seven different routes extending from the Upside-Down Mountain. You can choose any one at the beginning, but once you choose it, you cannot change it halfway. You can only go along the islands on this route one by one. The seven routes will eventually converge at the Sabaody Archipelago. Of course, Gel chose the route he was familiar with, because this route contains the golden city of Shandora that he had been thinking about.

The first stop

Whiskey Peak!

It was a sunny day and the sailboat was sailing through the waves. If viewed from the sky, it looked like a sharp blade cutting through the azure blue silk.

With two sea beasts pulling the boat, most of the labor force was instantly freed up, and everyone on the boat was able to relax and unwind. Some played, some exercised, some read, and everyone was doing what they liked.

"XiaoXiaoXiaoSuo!"

There was a sound of friction between the pen tip and paper.

Fanny sat quietly aside, the pen in her hand dancing on the notebook, leaving lines of beautiful handwriting wherever the pen tip passed.

Fanny gently tucked a strand of golden bangs that blocked her vision behind her ear and continued to carefully record what she had seen and heard since going to sea.

When she was writing the touching story of the whale Lab, she couldn't help but stretch out her left hand to stroke the little cat who was sitting quietly on the table and watching her write.

"Meow~"

Lab let out a comfortable cry.

Xiaobai curled up obediently on his owner's lap. When he heard Laboo's call, he just moved his ears and continued to sleep. There was no other way. Acting cute and vying for favor consumed too many calories. He had worked hard to build up this body of fat, and it would be a waste to use it on jealousy. Therefore, Xiaobai had learned to let go at such a young age.

High EQ: This cat has a plan! Low EQ: This good cat chooses to lie down and be a salted fish!

Lab watched Funi write and draw carefully. Although he didn't know what these strange black symbols that looked like small fish and shrimps meant, every page of Funi's diary was accompanied by beautiful photos she had taken. Lab looked at himself in the photos with great interest, as well as the familiar Kurokas, Captain Gur, and everyone on the ship.

Fanny wrote quietly, and a smile appeared on her face when she came to something interesting.

Suddenly.

A piece of white goose down-like thing gently fell on the notebook, successfully attracting her attention.

"Huh? This is it?"

"Snow?"

Seeing that thing melt on the paper, leaving a little moisture, Fanny and Lab looked up at the sky together.

The sun is still high in the sky, but more and more snowflakes are falling.

"Huh? It's really snowing! Lab."

"Meow meow~"

There was no surprise in Lab's cat eyes. It had been in the Grand Line for many years and it was obvious that Lab had seen this kind of situation many times.

Fanny quickly shook off the snowflakes on the notebook and closed it. Fortunately, these notebooks were specially bought for her by Captain Gul. It was said that the paper used in these notebooks was the highest grade thousand-year-old paper, which was not only waterproof, but also would not fade or be damaged by wind and sun. It was most suitable for recording important things, such as navigation logs, nautical charts or treasure maps, etc.

"Ohh! It's snowing! It's snowing! Can we have a snowball fight now?"

Biya's excited voice was heard, and then a crazy girl was seen running around on the deck.

Ajin put down the dumbbells, reached out his hand to catch a snowflake, curiously put it to his mouth and licked it. He was a little disappointed to find that it had no taste. It was the first time he had seen snow in his life.

It suddenly snowed heavily on a hot day.

Everyone put down what they were doing and stood on the deck in shock, staring at the snowflakes flying in the sky.

"Hahaha, don't be so surprised. Didn't I tell you before? The weather on the Grand Line is so changeable. It may be sunny one second and thundering, gale-force winds and heavy rain the next. You will get used to it in the future."

Kurokas lifted the newspaper covering his head, stood up from the rocking chair and said with a smile that this lazy chair of Gel had been occupied by the old man Kurokas for a long time. He said that such a comfortable thing should be respected by the elderly and loved the young and let him enjoy it first. Gel had no choice but to spend a huge amount of money (1 Baileys) to buy ten more and put them in a row on the deck.

"Crack!"

As soon as Kurokas finished speaking, there was a flash of lightning, and then dark clouds appeared from nowhere and quickly covered the sun completely. The sky suddenly became dark, and then there was a strong wind. The waves became turbulent, and raindrops as big as eggs began to bombard like air-dropped bombs.

Everyone began to race against time to clean up things on the deck.

Gel was speechless, thinking that Kurokas's mouth seemed to be blessed.

Fortunately, the only remaining function of the sails on Gel's boat is to provide shade. With Ada and Aer pulling the boat, the sails do not need to be raised during sailing. Therefore, when the weather suddenly changes, no one has to brave the storm and hurriedly fold the sails.

When everyone returned to the cabin, Chef Fate brought out a few dishes for trial, and everyone rushed to be a judge.

Compared to the pitch black outside with violent storms and heavy rain, the brightly lit hall with steaming hot delicious food seemed particularly cozy.

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