The Battle of the Pirate King

Chapter 177 Visalia Small Sky Island

The days passed quickly. On this day, when the sun appeared in people's sights, Luffy and others, led by Nami, arrived at the place where Nami was going to participate in the weather forecast competition today.

There are still five old men sitting there, but at this time the whole place has been overwhelmed by all the participating personnel, and there are still some people wearing the same costumes as those who greeted themselves and others on the pier to help maintain the continuous flow. .

Pirates only accounted for a small part of the contestants, and the main ones were some scholars with a little research in meteorology. They seemed to admire the five old men on the platform, so these people showed great respect from the beginning to the end. is quite satisfactory.

Nami signaled to Luffy and the others to find a place to watch by themselves, and then walked forward by herself, and after handing in her game card, she found a place that marked the position of the contestants and stood there.

I took a look, and the person on my side was a middle-aged man in his forties, and he looked like he was not a navigator of those pirates, but an authentic scholar.

"Hello." Nami greeted the middle-aged man politely, and then looked at him with a smile.

"Hehe, hello, are you also here to participate in the weather forecast contest held by Visalia?" The middle-aged man glanced at the sign on Nami's chest representing the contestants, couldn't help smiling, and asked a simple question.

"Yes, it's just that I don't know anything about this kind of competition. Can you introduce it to me?" Nami's smile was very sweet, and at the same time, there was a taste that people couldn't bear to refuse.

Of course, middle-aged people are no exception, and slowly closed the book that they were still concentrating on studying just now, and then began to talk to Nami about the Visalia Weather Forecasting Contest.

It turned out that these five old men were meteorological researchers on a small empty island called Visalia. They had great attainments in meteorology. By chance, they came to Liuli Island. Because Liuli Island With the protection of the Guardian Light, there is no chaos and fighting like other places in the New World, so they opened such a competition in this place.

Similarly, in order to welcome their arrival, Liuli Island was willing to hand over the blue star, one of the three stars of Liuli Island's highest honor, to the control of the game.

And every No.1 will have the right to use this blue star, and Visalia also promises that anyone who enters the top three in the meteorological competition can choose to be stationed in Visalia Elementary School Ten years of study and research on meteorology on the sky island.

Pirates need this blue star, but scholars need an opportunity to go to Visalia Xiaokong Island to study and study meteorology to improve their meteorological capabilities.

"Visalia Sky Island." Hearing the name, Nami was a little hesitant, remembering that she knew from Luffy that there was a place called Sky Island, but what kind of place is this Visalia Sky Island? where?It turned out to be an authority in meteorological research, so that countless scholars rushed to participate in such a competition because of those few opportunities.

"It's a paradise for meteorological research." As if hearing Nami's whisper, the middle-aged man couldn't help sighing, as if yearning for it.

"Hehe~." Now that you already know what you need to know, the uncle next to him is useless. Nami smiled and ignored her employment, and concentrated on waiting for the start of the game.

As time went by, more and more people entered the contestants' seats and stood down, and the number of pirates began to increase. At the same time, those pirate partners also began to find a place to stay near the sidelines. down.

In this way, another hour passed, and finally the appointed time came.

"Boom."

There was a sound of gongs and drums, and one of the five old men from Visalia Xiaokong Island stepped forward, signaling that the scene should be quieter, and he was about to speak.

"Everyone should know the importance of our meteorological prediction on this sea. Whether it is a navigator who is out at sea or a scholar who predicts the weather on the land of an island, I will not say much about the importance of its existence. Our Visa Lia, as the core of meteorological research, of course needs to do something for everyone, so this kind of competition is held to deepen everyone's knowledge in meteorology, and it is also an opportunity for you who love meteorology to have the opportunity to share Let's study the weather of the whole world together." The old man said a lot, and the meteorologists below were all listening carefully, but from their expressions, it seemed that they were very familiar with what the old man said.

As for those pirates, the ones who are familiar with them directly show a picture of saying, don’t delay our competition, while those who are not familiar with them listen carefully, but most of them become impatient after hearing a few words .

The old man acted as if he hadn't seen such a person, and continued to announce some things about the direction of the weather forecast in a formulaic manner, but soon, he gradually finished what he had to say.

"So, now our competition starts now."

The tone of the old man's voice became higher and higher as he spoke, and at the end he even waved his hand and roared loudly.

"Oh~."

Immediately, the crowds of people in front of the square cheered at the same time. I don't know whether they cheered because they no longer need to listen to the old man's nagging, or because they cheered excitedly because the competition is about to start.

Under the leadership of the old man and the organization of those gentlemen, all the contestants lined up into several teams, and then divided into teams of 200 people each to start the competition.

The content of the competition is very simple. It is to sail a very small boat from a place designated by the old man to another place. This is considered qualified if you pass the internal test.

This time is less than 5 minutes. Even if you can see the opposite bank at a glance, you can only sail on this extremely irregular small river by yourself, and at the same time, you must be affected by the numerous windmills around you. Negative effects of driven airflow.

5 minutes is indeed a big challenge.

Nami is very fortunate to be assigned to the fifth team, so that she can observe the sailing of those people ahead, and then sum up some experience so that she can be more confident when she starts.

But just after the players of the first team entered the competition venue, a black curtain was pulled up from the huge windmill pillars on both sides of the square, which directly blocked the other contestants from peeping at the competition situation of the first team members. .

This made Nami depressed for a while.

"Actually, it's useless to look at it. The air flow inside is constantly changing, and any experience is useless." The middle-aged man next to Nami just now was miraculously divided into the same group as Nami. Seeing Nami Because the black curtain was pulled down, he couldn't see the situation of the first team sailing clearly, and he couldn't help explaining that he was a little depressed.

"It turned out to be like this, thank you, by the way, you have participated in this kind of competition." After listening to the middle-aged man's explanation, Nami was no longer depressed, but became more interested in the middle-aged experience.

But the middle-aged man saw that Nami was finally attracted by his own words again, and couldn't help feeling uneasy, so he started talking with Nami every sentence, telling him everything about his last participation in this competition , so that Nami, a novice, has some understanding.

"The fifth team, get ready."

At this time, the gentleman who was controlling the rhythm of the game with a finger in front suddenly ran over and said to Nami and others that the game belonging to Nami was finally about to start.

(End of this chapter)