Chapter 109: Noland's Descendants

When the others heard what Ling Tian said, they suddenly understood.

It turns out that Kulikai's ancestors were once executed for lying, which led him to work hard here to salvage gold all day long, hoping to clear the grievances of his ancestors.

"But this is a very risky move!" After listening to Ling Tian's explanation, Chopper understood what Kulikai did, but he still said with concern: "You know, according to the actual situation, decompression sickness can be a fatal hidden danger."

"But things have come to this, there is no other way. After all, it concerns the injustice suffered by our ancestors." After hearing what Chopper said, Nami also echoed his opinion.

At this moment, two apes suddenly appeared at the door and shouted to the people in the house: "Boss, are you okay?"

Seeing this, Luffy recognized at a glance that one of them was the one he met at the beginning.

"Why are you here?" The ape looked at the Straw Hat Pirates with a puzzled look on his face. He really couldn't understand why they appeared here.

"What did you do to the boss!" one of the apes roared, with anger and hostility flashing in his eyes.

Another ape echoed, "Hurry up and tell us! Otherwise we will never let you go!"

Luffy looked at the two aggressive apes in bewilderment and asked in confusion: "What are you talking about? We are just taking care of this sick uncle. Go away!"

"Idiot! Do you think people will listen to your nonsense? Don't forget, they are wild animals!" Usopp couldn't help but scold when he heard Luffy's naive words.

However, what happened next was completely beyond Usopp's expectations.

After hearing what Luffy said, the two apes burst into tears like a flood.

They trembled and sobbed as they said, "You...you are such good people!"

Usopp was stunned when he saw this.

He staggered and almost fell to the ground. It was unbelievable that these seemingly ferocious apes believed Luffy's words so easily and even felt grateful to them.

He couldn't help but mutter to himself: "What's wrong with this world? Pirates can trust others so easily?"

At this moment, Ling Tian came over, looked at Usopp who was in shock, and said calmly: "What's so strange? We are treating this uncle. They are not fools. They can naturally distinguish right from wrong."

After saying that, he smiled and patted Luffy's shoulder to show his support.

Their original purpose was to heal Kulikai's injuries, so they should have given him trust no matter what.

"Yes, that's true. We were healing that old man in the beginning!" As soon as Ling Tian finished speaking, Usopp shouted as if he had suddenly realized something. The original intention of their trip was to heal this old man.

……

"Do you live here too?" Luffy asked curiously.

"Well, because our old house was originally the base of our Ape Mountain United Army." One of the apes replied.

“But we usually sleep on the boat, so this place is a little small for us,” added another ape.

Luffy nodded after hearing this, then looked at the two apes carefully and suddenly said, "You two look alike!"

Indeed, in Luffy's eyes, these two guys are exactly the same. Except for the slightly different clothes they wear, there is almost no difference in other aspects.

"What's going on? They are chatting so happily!" Usopp on the side couldn't help but complain when he saw this.

"Because they have something in common." Zoro seemed to understand and said casually.

"Yeah, they are all stubborn types." Ling Tian also explained and echoed.

Indeed, Luffy and these two apes all have simple minds and straightforward personalities, so they hit it off immediately and had a great conversation.

"Everyone! Uncle is awake!" Just as Luffy was chatting and laughing with the two apes, Chopper couldn't wait to run out of the house and tell everyone the good news.

Hearing this, others quickly rushed into the room.

As soon as he entered the house, Luffy ran straight to Kulikai and asked anxiously: "Uncle Diamond, I have something to ask you!"

Kulikai took a deep puff of his cigarette, slowly exhaled the smoke, and then spoke: "I'm so sorry to have caused you so much trouble. I thought you were just like those idiots who were trying to find gold nuggets."

Before he finished speaking, Nami's eyes suddenly lit up and she interrupted with anticipation, "What? There really is gold?" as if the eyes were already filled with golden treasures.

However, Kulikai ignored Nami's question and turned his gaze to Luffy and asked calmly, "What do you want to ask?"

Luffy was extremely excited. He quickly walked up to Kulikai and said eagerly, "Uncle, we really want to go to Sky Island. Please tell us how to get there!" His eyes were shining with infinite yearning and expectation for the unknown world.

“Sky Island?” Kulikai was stunned at first, then he burst into laughter, “Hahahahaha… You actually really believe in the existence of Sky Island!”

Obviously, even Kulikai himself had not expected that there are still people who believe in the legend of the Sky Island today.

When Luffy heard the uncle say that there was no Sky Island, he was instantly anxious! You know, going to Sky Island is related to the final journey of the Merry!

"I don't know either..." Kulikai looked at Luffy who looked anxious, and said helplessly, "But I have heard that there was a person who firmly believed in the existence of Sky Island. It's a pity that he later became a legendary liar, causing his descendants to never be able to raise their heads as human beings."

The person Kulikai was talking about was none other than his ancestor, the great liar Noland.

However, since the pronunciation of "big liar" in Japanese is very similar to Usopp, Luffy immediately turned to look at Usopp when he heard it.

"It's not me!" Usopp hurriedly explained. Although he did like to lie, he was definitely not the notorious liar Noland!

It can even be said that apart from lying, he has nothing to do with Noland! To be more precise, even lying has nothing to do with Usopp, after all, Noland didn't lie at all!

"You are talking about Noland, right?" Ling Tian walked slowly to Kulikai with steady steps and said softly.

Kulikai turned around and looked at the young man in front of him. A hint of doubt flashed in his eyes, but he still nodded in agreement.

Then, Ling Tian told Kulikai in a firm tone: "Sky Island does exist, and the former Pirate King Goel D. Roger once landed on that Sky Island."