## One Piece Chapter 229, pages 7-8: Let's Eat - Chapter: 229 - Pages: 7-8 - Characters: Mont Blanc Cricket, Nami, Luffy, Usopp, Chopper ### Summary Page 7: Cricket explains the mechanics of the Knock-up Stream with diagrams. "But the main theory goes like this. Deep below the ocean floor, there's a large cave, To which low-temperature water flows inside. The steam pressure caused by the intense geothermal heat builds and builds up, Until a limit is reached and it comes exploding out." He continues, "An explosion of such scale that it knocks up a volume of water so large as to make it look like an ocean current heading straight up into the sky. For about a minute, the ocean water continues to jet up into the sky." Nami is stunned, "The water shoots for a full minute...? Just how big is this explosion!?" Cricket adds, "The explosion locations change everytime, But it happens around 5 times a month." Usopp panics, "So we're gonna get blasted to bits...?" Page 8: Cricket crosses his arms, "Despite saying all that... Trying to accurately describe one of nature's greatest phenomenon with logic and reason alone is pure folly. I... Then if... Sky island isn't there at the top of the knock-up stream, Which only happens 5 times a month, each at different locations..." He lays out the grim reality: "Yes, it'd be all for naught. Your ship would fail to catch anything up in the sky, And come crashing down to a watery grave for all your crew. Also, even with the emperornimbus located at the right spot, If it turns out sky island doesn't exist, then again, the end result are your deaths." Usopp is terrified, sweating profusely. "A... ALRIGHT! WE'LL JUST GIVE UP ON SKY ISLAND THEN! HAHAHA... AH, WHAT A SHAME, LUFFY. BUT THIS IS JUST IMPOSSIBLE. BASICALLY, IT BOILS DOWN TO ONLY THE LUCKIEST OF THE LUCKIEST OF THE LUCKIEST OF THE LUCKIEST PERSON, ACTUALLY BEING ABLE TO GO UP THERE." Luffy just laughs, "It'll be fine. Let's go."